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In Conversation With Kunal Jeswani, CEO, Ogilvy India On The Skills Needed For Professional Success

I, Tanya Shridhar, bring to you an enriching conversation with Mr Kunal Jeswani, Chief Executive Officer, Ogilvy India. Mr Jeswani has worked with iconic companies such as Unilever, Mondelez, Vodafone, BMW, Dabur and Pernod Ricard. He has also worked on the launch of the Indian Premier League (IPL) for BCCI and has led the South Asia Cricket Boards' bid for the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup. He is a distinguished alumnus and a member of the Governing Council of one of India’s premier Marketing Communication Institutes - MICA, Ahmedabad. In this interview, Kunal talks about his years in the advertising industry, his journey as a CEO, his takeaways from MICA and the value of having a strong point of view.

Tanya Shridhar10 Apr 2020

IIM A to Kotak to TAG Heuer to Edelweiss To Starting Up | Ft. Ken Serrao, VC

Packed with truth bombs, some candid facts and lots of examples from his time at IIM Ahmedabad to venturing into the world of VC, Ken’s session at Konversations Cafe is a revelation. His straightforward recounting of interesting market movements and his experiences working in the evolving financial sector of India will make you think. Meanwhile, his talk will answer various questions you have about pursuing an MBA and what comes after. Kenneth Serrao is a Venture Capitalist, Founder & CIO at Alpha Capital Advisors Private Limited and IIM A Alum. Ken talks about his career journey from IIM A to Kotak to TAG Heuer to Edelweiss to finally starting up on his own. If you’re curious about how an MBA graduate thinks, acts and believes, even 20 years after graduation, these 3 videos are a must-watch for you. Don’t forget to check out the videos below!

Team InsideIIM09 Apr 2020

We Would Love To Hear From You - InsideIIM.com Community

This year has begun in a way far from what anyone expected. This pandemic has thrown the world into a crisis, and whatever plans you may have had for the year have been disrupted, barring one - cracking CAT 2020. This crisis is as new for us as it is for you, which is why we'd like to hear from you to understand how we can serve you better in the coming year, and how we can help you ace CAT 2020 and any other tests you may be taking in the 2020/2021 admissions season. To this end, we request you to take this survey which will take about 5-7 minutes of your time.

Team InsideIIM09 Apr 2020

What It's Like To Work As A Product Manager Abroad Ft. Ellora Nath, ISB Alum

In this last part of her interview, Ellora Nath takes us through the selection process for Booking.com. She talks of the different rounds, including the ‘on-site' round, where candidates fly to Amsterdam and have interviews with the HR, and the Director of Booking.com. She tells us how she managed to crack these rounds, and what it was that really helped her get through. Having worked in India, for an MNC like eBay, and then a start up like Practo, her move to Amsterdam was what she calls 'writing a new book' in her life. She explains how life and work culture in Europe is different from life and work culture in India, going on to tell us what skills and abilities you need to develop to be able to thrive in a foreign workplace. She gives us a glimpse of her responsibilities as a Product Manager.

Team InsideIIM09 Apr 2020

5 Productive Things For Aspiring MBA Candidates During The Quarantine Period | Ft. Ankita, IIM Shillong

The Coronavirus has caught us off the guard. With classes shut, exams cancelled, and interviews postponed, most of the aspiring MBA candidates must be anxious about how to spend their time effectively. Don’t worry, we have got you covered. Here are five things that we suggest you do during the quarantine period to prepare for the MBA life and make the best use of your time:

PR Cell IIM Shillong09 Apr 2020

What Is Networking And How To Network During MBA

You might have heard the importance of networking while talking about the benefit of an MBA, and almost everybody talks about it in one way or another. And actually, networking is that important when it comes to MBA. According to a survey done by LinkedIn, 85% of jobs are filled by networking references!

Dilsad Ali08 Apr 2020

A CA's Journey To IIM Bangalore And His Perspective Of MBA

Durga Prasad is a current student at IIM Bangalore. He is a Charted Accountant qualified in the year 2015. After clearing CA in his very first attempt, he worked for 3.5 years in corporate banking at ICICI Bank and then with Yes Bank as a senior manager. Now he is going to start his internship at Bajaj Finserv as a general manager. In this article, Durga Prasad will share his experience and insight from being a CA to coming to IIM Bangalore and beyond.

Dilsad Ali08 Apr 2020

64 To 84 To 98.5 Percentile I 3 Attempts To Bell The CAT, Ft. Dipshika Damani

“When you feel like quitting, think about why you started.” This is the quote that helped me throughout my CAT journey. During my 3rd year of engineering, I decided to pursue an MBA but under one condition: it should only be from the top 10 B-Schools of India. As I started my journey, it started getting tougher and tougher by the day. Though I attended coaching, I didn’t really understand things. My friends were getting good scores in mocks, whereas I kept struggling with Verbal which always used to be my strength. I started reading lots of answers on Quora about the strategy to be followed for acing the exam and other success stories to keep myself motivated. I would think and tell myself, “If he/she can do this, then why can’t I?” But I reached a time when Quora got so overwhelming that I ended up deleting the app. I lost my confidence and just a day before CAT, I started suffering from high fever. The D-Day was a disaster. I was on high-power medication so it affected my performance. I could barely read passages and somehow managed the other sections. My friends did great. I scored a mere 64.76 percentile. Nobody except my parents knew about my real score and I decided to take another attempt. Meanwhile, I also got placed in one of the top IT companies of India.

pratibha goenka08 Apr 2020