Being an engineering student who was preparing for entrance exams, the most important thing that I heard about the MBA is Time Management. However, it is not as easy as it sounds. It’s a whole different ball game in the MBA.
Imagine getting calls from IIM A, IIM B and IIM C. Wait, how? And what next? Well, if you’re lucky enough to get shortlisted for what are probably the top 3 b-schools in India, you have to prepare for the GD-PI rounds next. So how to prepare in such a way that you manage to crack all three b-schools? While a lot depends on your interviewers, you can also take control of some aspects of the GD-PI process and prepare accordingly. What are we talking about? Well, for starters, we’re referring to customising your GD-PI strategy based on the b-schools you’re interviewing for. But in order to do this, you need to know what each b-school expects from students during the interview process, right? Well, meet Aayush Gupta, a BMS student from the Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies (DU), Ex Intern at Deloitte and currently set to intern at Strategy &, PwC's consulting arm. Aayush, currently an IIM A student, was lucky enough to be shortlisted for IIM A, IIM B and IIM C. What’s more, he got admission to all 3 b-schools too! Find out how Aayush zeroed in on a b-school, and how he prepared for IIM A, IIM B, IIM C interviews in this video.
Remember the stories of Ramayana and Mahabharata? There was always a mention of the sacred guru-shishya (teacher-student) bond. Unfortunately, in those times, the transaction of knowledge was only reserved for people of a certain class and caste. Thankfully, we don’t live in that kind of world anymore. Or do we? While, the number of ST, SC and OBC students is slowly rising in institutes of higher education, the case is not the same for faculty and scholars. In a working paper co-written by Siddharth Joshi (Doctoral Student, IIM B) and Deepak Malghan (Associate Professor, IIM B) titled - Missing Scholars: Social Exclusion at the Indian Institutes of Management, it was found out that, “As of January 2018, of the 642 faculty members across the 13 IIMs, 4 were from the Scheduled Caste (SC) and 1 from the Schedule Tribe (ST) categories.” This report comes as a shock since SCs/STs represent more than a quarter of the country’s population!
SNAP is one of the most competitive b-school entrance exams in India today. Every year, more than 50,000 candidates sit for the test out of which only 2257 get seats in its member institutions. With every passing year, there is a rise in the number of applicants, which has led the participating colleges to diversify their intake. This means if you’re attempting the SNAP this year, and hoping to get shortlisted, you need pretty high scores in order to trump the competition. So how do you crack SNAP? What are the preparation strategies you must learn? How to ensure that your SNAP prep is going well? With just a few days to go to SNAP 2019, you have your work cut out for you. In order to help you ace SNAP this time around, we’ve compiled a list of resources in today’s newsletter. Don’t forget to check them out!!
Anti-Obesity Day is observed on 26th of November in various parts of the world. India is one of the top ten obese countries in the world, with approximately 5% of the population being classified as morbidly obese. The levels of obesity are on the rise, given India’s economic development, rising incomes of the middle class and increased availability of highly processed junk food. In order to raise awareness and to attempt to tackle this grave issue, Johnson & Johnson in association with the Jayashree Todkar Foundation organized an anti-obesity walk at Symbiosis Center for Management and Human Resource Development (SCMHRD) in collaboration with Samatva, the institute social responsibility cell of SCMHRD.
One of the top most management colleges in India, ICFAI Business School (IBS) has become a big brand when it comes to quality education. With their holistic approach and a constant effort of being in sync with the ever-changing ways of the business world, this institution imparts nothing short of quality education. In addition to education, the institution stands by itself in offering world-class amenities to the students that largely contributes to the growth of each disciple that decides to become a part of this education organization.
Remember the Kerala Floods? What can management students learn from this disaster? The scale at which people were affected was truly terrifying. So many people came together to help their fellow comrades in need. From donations to volunteering, everyone helped however little they could. In this video, we spoke to Soham Saha, a student of IIM Kozhikode who is an active member of the Social Service Group. He speaks of his experience during the Kerala Floods, where he and his fellow classmates participated in relief work. From sourcing essentials and supplies, to personally sorting and delivering them to relief camps, they took a very structured approach to help those in need.
Being an engineering student who was preparing for entrance exams, the most important thing that I heard about the MBA is Time Management. However, it is not as easy as it sounds. It’s a whole different ball game in the MBA.
Imagine getting calls from IIM A, IIM B and IIM C. Wait, how? And what next? Well, if you’re lucky enough to get shortlisted for what are probably the top 3 b-schools in India, you have to prepare for the GD-PI rounds next. So how to prepare in such a way that you manage to crack all three b-schools? While a lot depends on your interviewers, you can also take control of some aspects of the GD-PI process and prepare accordingly. What are we talking about? Well, for starters, we’re referring to customising your GD-PI strategy based on the b-schools you’re interviewing for. But in order to do this, you need to know what each b-school expects from students during the interview process, right? Well, meet Aayush Gupta, a BMS student from the Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies (DU), Ex Intern at Deloitte and currently set to intern at Strategy &, PwC's consulting arm. Aayush, currently an IIM A student, was lucky enough to be shortlisted for IIM A, IIM B and IIM C. What’s more, he got admission to all 3 b-schools too! Find out how Aayush zeroed in on a b-school, and how he prepared for IIM A, IIM B, IIM C interviews in this video.
Remember the stories of Ramayana and Mahabharata? There was always a mention of the sacred guru-shishya (teacher-student) bond. Unfortunately, in those times, the transaction of knowledge was only reserved for people of a certain class and caste. Thankfully, we don’t live in that kind of world anymore. Or do we? While, the number of ST, SC and OBC students is slowly rising in institutes of higher education, the case is not the same for faculty and scholars. In a working paper co-written by Siddharth Joshi (Doctoral Student, IIM B) and Deepak Malghan (Associate Professor, IIM B) titled - Missing Scholars: Social Exclusion at the Indian Institutes of Management, it was found out that, “As of January 2018, of the 642 faculty members across the 13 IIMs, 4 were from the Scheduled Caste (SC) and 1 from the Schedule Tribe (ST) categories.” This report comes as a shock since SCs/STs represent more than a quarter of the country’s population!
SNAP is one of the most competitive b-school entrance exams in India today. Every year, more than 50,000 candidates sit for the test out of which only 2257 get seats in its member institutions. With every passing year, there is a rise in the number of applicants, which has led the participating colleges to diversify their intake. This means if you’re attempting the SNAP this year, and hoping to get shortlisted, you need pretty high scores in order to trump the competition. So how do you crack SNAP? What are the preparation strategies you must learn? How to ensure that your SNAP prep is going well? With just a few days to go to SNAP 2019, you have your work cut out for you. In order to help you ace SNAP this time around, we’ve compiled a list of resources in today’s newsletter. Don’t forget to check them out!!
Anti-Obesity Day is observed on 26th of November in various parts of the world. India is one of the top ten obese countries in the world, with approximately 5% of the population being classified as morbidly obese. The levels of obesity are on the rise, given India’s economic development, rising incomes of the middle class and increased availability of highly processed junk food. In order to raise awareness and to attempt to tackle this grave issue, Johnson & Johnson in association with the Jayashree Todkar Foundation organized an anti-obesity walk at Symbiosis Center for Management and Human Resource Development (SCMHRD) in collaboration with Samatva, the institute social responsibility cell of SCMHRD.
One of the top most management colleges in India, ICFAI Business School (IBS) has become a big brand when it comes to quality education. With their holistic approach and a constant effort of being in sync with the ever-changing ways of the business world, this institution imparts nothing short of quality education. In addition to education, the institution stands by itself in offering world-class amenities to the students that largely contributes to the growth of each disciple that decides to become a part of this education organization.
Remember the Kerala Floods? What can management students learn from this disaster? The scale at which people were affected was truly terrifying. So many people came together to help their fellow comrades in need. From donations to volunteering, everyone helped however little they could. In this video, we spoke to Soham Saha, a student of IIM Kozhikode who is an active member of the Social Service Group. He speaks of his experience during the Kerala Floods, where he and his fellow classmates participated in relief work. From sourcing essentials and supplies, to personally sorting and delivering them to relief camps, they took a very structured approach to help those in need.
