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Leadership Via Effective Communication In Times Of A Crisis

Leadership gets tested in times of crisis more than anything. Till last month, I was trying to keep a tab on the pandemic numbers with the fudgy internet connection. I use a 4G network of a firm that recently raised billions from various investors, yet the max my 4G could afford was a poor quality video streaming with buffers. As a matter of checking things and being a student, I kept checking tabs of various universities. Most top American universities had a COVID response page (check HBS, Wharton, MIT, Stanford, Kellogg, etc.). I could find only one-two Indian universities having such a page (ISB and there could be more, but I couldn't find them). Most such pages issue updates and guidelines at a reasonable frequency. Regular communication by leadership becomes essential in times of crisis, and these pages are demonstrative of that.

Yash Pratap09 Jul 2020

Project Management Career After MBA (Reskill, Upskill, Repeat)

In Nov 2014, like many other students in reputed B-schools across India, I was also applying for job openings in the coming “Final Placements” season to get a worthy ROI on my academic spend (opportunity cost included!). Consulting firms and fast-growing E-Commerce players were obvious choices, offering eye-catching “packages”.

Juned Khan09 Jul 2020

Trading Journey Of The MBA Duo | Sai Krishna & Sai Ram Teja

It wasn’t until 2018 when I got a call letter for the MBA program at the Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur, that I developed a curiosity about Stock Markets. Partially because never had I thought in my wildest of dreams that I would one day turn into an active trader. Even my friend Sai Ram Teja or SRT as we call him, would resonate with this. Here is an anecdote of the transformation journey of our duo from being rookies to emerging as an equity analyst and a trader.

VGSoM Kharagpur02 Jul 2020

The Fourth Idiot | The Story of An MBA Aspirant

Disclaimer: If you haven’t watched 2 states or 3 idiots you might miss some references ( but seriously if you haven’t watched there is something very wrong with you). Also, the post doesn’t deal with any kind of preparation strategy for CAT and just narrates the journey of a CAT aspirant.

AKSHAY RAJ26 Jun 2020

Can Online Learning Replace The Offline University Ecosystem

An unprecedented crisis in COVID-19 has dawned upon the world. More than 8 million confirmed cases globally, fatalities touching almost half a million, it is a crisis that evokes no recent memory of a parallel event. The only closer ones are the Spanish flu or the Great Depression. The crisis, along with ravaging the economy, has also induced some permanent changes within the systems. As people say, 'the World is in for a big reset.' One of the active discussion of this reset is about the online education paradigm.

Yash Pratap25 Jun 2020

How I Cracked The Google Interview | Ft. Rajvi Doshi

“Back in 2012, I dreamt of working at Google. Little did I know then how to get into the giant. After working for a little while, I started chasing b-schools where Google hired from and MICA, being one of them, evidently became my dream school. After getting into MICA, my next goal was to get into my dream company. Cut to 2020, I graduated from MICA with an offer from Google. So, for me, dreams - checked!”

Ashi Jain22 Jun 2020

Movies & Politics In India

Why do movie stars not impress the public anymore as politicians?

Naveen Kumar Reddy Pasham20 Jun 2020

“If You Dream It, You Can Do It Too”- A Fresher’s Journey To XLRI Jamshedpur | Sanishtha Bhatia, 99.844 %ile

I decided to write the CAT and do an MBA when I was in the 2nd year of my undergrad. I had almost a year in hand, at that time. I would attend classes but wasn't able to give much time to self-study. I took my first mock in March, and that's when it hit me that my preparation was definitely no-where near to where I had hoped it will be. I started giving more hours to my MBA exam prep. Though English and Logical reasoning were working well for me, Quant like for most Non-engineers was a nightmare. I worked on it and my scores started to improve by July-August, I had started scoring rather well in my mocks and things seemed under control. At around this point, I also had to make a decision as to whether or not to sit for college placements, our college doesn't allow students to withdraw from a company after being placed. I took the tough call and decided to not sit for placements, and focus on my exam preparation.

sanishtha bhatia16 Jun 2020