This question perplexes many aspiring MBA aspirants who kickstart their MBA journey. Although this usually happens when the second year hits them, requiring them to decide their specialization, many are confused. The answer to this question is very personal and subjective.
Every year, a selected group of people with a wide variety of backgrounds from industries enter IIM Ahmedabad's PGPX program after a rigorous selection process. With the average work ex being over 8 years for the batch, and the candidates having worked at senior level positions at some of the best companies in the country, you can just imagine the level of competence that these students have. Amongst them to become a Gold Medalist at the end of the year is no easy task. This is exactly what Deep Bothra managed to do. He was awarded the Gold Medal for Scholastic Performance, PGPX for the batch of 2021 at IIM Ahmedabad. Find out about his journey, his focus during the course, his motivation to perform, and his advice to the incoming class of 2023.
We all have observed the flood of advertisements on online education platforms, especially in the last two years. Aided by strong Covid-19 tailwinds, the $735-million EdTech market, which constitutes under 1 percent of India's $90-billion private education market, was expected to clock 120 percent growth in calendar 2020 and exit the year at $1.7 billion, according to an ‘EdTech in India' report by Omidyar Network India and RedSeer Consulting. The hybrid mode of learning, people looking to upskill themselves for better job opportunities, an ever-changing job market, everything is contributing to the surge in the EdTech ecosystem. So, we thought, how can we not talk about it, being so closely associated with the industry. Thus, in today's episode of CXO Central, our COO Kunj Sanghvi talks to Mr. Mohan Kannegal, CEO (India & APAC) Emeritus, where they both discuss the future of education & ed-tech in India, what are the gaps & the stereotypes that need to be addressed.
“One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen” -Philip Wylie
Students at IIM Shillong have voted Dr. Rohit Joshi as their Professor of The Year in 2021! Dr. Joshi, an Associate Professor who teaches Operations and Quantitative Techniques to MBA students, has been associated with IIM Shillong for over a decade. Find out what students have to say about Dr. Joshi and his teaching methods!
TISS Mumbai has successfully completed the final placements process for its MA in HRM and LR batch of 2021. This year, TISS saw participation from 36 companies looking to recruit from a pool of 66 students in the batch. Top recruiters on campus included Accenture, Aditya Birla Group, Asian Paints, Citi, Dell Technologies, Flipkart, ITC, Marico, Nestle, RPG, TAS, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, and Deloitte India amongst others. Here are all the key recruitment highlights from TISS Mumbai's latest placement report for the HRM-LR batch.
One of the key reasons for pursuing an MBA from a top-ranked business school is the promise of a well-paying job in a desirable domain, sector, or company. So how do you find out the likeliness of getting a good salary and a sought-after job after MBA? By reading a b-school's placement report, of course. But are these reports reliable? Can these reports be trusted blindly? Over the last few years, many opinions have come up on how MBA institutes - including top IIMs - manipulate placement reports by using tactics to inflate salary data and other recruitment related information. So, what tactics are these? When reading a placement report, what should you be wary of? In this tell-all video, we get inside information from ex-placement committee members of top institutes on how business schools manipulate what they show on placement reports.
Your two years of b-school are likely to be the best two years of your life. You will be building the foundation for a career that you're going to be in for the next 40 years, you'll be meeting bright minds who will become your friends and a part of your network, you will be a part of clubs and committees, etc. In some ways, there's so much to do at b-school that it can become overwhelming. So, how do you pick and choose what you should do during your 2 years of MBA? What are the things that you can do that will help you develop personally and professionally? What kind of goals should you set for yourself when you step into your business school? To find out the answer to these questions and others, we bring to you a live session with graduates from IIMs and FMS Delhi who will take you through their 2 years of MBA, how they made the most out of their b-school journey, and what they would change if they could relive those 2 years of MBA again.
This question perplexes many aspiring MBA aspirants who kickstart their MBA journey. Although this usually happens when the second year hits them, requiring them to decide their specialization, many are confused. The answer to this question is very personal and subjective.
Every year, a selected group of people with a wide variety of backgrounds from industries enter IIM Ahmedabad's PGPX program after a rigorous selection process. With the average work ex being over 8 years for the batch, and the candidates having worked at senior level positions at some of the best companies in the country, you can just imagine the level of competence that these students have. Amongst them to become a Gold Medalist at the end of the year is no easy task. This is exactly what Deep Bothra managed to do. He was awarded the Gold Medal for Scholastic Performance, PGPX for the batch of 2021 at IIM Ahmedabad. Find out about his journey, his focus during the course, his motivation to perform, and his advice to the incoming class of 2023.
We all have observed the flood of advertisements on online education platforms, especially in the last two years. Aided by strong Covid-19 tailwinds, the $735-million EdTech market, which constitutes under 1 percent of India's $90-billion private education market, was expected to clock 120 percent growth in calendar 2020 and exit the year at $1.7 billion, according to an ‘EdTech in India' report by Omidyar Network India and RedSeer Consulting. The hybrid mode of learning, people looking to upskill themselves for better job opportunities, an ever-changing job market, everything is contributing to the surge in the EdTech ecosystem. So, we thought, how can we not talk about it, being so closely associated with the industry. Thus, in today's episode of CXO Central, our COO Kunj Sanghvi talks to Mr. Mohan Kannegal, CEO (India & APAC) Emeritus, where they both discuss the future of education & ed-tech in India, what are the gaps & the stereotypes that need to be addressed.
“One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen” -Philip Wylie
Students at IIM Shillong have voted Dr. Rohit Joshi as their Professor of The Year in 2021! Dr. Joshi, an Associate Professor who teaches Operations and Quantitative Techniques to MBA students, has been associated with IIM Shillong for over a decade. Find out what students have to say about Dr. Joshi and his teaching methods!
TISS Mumbai has successfully completed the final placements process for its MA in HRM and LR batch of 2021. This year, TISS saw participation from 36 companies looking to recruit from a pool of 66 students in the batch. Top recruiters on campus included Accenture, Aditya Birla Group, Asian Paints, Citi, Dell Technologies, Flipkart, ITC, Marico, Nestle, RPG, TAS, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, and Deloitte India amongst others. Here are all the key recruitment highlights from TISS Mumbai's latest placement report for the HRM-LR batch.
One of the key reasons for pursuing an MBA from a top-ranked business school is the promise of a well-paying job in a desirable domain, sector, or company. So how do you find out the likeliness of getting a good salary and a sought-after job after MBA? By reading a b-school's placement report, of course. But are these reports reliable? Can these reports be trusted blindly? Over the last few years, many opinions have come up on how MBA institutes - including top IIMs - manipulate placement reports by using tactics to inflate salary data and other recruitment related information. So, what tactics are these? When reading a placement report, what should you be wary of? In this tell-all video, we get inside information from ex-placement committee members of top institutes on how business schools manipulate what they show on placement reports.
Your two years of b-school are likely to be the best two years of your life. You will be building the foundation for a career that you're going to be in for the next 40 years, you'll be meeting bright minds who will become your friends and a part of your network, you will be a part of clubs and committees, etc. In some ways, there's so much to do at b-school that it can become overwhelming. So, how do you pick and choose what you should do during your 2 years of MBA? What are the things that you can do that will help you develop personally and professionally? What kind of goals should you set for yourself when you step into your business school? To find out the answer to these questions and others, we bring to you a live session with graduates from IIMs and FMS Delhi who will take you through their 2 years of MBA, how they made the most out of their b-school journey, and what they would change if they could relive those 2 years of MBA again.
