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IFMR GSB: Salary, Placement, ROI, Campus, Fees, Selection, USP & More | Know Your Campus

A B-School with a difference, where you learn to be a reflective and effective professional, ready to take on challenges of the future. Located 65 kms north of Chennai, this institute provides comprehensive and quality education to its students. Young with a firm legacy, this B-school is backed by a strong 50-year-old history, having transformed from a research-based institution into a full-fledged business school. We are talking about IFMR GSB at Krea University, a legacy institute that has made a name for itself in the Indian MBA space, in this episode of KYC.

InsideIIM Career Services12 Mar 2021

Why Is Data Science One Of The Hottest Jobs In The Market?

Over 93,500 Data Science jobs were vacant in India at the end of August 2020, despite the hiring freezes & layoffs in 2020, according to a study!Surprised? Don’t be. According to the Head of Data Science at Quora, “A big issue right now is that while more and more companies are committing more heavily to data-driven product development and their data teams, there are very few examples of folks deep in their careers who are pure data scientists...”. Data powers the world today. From innovations in supply chain management to marketing & strategy decisions, data is at the heart of everything we do.

Team InsideIIM11 Mar 2021

How Hard Did The Pandemic Hit Salaries At IIMs & Other Top B-Schools In 2021? | MBA News, Ep. 42

One of the most interesting highlights from the week gone by has been around placements for the batch of 2019-2021 at some of India's top IIMs and other leading business schools. IIMs Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Lucknow, Indore and Kozhikode have all completed their placements process. So, how has the pandemic affected placements at these institutes? Have salaries reduced? Have the number of offers extended remained the same? Find out this and more in the latest episode of News From The World of MBA!

Team InsideIIM10 Mar 2021

Should Placements Be The Only Parameter For Deciding Your B-School? Ft. Prof. Shobha Das, IFMR GSB

Often times we put our emphasis mostly on the placement figures and numbers that a B-school project, to rank it. But is your B-school life only about the placement and salary figures or there is more to it? To talk about it, we today have IFMR GSB, Krea University Dean, Prof. Shobha Das with us. Prof. Das has taught in global universities like Nanyang Technological University and has also worked closely with the corporate sector. She breaks down the pedagogy and the approach the IFMR GSB, Krea University follows to train young minds to transform them into future business leaders in this episode.

InsideIIM Career Services09 Mar 2021

Is Getting Into A Top Business School Worth It? | Conversation With Dr. Renuka Kamath, SPJIMR

Business schools across the country offer a variety of opportunities and learning to their cohorts each year. But what it is that top business schools do differently that makes them valuable?

InsideIIM Career Services01 Mar 2021

IIM C Students Back On Campus, Should CAT Be Conducted Multiple Times A Year? | MBA News, Ep. 35

The past week has had its share of interesting updates from the world of MBA and business. The IIMs and other business schools have begun releasing their shortlists for the WAT-PI rounds, results for XAT 2021 have been released, and b-schools abroad have begun to share their employment reports for the batch of 2020. This episode of News From The World of MBA will explore some of these headlines from the past week!

Team InsideIIM21 Jan 2021

Predicted GD Topics For MBA Admissions 2021 | How Do You Answer Them?

Group Discussion or GD round will play an important role in MBA admission for the year 2021. All the top MBA colleges will start their WAT/GD/PI rounds from February 2021 and will continue till April. The GD round is a crucial component for the final selection round in not only top B-Schools but also during summer and final placements. In a typical GD round, a group is given a particular topic on which they have to share their ideas and thoughts. And your take or opinion has to be well-articulated, well-researched and not very polarizing. How do you do that? In this article, you will find information on GD types, skills you will be evaluated on, expected topics and how to answer them. Read the full article to know more!

Team InsideIIM19 Jan 2021

You Need To Constantly Challenge And Redefine Yourself To Succeed, Gouri PV, Tata CliQ, TAS

Our third guest in the #SettleForMore series, powered by TAS is Gouri PV, who is a Keralite, but throughout her formative years has traveled the country and the world. A diverse personality, Gouri has done her engineering, worked with the Tata Group, and then joined IIM Calcutta for an MBA. Having worked with the Tata Group before, it was always her first choice to get into the world of the Tatas again, but this time as a manager. And so she did. We spoke to Gouri to trace her journey of #SettleForMore. Here are the excerpts:

InsideIIM Career Services18 Jan 2021