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"Your Target Should Be To Do Really Well On The D-day Rather Than Being A Mock Mauler" - Sagar Tandon On Making It To IIM A In His Fourth CAT Attempt

Sagar is a Chartered Accountant by qualification where he was All India Rank 24 in the intermediate level, he completed B.com from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata where he scored 81% and was ranked 6th in his batch. He has also qualified CFA level 2. He did his schooling from Delhi Public School Megacity, Kolkata where he scored 92.2% in Xth and 95% in XIIth. Post qualifying CA he worked as an Equity research analyst covering the pharmaceutical sector for 7 months. He appeared for CAT 2020 realizing that MBA would play a crucial role in the progression of his career, where he scored 99.60%ile and got calls from IIM A,L,K,I,S where he managed to convert all of them. He is joining IIM Ahmedabad's PGP Co'23. Read this preparation journey, and his advice for future aspirants here!

Team InsideIIM28 Jun 2021

All You Need To Know About Consulting Jobs After MBA | Live Session With BCG, Bain Consultants

It is now an undisputed fact - consulting is, by some margin, the most desirable sector to work in for MBA students across India's top IIMs and other top-ranked management institutes, and for good reason; management/strategy consultants are some of the highest paid professionals in the world, and consulting provides an opportunity to gain exposure to a plethora of industries and diverse business problems. Which are the top Consulting companies that come to hire on the IIM campuses? What kind of roles do they offer at these campuses? What is the difference between working with McKinsey or BCG, and working with PwC or Deloitte? To find out answers to these questions and more, we bring to you a live session with Consultants from BCG, Bain and other top firms who will guide you! Join the live session now.

Team InsideIIM27 Jun 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

Highest CTC At INR 20.7 LPA | IMI Kolkata Final Placement Report 2021

IMI Kolkata has successfully concluded its final placement process and claims to have placed 100% of its students in PGDM Batch 2019-21. The final placement report of the institute has now been released with the highest salary touching Rs. 20,70,000 per annum. A feat like this in a year affected by a global pandemic is certainly commendable. Top brands including JSW Steel, Deloitte, ICICI Bank, PwC, Amazon, and others picked students in varied roles.

InsideIIM Career Services25 Jun 2021

Ogilvy CEO On The Future of Advertising & Brands, Ft. Kunal Jeswani, MICA Alum

“What really decides consumers to buy or not to buy is the content of your advertising, not its form.” – David Ogilvy From 'Washing powder Nirma' to the iconic Fevicol ads, the '90s was a terrific time in the advertisement industry. Brands were in a race to make their presence felt in people's minds, one-liners would make people hum the famous jingles non-stop. TV, newspaper, and billboards were the major mediums at that point in time, and digital was not yet born. Cut to today, where digital marketing spends of every company is shifting rapidly. With so many options available currently and OTT platforms selling “Ad-Free” products, are advertising agencies still relevant in today’s world? To answer these questions and to ponder some light on the future of advertising, advertising agencies, and marketing, we have Mr. Kunal Jeswani, CEO of Ogilvy India, in today's episode of CXO Central.

Team InsideIIM25 Jun 2021

How A Guinness World Record Holding Tabla Player, A Dancer, And A Teacher Are Acing Their B-School Life

We have often heard stories about the cultural and gender diversity in B-schools that provides learning opportunities to students beyond classrooms. The collective learning and problem solving provide a window of opportunity to learn things that a normal B-school curriculum can’t provide. FLAME university believes in every bit of it and thus puts emphasis on students from different walks of life while making their final selection for programs. We spoke to three FLAME university students, Kanisha, Nikhil and Sagarika to understand their journey, why they chose FLAME over other B-schools and how they manage their passion and B-school life together currently. Here are the excerpts:

InsideIIM Career Services25 Jun 2021

Meet Dr. Vasundhara Sen - SCMHRD's Professor of The Year In 2021

SCMHRD Pune students have voted Dr. Vasundhara Sen as their Professor of The Year in 2021! Professor Sen teaches courses on Economics and Energy to the MBA batch at SCMHRD, and has real industry experience which she brings to the classroom. Meet Professor Sen and find out what students have to say about her style of teaching!

Team InsideIIM25 Jun 2021

Meet The IIM Amritsar Prof. Whose "Energy Makes Even Online Classes Interesting"

IIM Amritsar students have voted Surender Rao Komera as their professor of the year in 2021! Dr. Komera, who is an Assistant Professor at IIM Amritsar, is adored for his unique style of teaching and has won this award for the second time in a row! Here's what IIM Amritsar students have to say about Dr. Komera and what he brings to the classroom!

Team InsideIIM25 Jun 2021

"Your Target Should Be To Do Really Well On The D-day Rather Than Being A Mock Mauler" - Sagar Tandon On Making It To IIM A In His Fourth CAT Attempt

Team InsideIIM28 Jun 2021