Being an engineering student who was preparing for entrance exams, the most important thing that I heard about the MBA is Time Management. However, it is not as easy as it sounds. It’s a whole different ball game in the MBA.
Imagine getting calls from IIM A, IIM B and IIM C. Wait, how? And what next? Well, if you’re lucky enough to get shortlisted for what are probably the top 3 b-schools in India, you have to prepare for the GD-PI rounds next. So how to prepare in such a way that you manage to crack all three b-schools? While a lot depends on your interviewers, you can also take control of some aspects of the GD-PI process and prepare accordingly. What are we talking about? Well, for starters, we’re referring to customising your GD-PI strategy based on the b-schools you’re interviewing for. But in order to do this, you need to know what each b-school expects from students during the interview process, right? Well, meet Aayush Gupta, a BMS student from the Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies (DU), Ex Intern at Deloitte and currently set to intern at Strategy &, PwC's consulting arm. Aayush, currently an IIM A student, was lucky enough to be shortlisted for IIM A, IIM B and IIM C. What’s more, he got admission to all 3 b-schools too! Find out how Aayush zeroed in on a b-school, and how he prepared for IIM A, IIM B, IIM C interviews in this video.
The audited version of IIM A's Final Placements Report for the Class of 2019 has been released on the official IPRS website. This report comprises sector-wise, function-wise, and location-wise placement details, including a comprehensive break down of salaries offered to the PGP batch of 2017-2019. Read this report for more details!
If you’re planning on doing an MBA, you’ve probably heard of GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test). It’s one of the most important exams that you can take for a career in MBA, and also for studying abroad. Developed and administered by GMAC (The Graduate Management Admission Council), it is a multiple choice test which is a requirement for admission into several B Schools. In addition, your GMAT scores are valid for a very long time; many companies take into account your GMAT score during the hiring process. So, this isn’t a test that you should take lightly at all. So, what constitutes the GMAT exam? What sections are a part of the exam and how is the exam structured? Find out in this article.
Remember the stories of Ramayana and Mahabharata? There was always a mention of the sacred guru-shishya (teacher-student) bond. Unfortunately, in those times, the transaction of knowledge was only reserved for people of a certain class and caste. Thankfully, we don’t live in that kind of world anymore. Or do we? While, the number of ST, SC and OBC students is slowly rising in institutes of higher education, the case is not the same for faculty and scholars. In a working paper co-written by Siddharth Joshi (Doctoral Student, IIM B) and Deepak Malghan (Associate Professor, IIM B) titled - Missing Scholars: Social Exclusion at the Indian Institutes of Management, it was found out that, “As of January 2018, of the 642 faculty members across the 13 IIMs, 4 were from the Scheduled Caste (SC) and 1 from the Schedule Tribe (ST) categories.” This report comes as a shock since SCs/STs represent more than a quarter of the country’s population!
The advent of digital currency in India is causing a drastic change in the banking & financial sphere. As the nation is getting closer to transforming into a cashless economy, technology is starting to play a major role in shaping the future of banking & finance. With this ongoing change, Engineers are starting to acclimatize to this change, as the work in this space is more dependent on technology than it was a few years back. The InsideIIM team visited Goa Institute of Management and had an in-depth conversation regarding the above with Prof. Kaushik Desarkar & Prof. Umesh S Mahtani.
I hope you are prepping well for the next big exam – XAT, to be held on 5th January, 2020. Here are a few tips and tricks that will make your journey towards the test a bit more sorted.
Being an engineering student who was preparing for entrance exams, the most important thing that I heard about the MBA is Time Management. However, it is not as easy as it sounds. It’s a whole different ball game in the MBA.
Imagine getting calls from IIM A, IIM B and IIM C. Wait, how? And what next? Well, if you’re lucky enough to get shortlisted for what are probably the top 3 b-schools in India, you have to prepare for the GD-PI rounds next. So how to prepare in such a way that you manage to crack all three b-schools? While a lot depends on your interviewers, you can also take control of some aspects of the GD-PI process and prepare accordingly. What are we talking about? Well, for starters, we’re referring to customising your GD-PI strategy based on the b-schools you’re interviewing for. But in order to do this, you need to know what each b-school expects from students during the interview process, right? Well, meet Aayush Gupta, a BMS student from the Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies (DU), Ex Intern at Deloitte and currently set to intern at Strategy &, PwC's consulting arm. Aayush, currently an IIM A student, was lucky enough to be shortlisted for IIM A, IIM B and IIM C. What’s more, he got admission to all 3 b-schools too! Find out how Aayush zeroed in on a b-school, and how he prepared for IIM A, IIM B, IIM C interviews in this video.
The audited version of IIM A's Final Placements Report for the Class of 2019 has been released on the official IPRS website. This report comprises sector-wise, function-wise, and location-wise placement details, including a comprehensive break down of salaries offered to the PGP batch of 2017-2019. Read this report for more details!
If you’re planning on doing an MBA, you’ve probably heard of GMAT (Graduate Management Admission Test). It’s one of the most important exams that you can take for a career in MBA, and also for studying abroad. Developed and administered by GMAC (The Graduate Management Admission Council), it is a multiple choice test which is a requirement for admission into several B Schools. In addition, your GMAT scores are valid for a very long time; many companies take into account your GMAT score during the hiring process. So, this isn’t a test that you should take lightly at all. So, what constitutes the GMAT exam? What sections are a part of the exam and how is the exam structured? Find out in this article.
Remember the stories of Ramayana and Mahabharata? There was always a mention of the sacred guru-shishya (teacher-student) bond. Unfortunately, in those times, the transaction of knowledge was only reserved for people of a certain class and caste. Thankfully, we don’t live in that kind of world anymore. Or do we? While, the number of ST, SC and OBC students is slowly rising in institutes of higher education, the case is not the same for faculty and scholars. In a working paper co-written by Siddharth Joshi (Doctoral Student, IIM B) and Deepak Malghan (Associate Professor, IIM B) titled - Missing Scholars: Social Exclusion at the Indian Institutes of Management, it was found out that, “As of January 2018, of the 642 faculty members across the 13 IIMs, 4 were from the Scheduled Caste (SC) and 1 from the Schedule Tribe (ST) categories.” This report comes as a shock since SCs/STs represent more than a quarter of the country’s population!
The advent of digital currency in India is causing a drastic change in the banking & financial sphere. As the nation is getting closer to transforming into a cashless economy, technology is starting to play a major role in shaping the future of banking & finance. With this ongoing change, Engineers are starting to acclimatize to this change, as the work in this space is more dependent on technology than it was a few years back. The InsideIIM team visited Goa Institute of Management and had an in-depth conversation regarding the above with Prof. Kaushik Desarkar & Prof. Umesh S Mahtani.
I hope you are prepping well for the next big exam – XAT, to be held on 5th January, 2020. Here are a few tips and tricks that will make your journey towards the test a bit more sorted.