The Saga Of Indian IT Firms & NASDAQ Listings

An Infosys Moment In SaaS In 1999, Infosys became the first Indian IT company to enlist on the NASDAQ stock exchange with USD 100 million. This event provided the Indian IT industry a jump start it needed to become a global source of IT talent & services and turned its employees into millionaires overnight. Fast forward 22 years, the cloud-based SaaS start-up, Freshworks repeated the history by getting listed on NASDAQ after a billion-dollar IPO. Will this be the herald of a new era of Indian IT’s global dominance or a fluke?

Team InsideIIM30 Apr 2022

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The Eighth PG Convocation Of XIM University (Hybrid Mode)

XIM University successfully conducted its Eighth Convocation in the hybrid mode  on Friday, 29th April 2022  at 5:30 PM for its Postgraduate and Doctoral programmes.

Illuminatix Old Campus30 Apr 2022

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Infographic | SaaS - The Next Big Thing | Here’s Why!

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. 

Team InsideIIM29 Apr 2022

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Entertainment Is One Of The Most High Risk Business Economics, Ft. Nabh Gupta, IMDb, Pt 2

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.

Team InsideIIM28 Apr 2022

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I Meet 1000+ Founders Per Year, Only 7- 10 Make The Cut, Ft. Aviral Bhatnagar, VC, IITB, IIMA, Pt2

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.

Team InsideIIM27 Apr 2022

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Interview Qs Like ‘How good is your EX?!’ And Other Stunning Facts About HRM Careers

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.

Team InsideIIM26 Apr 2022

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I Started Dreaming About Investment Banking During The 2008 Crisis, Vaibhav Jain, IIM I, CFA, Pt. 1

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.

Team InsideIIM26 Apr 2022

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A Challenging Case and Interaction With Leadership Is What Attracted Us To Asian Paints

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.

InsideIIM Career Services26 Apr 2022

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The Saga Of Indian IT Firms & NASDAQ Listings

An Infosys Moment In SaaS In 1999, Infosys became the first Indian IT company to enlist on the NASDAQ stock exchange with USD 100 million. This event provided the Indian IT industry a jump start it needed to become a global source of IT talent & services and turned its employees into millionaires overnight. Fast forward 22 years, the cloud-based SaaS start-up, Freshworks repeated the history by getting listed on NASDAQ after a billion-dollar IPO. Will this be the herald of a new era of Indian IT’s global dominance or a fluke?

Team InsideIIM30 Apr 2022

Read More

The Eighth PG Convocation Of XIM University (Hybrid Mode)

XIM University successfully conducted its Eighth Convocation in the hybrid mode  on Friday, 29th April 2022  at 5:30 PM for its Postgraduate and Doctoral programmes.

Illuminatix Old Campus30 Apr 2022

Read More

Infographic | SaaS - The Next Big Thing | Here’s Why!

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. 

Team InsideIIM29 Apr 2022

Read More

Entertainment Is One Of The Most High Risk Business Economics, Ft. Nabh Gupta, IMDb, Pt 2

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.

Team InsideIIM28 Apr 2022

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I Meet 1000+ Founders Per Year, Only 7- 10 Make The Cut, Ft. Aviral Bhatnagar, VC, IITB, IIMA, Pt2

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.

Team InsideIIM27 Apr 2022

Read More

Interview Qs Like ‘How good is your EX?!’ And Other Stunning Facts About HRM Careers

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.

Team InsideIIM26 Apr 2022

Read More

I Started Dreaming About Investment Banking During The 2008 Crisis, Vaibhav Jain, IIM I, CFA, Pt. 1

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.

Team InsideIIM26 Apr 2022

Read More

A Challenging Case and Interaction With Leadership Is What Attracted Us To Asian Paints

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.

InsideIIM Career Services26 Apr 2022

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