Deepak Jha
Manager, Accenture Strategy & Consulting · 10 years at SAIL before an MBA at IIM Ahmedabad
Speaks English and Hindi
Is this the right person for you?
Who should talk to Deepak?
Every question below is one Deepak has lived through — you can trace each of them to the record further down this page. If one or more of them is your question, this call is for you. If none of them is, Deepak is probably not the right person, and it is better to know that now.
- ?How should my CV read when I am moving from a PSU or plant role into a corporate one?
- ?What actually happens in a consulting interview, from the case round to the fit round?
- ?How do I handle the HR round, the notice period and the salary conversation when changing industry?
- ?Is an MBA worth the fees and two years of lost salary at my stage?
- ?How do I prepare for CAT or GMAT while working full-time?
- ?What does a year at a top business school actually change about your career?
- ?I have spent years in a PSU. Is it too late to move into consulting or corporate strategy?
- ?How do I turn plant, project or operations experience into a story an interviewer values?
- ?What does a management consultant actually do all week, and would I hate it?
- ?Should I stay for the promotion or move companies to get the same title faster?
- ?How do public-sector and government programme roles compare with private consulting?
- ?What should I learn next to be credible for the role I want, not just to hold another certificate?
Deepak spent nearly ten years at Steel Authority of India as a Deputy Manager after Mining Engineering at IIT (BHU) Varanasi, then left a secure PSU career for an MBA at IIM Ahmedabad, a stint as a Project Manager at the National Institute for Smart Government, and management consulting at Accenture Strategy — where he has been a Manager since 2025. He is the rare person who can talk about leaving a stable core-engineering job because he did it, at an age when it is genuinely expensive to do, and can say what it cost as well as what it bought.
Why Deepak
- Manager, Management Consulting, Accenture Strategy & Consulting · May 2025–present
- Management Consultant, Accenture Strategy & Consulting · Nov 2021–May 2025
- Project Manager, National Institute for Smart Government · Apr 2020–Nov 2021
- Deputy Manager, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) · Sep 2009–Mar 2019
- MBA, IIM Ahmedabad · Class of 2020
- B.Tech, Mining Engineering, IIT (BHU) Varanasi · 2005–2009
For working professionals thinking about a move
A focused conversation with someone who left a ten-year PSU career for an MBA and then for consulting — and who can talk about the parts of that move nobody posts about.
- Weigh staying, switching function, switching company and switching industry against each other honestly
- Decide whether an MBA, a lateral move, or two more years of depth gets you where you want faster
- Prepare for CAT or GMAT around real work weeks, travel and deadlines you do not control
- Rebuild a resume and an interview narrative around impact rather than around job titles
Breaking into consulting
What the work is, who gets hired laterally, and what an experienced-hire interview is really testing.
- Understand the difference between strategy, technology and operations consulting before you target one
- Judge whether your current experience is a credible lateral entry or needs a bridge first
- Practise structuring a problem out loud, which is most of what the interview measures
- Plan the first two years inside a consulting firm, including the parts that make people leave
What a 20-minute call covers
- Whether to leave a stable PSU or core-engineering job — what it actually costs, from someone who left one after ten years
- Reading an MBA as an investment: fees, forgone salary, and what the degree does and does not open at your age
- Preparing for CAT or GMAT around a full-time job without building a timetable you abandon in three weeks
- Turning long PSU or plant experience into a story a consulting or corporate interviewer actually values
- What management consulting work is like day to day, and who it suits badly
- Choosing the next thing to learn based on the role you want rather than on what is trending
One focused conversation, not a programme. If what you need is ongoing mentoring, say so on the call and Deepak will tell you honestly whether Deepak is the right person for it.
Other things you can bring
- CV for a career switch
- Consulting interviews
- HR round & salary
- PSU job vs MBA
- Career switch at 30+
- MBA ROI and timing
- CAT while working
- CAT vs GMAT
- Consulting, honestly
- Government programme roles
- Turning experience into a story
- What to learn next
Advises on
- Management consultant
- Project manager
- PSU engineer
- Consulting
- Steel & mining
- Public sector / government programmes
- Career switching
- MBA decisions
- CAT & GMAT while working
- Consulting interviews
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