Student Exchange Program Experience - Varun Maheshwari, IIM Ranchi
"This journey, so filled with surprises, it makes me feel alive
"This journey, so filled with surprises, it makes me feel alive
NITIE’s Post Graduate Diploma program provides an opportunity to the students to learn about business practices in various countries through its student exchange program. One such experience is captured below:
A Student Exchange Programme aims to bring a little more knowledge, a little more reason and a little more compassion into world affairs. Keeping the same spirit in mind, IIM Ranchi’s MBA Programme provides an opportunity for students to learn about business practices in various countries through the Student Exchange Programme (STEP) and/or study trips.
Once you have taken the plunge and decided to pursue an MBA from abroad, you need to complete the basic requisites. One such mandatory step is taking one of the English language exams for testing your proficiency in the language. In fact, such exams are also required by many countries for granting work permits to outsiders. Here we take a look at the exams we, as non-native speakers of English, have to take in order to ‘prove’ our mettle. The most popular ones are TOEFL and IELTS. Before choosing one of the two, the first check-point should be to ascertain which of the two are accepted by the university you are targeting. While most institutes accept both, IELTS is more preferred by UK and Canada.
All the major b-schools in India have established exchange programs with universities abroad. A fair mix of global perspective is hence available in Indian schools as well. This also gives a chance for us desi students to get a flavour of MBA-ing abroad, without having to go through the rigmarole of GMAT and TOEFL and the works.
One of the best ways to get a stint of the global curriculum in management is the student exchange programme conducted by major campuses in the country. Every autumn is the season of student exchange programmes, the time of the year when select few from the campus complete one semester abroad, truly widening the range of their experiences. Vaishali Sabherwal, was one of those fortunate to have gained a global perspective into their courses. Vaishali went on an exchange programme to Neoma Business School in France. She is here to share her life and times while on the exchange programme.
How do I even begin to describe what it’s like to travel to Japan?
The International Immersion Program (IIP) of the 3rd batch of IIM Sirmaur, conducted at SDA Bocconi concluded on 29 June 2018. The program is designed to complement the IIM curriculum, providing added exposure to international business practices, strategic operations management and current issues in the European markets. The students had an amazing experience in the program and were able to identify the importance of improved and effective decision making in the international business scenario. Aditya Vasa, Akshay Devapal, Amber Sahu and Binoy Ninan share snippets about their enriching experience here.