First to let you know a little about myself before I delve into the topic of why and how I chose my campus so that you can have a little better understanding of my reasons. As a person, I have been an introvert most of my life so the only thing I had was my office and family life and rarely had any outside social interaction which led to my underdeveloped personality. I didn’t realize the intensity of my problem when I was working as a Network engineer but when I became a Sales Manager, it was not just my personal drawback anymore, it was also having a negative effect on the organization I was working for as well. As you know, being in the sales and marketing sector you have to be proactive with your decisions and people skills which I was lacking severely, this led to my decision of taking up professional business management education. But I didn’t want just an MBA degree, but an all-round development of me as a person and as well as a future managing executive. So, being a local resident of Odisha, I knew well about the excellence of XIMB and its culture, so it became my first preference for MBA education as it not only has an excellent structural academic syllabus with highly educated and capable professors but also has student-centric campus life. In the last two weeks that I have spent at XIMB campus, I got to see how people interact and work with each other in such a synchronised way and also have fun at the same time, the balance of work and personal life is amazing here. They organize many events at XIMB, such as cultural, sports and academic competitions so as to give students a much-needed platform to interact, build bonds with each other and also have a healthy competition among themselves. Lastly, the reason I chose XIMB was for both its academic excellence and its amazing unique culture.
My Dream ABG Company
As ABG Group is the biggest conglomerate in India, it has many children companies working in varied sectors. But if I had to choose one to work for, I would choose Aditya Birla Retail Limited (ABRL) as I have always been interested in marketing and sales and have had worked as a Sales Manager before, I would like to implement and even further develop my skills in sales with a bigger brand like ABG and also adding another point to why I would like to work for ABRL, being started in 2007 it has already became the first ever food grocery retailer to receive FSMS (Food Safety Management System) certification and have always focussed on the quality of the products it sales. But I would also like to suggest my ideas of ABRL launching its e-commerce site in the food retail market so as to target more customers in the rapidly developing Digital India.
- Radhashyam Mohanty
BM, 1st year, XIMB