I spent the first evening of 2019 watching Bollywood's latest blockbuster, Simmba. In the film, a highly corrupt and unethical Inspector Sangram Bhalerao (Simmba) has a few shreds of goodness in him which enable him to turn over a new leaf. The fact that he had some values instilled in him can be attributed to a night school teacher's impact on his life who selflessly taught him when he was young.
Should we be opening more IIMs or should we increase the batch strengths of the existing IIMs? Or should we do both?
CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) exam is considered as one of the most sought-after exams for a finance graduate. It is a series of three exams covering a broad range of topics relating to investment management, financial analysis, stocks, bonds, and derivatives, and provides a holistic knowledge of other areas of finance. Clearing an exam which requires a person to work hard day in and day out in the midst of hectic life of a B-school is an onerous task. Below are the excerpts from an interview with Naveen Kumar, a PGP08 student, who cleared CFA level 1 while also being a member of the Placement Committee of IIM Rohtak.
Nexus is an initiative taken up by IMI, New Delhi with the core purpose of helping aspirants who wish to become business professionals by joining premier B-schools in and around the country, get all the necessary assistance and the much needed guidance for their long road ahead. The latest iteration is all set to be conducted in the month of January 2019.
It would be no exaggeration to address a B-School as a mock-corporate house where aspiring managers are groomed to become future industry leaders. Considering this viewpoint, a B-School becomes a crucial turning point in a student’s life. It is a B-school that imparts and inculcates the corporate etiquette and prepares students to face the demands of a fast-paced corporate life. Having known this fact at the time of inspecting the B-School landscape, I carefully shortlisted a few B-schools across the country where this fact is taken care of. After all, I didn’t want to land up a job without having the know-how of conducting myself.
Here is a brief comparison amongst the second generation IIMs (established in and after 2009) and third generation IIMs ( established in and after 2015).
Nestlé is a household name. Many of us wake up to a steaming hot cup of NESCAFÉ and end our day with a hankering for our favourite midnight snack - MAGGI Noodles. Even our mid-day breaks are punctuated by a KITKAT.
The dream of doing a postgraduate degree in management was there from my engineering days. Before doing my MBA, I wanted to have exposure to the working culture and business strategies of an organization. So, I worked in an MNC after my engineering for around 3 years. In March 2017, I decided to write the XAT exam and prepared for it for 9 months. XAT is one of the difficult exams and requires serious efforts to be put for getting a good percentile.
