MBA Aspirant

A Letter To A Confused MBA Aspirant

To do or not to do? This is the question that haunts most of the MBA aspirants. Most of the times this could be because of the enormous amount of effort that goes into securing your seat into a dream B-school. But when do you know that doing an MBA and putting in the effort to get that coveted place is actually worth the fight. Read the below chain of thoughts if you still haven’t been decisive enough about this life-changing course and want to know if you fit into it:

Aashlesha Potdukhe24 Dec 2018

Why I Chose IIM Bangalore Over IIM Calcutta

Before I start elaborating on the factors that went into deciding which IIM is better, I would like to mention that being a student of IIM Bangalore, it is natural to have a bias towards the institute. However, in this article, I have tried to remain as neutral as possible basing my decision solely on facts.

Aashlesha Potdukhe24 Dec 2018

MBA With Work Experience Or MBA As A Fresher? - IIM Bangalore Student's Perspective

In the job market, work experience prior to doing an MBA is undervalued as opposed to the work experience after doing an MBA. I will give two scenarios here and compare how work experience prior to doing an MBA is heavily discounted. Consider two students who have completed their undergrad from the same college and graduated in the year 2015. Now one person went on to work for 3 years and after the hikes and promotions managed to get a salary of 10-12 lakhs in 2018, he later decides to join a B-School. Whereas his batchmate went on to do an MBA as a fresher from one of the top B-Schools and now earns a whopping 21 lakh after a year of work experience. This difference is very drastic and even if we consider an investment in management education, the breakeven point is within 2 years. Unless the person who worked for three years was unsure of doing an MBA back in 2015, he/she has worked three extra years at a lower salary than his fellow batchmate to eventually reach the same position that his friend has reached three years before!

Aashlesha Potdukhe24 Dec 2018

6 Things You Didn't Know About IIM Bangalore

IIM Bangalore boasts of students with a diversity of work experience and the average work experience of students here is 3 years. Interestingly, freshers are welcome too! While these are some of the well-known facts about IIMB, there are several interesting facts that were not mentioned on any website/article but I realized them only after joining this place. Here are some of the most salient features of this place that make it a gem of an institute to graduate from.

Aashlesha Potdukhe24 Dec 2018