This is season 3 of Summer Placement reporting on InsideIIM and it can safely be said that this is the best Summer Placement at XLRI Jamshedpur in the last 3 years. (2012 click here, 2011 click here)
So, my Cousin, now an IBS alumni got placed with a very decent package of 6 lacs per annum. Now, I know the sum is not insanely high but considering he was a fresher and has been an average student all his life, I consider this no less than a miracle. What about all these new crop of private institutes, like Amity IBS etc, who charge a hefty fees, but a good placement is guaranteed and even at par with the best colleges if you perform well in your college and pass out with high CGPA?
ISB is a place where you get to learn everyday not just inside the classroom but also outside. I learn something new every day - sometimes it’s about how a doctor handled multiple emergencies in a single night, how a soldier had to go to war at a days notice, an investment banker who made it big and a big shot who gave up a glorious job to teach and learn art. I am an electrical engineer and was always sure that I would never be interested in finance and investments. ISB changed the way I thought. I have had the privilege of being taught by excellent faculty from Ivy League B-schools all over the world. I turned from someone who hated finance and then in term 4 absolutely fell in love it.
“Management is best taught in the lap of Himalayas” – says an exhilarated student of IIM Indore who returned from 7 day long, Himalayan Outbound training. Himalayan Outbound Programme - this unique course was started in 2010 wherein on trial basis, 30 students were initially sent to Nainital post which it was made part of Curriculum. It is believed that hard skills like quantitative techniques and strategic management can be taught in the confines of the classroom, but the teachings that real life challenges present are unparalleled in shaping an individual.
I never really studied in my two years at IIM Indore. I was ranked in the late 160s out of a batch of 240 students. This is an average student talking about academics.
This is a new series on InsideIIM.com where we profile interesting creatures on the Joka campus. This is the third story in this series where we meet Shailvee Panjiyar. She is another unique graduate who has experienced entrepreneurship before MBA. She still owns equity in her company. She co-founded an e-commerce portal focused on personal care and grooming products. She also started a not-for-profit portal. Her profile is among the best at Joka! Let's meet her :
It is the common pool where all the first year MBA students sit and wait for their turns. In few institutes, it is referred to by its colloquial nick name – faccha pool. It is the auditorium where first years students all wait, prepare and pray that they will be called to interview with the firms which have come for summer internships. All top tier firms worth their salt, come to hire at the top MBA colleges for summer internships and almost all the recruiters unfailingly complain about one thing – “Everyone is so great and qualified. But we often, have to choose just one candidate and it is difficult to choose between five equally good candidates. How do we differentiate between them given that it is barely three months of them joining the college…? It is tough out there to in the faccha pool and compete…”
