IIMB journey begins…

September 24, 2020September 24, 2020 Surbhi Sahu FEATURED Life @ IIMB – Student Speak Student Connect 1

Once began the saga of my ceaseless toil, To live my dreams or stay in turmoil From perfect score to coveted calls The day of judgment arrived When one of the mundane phone checks Cultivated the most spectacular moment of life I finally made it to the stone-walled campus! But still there was no respite Pandemic cancelling flights, trains gatherings with its might Conversations, fun, learning will not be cancelled We will put up a strong fight! The first peep into this exciting new life Inspirational lectures from faculty and…

A no-so-ordinary Wednesday morning on August 01 Like many others, Prachi Arora, PGP 2020-22, has also developed a new hobby over this extended lockdown, which in her case is writing

September 24, 2020September 24, 2020 admin Life @ IIMB – Student Speak Student Connect 0

Five hundred and thirty four students sat in front of their device screens, with backgrounds green with envy! This was it. This was the day they had waited for. Having tied their hopes to the one big dream, they were finally going to get oriented to their dream campus. In that brief moment before the lighting of the lamp, they reflected on the efforts, the dedication and the will it took to get here. IIM Bangalore to them was their Hogwarts! A magical place, with its tapestry of dynamic experiences,…

A Virtual Classroom that is IIMB Trishna Nair, from the PGP Batch of 2020, describes the e-volution of her online life

August 28, 2020August 28, 2020 Trishna Nair FEATURED Student Connect 0

For the batch of 2022, we began our journey at IIM Bangalore on Zoom this August. We had an online orientation, an online ‘Aarambh’ and are now in the midst of an online ‘Section War’. I am incredibly proud of how resilient and innovative we have been as a batch. And I am also grateful to the seniors and professors, at IIMB, who have tried so hard to ensure that we enjoy a holistic learning experience. This whole month has been a period of acclimatization. The hours spent staring at…

Business simulation games, social media break distance barriers Despite not being able to visit markets, the interactions with various stakeholders and working with cross-functional teams and creative agencies added a lot of value to my internship experience, writes Rituparna Ghosh

June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 Rituparna Ghosh FEATURED Life @ IIMB – Student Speak Student Connect 0

After being selected for the prestigious Aditya Birla Group (ABG) Internship Program, I was naturally very excited, and I was looking forward to the summers. Unfortunately, the unprecedented situation due to COVID-19, followed by the lockdown resulted in a two-month online internship. However, the management took care of easing out our apprehensions and planned the online internship seamlessly to ensure that our experience was not compromised. Along with our respective project commitments, we were kept engaged in regular social media activities that pushed us out of our comfort zones and…

Virtually perfect! Sirigauri N credits HUL’s Employer Brand Team for delivering a holistic internship experience

June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 Sirigauri FEATURED Life @ IIMB – Student Speak Student Connect 0

This summer, I had the opportunity to be a part of the Unilever Leadership Internship Programme (ULIP 2020) as a finance intern. On 15th March 2020, two weeks before I was scheduled to begin my internship, I received a mail from the Employer Brand Team stating that the internship would be virtual until further notice. It was an overwhelming situation. The world was battling the spread of a pandemic, and abundant precaution was the need of the hour. However, a virtual internship also meant that I would be missing out…

Let’s hear it for work sans long commutes The hiring managers at Flipkart did a lot of homework while providing real work assignments and modifying project objectives to minimize impact to the virtual job, writes Sameer

June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 Sameer FEATURED Global MBA Stories Life @ IIMB – Student Speak Student Connect 0

I had a fantastic experience as an intern with Flipkart this summer. It taught me more than I could have imagined. I got to work on a data science project that was interesting and important, and could make a significant difference in the way the company operates. It allowed me to learn, think, and execute constantly. I felt that hiring managers at Flipkart did a lot of homework while providing real work assignments and modifying project objectives to minimize impact to the virtual job. The work from the home culture…

How to make WFH impactful Having a change-embracing, flexible, dynamic attitude helps deliver even in times of disruption, writes N Ramarajwho interned with the Royal Bank of Scotland

June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 N. Ramaraj FEATURED Global MBA Stories Student Connect 0

I interned at the Royal Bank of Scotland (Operations). Since the bank’s HR informed me in advance about Work From Home (WFH), I had time to be prepared. Prof. Vasanthi Srinivasan’s article in BusinessLine offered some great tips. RBS was incredibly supportive in setting up remote system access. The project was about process improvement. I explored ways of enhancing customer experience and improving productivity, using a range of Six Sigma tools like SIPOC, Pareto, RCA and statistical sampling. I was also able to apply learnings from analytics, marketing and product…

Quick response from mentors made my virtual internship fulfilling, writes Anindita Rohi who worked with Ola Electric

June 10, 2020June 10, 2020 Anindita Rohi FEATURED Global MBA Stories Life @ IIMB – Student Speak Student Connect 0

As a student at a B-school, one of the major milestones is landing a coveted internship. Personally, this was my first ever internship experience, and I was fortunate to land an internship which linked both my undergraduate and B-school experiences. On the day of my orientation, I was allotted the Ola Electric Mobility division as a vertical. I felt both excited and nervous. Ola Electric is a completely new idea driving to revolutionize the electric domain with the technology of battery swapping. Being an electrical engineer, I was excited to…

The best fit for aspirations Chirag Soni says EPGP at IIMB has better equipped him for the life ahead

April 9, 2020April 9, 2020 admin1 FEATURED Global MBA Stories Life @ IIMB – Student Speak Student Connect 0

Having worked for almost seven years in one of the most sought-after career paths in today’s world – Machine Learning and Data Science – in Management Consulting, Retail Banking and Software Product industries, I decided to build further on the solid technical foundation that my experience provided me and accelerate towards more business-oriented roles. Close collaboration with Finance and Marketing teams on various strategic projects that required high performing analytics solutions steered my interest towards acquiring knowledge of fundamental management disciplines for being involved in broader level decision-making. With world-class…

My Time at IIMB A breakthrough year and a once-in-a-lifetime experience is how Ashish Anja describes his EPGP experience

April 8, 2020April 8, 2020 Ashish Anja FEATURED Life @ IIMB – Student Speak Student Connect 0

If there is one thing that the IIMB experience has made me in the last one year, that would be – ‘humble’. Irrespective of what one has achieved in their pre-IIMB career, the pedigree of the cohort at IIMB is such that it makes one feel respectful. IIMB, being the best B-school in the country, was always my dream college. The opportunity to study and experience life at this prestigious institute is nothing less than ‘living a dream’ for me. I still remember entering the hallowed gates of the institute…