Is an MBA really worth it? Where does the MBA degree take you in your career? What are the chances that even after an MBA, you may end up in a mediocre job? Is an MBA degree going to remain relevant in a decade from now? This IIM Ahmedabad graduate, an entrepreneur who is known for never mincing his words, shares important career advice and his honest take on the worth of the MBA degree.
Continuing his talk, Praveen tells us about how he first discovered Product Management. He took up the role at a time where even the company that hired him wasn’t sure what Product Management was. The company in question is Myntra, and what followed was a very interesting career journey. Finishing his MBA from IIM Bangalore, Praveen moved on to Myntra, where he truly began to understand what Product Management is and how one can navigate their career in this field. From Myntra, Praveen moved to InMobi, India’s first Unicorn company.
SBM-NMIMS Mumbai has released the final placement report for the MBA batch of 2020! This final placements season at NMIMS Mumbai was tremendously successful, with 173 recruiters hiring from NMIMS Mumbai, including 40+ Fortune 500 companies. The average of the top-200 offers stood at INR 22.58 lakhs, while the overall average for the batch stood at INR 18.33 lakhs. Here's a glimpse of the key highlights from the NMIMS Mumbai MBA Final Placement report for the batch of 2020.
Will hiring and recruitment change drastically due to COVID 19? Will the class of 2019-21 and 2020-22 have to struggle with summer and final placements as well as internships? What skills and qualities will recruiters be looking at when hiring, now that the future (and the present) of work has changed completely? In order to understand recruitment and hiring during & post COVID 19 better, as well as take a look at the synergy between studying HR and implementing HR policies in real life, we spoke to someone who knows the corporate world very well. Meet Priyanka Nandan, a psychology major from Delhi University and an MBA in HR from TISS. Priyanka has worked with companies like ITC, Glenmark and Nomura over the years. Currently, Senior Manager (HR) at Philips, Priyanka tells us what recruiters look at while hiring, how HR has evolved and grown thanks to Coronavirus, and her own interesting career journey. Whether you're interested in HR as a career, hope to get into TISS, or just want to know how the job market is evolving, this interview will have answers for you! Continue reading to find out.
Virtual Internship has become the new normal for the class of 2021. I saw a lot of LinkedIn posts from my friends describing their virtual onboarding process. My Internship was not virtual but my onboarding was virtual. I had a unique experience compared to any of my co-interns, and I will explain why in this article.
Imagine being so used to failing the CAT that you reach late for your CAT exam, and are perfectly okay with walking away. Imagine getting a single call after your CAT, and that single call being IIM Bangalore. Well, all this is absolutely true in the case of Praveen Gopal Krishnan. Watch this video to hear his unique, interesting, and (in many ways) strange MBA story.
What do we expect from our college education? Is it just a platform to get the lucrative corporate jobs that many aspire for? If so, then why not join a trusted placement agency; God knows there are enough of them in the country. Then, if not for placement, why are some colleges better than others? Why is there such a clamor for the IITs and IIMs, if the same courses are being taught at the myriad of educational institutions in the Country?
Is an MBA really worth it? Where does the MBA degree take you in your career? What are the chances that even after an MBA, you may end up in a mediocre job? Is an MBA degree going to remain relevant in a decade from now? This IIM Ahmedabad graduate, an entrepreneur who is known for never mincing his words, shares important career advice and his honest take on the worth of the MBA degree.
Continuing his talk, Praveen tells us about how he first discovered Product Management. He took up the role at a time where even the company that hired him wasn’t sure what Product Management was. The company in question is Myntra, and what followed was a very interesting career journey. Finishing his MBA from IIM Bangalore, Praveen moved on to Myntra, where he truly began to understand what Product Management is and how one can navigate their career in this field. From Myntra, Praveen moved to InMobi, India’s first Unicorn company.
SBM-NMIMS Mumbai has released the final placement report for the MBA batch of 2020! This final placements season at NMIMS Mumbai was tremendously successful, with 173 recruiters hiring from NMIMS Mumbai, including 40+ Fortune 500 companies. The average of the top-200 offers stood at INR 22.58 lakhs, while the overall average for the batch stood at INR 18.33 lakhs. Here's a glimpse of the key highlights from the NMIMS Mumbai MBA Final Placement report for the batch of 2020.
Will hiring and recruitment change drastically due to COVID 19? Will the class of 2019-21 and 2020-22 have to struggle with summer and final placements as well as internships? What skills and qualities will recruiters be looking at when hiring, now that the future (and the present) of work has changed completely? In order to understand recruitment and hiring during & post COVID 19 better, as well as take a look at the synergy between studying HR and implementing HR policies in real life, we spoke to someone who knows the corporate world very well. Meet Priyanka Nandan, a psychology major from Delhi University and an MBA in HR from TISS. Priyanka has worked with companies like ITC, Glenmark and Nomura over the years. Currently, Senior Manager (HR) at Philips, Priyanka tells us what recruiters look at while hiring, how HR has evolved and grown thanks to Coronavirus, and her own interesting career journey. Whether you're interested in HR as a career, hope to get into TISS, or just want to know how the job market is evolving, this interview will have answers for you! Continue reading to find out.
Virtual Internship has become the new normal for the class of 2021. I saw a lot of LinkedIn posts from my friends describing their virtual onboarding process. My Internship was not virtual but my onboarding was virtual. I had a unique experience compared to any of my co-interns, and I will explain why in this article.
Imagine being so used to failing the CAT that you reach late for your CAT exam, and are perfectly okay with walking away. Imagine getting a single call after your CAT, and that single call being IIM Bangalore. Well, all this is absolutely true in the case of Praveen Gopal Krishnan. Watch this video to hear his unique, interesting, and (in many ways) strange MBA story.
What do we expect from our college education? Is it just a platform to get the lucrative corporate jobs that many aspire for? If so, then why not join a trusted placement agency; God knows there are enough of them in the country. Then, if not for placement, why are some colleges better than others? Why is there such a clamor for the IITs and IIMs, if the same courses are being taught at the myriad of educational institutions in the Country?
