Hindustan Unilever is India's largest FMCG company with a legacy of 80 years and touches the lives of 9 out of 10 Indians. The company is a powerhouse of brands including Dove, Surf Excel, Lifebuoy, Sunsilk, Clinic Plus, Brooke Bond, Close up, Pespsodent to name a few.
Welcome to the fanTAStic Quiz competition. First of all, we would like to thank all of you who participated in the competition and would like you to have fun during the competition. We hope that you get to learn something at the end of this competition.
You wake up in the morning. Pick up your smartphone and click on your food delivery app. Less than 3 mins later you can already see a map with a rider rushing to pick up your breakfast.
When people around the world go for summer vacation, MBA students go for summer internships. Summer Internship is a very important part of a student’s MBA experience. For some, it is the first taste of the corporate world and for others, it is an opportunity to put their classroom learning into test. Even when 2020 has thrown COVID-19 and economic slowdown on us, industrial learning continues to go on. Some of you are now going to start your deferred internship, so you must learn the tips and tricks of the trade. Even for incoming students, as soon as the semester starts, you will be expected to prepare for summer internship interviews. Hence, you must know everything about them. Right from the start to the end. This is an article that brings you a bouquet of internship interviews, experiences and tips, especially on how to bag a PPO. Read to know more.
"I wish I had a good mentor when I was younger."
With the current COVID-19 situation, the world is facing a serious economic impact. With an uncertain future looming ahead of them, many students are worried about what they should be doing with their study plans, reorienting their priorities and aspirations. Amidst this, we bring you a very insightful interview with Mr. Prawin Tiwari, who has a whopping 16 years of experience in the banking sector. Perhaps his insights will help you figure out your plans for the future.
At most Indian b-schools, campus placements are conducted between December and April. However, due to the Coronavirus lockdown, many management institutes have either halted or left the placement process incomplete. A recent post by the Business Line revealed that a premier b-school like ISB has completed 96% of placements for the outgoing class of 2020 and are left with 36 students yet to be placed. The situation is similar for other top institutes as well. While some companies like PwC are resorting to Skype and Zoom for placement interviews, others have deferred the process till May. But this is the current situation - what about the future? What about b-school placement post-COVID-19 crisis. Will the Coronavirus crisis have an effect on b-school placements process for the batch of 2021 and 2022?
“During our placements, Investment Banking was the most preferred job and also the most lucrative one. I didn’t know much about IB and had an interest in an asset management kind of role. However, since most people wanted to get into IB, I thought I should try it too because if I don’t, I will be missing out on something. However, when I actually landed up interning in an investment banking job, I got to know the finer nuances and realised that this is not the kind of job that I really enjoyed and that's not something I would like to make a career in”, says Prerna Lotlikar, VP of Investments at Pandim Consultancy, CFA and SPJIMR Finance Alumni.
Hindustan Unilever is India's largest FMCG company with a legacy of 80 years and touches the lives of 9 out of 10 Indians. The company is a powerhouse of brands including Dove, Surf Excel, Lifebuoy, Sunsilk, Clinic Plus, Brooke Bond, Close up, Pespsodent to name a few.
Welcome to the fanTAStic Quiz competition. First of all, we would like to thank all of you who participated in the competition and would like you to have fun during the competition. We hope that you get to learn something at the end of this competition.
You wake up in the morning. Pick up your smartphone and click on your food delivery app. Less than 3 mins later you can already see a map with a rider rushing to pick up your breakfast.
When people around the world go for summer vacation, MBA students go for summer internships. Summer Internship is a very important part of a student’s MBA experience. For some, it is the first taste of the corporate world and for others, it is an opportunity to put their classroom learning into test. Even when 2020 has thrown COVID-19 and economic slowdown on us, industrial learning continues to go on. Some of you are now going to start your deferred internship, so you must learn the tips and tricks of the trade. Even for incoming students, as soon as the semester starts, you will be expected to prepare for summer internship interviews. Hence, you must know everything about them. Right from the start to the end. This is an article that brings you a bouquet of internship interviews, experiences and tips, especially on how to bag a PPO. Read to know more.
"I wish I had a good mentor when I was younger."
With the current COVID-19 situation, the world is facing a serious economic impact. With an uncertain future looming ahead of them, many students are worried about what they should be doing with their study plans, reorienting their priorities and aspirations. Amidst this, we bring you a very insightful interview with Mr. Prawin Tiwari, who has a whopping 16 years of experience in the banking sector. Perhaps his insights will help you figure out your plans for the future.
At most Indian b-schools, campus placements are conducted between December and April. However, due to the Coronavirus lockdown, many management institutes have either halted or left the placement process incomplete. A recent post by the Business Line revealed that a premier b-school like ISB has completed 96% of placements for the outgoing class of 2020 and are left with 36 students yet to be placed. The situation is similar for other top institutes as well. While some companies like PwC are resorting to Skype and Zoom for placement interviews, others have deferred the process till May. But this is the current situation - what about the future? What about b-school placement post-COVID-19 crisis. Will the Coronavirus crisis have an effect on b-school placements process for the batch of 2021 and 2022?
“During our placements, Investment Banking was the most preferred job and also the most lucrative one. I didn’t know much about IB and had an interest in an asset management kind of role. However, since most people wanted to get into IB, I thought I should try it too because if I don’t, I will be missing out on something. However, when I actually landed up interning in an investment banking job, I got to know the finer nuances and realised that this is not the kind of job that I really enjoyed and that's not something I would like to make a career in”, says Prerna Lotlikar, VP of Investments at Pandim Consultancy, CFA and SPJIMR Finance Alumni.
