I hope all of you must be having butterflies in your stomach about college starting soon and must be thinking about what should be done in advance so that you are better prepared for the coming academic year.
Thrishna has recently graduated from IIM Lucknow with flying colours. She is not only the Institute Rank holder – IR6 – but also an active sportsperson. She was the Vice-Captain of the Throwball team of IIM Lucknow and a member of the Placement Operations team. She was a Technology Strategy Intern at NatWest group and has received a PPO for her performance during the internship. In this article, Thrishna talks about the summer placement preparation and interview process, tips to get a PPO and how she managed the academic rigour being an all-rounder at IIM Lucknow. Read on!
“Whom do you idolize if there is no one around to take inspiration from”, says Shivkant Dangi, a village boy from Sagar district in the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh who cracked IIM Indore this year with his might and will. From not knowing what MBA and B-school is, to getting into one of the top b-schools in the country, Shivkant’s journey indeed is an inspiring one. But, how did he reach here and what are some of the struggles he had to go through? Shivkant bares his heart out in this candid conversation with Purnangshu Paul, talking about his early days in the village to becoming an idol for many aspiring minds now.
SIBM Pune has successfully completed the final placement process for its MBA batch of 2021! This year saw participation from over a 100 companies across various sectors, and top brands on campus included Goldman Sachs, ABGLP, Vodafone-Idea, ITC, P&G, AB InBev, amongst many others. The MBA batch received a total of 192 job offers. The highest salary offered to the batch went up to INR 30.38 lakhs. Here are the key highlights from SIBM Pune's final placement report for the MBA batch of 2021.
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.
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