Gone are the days when parents used to nag their kids who were glued to their gaming consoles. Now, they encourage them! How did this shift take place in India and how much ground have we covered so far? Why is online gaming becoming so popular with Indians, and what does it mean for your career? We Dekode all this and a lot more in this special Independence Day episode of Dekoded!
For all MBA stakeholders - MBA aspirants, students and alumni - it is very interesting to track where graduates of top business schools are working today. In the Alumni Report series, we do just that. We attempt to present a rough estimate of the concentration of alumni of top B-schools across top companies in various industries. This part of the Alumni Report series will be concerned with alumni concentration across top Consumer Goods companies as per our latest Recruitment Survey reports.
Meet Tanya Naik. Graduating from XLRI Jamshedpur just before the 2008 financial crash, she joined CitiBank. She spent close to 9 years there, where she held 5 different roles and worked on everything from cards, to investments, to trade solutions, and much more. In 2017, she switched to PayPal, where she now works as Director of Payments, India & Cross Border Markets. If you aspire to have a career in Banking or Finance, or are keen on understanding how one can navigate their career through tough times, this video is certainly for you!
If you’ve landed yourself in a b-school this year, congratulations! It’s a great achievement. So what next? Well, there will be placements, internships, research projects, and lots more to look forward to. But, it’s 2020. The year of mishaps. With social distancing and a lack of diverse work opportunities, everyone in your batch will be competing for the same few virtual offerings. So here’s your chance to stand out. Announcing the launch of InsideIIM’s Student Team Hunt Competition 2020. Registrations are open!
Anybody can become a marketeer, but very few are good at it.
Get a glimpse into b-school life with our new free webinar series - #YOBOLive. Connect with students or alumni from IIMs and other top b-schools and find out how to make the most of b-school, because You Only B-School Once! This week we look at the famous (or infamous) placement committee. The backbone of every b-schools recruitment process, the PlaceComm is subject to gossip, to love, hate and everything in between. So why does one choose to be a part of PlaceComm despite the hard work and focus it needs? Why spend significant amounts of time on PlaceComm instead of academics at b-school? How does PlaceComm help individuals grow?
The past week has been filled with some interesting headlines from the world of MBA and business. IIM Ahmedabad has released its latest MBA selection criteria, placements are likely to be deferred at top Indian b-schools, and some good news has emerged in India's job market amidst this pandemic. Let's take a look at the top-5 headlines from the past week.
There are times when we are so intrigued about something that our thirst for more knowledge is neverending. We can either beat the books in the library or we can get right into the source, understand its application, and gets our hand dirty. The latter was the more knowledgable route that today's feature, Aman Killa, took. He developed a strong interest in finance during his undergrad. He felt so consumed by the concepts that the library was not enough. He joined an NGO called Bandhan to understand what happens in the grassroots. His courage to pursue his interest and his open to learning attitude scored him as a place in InsideIIM's Best 50 - India's Most Employable Graduates of The Class of 2018-20. Read to find out his story!
