Before I start the story of my journey from 52.26 percentile to 96.29, I must state one thing very clearly; this is not a journey of a struggle which most of us love to read. Unfortunately, we grew up reading all ‘newspaper boys’ achieving extra ordinary things in their lives. Whenever I read such biographies/auto-biographies, […]

“Hey, I can’t think of getting admission in IIM A or B or C. They are way above my league.” said these words to my friend when asked about my plans for CAT. And today i sit in front of my laptop writing this article after straight forward rejections from top IIMs. While i was […]

So there I was, staring at my CAT result – 99.82 percentile with 99.63 and 98.72 in both sections. It was 5 am. I was still groggy. I thought it was a mistake. It had to be! So I logged out and logged back in. Still 99.82. It took a minute to sink in. I […]

Dear fellow aspirants (who think they screwed up CAT ’13), Things may not exactly be going hunky-dory for some of you. I share your agony. I understand that some of you are still worried why your CAT slot was so darn difficult. I understand your disappointment at screwing up that one section in IIFT. But […]

Established in 1991, MICA (formerly known as Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad) is India’s premier management school for Strategic Marketing and Communication. It is the alma mater of professionals serving in leadership positions in some of the best known companies in India and the world, in marketing, brand management, research & analytics, advertising, media, digital […]

Indian Institute of Management Indore (IIM-I) has announced admissions open for 10th batch of Fellow Programme in Management (FPM2015), which is a PhD-equivalent programme designed by the IIM’s to create a talent pool of exceptional professorial and research talent essential to academia as well as industry and the FPM (Industry) – Widely known as the […]

My summer job was the short term experience that provided me a real insight into what it’s actually like working in a brand management firm for a career. I was interned at Future Brands, Delhi. Currently, I am a management student at MYRA School of Business, Mysore. My institution helped me to escalate my market […]

When I joined the technology oriented Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for my PhD two decades back, I discovered this new technology called email using which I could contact all my friends in other schools for free. I was so excited by this discovery that I called home that night (at $1.60/minute) to report this to my […]

Have you ever thought about the business landscape in which you will be working after a two-year program in Business Management? Are you sure that your B-school choice is the right one to prepare you for the future, anticipating the emerging technology trends? How can you be sure that the courses that you pursue in […]

65 days. That’s how long it has been since I landed on the shores of Portugal to continue my MBA at the Catolica- Lisbon School of Business and Economics. It’s safe to say that every day in Europe has been nothing short of awesome. Working with people from all over the world, getting to know […]