The most unique thing about my campus, in my opinion, are the people here. Armed with a plethora of unique experiences and knowledge, the learning experience is entirely peer driven. My batch consists of engineers, economists, commerce graduates & Chartered Accountants, IPMers (Dual Degree), and even doctors and dentists. The variety of experiences you gain is overwhelming at first. You join the campus with pre-conceived notions about every other domain. When you talk to seniors about MBA, the first thing you heard is networking. Everyone says that networking skills are most important for a successful career. And guess what, you got all those opportunities on the campus itself. You have undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral and executive students in the same habitat learning and gaining new experiences every day. There is a course for the Indian Army and I remember once I got to interact with one of the soldiers. He told about his experiences and I learned many lessons that day. I guess all these experiences are very important for professional as well as in personal life. All these experiences have helped me in my holistic development as an individual.
Another thing which is unique to my campus is various student-run ventures which are there to help you survive, especially in the first term when you are adapting to the new culture of a B-school. Whether it is Pi-shop, Adda, Aladeen or Globe-I, these ventures have rescued all of us from the boring mess food. This is important as the campus is a little far from the city and avenues for quality food are very less. Pi-shop which is a student-run merchandise store is something unique to my campus and cater to the needs of Planet-I students for a decade. It is really commendable as it is open until 12AM and students actually get time from their busy schedule of assignments, group projects, cases to sit there and help fellow students. I think IIM Indore is a complete biodiversity in itself where so many people collaborating and with each other to make this 2-year journey really memorable for me.
The company that I would like to work for is Aditya Birla Capital Limited. I am particularly attracted to the financial market and through the various business lines, the company will provide me space to experiment and innovate in the field of my interest. With the global exposure and financial business learning under one roof, I will be exposed to the tenets of smarter money management. Besides, working for this company will help me enrich my knowledge base as I get exposed to a diversity of financial service offerings like mutual funds, term deposits, loans and insurances.
-Aayush Mathur