guys was just going through the thread, am considering giving GMAT and going for 2nd mba...ISB seemed only choice in India (am more keen for abroad obviously).

bt frankly reading the interview experiences is a turn off - i mean questions like hoe many buildings in mumbai - and the stress interviews...random unrelated questions - seems same like what the indian bschools do.

IMHO a panel in ISB should rise above such crap and talk to the applicant on career goals and see how both sides see a value....rather than grilling and asking stupid questions !

is this the case with b-schools abroad too ?

havent started my research yet

A second MBA does make a lot of sense for you because you want to build your network etc. And a lot of Indians go on to do a second MBA just to build a global network.

But if you really want to go the entrepreneurial way - I would really suggest that you do a lot of research considering the loans you will have to pay back

true, bt does ISB make sense (though it would be at bottom of my wishlist)

Hi,

This is Abhishek, did my Mba in Marketing from a 2nd tier b-school in India. It wasn't a gr8 experience as had 3 years of pre mba work ex in IT sales while most of my batchmates were freshers. we had 650 students in our batch + 400 seniors - but while the batch wasnt anything to write home about - i went out of my way to take initiatives which stood me apart - i started a community portal for our college - Icfai Business School Icfai MBA IBSAT 2008 Results Icfai Admissions Placements Hyderabad/Mumbai/Gurgaon/Kolkata (much like this one), organised a guest lecture club right from conception to execution, organised events like community cricket matches, management games et all. So in that sense the mba was value add to me as an entrepreneur. Moreover this experience opened my eyes to world of internet and e-business and i stuck on to that passion.

Post that i didnt takeup campus placements - rather joined a Yahoo funded online advertising startup @ delhi with half my campus package - in 3 months i was packed off to start our Mumbai office - setup our sales/servicing teams from scratch. Meanwhile this success led me to also lead our Bangalore operations - and thus within 6 months of joining i was promoted as Regional head for West & South - handling brand solutions for our top 200 advertisers across categories and verticals. i was also given a 100% pay hike - so that brought me on to a equal footing with other MBA's financially ! 1.5yrs into this, finally Yahoo decided to merge operations and leverage our expertise and i felt our mandates were achieved and decided to move on to a new opportunity/role/environment.

I joined a Singapore based advertising agency as a Sr Business Manger last month - and am leading their Indian operations, once again starting from scratch - handling APAC region - clients like Intel/Hp/Dell/Sony. This stint gave me a global exposure and i realised i havent even scratched 1% of global economy & culture yet and thus am tempted to apply for a 2nd MBA

oh i forgot - meanwhile i also setup my own small media venture - an consumer internet products company (MAW MEDIA) - currently successfully launched a job portal for Mba's (MBA Jobs India-Mba Jobs in Marketing,Finance,HR Jobs,Sales,IIM Jobs-Mba Careers India) , next on line is a matrimony portal dedicated to Mba's (MBA Grooms, Brides, IIM Matrimony, MBA Partners, MBA Marriages).

Now really why i wanna do 2nd mba ? - surely i yearn for the global experience and learning with equally competent batchmates which my 1st mba never gave me, never challenged me to stretch my boundaries - i also think Mba could be the best place to meet like minded budding entrepreneurs and could end up bonding strong relations within the industry. am surely cut out for entrepreneurship in next 2-3 yrs or so, but currently wasnt ready to take the fulltime plunge

my profile is very different from most - id say not having the IIM tag was never an impediment

So what do you suggest - am i on the right path ? Which b-schools should i aim for ? Can i expect special scholarships considering my initiative and past record ?

Am no IIT or college topper - have been average academically always - no achievement in sports - have done lot of social work (both my parent are doctors and totally dedicated to social causes)

so in this sense am an abnormal candidate for the panel to consider
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Well there are various ICFAI centres across various cities... Can you please rank them? Best First... Than second... and so on.....

Actually I went through various B-Schools surveys and found ICFAI Hyderabad topping the charts... But I am interested in knowing ICFAI colleges ranking after Hyd.

Pls do reply

- Wishes

hydbd/mumbai/gurgaon are good even kolkata/bangalore/chennai etc are decent enough. basically ul get loads of opportunities to prove yourself, so its not the campus that matters, more of YOU that matter. same companies visit most of the above campuses with similar profiles.

anyways do rankings matter to you at all ? as per zee ranking **** is No1 b school

Hello Puys,

I amnot sure whether thsi would be the right thread to ask the following question regarding ICFAI hyd 1 Year Executive MBA course:

1. How was the placement last year?
2. what were the profiles on offer during plcement?
3. How's the student profile i.e. work ex etc who have already enrolled in the programme.

if possible do PM the details to me.

Regards,

we have some executive MBA students on our student portal, see last years discussion to get idea of placements,profiles etc

here's you go ICFAI Hyderabad One Year Executive MBA Queries - ICFAI Business School (IBS) Student Community

Hi,
Even I was going through the dilemma of whether to go for IBSAT as it falls on the same day as SNAP.....but I have decided finally to take the test....
Can anyone shed some light on which institutes under IBS are best for what specialization?
I want to go for operations , what institute shud I be looking at?

If ur not confident of cracking Snap, go for IBSAT atleast ull have one backup ;-)

there is no institute wise specialisation - marketing & finance are the most popular specialisations across campuses. Hydbd/Gurgaon are particularly good for Finance though.

Apart from IT sector, you could go after Retail sector which needs lot of ops guys for SCM...

btw would suggest you to take some marketing electives too to make it marketing+Ops - so tht u are elgibile for all companies that visit campus.

in a grim economy situation, jobs may dry up, so pays not to be in a very very niche specialisation.

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Thanks Murty, but let me use your post to clarify something that might be a potential concern.

This is no 'new role' for PG. We have always been activist in our attitude, .....
Cheers,

comments like PG did this to gain publicity - thts a gross thought. PG never cared more about "hits" - always stood by mba community - lets not defame its 5 yr service to MBA fraternity with such thoughts !

Dude, its a sincere request to remove these names from the post, please edit it asap : . This is no way to put up some names here : , if they committed a crime, i think you are also doing the same by specifying all these names and uploading these videos on different sites and your blog. Would again request you to edit your post

Cheers

MK

only if they had accepted the mistakes and expressed remorse....instead they defend with baseless logics like - women empowerment, campus culture etc etc - so if they arent ashamed of it , what harm in having thier names in open if its so cool and common for these pple ???

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