SaaS solutions are one of the most rapidly expanding sectors of the IT Services industry. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is becoming the go-to for many enterprises for a variety of reasons, including flexibility, functionality, and affordability.
In this conversation, Nabh Gupta, Head (Editorial & Content Partnership) at IMDb, shares the highlights of his career in the media and entertainment space. He takes us through his experience working on social media marketing for Gangs of Wasseypur, Mirzapur and more. As a part of Viacom 18 and then Amazon, Nabh pioneered social media marketing for entertainment channels and programs. Nabh shares the skills he picked up as a brand manager, and further talks about how sales is an important aspect of any marketing job. He takes us through his journey at Viacom 18 working on social media for Gangs of Wasseypur, his first full-scale project. He shares how hype marketing and meme marketing became the cornerstones when it comes to social media marketing. Nabh also shares his experience creating memes for Mirzapur and making it a viral phenomenon across engineering colleges (and everywhere else) in India.
In this second and final part of this conversation, Aviral Bhatnagar talks about how he never stepped foot in a consulting firm although he always wanted to. How his love for venture capital grew during his time at Morgan Stanley and what made him take LinkedIn seriously after his Quora success. Hear him talk about the things he keeps in mind before investing now in any startup, how he uses his time productively and what skills should you look to acquire to make things work in your favour.
If you thought ‘EX’ refers to that person, whom you’re trying to banish from your memory forever, you’re mistaken by a long way! Read on to discover why, as well as other eye-opening facts about the nuances of a Human Resource Management career, the changing job roles, and why it’s a great choice to opt for in India.
In this candid conversation, Vaibhav Jain, LinkedIn influencer, Ex Investment Banker, and Private Banker, IIM Indore alum takes us through his career and shows us the decisions he made to follow a zigzag path to a career in finance. Just like the stocks he loves to discuss, Vaibhav’s own career trajectory is quite interesting. He shares how he was a mediocre student and did not pay much attention to his studies till he felt he needed newer skills to be relevant as a professional. An engineer from the Jaypee Institute of Technology, Noida, Vaibhav also pursued an MBA along with his B.Tech as a 5 year course. Finally, after a few years as a working professional employed at a KPO, Vaibhav decided to get serious about his education and upskill himself. He then decided to take up and cleared CFA Level 2. He got into IIM Indore and that’s where his life took a different turn. As a middle office executive at Deutsche Bank, Vaibhav then got a chance to work at their Sydney office. He eventually came back to India as a front office executive. Having closed around 15 deals in his 2 years at Deutsche Bank in India, Vaibhav decided to move his focus to private equity and joined Edelweiss. Ultimately, Vaibhav decided to join Wealthdesk, a startup that caters to retail investors in India.
Registering for a case study competition conducted by organizations is pretty easy and hardly takes a few minutes, however, having the motivation to complete a case study and submit your solution is highly dependent on the quality of the case. None of us lacked that motivation! That’s how intriguing and exciting the cases of the three case study competitions of Asian Paints, namely Canvas (For Sales and Marketing folks), Chain Reaction (Targeted at Supply Chain/Operations students) and Conundrum (For students of Human Resources) were.
Sohit Kapoor shared his journey of making it to IIM Bangalore and how Investment Banking happened in his life. For good 11 years, Sohit spent his time at Merrill Lynch, one of the premier investment banking firms in the world. With plans to retire doing investment banking, something in him changed in the year 2016. In this video, Sohit talks about his experiences at Merrill Lynch as an investment banker, what made him realize the power of many careers in life and what is he trying to solve with his entrepreneurial venture DRiefcase currently.
With the fast-growing Indian economy and opening up of FDI in many sectors, the need for skilled managers with a global outlook has become important. So, an MBA program has become an attractive career option in India. However, an MBA aspirant must choose a program which will offer focused skill development to meet industry requirements and global education for brighter employment opportunities and a promising career graph.
SaaS solutions are one of the most rapidly expanding sectors of the IT Services industry. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is becoming the go-to for many enterprises for a variety of reasons, including flexibility, functionality, and affordability.
In this conversation, Nabh Gupta, Head (Editorial & Content Partnership) at IMDb, shares the highlights of his career in the media and entertainment space. He takes us through his experience working on social media marketing for Gangs of Wasseypur, Mirzapur and more. As a part of Viacom 18 and then Amazon, Nabh pioneered social media marketing for entertainment channels and programs. Nabh shares the skills he picked up as a brand manager, and further talks about how sales is an important aspect of any marketing job. He takes us through his journey at Viacom 18 working on social media for Gangs of Wasseypur, his first full-scale project. He shares how hype marketing and meme marketing became the cornerstones when it comes to social media marketing. Nabh also shares his experience creating memes for Mirzapur and making it a viral phenomenon across engineering colleges (and everywhere else) in India.
In this second and final part of this conversation, Aviral Bhatnagar talks about how he never stepped foot in a consulting firm although he always wanted to. How his love for venture capital grew during his time at Morgan Stanley and what made him take LinkedIn seriously after his Quora success. Hear him talk about the things he keeps in mind before investing now in any startup, how he uses his time productively and what skills should you look to acquire to make things work in your favour.
If you thought ‘EX’ refers to that person, whom you’re trying to banish from your memory forever, you’re mistaken by a long way! Read on to discover why, as well as other eye-opening facts about the nuances of a Human Resource Management career, the changing job roles, and why it’s a great choice to opt for in India.
In this candid conversation, Vaibhav Jain, LinkedIn influencer, Ex Investment Banker, and Private Banker, IIM Indore alum takes us through his career and shows us the decisions he made to follow a zigzag path to a career in finance. Just like the stocks he loves to discuss, Vaibhav’s own career trajectory is quite interesting. He shares how he was a mediocre student and did not pay much attention to his studies till he felt he needed newer skills to be relevant as a professional. An engineer from the Jaypee Institute of Technology, Noida, Vaibhav also pursued an MBA along with his B.Tech as a 5 year course. Finally, after a few years as a working professional employed at a KPO, Vaibhav decided to get serious about his education and upskill himself. He then decided to take up and cleared CFA Level 2. He got into IIM Indore and that’s where his life took a different turn. As a middle office executive at Deutsche Bank, Vaibhav then got a chance to work at their Sydney office. He eventually came back to India as a front office executive. Having closed around 15 deals in his 2 years at Deutsche Bank in India, Vaibhav decided to move his focus to private equity and joined Edelweiss. Ultimately, Vaibhav decided to join Wealthdesk, a startup that caters to retail investors in India.
Registering for a case study competition conducted by organizations is pretty easy and hardly takes a few minutes, however, having the motivation to complete a case study and submit your solution is highly dependent on the quality of the case. None of us lacked that motivation! That’s how intriguing and exciting the cases of the three case study competitions of Asian Paints, namely Canvas (For Sales and Marketing folks), Chain Reaction (Targeted at Supply Chain/Operations students) and Conundrum (For students of Human Resources) were.
Sohit Kapoor shared his journey of making it to IIM Bangalore and how Investment Banking happened in his life. For good 11 years, Sohit spent his time at Merrill Lynch, one of the premier investment banking firms in the world. With plans to retire doing investment banking, something in him changed in the year 2016. In this video, Sohit talks about his experiences at Merrill Lynch as an investment banker, what made him realize the power of many careers in life and what is he trying to solve with his entrepreneurial venture DRiefcase currently.
With the fast-growing Indian economy and opening up of FDI in many sectors, the need for skilled managers with a global outlook has become important. So, an MBA program has become an attractive career option in India. However, an MBA aspirant must choose a program which will offer focused skill development to meet industry requirements and global education for brighter employment opportunities and a promising career graph.
