Isb PGP Consulting Club
Professional Club
Consulting Club
Overview
The ISB Consulting Club is a student association, which seeks to equip the student body with resources to make informed decisions on consulting careers, tools necessary to build successful careers in consulting and opportunities to promote extra-curricular excellence. The club anchors these efforts by creating forums for aspirants to learn and imbibe skills and best practices from industry experts and harnessing initiatives that enable students to assimilate the learning into practical application. The club has over 500 members, who come from diverse backgrounds and bring in valuable work experience.
Objectives
- To equip the students with the tools and resources necessary for careers in the consulting domain
- To create a forum for information exchange between industry executives and students.
Vision
To help the club members get a sense of the consulting world, understand why it is the right career choice for them, excel in their placements and their career in consulting in the vertical of their choice.
Roadmap
Term 1 and Term 2
- Preparation of consolidated list of the existing as well as the prospective companies for recruitment.
- Understanding the core skill sets of the club members and their career aspirations,tracking down the target recruiters based on the core skill set and career goals (both – industry specific and role specific).
- Organising speaker sessions with Industry experts to make people aware of what consulting is about and the life of Consultants.
- Organise weekly guesstimate sessions to help people get an early start on their interview prep.
Term 3 and Term 4
- Approaching existing recruiters for maintaining the relationship, increasing the number of offerings across various verticals and levels.
- Approaching niche consulting firms for recruitment by displaying the cohort’s core skills, average relevant experience and interest levels.
- Organising speaker sessions and Panel discussions with Consultants across firms and functions to expose students to the various opportunities available to them in the domain.
- Preparation of the Pitch Book.
- Help students understand and analyse the gaps in their profiles by floating a skill template and organise sessions and workshops to allow them to fill those gaps.
- Organising Resume building workshops and resume reviews to help students be better prepared for the placement season.
Term 5 and Onwards
- Retrospective analysis of the recruitment process and understanding the gaps and future expectations.
- Incorporating the feedback from recruiters and club members to optimize future placement activities.
Keshav Sharma
President
Keshav is a graduate from Northeastern University, Boston, MA, majoring in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics. He is deeply passionate about renewable energy, and has worked in the renewable energy consulting space over the last five years.
Keshav is a graduate from Northeastern University, Boston, MA, majoring in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics. He is deeply passionate about renewable energy, and has worked in the renewable energy consulting space over the last five years.
Aakarshi Agarwal
Vice President
Shardul Girish Kale
President
Shardul Kale is a strategy and energy professional with a proven track record of advising CXOs and government leaders on high-stakes business and policy decisions. A Chemical Engineering graduate, Shardul started his career within BASF’s highly selective 'GROW' accelerated leadership development program. He then transitioned to front-end consulting at PwC India, where he led critical strategic engagements spanning the Oil & Gas, Chemicals, and energy transition sectors.
At ISB, Shardul is dedicated to fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture through the Consulting Club. As President, his focus is on institutionalizing structured peer-to-peer mentoring and scaling industry engagement to seamlessly prepare the cohort for elite global consulting careers. Outside the classroom, he is an avid board gamer, a dedicated cinephile, and a music enthusiast who appreciates everything from Indian classical to modern beats.
Vedant Khare
Vice President
Vedant holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) from Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi. Prior to joining ISB, he spent nearly four years at Bain Capability Network in the Private Equity practice. His experience spans across the PE value chain, including asset scouting, commercial due diligence, value creation & post-acquisition growth strategy for portfolio companies. Beyond professional work, Vedant led social impact initiatives at Enactus Kirori Mal, creating stable employment opportunities for underprivileged communities through social entrepreneurial ventures.
As Vice President of the Consulting Club, Vedant is focused on one key priority: making students consulting ready. He aims to build a structured preparation and awareness framework that leverages peers with consulting experience, alumni interactions, and direct industry participation – to prepare students for a consulting career and equipping them with the right skills, especially in a fast-changing AI-powered landscape. Outside of work, he is an avid Formula 1 enthusiast, enjoys reading true-crime and psychological thrillers, and is a foodie at heart."