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Nipunn Vepakomma

I am a student of NMIMS Mumbai batch of 2017-19. I intend to specialise in marketing. My interests other than marketing are lawn tennis, modeling, dramatics and singing.

Nice article. P.S. I am a Roger Federer fan too! Do you also play tennis or just follow Federer?

19 Apr 2017, 01.11 AM

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karan kakkar

A die-hard Roger Federer fan, Karan is a singer and a musician who plays three percussion instruments. After spending the first 24 years of his life in Delhi, he finally found solace in the beautiful campus of IIM Kozhikode. Known simply as Kakkar among his friends, he prides myself on having watched all the IMDB top 250 movies in a single summer long movie marathon. He served as one of the student team members/writers of insideIIM.com, representing IIM Kozhikode.

I just watch tennis a lot man and since roger federer is practically the god of tennis I like to follow him religiously, what abt you?

19 Apr 2017, 11.13 AM |

Saurabh Kumar Sharma

I am Saurabh, massive sports fanatic. Pursuing an MBA in analytics from DU. Everyone out there who loves imagine dragons, is my friend!

I am enamored by Nadal since he blitzed onto red clay in 2005 season. On a more related. I am hoping to get into MBA(HR) in DSE, DU. Can you help me to learn how to utilise the pre joining months, regarding summer internship in mind?

20 Apr 2017, 05.12 AM

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karan kakkar

A die-hard Roger Federer fan, Karan is a singer and a musician who plays three percussion instruments. After spending the first 24 years of his life in Delhi, he finally found solace in the beautiful campus of IIM Kozhikode. Known simply as Kakkar among his friends, he prides myself on having watched all the IMDB top 250 movies in a single summer long movie marathon. He served as one of the student team members/writers of insideIIM.com, representing IIM Kozhikode.

For HR like I mentioned in the post you can do the SHRM certification, apart from that regularly read about the HR polices of various companies related to different domains.

21 Apr 2017, 02.16 AM |

Aniruddha Kolge

NA

Is FRM certification valuable?

20 Apr 2017, 05.12 AM

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karan kakkar

A die-hard Roger Federer fan, Karan is a singer and a musician who plays three percussion instruments. After spending the first 24 years of his life in Delhi, he finally found solace in the beautiful campus of IIM Kozhikode. Known simply as Kakkar among his friends, he prides myself on having watched all the IMDB top 250 movies in a single summer long movie marathon. He served as one of the student team members/writers of insideIIM.com, representing IIM Kozhikode.

It is mostly related to Risk Analysis and Management, so yes if you want to make a career in Credit risk or any finance related field it will be great. It is a great CV point so of course it is valuable.

21 Apr 2017, 02.19 AM |

A J

Is there a criterion of min. 60% in graduation to get an admit in all the top colleges and even if you manage to get into one somehow, then in placements ??

20 Apr 2017, 05.22 AM

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Thunder Strom

#

20 Apr 2017, 06.39 AM |

Dolna Ray

Is there any way one can make up for a not so great graduation marks? Will work experience and certifications count here?

20 Apr 2017, 06.45 AM

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karan kakkar

A die-hard Roger Federer fan, Karan is a singer and a musician who plays three percussion instruments. After spending the first 24 years of his life in Delhi, he finally found solace in the beautiful campus of IIM Kozhikode. Known simply as Kakkar among his friends, he prides myself on having watched all the IMDB top 250 movies in a single summer long movie marathon. He served as one of the student team members/writers of insideIIM.com, representing IIM Kozhikode.

Of course like I mentioned in the post if you have low acads you can compensate for that using certifications, work experience and other extracurricular activities. You can show the interview panel that you have other competencies apart from academics.

21 Apr 2017, 02.36 AM |

Karan Jaswani

My Name is also Karan, Even I am a Tennis Fan, RaFa in my case,

20 Apr 2017, 10.13 AM

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karan kakkar

A die-hard Roger Federer fan, Karan is a singer and a musician who plays three percussion instruments. After spending the first 24 years of his life in Delhi, he finally found solace in the beautiful campus of IIM Kozhikode. Known simply as Kakkar among his friends, he prides myself on having watched all the IMDB top 250 movies in a single summer long movie marathon. He served as one of the student team members/writers of insideIIM.com, representing IIM Kozhikode.

Haha great, fedal is the best rivalry/friendship in tennis.

21 Apr 2017, 02.37 AM |

Somya Mba

Stumbled on this article written by you. Great Article Karan !!

21 Apr 2017, 02.15 PM

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karan kakkar

A die-hard Roger Federer fan, Karan is a singer and a musician who plays three percussion instruments. After spending the first 24 years of his life in Delhi, he finally found solace in the beautiful campus of IIM Kozhikode. Known simply as Kakkar among his friends, he prides myself on having watched all the IMDB top 250 movies in a single summer long movie marathon. He served as one of the student team members/writers of insideIIM.com, representing IIM Kozhikode.

Thanks, glad you liked it :)

22 Apr 2017, 02.12 AM |

Mohit kumar Singh

Sir, I want to pursue MBA in finance.Can you please tell me any good certifications for it with less time period about 3 months max? How about FLIP?Is it worth ?

5 May 2017, 11.44 AM

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karan kakkar

A die-hard Roger Federer fan, Karan is a singer and a musician who plays three percussion instruments. After spending the first 24 years of his life in Delhi, he finally found solace in the beautiful campus of IIM Kozhikode. Known simply as Kakkar among his friends, he prides myself on having watched all the IMDB top 250 movies in a single summer long movie marathon. He served as one of the student team members/writers of insideIIM.com, representing IIM Kozhikode.

NCFM and FLIP will suit you, yes of course FLIP is worth it.

15 May 2017, 04.18 AM |

mihir bathia

Sports above all guy, good books and good music key to a good life. Religious. Workhorse. Trying to make way against the strong tide known as CAT.

This was the third article written by you that I just read ever since I woke up this morning. Good writing man! RF fan too and will be forever! (Plus Man United!)

15 Aug 2017, 11.53 AM

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karan kakkar

A die-hard Roger Federer fan, Karan is a singer and a musician who plays three percussion instruments. After spending the first 24 years of his life in Delhi, he finally found solace in the beautiful campus of IIM Kozhikode. Known simply as Kakkar among his friends, he prides myself on having watched all the IMDB top 250 movies in a single summer long movie marathon. He served as one of the student team members/writers of insideIIM.com, representing IIM Kozhikode.

Thanks!

16 Aug 2017, 02.12 AM |

Biswadeep Ghosh Hazra

Hi! Awesome article! I am interested in Marketing, along with Google Adwords will certifications from Courseera or Edx help? Also I am an aspiring author having published several anthologies with other authors and have my experimental eBook published on Amazon. I also play chess but don't have any major certificates to show for that. I have 6+ years experience in Content Writing having written web content, marketing promos, articles, promotional brochures, daily life, viral news and so on and so forth. Have a couple of certificates as well from the companies where I worked. Do I need to involve myself with any other activities? Thanks :)

5 Sep 2017, 04.20 PM

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karan kakkar

A die-hard Roger Federer fan, Karan is a singer and a musician who plays three percussion instruments. After spending the first 24 years of his life in Delhi, he finally found solace in the beautiful campus of IIM Kozhikode. Known simply as Kakkar among his friends, he prides myself on having watched all the IMDB top 250 movies in a single summer long movie marathon. He served as one of the student team members/writers of insideIIM.com, representing IIM Kozhikode.

Hey, I believe your profile would be great for marketing domain. You have already done enough so no need as such for more certifications, just focus all your attention on belling the CAT! All the best!

6 Sep 2017, 07.20 PM |

Biswadeep Ghosh Hazra

Thank you so much for the reply! My morale is boosted now :) :D

8 Sep 2017, 12.21 PM |

Neelesh Saxena

Do graduation marks really matter for pursuing PGDM/MBA.....If yes than what is the difference between a person getting 51 percent and the other person getting 49.65 percent.. Perhaps the person having low marks have a gud practical knowledge..But is abortive to get into gud B-school. I am totally amused

26 Dec 2017, 01.01 PM

Samikshya Samanta

Hi..liked this post n got motivated so i thought u might give me best suggestions.... I am pursuing BBA from ravenshaw university (now in 2nd year.) how can i make it to the iims...me too an average student... Haven't joined any coaching classes yet.... And don't have any talent of singing n playing musical instruments.... How to start preparing for CAT?? Please help.......

27 Dec 2017, 10.41 AM

Tar Mohammed Munshi

Nothing much great about me

You being from delhi... How much do you rate MBA(HR) from DSE? Will it be good option for a fresher?

28 Aug 2018, 10.14 PM

Gaurav Kumar

Can u plzz... provide ur academics details so as to help me....

10 Jul 2019, 11.31 AM

Aniket Nikam

Such a nice & motivational article one needs during his/her journey towards b-school.

12 Jul 2019, 01.25 AM

Nidhi gupta

Want to explore the the life.

How and Which NGOs I can join if I want to get into TISS?

1 Sep 2019, 02.09 PM

Surya Pathak

I have 9 years of experience in civil engineering . I want to further pursue MBA in finance

Hi, I just saw your post. I was also pretty average thought my life .also have a work experience of 9 years in commercial as civil engineer. And I want to pursue 2 years of MBA finance . Can u help me ??

1 Sep 2019, 06.06 PM

Aditya Chakrabarty

One of the most motivating article I read on InsideIIM.Really made me happy.Thanks a lot Sir...

30 Apr 2020, 12.31 AM

Suchna Das

I just love how you write. ❤️

5 Apr 2021, 04.49 PM

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Comments
 

Nipunn Vepakomma

I am a student of NMIMS Mumbai batch of 2017-19. I intend to specialise in marketing. My interests other than marketing are lawn tennis, modeling, dramatics and singing.

Nice article. P.S. I am a Roger Federer fan too! Do you also play tennis or just follow Federer?

19 Apr 2017, 01.11 AM

+Read Replies (1)

karan kakkar

A die-hard Roger Federer fan, Karan is a singer and a musician who plays three percussion instruments. After spending the first 24 years of his life in Delhi, he finally found solace in the beautiful campus of IIM Kozhikode. Known simply as Kakkar among his friends, he prides myself on having watched all the IMDB top 250 movies in a single summer long movie marathon. He served as one of the student team members/writers of insideIIM.com, representing IIM Kozhikode.

I just watch tennis a lot man and since roger federer is practically the god of tennis I like to follow him religiously, what abt you?

19 Apr 2017, 11.13 AM |

Saurabh Kumar Sharma

I am Saurabh, massive sports fanatic. Pursuing an MBA in analytics from DU. Everyone out there who loves imagine dragons, is my friend!

I am enamored by Nadal since he blitzed onto red clay in 2005 season. On a more related. I am hoping to get into MBA(HR) in DSE, DU. Can you help me to learn how to utilise the pre joining months, regarding summer internship in mind?

20 Apr 2017, 05.12 AM

+Read Replies (1)

karan kakkar

A die-hard Roger Federer fan, Karan is a singer and a musician who plays three percussion instruments. After spending the first 24 years of his life in Delhi, he finally found solace in the beautiful campus of IIM Kozhikode. Known simply as Kakkar among his friends, he prides myself on having watched all the IMDB top 250 movies in a single summer long movie marathon. He served as one of the student team members/writers of insideIIM.com, representing IIM Kozhikode.

For HR like I mentioned in the post you can do the SHRM certification, apart from that regularly read about the HR polices of various companies related to different domains.

21 Apr 2017, 02.16 AM |

Aniruddha Kolge

NA

Is FRM certification valuable?

20 Apr 2017, 05.12 AM

+Read Replies (1)

karan kakkar

A die-hard Roger Federer fan, Karan is a singer and a musician who plays three percussion instruments. After spending the first 24 years of his life in Delhi, he finally found solace in the beautiful campus of IIM Kozhikode. Known simply as Kakkar among his friends, he prides myself on having watched all the IMDB top 250 movies in a single summer long movie marathon. He served as one of the student team members/writers of insideIIM.com, representing IIM Kozhikode.

It is mostly related to Risk Analysis and Management, so yes if you want to make a career in Credit risk or any finance related field it will be great. It is a great CV point so of course it is valuable.

21 Apr 2017, 02.19 AM |

A J

Is there a criterion of min. 60% in graduation to get an admit in all the top colleges and even if you manage to get into one somehow, then in placements ??

20 Apr 2017, 05.22 AM

+Read Replies (1)

Thunder Strom

#

20 Apr 2017, 06.39 AM |

Dolna Ray

Is there any way one can make up for a not so great graduation marks? Will work experience and certifications count here?

20 Apr 2017, 06.45 AM

+Read Replies (1)

karan kakkar

A die-hard Roger Federer fan, Karan is a singer and a musician who plays three percussion instruments. After spending the first 24 years of his life in Delhi, he finally found solace in the beautiful campus of IIM Kozhikode. Known simply as Kakkar among his friends, he prides myself on having watched all the IMDB top 250 movies in a single summer long movie marathon. He served as one of the student team members/writers of insideIIM.com, representing IIM Kozhikode.

Of course like I mentioned in the post if you have low acads you can compensate for that using certifications, work experience and other extracurricular activities. You can show the interview panel that you have other competencies apart from academics.

21 Apr 2017, 02.36 AM |

Karan Jaswani

My Name is also Karan, Even I am a Tennis Fan, RaFa in my case,

20 Apr 2017, 10.13 AM

+Read Replies (1)

karan kakkar

A die-hard Roger Federer fan, Karan is a singer and a musician who plays three percussion instruments. After spending the first 24 years of his life in Delhi, he finally found solace in the beautiful campus of IIM Kozhikode. Known simply as Kakkar among his friends, he prides myself on having watched all the IMDB top 250 movies in a single summer long movie marathon. He served as one of the student team members/writers of insideIIM.com, representing IIM Kozhikode.

Haha great, fedal is the best rivalry/friendship in tennis.

21 Apr 2017, 02.37 AM |

Somya Mba

Stumbled on this article written by you. Great Article Karan !!

21 Apr 2017, 02.15 PM

+Read Replies (1)

karan kakkar

A die-hard Roger Federer fan, Karan is a singer and a musician who plays three percussion instruments. After spending the first 24 years of his life in Delhi, he finally found solace in the beautiful campus of IIM Kozhikode. Known simply as Kakkar among his friends, he prides myself on having watched all the IMDB top 250 movies in a single summer long movie marathon. He served as one of the student team members/writers of insideIIM.com, representing IIM Kozhikode.

Thanks, glad you liked it :)

22 Apr 2017, 02.12 AM |

Mohit kumar Singh

Sir, I want to pursue MBA in finance.Can you please tell me any good certifications for it with less time period about 3 months max? How about FLIP?Is it worth ?

5 May 2017, 11.44 AM

+Read Replies (1)

karan kakkar

A die-hard Roger Federer fan, Karan is a singer and a musician who plays three percussion instruments. After spending the first 24 years of his life in Delhi, he finally found solace in the beautiful campus of IIM Kozhikode. Known simply as Kakkar among his friends, he prides myself on having watched all the IMDB top 250 movies in a single summer long movie marathon. He served as one of the student team members/writers of insideIIM.com, representing IIM Kozhikode.

NCFM and FLIP will suit you, yes of course FLIP is worth it.

15 May 2017, 04.18 AM |

mihir bathia

Sports above all guy, good books and good music key to a good life. Religious. Workhorse. Trying to make way against the strong tide known as CAT.

This was the third article written by you that I just read ever since I woke up this morning. Good writing man! RF fan too and will be forever! (Plus Man United!)

15 Aug 2017, 11.53 AM

+Read Replies (1)

karan kakkar

A die-hard Roger Federer fan, Karan is a singer and a musician who plays three percussion instruments. After spending the first 24 years of his life in Delhi, he finally found solace in the beautiful campus of IIM Kozhikode. Known simply as Kakkar among his friends, he prides myself on having watched all the IMDB top 250 movies in a single summer long movie marathon. He served as one of the student team members/writers of insideIIM.com, representing IIM Kozhikode.

Thanks!

16 Aug 2017, 02.12 AM |

Biswadeep Ghosh Hazra

Hi! Awesome article! I am interested in Marketing, along with Google Adwords will certifications from Courseera or Edx help? Also I am an aspiring author having published several anthologies with other authors and have my experimental eBook published on Amazon. I also play chess but don't have any major certificates to show for that. I have 6+ years experience in Content Writing having written web content, marketing promos, articles, promotional brochures, daily life, viral news and so on and so forth. Have a couple of certificates as well from the companies where I worked. Do I need to involve myself with any other activities? Thanks :)

5 Sep 2017, 04.20 PM

+Read Replies (2)

karan kakkar

A die-hard Roger Federer fan, Karan is a singer and a musician who plays three percussion instruments. After spending the first 24 years of his life in Delhi, he finally found solace in the beautiful campus of IIM Kozhikode. Known simply as Kakkar among his friends, he prides myself on having watched all the IMDB top 250 movies in a single summer long movie marathon. He served as one of the student team members/writers of insideIIM.com, representing IIM Kozhikode.

Hey, I believe your profile would be great for marketing domain. You have already done enough so no need as such for more certifications, just focus all your attention on belling the CAT! All the best!

6 Sep 2017, 07.20 PM |

Biswadeep Ghosh Hazra

Thank you so much for the reply! My morale is boosted now :) :D

8 Sep 2017, 12.21 PM |

Neelesh Saxena

Do graduation marks really matter for pursuing PGDM/MBA.....If yes than what is the difference between a person getting 51 percent and the other person getting 49.65 percent.. Perhaps the person having low marks have a gud practical knowledge..But is abortive to get into gud B-school. I am totally amused

26 Dec 2017, 01.01 PM

Samikshya Samanta

Hi..liked this post n got motivated so i thought u might give me best suggestions.... I am pursuing BBA from ravenshaw university (now in 2nd year.) how can i make it to the iims...me too an average student... Haven't joined any coaching classes yet.... And don't have any talent of singing n playing musical instruments.... How to start preparing for CAT?? Please help.......

27 Dec 2017, 10.41 AM

Tar Mohammed Munshi

Nothing much great about me

You being from delhi... How much do you rate MBA(HR) from DSE? Will it be good option for a fresher?

28 Aug 2018, 10.14 PM

Gaurav Kumar

Can u plzz... provide ur academics details so as to help me....

10 Jul 2019, 11.31 AM

Aniket Nikam

Such a nice & motivational article one needs during his/her journey towards b-school.

12 Jul 2019, 01.25 AM

Nidhi gupta

Want to explore the the life.

How and Which NGOs I can join if I want to get into TISS?

1 Sep 2019, 02.09 PM

Surya Pathak

I have 9 years of experience in civil engineering . I want to further pursue MBA in finance

Hi, I just saw your post. I was also pretty average thought my life .also have a work experience of 9 years in commercial as civil engineer. And I want to pursue 2 years of MBA finance . Can u help me ??

1 Sep 2019, 06.06 PM

Aditya Chakrabarty

One of the most motivating article I read on InsideIIM.Really made me happy.Thanks a lot Sir...

30 Apr 2020, 12.31 AM

Suchna Das

I just love how you write. ❤️

5 Apr 2021, 04.49 PM