Today when the Engineer populace is exploding in India, they have indeed lost their value. However, one thing they can never lose is their shine, and just like Masamune could sniff the sharpest katana out of a block of iron, NITIE has been polishing these GEMs.
NITIE is, if you call it, Moses for GEMs, who guides them to their salvation, breaks all bounds of gender, undergrad, past CGPA etc. and commits to the creation of a brand of Techno-Managers that industry needs.
If you ask a CBSE student and a state board student: what is a difference in the two? With a morbid expression, the state board student will say: “Where the topper percentages end in state board, CBSE’s starts”. Some similar analogy is there between engineering and non-engineering courses, and when in admissions shortlist weight is given to undergrad scores, we know it is like asking a monkey and a fish to climb the same tree.
What happens when a fish can’t climb a tree? IT swims, in an ocean, living the world, while the monkey is left on the tree, NITIE is the ocean for GEMs.
Many colleges boast of their placement records and are ranked based on it but one of the most important aspects, that only an MBA can understand but is hidden from applicants, are the shortlisting criteria. You may get into a top 4 institute but if you fell in love in class 10 and scored an 8 in your boards then all your years of undergrad and work experience goes in vain, simply because you won’t make the shortlist of major recruiters. I know friends who, even after being in top 4 B schools, have packages at 15lpa (where the average is 20) just because of a 7 pointer. In NITIE, even if u have a 7 in your career, well, you will make most of the shortlists and that too at same packages offered at those “Top B schools”.
I guess I need not say more, but alas now an argument will come," Why then NITIE is not that famous?"
Let me ask you this, have you heard about Creed? Maybe Ramon? Are you Googling it? Save the effort. These are some of the niche"est" perfumes in the world! Now do you know about AXE?, I hope you do!
NITIE is the same - a niche brand, not everyone knows of it, and not everyone needs to know about it. As it is famously said: “Rolls Royce does not put an advertisement on TV, for those who can afford it, don’t watch TV.” Our real customers, the Industry, know who we are and what we are. So how are we so confident about it?
1. Placements: Comparable to ANY B school in India, in fact, better if we leave the IVY league.
2. Competitions: All top Case competitions open in NITIE.
3. Alums: Will need a separate article to articulate about them.
4. Faculty: As it is said- Best of breed.
NITIE, standing tall on hilltops of Powai, at a height of approx. 250ft (25 storeyed building), washed by Vihar Lake and Powai lakes on two sides, Sanjay Gandhi National Park on one, a smoke-free campus, is not only a B School, it is an ecosystem in its own. Sitting in my hostel room at 11th floor (out of 16, effectively 36th floor) looking at the NITIE pond with the two mighty lakes in the backdrop and feeling the cold breeze holding my coffee cup while I work on my laptop, feels like living in Ruskin Bond’s stories. NITIE is nothing short of a gurukul, where the royal princes were sent to study. We have our academic block at the highest point on campus, and climbing those 96 stairs every day to reach the classes while overlooking Mumbai below, is nothing short of a daily pilgrim to our temple of education.
NITIE is like the Nanda Parbat of Marvel universe, where the GEMs of our nation who are discarded and neglected are picked up, shined, cut and polished to show the world what they missed. In true essence, NITIE is a Gem for GEMs.
- Ashirwad Tomar
He is a PGDIM student of NITIE for 2017-19. He has done his B Tech from HBTI, Kanpur. He has 9 months in Nucleus Software as the software engineer and 15 months in EXL services as a business analyst.
Comments
Lalam Ravi
Student, PGDIM Class of 2019, NITIE Mumbai
Brilliant. Brilliant. Brilliant. :)
26 Mar 2018, 11.16 PM
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Ashirwad Tomar
creativity and innovation is my only persuit
thanks bro, means a lot
26 Mar 2018, 11.19 PM |
Parth Shekhar
Aspirant
What a read! makes me respect NITIE even more.
26 Mar 2018, 11.22 PM
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Ashirwad Tomar
creativity and innovation is my only persuit
thanks, this means a lot
27 Mar 2018, 12.01 AM |
Siddharth Gautam
Nitiezen
This is going on my wall bro. Indeed one of the best reads I have had in recent times.
26 Mar 2018, 11.44 PM
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Ashirwad Tomar
creativity and innovation is my only persuit
thanks bro, beintehan kro jahan share krna h apna hi post h
27 Mar 2018, 12.02 AM |
deepesh malukani
A great read bro....I will be looking forward for your articles now
27 Mar 2018, 01.48 AM
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Ashirwad Tomar
creativity and innovation is my only persuit
thanks bro
27 Mar 2018, 07.01 AM |
Swastik Mittal
Brilliant article bro.
27 Mar 2018, 02.24 AM
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Ashirwad Tomar
creativity and innovation is my only persuit
thanks bro
27 Mar 2018, 07.01 AM |
Ranju P
Awesome Read Bro... Keep writing :)
27 Mar 2018, 04.32 AM
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Ashirwad Tomar
creativity and innovation is my only persuit
thanks, will sure do
27 Mar 2018, 07.02 AM |
Himanshu Garg
Brilliant! Absolutely Brilliant!!
27 Mar 2018, 06.27 AM
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Ashirwad Tomar
creativity and innovation is my only persuit
thanks bro
27 Mar 2018, 07.02 AM |
Vaishali Saini
Waiting for more articles...
27 Mar 2018, 07.05 AM
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Ashirwad Tomar
creativity and innovation is my only persuit
sure!!!
27 Mar 2018, 12.19 PM |
Pravin M
Brilliantly written bro
27 Mar 2018, 07.11 AM
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Ashirwad Tomar
creativity and innovation is my only persuit
thanks bro
27 Mar 2018, 12.19 PM |
Sachin Suroshe
Enjoyed reading every line of it bro! But most importantly it is 100% truth articulated perfectly. Can't stop sharing on my wall :P
27 Mar 2018, 08.18 AM
Ketan Kahandal
Absolutely brilliant!!!!
27 Mar 2018, 08.33 AM
Abhishek Singh
22500
Owesome article!! congrats Ashirvad, you made us proud.
27 Mar 2018, 09.32 AM
Bodhayan Bhattacharya
Brilliant bro!!
27 Mar 2018, 09.37 AM
Abhinav Nanda
Brilliant..!!
27 Mar 2018, 09.42 AM
Ankit Bhatt
Great guy
Bravo, brilliantly written sir!
27 Mar 2018, 10.05 AM
Gaurav Prajapati
Very well written. Loved it.
27 Mar 2018, 11.00 AM
Akshay Khandelwal
Nicely written. Thanks for putting the real facts about nitie out there.
27 Mar 2018, 01.19 PM
Arun Chaturvedi
Well articulated, awesome read !!
27 Mar 2018, 07.20 PM
Sanghamitra Yedla
Most apt description of NITIE. great article :D
27 Mar 2018, 08.53 PM
Siddharth Bhatia
Beautifully written..keep up the good work! bdw what should be the CAT %ile to expect a call from NITIE??
27 Mar 2018, 11.50 PM
Rahul Mukherjee
Rahul Mukherjee is a PGPM 2018-20 candidate at MDI Gurgaon.
I did not get a shortlist from NITIE! :'(
28 Mar 2018, 12.19 AM
Kuldeep Singh Rawat
Very well articulated Ashirwad!!
28 Mar 2018, 04.27 PM
Vaibhav Gupta
Very well written.. brilliant articulation
31 Mar 2018, 03.42 PM
Ankit Sekhri
An introvert turned extrovert, my life has been full of experiences. I am currently pursuing PGDM from Goa Institute of Management, Class of 2019-21. After working in the core manufacturing industry for 1.5 years, I picked operations management as the field that I would like to explore further. Few years down the line, I see myself as a successful operations expert, applying my knowledge to solve the challenges in the industry. At the same time, sharing the knowledge to anyone who comes asking for it.
Brilliant article, I must say, but a Marvel/DC fan would be disappointed with the Nanda Parbat reference. It's actually DC universe, Arrowverse to be precise.
22 May 2018, 08.16 PM
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Siddhant Sehgal
yes, very much, i must say...
23 May 2018, 04.57 PM |
Kushal Thakkar
MBA aspriant
The only bad thing about Nitie is too much high sectional cut off .92 percentile sectional is never be easy
22 May 2018, 08.21 PM
Priyansha Dwivedi
Wow.. straight from heart,beautiful articulation.
22 May 2018, 08.39 PM
Neeraj Singh
Placements don't depends on our acads,but how much dey consider work ex n freshers,or fresher's have same opportunities.
23 May 2018, 08.32 AM
Aarushi Sisodia
It's simply amazing.. it's an eye opener for all MBA aspirants for whom world come to an end if not IIM.
23 May 2018, 11.17 AM
Ritesh Joshi
IIMA aspirer.
I was a lot disappointed about being a GEM as I wanted IIM-ABC, but this college seems to realize the true potential of a student rather than his past mistakes. Thank you for the insights.
4 Jun 2018, 08.30 PM
Sapna Aidasani
Avid knowledge hunt
Loved the way the article is written . Best thing I have read in days . Just a little Query Mr Ashirwad Tomar is NITIE equally good for freshers ? Would wait to hear from you .
29 Apr 2019, 07.11 PM