Konversations Cafe

I Was Looking For Champagne, Got A Job With McKinsey Instead Ft. Kaushik S, INSEAD Alum

After scoring a 730 in GMAT, Kaushik moved onto the next stage, which was the selection process. To identify which b schools he would be a good fit in, he began communicating with alums and current students from those b schools, asking to meet and getting to know the culture. He calls b-schools abroad as cults, where the culture and traditions are very strong. Of the ones he got in touch with, INSEAD was where he felt most at home. Ultimately, the people you are surrounded by make up for a very big part of your b school experience.

Team InsideIIM05 May 2020

I Wanted To Quit My First Job Within 10 Days Of Joining, Ft. Kaushik S, GMAT 730, INSEAD Alum

Kaushik Subramanian was placed in L'Oreal, one of the highly coveted companies recruiting at MICA. He had a good run there, getting the opportunity to work on some very memorable projects. However, there was a lot more that he wanted to do with his career. Recognising that he would need to up-skill himself far more, he decided that it was time to do a second MBA. If you aspire to achieve great heights of success in your career, Kaushik's story will appeal to you. Watch this video and find out what his experience was!

Team InsideIIM04 May 2020

HR Professionals Don't Just Make Rangolis, They Are The Trend Sensors Ft. Harshita C, ex Nestle

Continuing her talk about the HR profession, Harshita takes us through her stint at Honeywell, where she did a Learning and Development role. A TISS alum, she has worked with big companies like Mondelez, Colgate-Palmolive, Honeywell, and Nestle, currently holding a senior position with Freshworks. She talks of the challenges that an LnD Professional faces, and how they deal with varying ranks of businesses, right from fresh joinees to the top brass. Each rank requires a different kind of program to be designed, and each requires special care.

Team InsideIIM28 Apr 2020

Top 5 Skills That Make A Successful HR Professional Ft. Harshita C, SPHR, ex-Nestle, TISS Alum

Do you aspire to be an HR professional? Do you know what it takes to be one? Recently, we saw a lot of interest around HR on our platform. To cater to this rising interest, we decided to have a chat with a true blue HR professional, Harshita Chaudhary, SPHR (Senior Professional in Human Resources). Harshita has close to a decade of experience in the HR function, having worked with big names like Mondelez (then Cadbury), Nestle, Colgate Palmolive and Honeywell. Currently, she works at Freshworks as Senior Manager OD & Talent.

Team InsideIIM27 Apr 2020

IIM Taught Me To Thrive In High Pressure, High Risk Situations Ft. Amit Agrawal, IIM A, IIT BHU

In the 3rd part of his talk on Konversations in Quarantine, Amit Agarwal, self minted Salespreneur, Author of the book “The Ultimate Sales Accelerator,” IIM A & IIT Bhu Alum, and currently, Senior VP, Sales, and Business Development at Manthan, talks about his life at IIT and IIM. From discussing how his time at IIT BHU changed him and how he then went on to work at Cognizant and other IT Service companies. He takes us through his journey at IIM Ahmedabad and shares just why he chose sales as a career! If you too are interested in sales and marketing and wondering how to go about it, this one's for you!

Team InsideIIM25 Apr 2020

How Coronavirus Is Shaping The Future Of Sales Ft. Amit Agarwal, IIM Ahmedabad

Do you wonder how the world will change after the COVID 19 threat has been neutralised? How kinds of changes will work, processes, and systems undergo? One of the major functions to change drastically will be sales. Because now, with work happening mostly online, sales jobs too will have to go virtual. One of the biggest shifts we see in sales work trends is the use of big data. How does sales online work? Why is it a better option than the purely offload mode of selling? And what are pertinent questions to ask if you want to achieve success in sales? In the 2nd part of his talk, Amit Agarwal, self minted Salespreneur, Author of the book “The Ultimate Sales Accelerator,” IIM A & IIT Bhu Alum, and currently Senior VP, Sales and Business Development at Manthan, answers all this and more.

Team InsideIIM24 Apr 2020

A Salesperson Can Earn More Than The CEO Ft. Amit Agarwal, IIM A, IIT BHU

If you’re an MBA student or aspirant, or even an engineering student for that matter, the last career option you’d consider is sales. Most people don’t choose a sales role, they just get selected for it. Quite a few of them prefer to call it Business Development. But at the end of the day, sales is a function that makes the world work, isn’t it?! In this video, we speak to Amit Agarwal, self-minted Salespreneur, Author of the book “The Ultimate Sales Accelerator,” IIM A & IIT Bhu Alum, and currently Senior VP, Sales and Business Development at Manthan, about his long and rich sales career. If you want to know what attitude it takes to succeed in your chosen profession, Amit’s talk will prove insightful and enriching.

Team InsideIIM23 Apr 2020

How And Why I Got Into Microsoft Teams Ft. Ritika Gupta, Program Manager, Ex Yatra, Ex Dainik Jagran

Ritika was almost done with Microsoft. She decided to move to Bangalore, left her job, booked tickets to Tanzania for a long vacay, and packed her bags too! And then her colleague at Microsoft popped up and asked her if she would like to move to the USA instead! In 3 days, Ritika Gupta, Ex Yatra & Dainik Jagran, MICA alum, had taken up her current role as Senior Program Manager at Microsoft Teams. In 3 months, she did move to a new city as planned, just this time it was in the USA! In this 3rd and last video of Ritika's interview, she talks to us about Microsoft Teams, and how they are managing the extra workload due to COVID 19 and the work from home policy. Check out this video to know how a product manager can prioritise problems and adapt to new situations!

Team InsideIIM17 Apr 2020