The alarm rang at 6.00 AM, I was up and ready to begin a new life. The life of an MBA student at Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay (Just SOM for us). Went for a walk at the serene campus, letting the greenery and the moisture sink in. The iconic SOM Rock, […]

How would you describe the IESE Experience? Transformative! IESE’s MBA helps prepare you for global business, fosters leadership abilities and helps develop your true potential in a well-rounded way. What are the most important factors that Indian students should keep in mind for their application? They should ask themselves: 1. Why do you want to […]

Where do I start. It’s like I’ve written a complete book on it in my head and I intend to pick an excerpt from it for all of you to read. All this fight started when i decided to pick MBA as the next step towards my career. Like any other fresher, I too didn’t […]

My friends in b-schools (before I joined one) used to tell me that life there was very ‘busy.’ I always wondered the ‘newness’ about being busy because most people are busy. It was only after I joined one myself that I came to realise what ‘busy’ meant! I got an entirely new perspective to this […]

Before we go ahead, I am assuming that some of you landed here just to get the book, you are just being lazy. You could have googled for it and got the PDF as one of the top results. A very common question in an aspirant’s mind, specially in December, is “How to prepare for […]

“You are not obligated to win. You are obligated to keep trying. To the best you can do every day.” – As quoted by Jason Mraz. After lot of practice, group discussion, changes and continuous rehearsals at dorms, university finally 27th November 2013 one of the best days in my life were all efforts paid […]

Years ago when someone first told me of Pagalguy, I was curious. What a name! Is this forum really worth it? Or is it for people who are idiots, as the name suggested. When I first registered here, I was overwhelmed with the amount of information here. It seemed whoever had MBA, anywhere in their […]

Mumbai, December 5, 2013 MISB Bocconi, the India presence of SDA Bocconi of Italy, today announced the launch of IBM Luxury Retail Academy. The academy will serve as a platform for discussions and training on luxury and retail management in India. The first batch under going training for Luxury Retail Management includes executives from Europe […]

(Photo Credit: Krishna Jayadev) The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Rohtak recently concluded its summer placements for the PGP batch of 2013-15. Here are some highlights: Total number of students 152 Number of students opting out 22 Number of companies confirming presence 69 Number of participating companies 69 Number of companies which made offers 58 […]

There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in, cracking GD, PI and essay questions isn’t that difficult, it’s all about what you present and think. Some of us fear it because of we feel we have a poor command on language. Good command over the language does plays a vital role […]