IIM Jammu - Is It Worth It? Or Are You Worth It?
“You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose the sight of the shore” - Andre Gide
“You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose the sight of the shore” - Andre Gide
It’s a matter of hardly a month by when all the major b-school entrance exams will be over and the candidates will anxiously await their results. Once the results are out, the alarm bells for getting their act right in the Group Discussion and Personal Interview rounds will start ringing for many. And just like one’s morning alarm tone, the tone of the GD/PI rounds is also not mellifluous to anyone’s ears.
Meet Soumyodeep Basu, a first-year MBA student at SIBM Bengaluru. Born in Kolkata and brought up in Mumbai, he completed his graduation in Civil engineering from the University of Mumbai in 2015. After having worked for some time in the construction sector, he decided to pursue his higher studies and opted for an MBA. He appeared for SNAP in which he scored 99.17%ile. He is currently in the second semester of his MBA and wishes to take up Marketing as his specialisation in his second year.
"For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them." ~ ARISTOTLE
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The first time I was exposed to MBF was when I received a mail from Xavier University which carried details of all the courses it offered, quietly nestled in among them was Master of Business Finance (MBF), being a finance enthusiast it piqued my interest and I was immediately drawn towards it , it was a new course offered by Xavier School of Commerce and this was to be the first batch of MBF.
Aditya Birla Scholarship, one of the most prestigious scholarships in India. It definitely is an honour to be an Aditya Birla Scholar. Well, I am not one, but I do know one - Anusha Ramachandran. For anyone who might be wondering, she is actually just like everyone else, usually late for class, cutting close to assignment deadlines and a jovial person to be around. So, what helped her become an ABG Scholar? I simply asked her and here is what she had to say: