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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

How Fintech and Data Analytics is going to change the world of Finance forever? Ft. GIM Goa

A mere click and you can transfer hundreds of thousands of your hard-earned money without even seeing the person at the other end! Companies after companies are starting their own online payment services. And data is just fueling this entire exercise filling the need-gap in the country and building a truly digital India. Two of the major buzzwords in the world of Finance, Fintech and Data Analytics is the talking point of this particular webinar, powered by the Goa Institute of Management.

Team InsideIIM02 Jan 2021

Why An Actor, Lawyer, Entrepreneur, And Pharma Graduate Decided To Do An MBA? Ft. SDA Bocconi Asia Center

In a world where education is getting more and more democratized thanks to digital interventions, the road to an MBA is also fast-changing. More and more students from different fields are opting for an MBA and are exploring the world of opportunities. SDA Bocconi’s International Master in Business(IMB) program has a very diverse batch split with over 40% of students being in streams other than the traditional Engineering(31%), Commerce (28%) backgrounds.

Team InsideIIM29 Dec 2020

Pathbreakers – The Many Roads to Finance Ft. IFMR Graduate School of Business

In today’s business driven world, finance is considered to be one of the most relevant, sought-after fields of specialisation. The finance industry offers a diverse range of career options to professionals as well as beginners who possess the right skill sets. Foreseeing this five decades ago, the Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR) was established with a focus on Finance related education. Quite recently, under the umbrella of Krea University, the institute evolved into IFMR Graduate School of Business (GSB) - a full-fledged business school with an established history of designing and delivering high-quality MBA, executive education programmes, certificate programmes and more.

Team InsideIIM28 Dec 2020

For A Successful Career In Finance, Be Future Ready, Ft. Prof. D N Panigrahi, GIM Goa

What are some of the trends that you need to keep in mind if you have Finance in mind for your career going forward? Where should you invest your time to get the best results and prepare yourself for the finance roles of the future? We asked the same questions to Prof. DN Panigrahi who teaches Finance and Bank Management at Goa Institute of Management. Prior to joining GIM, Dr. Panigrahi has been teaching and doing research for the last 17 years and has worked with two major PSU Banks namely SBI and Indian Overseas Bank. Here are the excerpts of the interview:

Team InsideIIM23 Dec 2020

How To Get Through Stress Interviews?

Preparing for an interview, may it be for the B-School selection process, summer internship, or final placements, needs subject matter expertise for sure, but also there is now a strong emphasis on evaluating a candidate’s attitude. Unlike the time when we only witnessed stress interviews on our television sets for a reality show, where everyone who appeared for the auditions claimed their love for bikes! Stress Interviews have now become the norm in most places. This helps the evaluators measure your level of conviction and identify your ability to thrive under difficult circumstances.

InsideIIM Career Services23 Dec 2020