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IIM Trichy Students Embark On Journey To Find Solutions For High Dropout Rates In Schools

As a part of their ‘Make-a-Difference’ project, aimed at finding solutions for social issues in Trichy and parts of Tamil Nadu, a six member team from Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli in collaboration with Holy Cross Service Society, a NGO operating in Trichy city, took up the issue of students dropping out from high schools and to come up with a feasible solution to reduce this number. Speaking about their project, the students said, “The dropout rates in schools at Tamil Nadu has reached alarming heights during the last decade or so. The drop rate between classes 1 to 10 is more than 30% and the reasons for this are plenty. We wanted to understand the factors which force students to quit school”

IIM Trichy .12 Aug 2016

Behind The Scenes With The Founder Of The Viral Fever - Strategy With RS

Let me share with you a behind the scenes conversation that I had with ‪‎Arunabh Kumar of ‪‎TVF. This will give you an insight into how he thinks! I am sure you will find it fascinating, insightful and refreshingly different!

Rajesh Srivastava10 Aug 2016

What We Don't Learn At A B-school

In our MBA programme, we have a process where-in seniors train the juniors for interview preparations and after sitting in two such processes where I was asking interview questions to juniors, one question always used to be “Why MBA” and the typical answer which I would receive and in fact which I myself would give was “learning”. Well to be fair, learning has always been one of the main reasons for pursuing MBA but most of us pursue this course to get better job opportunities which is justified given the fact how major companies hire “brand managers”, “sales managers” etc only through this route. However is learning the secret ingredient for bagging best placements?

Venky Pradyumna10 Aug 2016

Future Of Performance Management System

Performance Management System has undergone a lot of changes in the recent past to effectively translate effort to performance. The old ways of assessing performance have proven to be costly and ineffective. Bell curve alias relative comparison has been observed to be time consuming and often detrimental to performance. Organizations such as Adobe, Accenture, Microsoft and Delloite have adopted new ways of assessing to enhance individual and organizational performance.

Sasi Vignesh10 Aug 2016

Raghuram Rajan Is Not Done, Yet - Finance Guru Tamal Bandyopadhyay Speaks

That the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) would not cut its policy rate in the August bi-monthly review was almost a given. To that extent, there was no surprise in the monetary policy review on Tuesday. Far more interesting than the 2,175-word review was the statement that RBI governor Raghuram Rajan read out (it was roughly one-third of the policy review, in length) at the customary press conference after releasing the review. It ended intriguingly. “This is my last policy statement, but there are still 28 days in my term which I intend to use fully,” Rajan said.

Tamal Bandopadhyay10 Aug 2016

Is Something Holding You Back?

Have you ever found yourself thinking that there should be more to your life than what you have going for you? Have you ever felt unhappy with what you were doing? If so, try and recall what did you do about it?

Srinivasan R09 Aug 2016

Operations Vala CV - When Being Technical Helps - Abishake From IIM Lucknow

This is that time of the year when an MBA college is hustling and bustling with first year students running around with their CVs. The seniors are in high demand and CV reviews are happening in bulk. With a decent background in operations and a summers in supply chain, I have decided to jot down a few pointers to help you in preparing an Operations vala CV:

Abishake Koul09 Aug 2016

Summer Internship Interview Experiences – Chapter 1 - HUL at IIM Lucknow

Today, we bring to you the summer internship selection process experience of Utkarsh Dangayach, Class 2015-2017, IIM Lucknow. He did his summer internship with Hindustan Unilever, London division. He shares his interview process and a basic marketing preparation guideline.

Priyanka Grover09 Aug 2016