MBA Student

A Summer In The South - Sthitipragna Sahoo, XIMB

Being heavily of the “dollops of precautions garnished with overthinking” type, I started informing all my friends, some 4 months back about my 2 months Bangalore stay; reason being ‘ search this lazy girl a PG! ‘ And they actually did. I landed up in a PG some 8 km away from my office. If you conveniently coin this up as a disastrous miscalculation in the traffic oriented city, let me correct you. With definitely a chunk of odds against it, still staying with the people you have grown up with, reliving your good old engineering days was one of my rarely made smart decisions ever! A caramelized marshmallow in your daily caffeine mug, I would say!

Illuminatix Old Campus14 Jun 2018

Journey At Boston Scientific - Ananya Jena, XIMB

Operations, Finance, Marketing, Strategy! - The major jargons that you learn not long before or after you enter a B-School. Abundant opportunities but what would be my forte? I was yet to figure out.

ANANYA JENA14 Jun 2018

EY & I - A Glimpse Of The Better Working World - IFMR

During a mid-March-not-so-pleasant lunchtime at the college cafeteria, I received the email stating my joining date as 2nd April at Ernst & Young Bangalore, which also confirmed my stay at the desi Silicon Valley for 10 weeks. The selection process had concluded a month back and the five of us at IFMR were eagerly waiting for this tiny yet significant piece of information. During the interview process of EY, the recruiters provided an exhaustive overview of what was expected from the interns at one of the BIG FOUR firms.

IFMR Graduate School Of Business, Krea University14 Jun 2018

Rakesh's Bullish Journey At ATS Pvt Ltd - IFMR

It was November then and the second trimester of the first year has just ended and I was waiting for a few trading companies for internship. I have heard about people becoming a billionaire just by investing in the equity market for a few decades. Ace investors like Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, Warren Buffet, Raamdeo Agarwal, Ashish Kacholia to name a few have been role model for budding investors. I received a mail about Aditya Trading Solutions (ATS) recruiting for an internship. The selection procedure had two rounds profile based and telephonic interview. Before joining I had to learn the fundamentals of Option theory, Technical Analysis, and Fundamental Analysis. For this, I took the help of Zerodha varsity modules and NISM study materials. My joining was on 2nd April in Chennai. The job profile was “Junior Analyst”. I was surprised to see a separate system assigned to all the interns with a name on it. Within 15 minutes I received a welcome mail from the HR. This eased my nerves. Then the work was assigned which was a mix of various disciplines of Management i.e. Finance, Marketing and Strategic Management. I worked on the analysis of Indian Listed Company and simultaneously predicted the share price and financial health of the company three years down the line. This was applicable to sector analysis also. All these were assigned keeping in mind the client’s requirement. Towards the end, I worked on Knowledge Management. The Risk Analysis team gave regular reviews and gave a proper direction to the project. I also got a golden opportunity to attend a seminar in Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). It was on Cross Currency Derivatives. There I interacted with some of the best minds in the field of finance and they provided inklings on trading as well as on career opportunity in this field. It was a good value addition for me.

IFMR Graduate School Of Business, Krea University14 Jun 2018

Khemant's Summer Internship Ride At Thermax - IFMR

When I began my MBA journey, I was quite perplexed about the direction in which my career should steer. Determining what job function, role or company I should aspire to during my search for a summer internship seemed like a mammoth task. The only thing I was clear about was that I wanted an entirely different work experience compared to that of my previous work experience. This summer internship opportunity was indispensable in giving me exposure to an entirely new work area and also in helping me foresee my career path post b-school.

IFMR Graduate School Of Business, Krea University13 Jun 2018

A Bunch Of Brilliant Idiots At IIM Sambalpur

Your day starts at 8.45 AM and never ends. There are classes, exams, assignments, assignments, and some more assignments. All of these, in a campus, situated nearly 20 km away from the city area, only between mountains, wildlife, and all kinds of floras and faunas that you can ever think of, except humans. Even the dogs around are never able to sniff out the omnipresent Dominos or CCD stores, let alone the niches. Sounds like a mundane life, doesn’t it? Well, guess what! It’s not even close. Why, you ask? Because IIM Sambalpur has little pieces of chocolates that save me from these life-sucking dementors. People call these chocolates as SaP.

Placement Office IIM Sambalpur13 Jun 2018

Gurukul At Godrej - Saoumyabrat Tiwari, XIMB

From the very day, I set foot in XIMB, there was one name that seemed to be abuzz. GODREJ. The first company on campus for the summers that not only paid a handsome stipend, but offered one of the best profiles. I was part of the flash mob that welcomed the Godrej team on campus. As I huffed and puffed and crawled up to my seat to catch a breath, the shortlist was announced. I had got the shortlist in the very first company!

Illuminatix Old Campus13 Jun 2018

The One With The Biscuits Giants At Britannia Industries Limited - Pratibha Singh, XIMB

Once upon a time, on 16th September, 2017, Britannia was on our campus to recruit interns for summers 2018, just as it does every year for itself. But for us, it was a big deal, it was coming to XIMB as a fresher, to take into its organisation, both freshers and laterals.