Konversations Cafe

From A Single Store To 100+ Franchises - Ft. Kiran Shah, Apsara Ice Creams - Part II

Marketing is about constant innovation. And it is this constant urge to innovate that led Kiran Shah to take a journey back from his cozy corporate job of a global brand manager in Singapore. He came back to his roots, to the very streets of Mumbai where he had seen his family business grow. In this video, Kiran talks in detail about the challenges he took up after coming back, what were some innovations he worked on, how he used his corporate experience to change the face of the family business and what you can learn from his journey about brand building.

Team InsideIIM18 Sept 2021

I Sold Chai At IIM Lucknow. Now, I Sell Ice-Cream To All Of India.- Ft. Kiran Shah, Apsara Ice Creams - Part I

How do you make an ice cream stand out? You put Masala on top of it. However strange it might sound, that is what Kiran Shah, the CEO of Apsara Ice creams did and came up with an ice cream flavour that changed the course of the business. In this video, Ankit Doshi, the CEO and Creator of InsideIIM interacts with Kiran to understand his journey better. How this Gujarati middle-class boy went on to a B-school (IIM Lucknow) and what came along the way for him to come back and handle his family business, which he expanded like crazy in a matter of years. Watch Kiran spill the secrets of his successful Ice cream business in the first part of this new Konversations Cafe video.

Team InsideIIM21 Aug 2021

Create Opportunities For Yourself To Succeed After B-School, Ft. Ishan Khare, ABG, IIM Indore Alum

Ishan started off his career working at Coal India after his engineering, where he realized the importance of middle management and building effective communication systems. With the goal to achieve that, he thought of doing an MBA and got through to IIM Indore. It is at this institute that Ishan learnt the theory of how to make it possible. When he joined ABG after becoming the ET Young Leader he applied those principles in practical terms.

InsideIIM Career Services28 Jul 2021

My Perspective Changed During The Factory Stint At ABG, Ft. Kritika J, HRBP, Aditya Birla Capital

Kritika Jain, just like any other B-school grad, was looking to get into an organization which can provide her ample learning opportunities. It was during this time that she got through to ABG and became part of the HRLP programme. As part of the programme she worked in Mumbai, Thailand and Atlanta in various business domains and companies of ABG. But, immediately after her stint in Atlanta, she was sent to a plant stint at a remote village in Gujarat. What happened next! Well, Kritika discusses this and a lot more in this candid discussion with Purnangshu Paul, talking about her journey after B-school with ABG.

InsideIIM Career Services23 Jul 2021

Work With A Company That Promises Growth, Not Money Ft. Shruti A, GM Head Marketing, ABG | Konversations Cafe Online Season 2

Shruti Agrawal joined IIM Calcutta in the year 2008 and found her liking for marketing there. What followed was a long standing journey with the Aditya Birla Group. She became part of the ABGLP programme and took up varied roles to understand the company better. Since then, there was no looking back for her. Shruti shares her journey from travelling across villages to understand consumers better during her first stint at ABG to now heading the marketing and e-commerce team at Jayashree Textiles in ABG. She shares her journey in this interesting conversation with the Head of Video at InsideIIM, Purnangshu Paul in this first episode of this year’s Konversations Cafe Online.

InsideIIM Career Services17 Jul 2021

From An Unknown Startup To ESPN, Ft. Hrishikesh G, Ex Star India

In today’s video we have someone, who has truly carved out his way through every possible media vertical out there. From radio, to print to television he has seen it all when it comes to the big bad world of media and marketing. Hrishekesh Gangoli after passing out from NL Dalmia started working on a startup, which eventually failed. But then, he made his own way in the journey and worked with marquee names like Radio City, Star India, Discovery and now handles marketing solutions for ESPN. Hrishikesh spoke to Purnanagshu Paul about his journey in this video, talking about the ups and downs of his life and how you can also shape up the career of your dreams.

InsideIIM Career Services16 Jul 2021

Consulting Career: Why & Why Not To Get Into It? | Riya Chhabra, Facebook, ex-McKinsey, INSEAD Alum

Time and again, with our research within the InsideIIM community and outside, we’ve observed that Consulting is one of the most preferred career options for MBA students and graduates. It promises a high-growth career, whopping salary figures & extraordinary exposure through working with CXOs and top-level executives. But with all these lucrative and hard-to-miss benefits of the job, there also comes a high-stress environment, frequent travel and a negatively tilted work-life balance that most Consultants complain of. And the truth is, it’s sometimes hard to deal with it.

Team InsideIIM13 Jul 2021

Be On the Hotlist Of Your Dream Company Even Before Your B-School Starts

It’s that time of the year again. Your chance of getting into the hotlist of your most desirable companies. An opportunity to know more about the work culture, profiles, and growth you can experience and a chance to clear your doubts from top recruiters. And all this, even before you start treading on your B-school path!

Team InsideIIM26 Jun 2021

Work With A Company That Promises Growth, Not Money Ft. Shruti A, GM Head Marketing, ABG | Konversations Cafe Online Season 2

InsideIIM Career Services17 Jul 2021