Anything and Everything related to MBA | Chat with an IIM student
MBA is one of the hottest topics in India. Every other engineering student wants to get into an IIM, parents think there kids have won the world if they make it to a good b-school and most of the people in the startup space can’t stop explaining how worthless an MBA can be. Whatever it be, anything and everything related to an MBA will get eyeballs. So join this chat to ask anything related to MBA!
Karan Kakkar
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10:00 PM
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Karan Kakkar
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Karan Kakkar
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Karan Kakkar
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Hopeful Aspirant
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Hopeful Aspirant
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Rishika Goyal
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Hopeful Aspirant
Hello Karan, could you share the scenario with regards to non science black students in IIM K? Are they considerable in number?
03:41 PM
Karan Kakkar
yes, they are a lot in number, should be around 20%, not sure about the exact figure though.
03:45 PM
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Rishika Goyal
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Rishika Goyal
How sensible is it for an engineer to do an MBA?
03:44 PM
Karan Kakkar
It depends, it would be sensible if: 1. You want to add things to your skills set (learn marketing, finance etc) 2. Not happy with your current job and want to move into consulting, analytics etc 3. You want to shift your domain entirely, suddenly you have realized that finance is more fun around 90% MBAs in india were engineers so its really a very normal thing
03:48 PM
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Rishika Goyal
Also how should an engineer make his/her profile stronger in comparison to other engineers
03:45 PM
Karan Kakkar
Certifications, workexperience in field such as banking, marketing, analytics will give you an edge over others. https://insideiim.com/how-to-get-an-iim-admit-despite-an-average-profile/ refer to the above post for more
03:50 PM
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Rishika Goyal
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Hopeful Aspirant
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Hopeful Aspirant
I'm a commerce student, pursuing CA. Are there a good number of CAs in IIM K? Could you share if no. of attempts taken to become a CA matter while considering your profile for admission in IIM K?
03:51 PM
Karan Kakkar
there are around 4 CAs in my batch alone and around 7-10 CAs in the 2nd year batch. No the no of attempt does not matter. Just get a decent percentile, IIMs give higher weightage to non-engineers and CAs are in high demand nowadays .
03:55 PM
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Hopeful Aspirant
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Hopeful Aspirant
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Arkajyoti Biswas
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Rishika Goyal
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Hopeful Aspirant
Could you share your X/XII/UG/%ile if you don't mind?
03:57 PM
Karan Kakkar
uhh ok it was 10th: 89 12th: 75 B.Tech: 75
04:02 PM
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Rishika Goyal
What are the prospects of PGDBA course offered jointly by IIM-C, ISI, IIT kgp? Between a PGDM course offered by IIMs and the above PGDBA which one would you prefer ?
04:02 PM
Karan Kakkar
I actually don't know much about it, so will not comment. but I am sure most people will choose the PGP course at IIMs.
04:05 PM
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Nikhil Sharma
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Nikhil Sharma
I have a job in hand of well reputed production firm. Being a non IIT GEM, what is beneficial in terms of learning and placement at iims? Joining as a fresher or after work ex?
04:11 PM
Karan Kakkar
If you are: 1. Happy with your job in terms of the work that you are doing 2. even 50% satisfied with the salary 3. Have no plans of changing your domain Then its better not to go for an MBA. In the other case understand that after doing an mba you gain a holistic understanding of how businesses work and if you are doing it from the top-15 institutes then you will definitely get a much higher pay package. It will be beneficial in both cases, fresher or after workex.
04:18 PM
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Nikhil Sharma
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Nikhil Sharma
Another thing I want to know is that, after my training I will be asked to prioritise field of interest among supply chain management, sales& marketing, R&d, production etc. If I have made up my mind to do MBA, which field will be beneficial in terms of prelearning for MBA?
04:24 PM
Karan Kakkar
Thats a great question, but also tough to answer. If you have an inclination towards any particular field then pick that. Otherwise try to learn supply chain management, production because it is tough to learn without implementing it in the real world. While sales&marketing you can anyways through the committees and clubs at IIMs. Although consult someone else as well for this one.
04:29 PM
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Karan Kakkar
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Nikhil Sharma
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Sarabheswar S
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Nikhil Sharma
Okay thanx. And my friend's bro is there at iim Kozhikode. His surname is Madhani
04:34 PM
Karan Kakkar
ya i know jay madhani.
04:35 PM
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Hi Karan, I'm an Engineering graduate working in a banking sector. Preparing for CAT, having inclined towards Management studies, will it evokes a problem in IIM Calls. As my working area is entirely different sector from qualifications.
04:35 PM
Karan Kakkar
No it wont, its perfectly normal to have a profile like this. leverage it by saying that you have knowledge related to different domains
04:36 PM
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