Shaista Baljee is an MBA from the Indian
School of Business. She did her undergraduate
degree at the University of Pennsylvania
(Wharton). She is an expert and trained
professional in Education, Psychology and
Languages. Prior to founding Ivy Aspire, she
worked at various consulting firms, accumulating
a rich network of colleagues, many of whom serve
on the advisory board.
While studying for her SAT, SAT II, GMAT and
other standardized tests, she felt the quality
of instructors she met was not very good -- many
of them hadn't taken the tests or applied to
universities. She also couldn't find a counselor
with the right credentials -- someone who had
attended a university abroad (preferably been to
an IVY league institution) or understood what
makes a great application.
Several years later, she founded higher
education consultants, which has tutored,
coached, counseled and trained students, with an
excellent success rate. Last year, this firm was
rebranded as IVY Aspire, with expanded service
offerings.
She been very active on the admissions
committees of various top colleges, giving her
an insiders perspective to not only the life at
a top tier institution but also the application
criterion, the things admissions counselors
looks for and having interviewed students for
acceptance she has unparalleled ability to train
an applicant to wow them in this process.
Shaista has also served as a Peer Manager and
Mentor at the University of Pennsylvania, which
gives her a unique insight into college life,
and the stresses and strains of living abroad.
She has used this experience to help many a
student maximize his or her potential, and also
helped parents help their children as well !
Keshav Baljee
Keshav Baljee is an MBA from the Indian School
of Business. For his undergraduate degree, he
pursued the Jerome Fisher Program in Management
and Technology at the University of
Pennsylvania( this is a highly selective program
admitting less than 60 students from across the
globe), doing a business degree from Wharton,
and a computer engineering degree at the School
of Engineering. He was a Joseph Wharton Scholar
(top 5% of the class), and won the Wharton
Business Plan Competition. He worked with Lehman
Brothers and UBS as an investment banker in the
USA, before returning to India to attend ISB.
Keshav chose ISB over Columbia Business School
and IIM-Bangalore, the only two other schools he
applied to - a 100% success record.
At ISB, Keshav was on the dean's list, and
also was nominated amongst 420 students to lead
the Academic Affairs Council. He was also
elected to the Graduate Student Board.
At Wharton, Keshav received offers from all
top firms he applied to - Lehman Brothers,
Merrill Lynch, Lazard, UBS and Deloitte, amongst
others. His interviewing and resume creation
skills are outstanding, as is evident from his
100% success record.
Keshav is a co-Promoter of BSE/NSE listed
Royal Orchid Hotels, one of India's fastest
growing hotel chains, with 12 hotels in 6
cities. He has been featured prominently in
various business periodicals - Business India,
Economic Times, Business Standard, NDTV Profit,
and others.
