Vivek Narayan, an alumnus of XLRI Jamshedpur and a Senior HR Manager, began his journey with Kraft Heinz as a Sales HR. The core values of Kraft Heinz, the vibrant work culture and the challenges at work made him love his job and keep growing.
From the rumours that give life to scattered spots on campus to realities behind the closed doors where all the work and competition brews, life at a school never leave your grey cells unattended. As I was just getting accustomed to life at a b-school during my first few days the curiosity in me had my neurons pacing with what seemed like a time machine to the end of the next two years. The stories about competition, friendship, and everything in between start to make you doubt everything you might have expected, with their validity limited to the source. As you are settling into something you have worked so hard to achieve and are preparing yourself for all that is going to come your way, how do you make sure that you continue on the same path that you had set for yourself?
In a time and space, far away from the nuances of the city life, lies this place I've started to call home. Indian Institute Of Management, Shillong, known as the Campus in Clouds has provided me with experiences of a lifetime. And it hasn't even been 4 months.
What makes a good marketeer? Is it just about STP and the 4 Ps? Well, these concepts indeed form the crux of marketing, but one can't do it without understanding customers. What sets apart a good marketeer from others is her or his ability to understand customers, their behaviour, attitude, fears, lifestyle, life stage, etc that influences their preferences.
We all face many disappointments throughout our lives. Perhaps you’re dealing with a disappointment right now. Whether someone you trusted and loved let you down, whether something in your college or office didn’t go right or whether your life isn’t where you want it to be – life just seems to have a way of making things worse when we’re already damned.
Unity can be defined as oneness, and diversity as a difference. Unity in diversity is a socio-ecological philosophy that describes a sense of oneness despite physical or psychological barriers.
It was 20th of April; I was at my office desk, doing some regular stuff, when an e-mail popped up, with the subject ‘Offer Letter’. As an applicant to many Global Masters programs, I was excited and opened it instantly. It read ‘Congratulations! You are admitted into the Global Management Programme at SPJIMR and are also accepted for the MAief Program at Brandeis IBS, Boston with a merit scholarship’. I was elated. But, hardly had I come to terms with that jubilation, a second e-mail arrived a few days later, asking me to complete a set of pre-requisite courses before the orientation day, one month hence.
Tejas Kumar, with his friends, built his startup HeDCET Technologies from scratch during his engineering days. Taking baby steps, he went on developing his own company which ultimately got acquired before he joined SIBM Pune for his MBA degree.
