'Find Time To Connect With People In Your Batch' - Sneha Ranjan, IIM Calcutta PGPEX
Hi Sneha! Tell us about your academic and professional background.
Hi Sneha! Tell us about your academic and professional background.
On 1st October, State Bank of India (SBI) chief Arundhati Bhattacharya’s tenure was extended by one more year, the announcement coming five days ahead of the end of her three-year term.
You see them roaming around the campus and they seem to fit in so well with the normal junta. But wait until you hear their stories and you realize that they are the ones bringing in real diversity to the campus.
“Ah, music," he said, wiping his eyes. "A magic far beyond all we do here!”
The summers of 2016 saw the largest batch ever at IIFT placed in the shortest time span. Overall 88 companies participated in the Summer Placement season and the average stipend saw a rise of nearly 15% with highest stipend on offer being 2,50,000 INR for the entire internship duration. This year’s summers also saw good participation of companies rolling out 14 international offers across locations such as Geneva, Paris, Dubai, Latin America, China, Nepal, Africa.
Indrajeet Singh, the CEO of iQuanta gave a new direction to the world of online teaching where doubts gets cleared within seconds or minutes using the previously neglected medium, Facebook as his platform. He started iQuanta last year, and it delivered splendid results in its very first year with two 100%ilers, sixteen 99.6+ %ilers & around 30 final converts from IIM A,B,C and XLRI. iQuanta is mostly about unconventional methods and concepts which aren’t taught in conventional coaching centers. Their free peer learning platform, CAT Preparation Group, is 1Lakh+ members strong and is highly active – https://www.facebook.com/groups/Rockthecat/
There has been a growing clamour for more women in top managerial positions in Indian companies over the last few years. From a time just about 5 years back in 2011 when none of the top IIMs had even 20% women candidates, a lot of progress has been made. We may see things changing in the corporate board rooms in India in a few years. It is now common to see over 1/3rd women in many top business schools in India. We at InsideIIM only see this figure going up across schools in the coming years. It has become an important criteria to attract recruiters to one's business school as well.