Konversations Cafe

You Must Ask The Right Questions As A Product Manager Ft. Ritika Gupta, Microsoft Teams

Working at Dainik Jagran as a Product Manager requires a different perspective. A product manager at Yatra has a different set of duties and expectations. A product manager at Microsoft? Again different DNA. Meet Ritika Gupta who's worked in all 3 roles. Ritika, currently Senior Program Manager at Microsoft Teams, Ex Yatra & Dainik Jagran and MICA alum, had a different experience at each of the roles. From learning about lead conversion ratios to developing the sports app from scratch for Microsoft Bing, each required her to display different skill sets. In this video, she takes us through the challenges she faced and the learnings that helped her grow.

Team InsideIIM16 Apr 2020

Never Wanted To Join L'Oreals, P&Gs Of The World - Ritika Gupta, Program Manager - Microsoft

Imagine resigning from your very first job post MBA in less than 2 years so that you can travel. And before you leave, getting a job offer from another company! Sounds serendipitous right? But this actually happened to Ritika Gupta, current Senior Product Manager at Microsoft Teams, Ex Yatra & Dainik Jagran, MICA alum. In today's video, Ritika Gupta takes us through her wonky decision making process and tells us how she chose to study an MBA only after getting calls from IIM Shillong and MICA. Check out her interesting career pathway, peppered with impulsive decisions, passions, hard-work and luck! If you want to get a glimpse into how you too can make your MBA work for you, this is a must watch.

Team InsideIIM15 Apr 2020

IIM A to Kotak to TAG Heuer to Edelweiss To Starting Up | Ft. Ken Serrao, VC

Packed with truth bombs, some candid facts and lots of examples from his time at IIM Ahmedabad to venturing into the world of VC, Ken’s session at Konversations Cafe is a revelation. His straightforward recounting of interesting market movements and his experiences working in the evolving financial sector of India will make you think. Meanwhile, his talk will answer various questions you have about pursuing an MBA and what comes after. Kenneth Serrao is a Venture Capitalist, Founder & CIO at Alpha Capital Advisors Private Limited and IIM A Alum. Ken talks about his career journey from IIM A to Kotak to TAG Heuer to Edelweiss to finally starting up on his own. If you’re curious about how an MBA graduate thinks, acts and believes, even 20 years after graduation, these 3 videos are a must-watch for you. Don’t forget to check out the videos below!

Team InsideIIM09 Apr 2020

What It's Like To Work As A Product Manager Abroad Ft. Ellora Nath, ISB Alum

In this last part of her interview, Ellora Nath takes us through the selection process for Booking.com. She talks of the different rounds, including the ‘on-site' round, where candidates fly to Amsterdam and have interviews with the HR, and the Director of Booking.com. She tells us how she managed to crack these rounds, and what it was that really helped her get through. Having worked in India, for an MNC like eBay, and then a start up like Practo, her move to Amsterdam was what she calls 'writing a new book' in her life. She explains how life and work culture in Europe is different from life and work culture in India, going on to tell us what skills and abilities you need to develop to be able to thrive in a foreign workplace. She gives us a glimpse of her responsibilities as a Product Manager.

Team InsideIIM09 Apr 2020

My Experience At ISB, Practo Ft. Ellora Nath, Product Manager, Booking.com

Continuing her talk, Ellora takes us through her journey at ISB, and how she made the most of her MBA. Having already worked in an MNC (eBay), she decided she wanted to experience the startup life, and hence chose to get placed in Practo. Her time with eBay had equipped her with work experience, but her stint at Practo was nothing like before. This was her first stint at being a Product Manager, handling the medicine delivery and supply side of things. Having worked as a Developer gave her the advantage of a smooth work rapport with the other ‘Devs' in Practo. She calls this her ‘Get Out Of Jail Free Card'.

Team InsideIIM08 Apr 2020

Don't Do An MBA To Figure Out Your Future - Ellora Nath, Product Manager, Booking.com, ISB Alum

Ellora Nath was like many other Indian students who opted to do engineering. Having a knack for science, she got into BITS Pilani, Goa, and from there moved on to becoming a Developer for eBay. In this video, she talks briefly about why she did engineering and gives us her experience as a Developer working for eBay. She talks of how her first job gave her a much-needed perspective that ultimately led her towards her career as a Product Manager. However, it didn't all happen overnight.

Team InsideIIM07 Apr 2020

Not Everyone Who Does An MBA Is Successful Ft. Johann M, Monitor Deloitte

In this last part, Johann Matthai, Manager of Customer Strategy at Monitor Deloitte, talks of his experience working with Deloitte, in Amsterdam. He talks of his journey that got him into consulting, and of his role as a Customer Strategy Manager. He says that Consulting and Advertising are slowly converging, and how that reflects on the kind of work companies do. He even gives insights about how it is like consulting for a slew of brands, and how different it is from managing a single brand.

Team InsideIIM03 Apr 2020

The Science To Success | Ft. Saurabh Sengupta, Ex VP Sales - Zomato, IIM Indore

Today’s Konversation is dedicated to Saurabh Sengupta, a Sales Sales Educator & Practitioner, previously Senior Vice President of Sales at Zomato and IIM Indore Alum. Find out if there’s a science to success and why Saurabh’s IIT and IIM tags didn’t really matter in the long run. Saurabh talks some honest, harsh truths, gives a lot of gyaan and all that while, sounds like your neighbourhood best friend. Intrigued? Watch these videos featuring Saurabh’s talk at Konversation Cafe (if you haven’t already!) and find out how you too can take an offbeat career path and make it successful.

Team InsideIIM02 Apr 2020