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Digital Has Become A Must Have In Your CV Today, Ft. Nivedita P, Brand Manager- Asian Paints

Nivedita Parulkar, a seasoned brand manager at Asian Paints had very different career goals. Starting off as a BSc in Life Sciences, Nivedita did a course correction and joined a B-school because she wanted to pursue a career in HR. But, as is the case with a lot of MBA students, she changed her career path after spending two years at NL Dalmia Institute of Management Studies & Research as a marketer. In this special episode of Konversations in Quarantine, Nivedita takes us through her journey of working with brands like Ogilvy, Madison World, Bosch Home Appliances and Asian Paints. How did she decide on choosing marketing to be her preferred career and what is the absolute must that marketers of today should understand about marketing.

InsideIIM Career Services01 Jun 2021

India’s Top MBA Colleges In 2021 | InsideIIM B-School Rankings 2021, Basics Of MBA With Sarah Ep 3

B-school rankings are an indicator to the perception of students towards a particular institute. To make life easier for aspirants and B-school students, InsideIIM comes up with its own list of India’s Top MBA Colleges every year where we cover the top ranked colleges, possible reasons for their escalation/fall in the rankings and some attributes that make a particular institute stand out. InsideIIM's list of India's top MBA colleges in 2021 has now been released! As always, this year's rankings have seen some interesting changes. We cover those in this particular episode of Basics of MBA with Sarah.

Team InsideIIM01 Jun 2021

Meet Deep Bothra, IIM Ahmedabad - PGPX, Gold Medalist | Top MBA Achievers - 2021

Every year, a selected group of people with a wide variety of backgrounds from industries enter IIM Ahmedabad's PGPX program after a rigorous selection process. With the average work ex being over 8 years for the batch, and the candidates having worked at senior level positions at some of the best companies in the country, you can just imagine the level of competence that these students have. Amongst them to become a Gold Medalist at the end of the year is no easy task. This is exactly what Deep Bothra managed to do. He was awarded the Gold Medal for Scholastic Performance, PGPX for the batch of 2021 at IIM Ahmedabad. Find out about his journey, his focus during the course, his motivation to perform, and his advice to the incoming class of 2023.

Team InsideIIM01 Jun 2021

How I Got Into HUL & Colgate Palmolive From IIM Lucknow, Ft. Niharika Gupta

A top B-school seat doesn’t always guarantee a stellar career ahead. The struggle to find the best opportunities and learning starts the moment you enter those gates. So, how can you make sure that you get to work with FMCG market leaders like HUL and ITC if you are a sales and marketing enthusiast joining a B-school? What are the routes through which you can get into these marquee companies. What are the risks associated with each stage of the placement process and how can you make sure you ensure a conversion through these opportunities? To talk more about the sales and marketing process at a top b-school, we today have Niharika Gupta, an IIM Lucknow graduate who has interned with HUL and is currently working for Colgate Palmolive.

Team InsideIIM27 May 2021

Top MBA Achievers - 2021 | Arunabh Saxena, IIM Ahmedabad - PGPM, Gold Medalist

Every year, there are lakhs of students who give the CAT exam with dreams of getting into IIM Ahmedabad. Only a select few make it to this B-School. These students then compete against each other for 2 years in a high-stress environment. In this article, we bring you the story of Arunabh Saxena. He is a Gold Medalist for Scholastic performance at IIM Ahmedabad, Class of 2021. Find out about his journey from not having planned to do an MBA to joining the top B-School in the country, his personal struggles during the course, and his motivation to achieve the medal. Read about his inspiring journey here.

Team InsideIIM26 May 2021

FRM Exam Explained - Part 1, 2, Syllabus, Eligibility Criteria, Pattern, Jobs, Salaries In India

FRM or Financial Risk Manager is the globally recognized leading certification for risk managers. Demanded by nearly every major bank and firm in the world, FRM is awarded by the GARP based in the US to professionals who demonstrate the knowledge and competence to anticipate, respond, and adapt to critical risk issues.

Team InsideIIM25 May 2021

Is Your Academic Profile Good Enough For The Top Six IIMs? | Basics Of MBA With Sarah

Throughout the year, we are inundated with questions from tense and eager CAT aspirants around profile evaluation, target CAT scores, and B-school call predictions. To answer these questions of many, we decided to dig in deeper and researched the individual shortlisting as well as selection criteria of the top IIMs. In this video, find out exactly what your profile should look like to make sure that you get a call from the top IIMs. We hope this gives you clarity around your doubts and helps you plan your B-school journey better.

Team InsideIIM18 May 2021

IIT Delhi Prof. On Finance Careers Of Tomorrow Ft. Prof. Shveta Singh, DMS IIT D

Prof. Shveta Singh, has been an integral part of DMS IIT Delhi, where she has been teaching for over a decade now. As someone who teaches subjects like Entrepreneurial Finance, Managerial accounting, Corporate governance & CSR, she has been training the young minds at DMS IIT Delhi and making them ready for the future. In this conversation with InsideIIM, Prof. Shveta Singh talks about her journey, how she ended up taking academics, what are the experiences that she brings to the class, how the online mode of education has changed the way teaching happens at DMS IIT Delhi and the trends that are going to dominate the world of Finance.

InsideIIM Career Services14 May 2021