It is a comprehensive guide that will help you make the most of your MBA.Use it as a guide, refer to it as your bible, and make it your best friend for the next two years. You are going to need it if you want to make the most out of your time.
This book is presented to you by Aditya Birla Group Leadership Programs. We would like to thank them for supporting this endeavor. We hope to reach out to every student starting his/her MBA journey and even those who aspire to be among India's best schools one day. We hope you enjoy reading this book as much as we had fun creating it.
Did you know that making a great CV for your placements could come down to you asking the right questions? Or that having the best electives in your second year is an elaborate management game in itself? Did you know that the rules of dating work differently on a business school campus? Or that there is no such thing as a bad summer internship?
This and many more such insights are explored in this book to give you a definitive primer on what to do to make the best of your most important two years - the B-school years.
The book will help you visualize, strategize and plan your life at a business school. You won't just enter ready, you will also find roadmaps at important junctures along the way.
So take it along on your journey. Because, as they say, #YOBO - You Only B-school Once.
About the Author
Kunj Sanghvi is the Head of Content at Kuku FM. Prior to Kuku FM, Kunj was the COO and Co-Founder at InsideIIM.com. Kunj graduated in Commerce from Narsee Monjee College, Vile Parle, and then went on to do his MBA from Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (MICA). After having worked at HT Media for 2.5 years, he left his job in September 2012, to backpack alone across the country and write short stories set in different cities of India. Side Upper is his first book. He then worked at CNBC Awaaz as a Marketeer and wrote his second book on financial literacy with a Bollywood theme called 'Pehla Kadam'.
The illustrations in the book have been done by Oindrilla Chakraborty. Oindrilla is a marketing professional and has completed her MBA from ISB Hyderabad.
*This article was edited and updated on 13th May 2023.
Comments
Arpit Shah
Nice insight guys, thanks.
22 Jun 2016, 01.21 PM
debayan ghosh dastidar
I am a student of engineering studying Chemical Engineering at BIT MESRA.
This is a riveting book and every student and aspirant will cherish this. Great work by the team. It would be great if you all come up with shorter versions of this for different aspirants like "B-school guide for wannabe investment bankers",or " B-school guide for wannabe Management Consultants ".
23 Aug 2016, 07.26 AM
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Team InsideIIM
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Thank you for the kind words Debayan!
23 Aug 2016, 11.25 PM |
Shubham Tripathi
Hi. You say it's free .But when you click on the link then it says pay Rs. 149/- to download
18 Apr 2018, 05.23 PM
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Team InsideIIM
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Hi Shubham The ebook was free only until March 31st 2017. You can now view it on the platform for Rs 149/-
18 Apr 2018, 06.37 PM |
shubham singh
can I read this only after login every time or it can be read from other PDF reader apps also?
5 Jun 2019, 07.00 PM
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Team InsideIIM
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Hi Shubham, The book is available only on login right now.
7 Jun 2019, 10.59 AM |
Himanshu Kumar
I categories myself as tricky person. Sometime even i can't anticipate my mood & actions. Just like two face of a coin, it helped me a little but backfired a lot. After a lot of thinking, just came on term of figuring myself out. One cent from me "Failure is the only lesson which matters at last."
I just bough this book. Will i be getting it in hard copy on may mailing address?
8 Jun 2019, 11.11 AM
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Team InsideIIM
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Hi Himanshu, this ebook is available only digitally on the platform.
10 Jun 2019, 03.13 PM |
Suneesh Mukku
Haven't gone through this book yet but I can sense the flavour and health potential it has ..
8 Jun 2019, 03.14 PM
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Team InsideIIM
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You are going to love it :)
10 Jun 2019, 03.15 PM |
Pooja Kankrecha
Pooja Kankrecha, SDA BOCCONI ASIA CENTER.
I can't access the page. Pls, provide some accurate source to access the book pdf.
10 Jun 2019, 02.56 PM
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Team InsideIIM
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Hi Pooja, please visit this link - https://insideiim.com/you-only-bschool-once/
10 Jun 2019, 03.16 PM |
Science Gr8
The book is unavailable in the provided link. Is there another link to access and buy the book?
11 Jan 2021, 12.31 PM
Moksha Jain
How to download it
14 May 2023, 03.50 PM
Anurag Mittal
In my downloaded copy, the fun and the essentials section is not present.
14 May 2023, 05.16 PM
Veda Mithra 16 - 158
In my downloaded copy, the fun and the essentials section is not present.
14 May 2023, 10.35 PM