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Everyone who joins a B-school easily gets to know about the famous and highly sought-after Group Management Cadre (GMC) summer internship program of Mahindra. It is regarded as one of the most coveted roles on campus, and I was extremely thrilled and elated when I got selected. Come April and in just the initial one week, which consisted of induction and workshops, we understood why Mahindra focuses so much on challenging the status quo and driving positive change.
If you ask any B-school aspirant, what he would never want to do in his life, he would probably say ‘sit for placements.’ The placement season is extremely hectic and mind-numbing. If not anything else, it will ground you and make you realise the level of competition you are facing!
Barely 3 months into your B-school, Summer Placements come knocking at the door - the first big opportunity for any B-school student to get closer to the business world. Nestlé, the FMCG giant, is amongst the most favoured organisations that B-school students aspire for their Summers Placements. The company each year selects from the top talent at B-schools for its prestigious summer internship programme. The internships are offered in the functions of Marketing, Human Resources, and Supply Chain. Given its vast presence across all corners of the country, Nestlé has also launched its all Sales internship programme at select campuses in the last few years.
Being an ER Secy (External Relations Secretary) is a rewarding and challenging position at IIM Calcutta. 2 students are elected from the batch of first-year students each year. They represent IIM Calcutta to incoming students, media bodies and alumni. To understand more about the role, I talked to Aayushya Aggarwal who is one of the two ER secretaries for this year.
A B-school has many activities and experiences on the professional front apart from the academics, placements and case competitions. And like in all of these fields, competition is intense everywhere. It is no different when it comes to the year-end awards given by the institute. Apart from the awards given for brilliant academic performance, there are a few given for extracurricular achievements and leadership abilities. A rigorous process is followed, which includes nominations from the student community, followed by them voting for the selected nominations. The winning students are then felicitated by the institute during convocation.
Looking back in time, I feel like my MBA had just started yesterday. It was only a few days ago, i.e. on 30th March 2019, that our director gave the graduating batch a farewell speech. But I still distinctly remember his Day 1 speech on the transformational journey in the next two years. It has been no less.
