This blog post is about Mr. R Gopalakrishnan’s interaction with about 25 students which happened during his recent visit for the 10 hour global thought leadership series lecture. Mr. R Gopalakrishnan, Director, Tata Sons was recently at Great Lakes, Chennai as one of the eminent speakers for the Distinguished Thought Leadership series. He delivered a…
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Unlike an undergraduate school, where theoretically one can take time to settle down and look around for different career options, a B-School keeps you on your toes from day one in terms of making a career choice. Furthermore, the management school students are expected to have a concrete idea or two, as to what industry…
read moreThe question, “Why a good perspective is important for a Functional Manager” enlightened our minds by the speaker Dr Richa Pandey, Director HR, iGates. Dr Pandey. Dr. Pandey who has experience of over 20 yrs in roles of academician, management consultant and practicing manager, started on alight note where she showed a video of a…
read moreSeldom has it happened when you go for a lecture expecting some management gyan but get moved from the core by the bunch of stories consisting of Squirrels, Rabbits and Elephants which come from nowhere and stir your heart. Such was the magic created in today’s Guest Lecture by Mr Sabapathy N, MTech, MSc from…
read moreThe Part 3 of IIM C Alumni workshop started with a warm welcome extended by Prof. Swaminathan to MR. Ajay Jain Director, Enzotech Solutions Pvt. Ltd. who as a moderator staged the soap case study presentation with a detailed structure of soap industry and how its marketing strategy should be. Having a plethora of experience…
read moreAnd the battle begins, Be it the warriors of Athens or the board rooms of conglomerates, the possession of the top is an infectious disease. The viral has well spread to the four best teams (New Wave, Challengers, Just in Case and Lemon Aid) presenting their analysis and market propositions for Nimbooz. The stage is set, the…
read more“Once a sales man, always a sales man… its just that you graduate to selling your dreams” – Ashok Jayaram Certainly, “History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul” With the best of IIM Calcutta Alumni in the walkways of Great Lakes institute of Management. This Saturday morning is…
read moreSubroto Bagchi is co-founder of MindTree in 1999 where he started as the Chief Operating Officer. MindTree is among India’s most admired companies across industries. In 2008, Bagchi took on the role of Gardener at MindTree. When asked about queer title of Gardner, he said, it is meant to trivialize the corporate titles. His role…
read more“Hey, I know what the answer is!!” said one of the gladiators. This was the first thing that was said after the usual exchange of greetings. We were trying to make full use of the workshops – it was peer learning at its best! The subject of discussion was the question with which the last…
read moreThe second of the workshops started with a recap of the first one. Yes, you guessed it right! Starting from where we had left, we focused on one particular case category in the session- Guesstimation. These questions are usually asked in the interviews to test the logical and analytical capabilities of the interviewee. They do…
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