The bigger question that comes to the mind of many aspirants while they are making a choice to pivot their careers and undergo an MBA is, ‘Why do I want to do it’?
January is the perfect time to start thinking about what it is that you really want. Most aspirants make decisions based on a single google search looking at placements. But is there more to b-schools than placements alone?
How do you land a consulting job at BCG? Or how do you make sure that Amazon Prime Video, where you watch your favorite films and TV shows, takes note of you and offers you a Pre Placement Offer? Or how do you get a chance to intern with Godrej Finance?
What makes an MBA worthwhile?
White revolution came to India holding the hands of Dr. Verghese Kurien, who transformed the entire nation with its milk production and helped India be self-sustained with its production.
B-school admissions are in its full swing now that the CAT results are out. A lot of B-school aspirants will now have to undergo the most difficult process in their B-school journey. Selecting the right b-school. But, how do you do that and what are some of the factors you keep in mind while making the decision. We asked Dr. Monica Khanna, Director and Marketing Professor at K J Somaiya Institute of Management, Mumbai, and Dean – Faculty of Management Studies at the Somaiya Vidyavihar University, Mumbai who gave us a perspective on the management education offered at the institute and the prospects of students who decide to join the business school. Here are the excerpts:
A lot of freshers get their first taste of corporate life once they go through their summer internship experience in a B-school during their MBA.
One after the other startups are raising eyebrows through their IPOs in the current scenario. It is no longer necessary that a b-school student's dream company would be a legacy one. One such b-school graduate was Rangarajan, who did his MBA from SDA Bocconi and decided to start his career with a startup called AskMeBazar. There was no looking back ever since for Rangarajan who currently works as the AVP at Unacademy. InsideIIM got in touch with him to understand his journey and how he became an architect of his own career growth. Here are the excerpts:
The bigger question that comes to the mind of many aspirants while they are making a choice to pivot their careers and undergo an MBA is, ‘Why do I want to do it’?
January is the perfect time to start thinking about what it is that you really want. Most aspirants make decisions based on a single google search looking at placements. But is there more to b-schools than placements alone?
How do you land a consulting job at BCG? Or how do you make sure that Amazon Prime Video, where you watch your favorite films and TV shows, takes note of you and offers you a Pre Placement Offer? Or how do you get a chance to intern with Godrej Finance?
What makes an MBA worthwhile?
White revolution came to India holding the hands of Dr. Verghese Kurien, who transformed the entire nation with its milk production and helped India be self-sustained with its production.
B-school admissions are in its full swing now that the CAT results are out. A lot of B-school aspirants will now have to undergo the most difficult process in their B-school journey. Selecting the right b-school. But, how do you do that and what are some of the factors you keep in mind while making the decision. We asked Dr. Monica Khanna, Director and Marketing Professor at K J Somaiya Institute of Management, Mumbai, and Dean – Faculty of Management Studies at the Somaiya Vidyavihar University, Mumbai who gave us a perspective on the management education offered at the institute and the prospects of students who decide to join the business school. Here are the excerpts:
A lot of freshers get their first taste of corporate life once they go through their summer internship experience in a B-school during their MBA.
One after the other startups are raising eyebrows through their IPOs in the current scenario. It is no longer necessary that a b-school student's dream company would be a legacy one. One such b-school graduate was Rangarajan, who did his MBA from SDA Bocconi and decided to start his career with a startup called AskMeBazar. There was no looking back ever since for Rangarajan who currently works as the AVP at Unacademy. InsideIIM got in touch with him to understand his journey and how he became an architect of his own career growth. Here are the excerpts:
