Articles in IIM Bangalore
Do you know which mass market auto company tops the ‘initial quality’ as per J D Power? Next question- which auto company comes just behind Jaguar, ranked #4 in quality? A hint – Toyota? Volkswagen? Ford? Sorry to disappoint you. But it is none of these esteemed companies. The mass auto brand which is beating […]
Fewer people seem to be taking the CAT each subsequent year. The reasons for this was covered in the part-1. Here is an article talking about what next for Indian B-schools? & How is CAT preparation going to change? So, is an MBA not worth it? An MBA from a good college definitely has its […]
Around 2.7 lakh people took the CAT in 2008, less than 1.7 lakh people took it in 2014. That is a huge drop in numbers in just a 6-year period. (The numbers are probably not accurate to the decimal but the range is correct). Why has there been such a precipitous drop in such a […]
What are the key things to keep in mind while forming a preparation plan for CAT? Should I quit my job and prepare for CAT One of the most common questions I get is about how to draft a preparation plan for CAT preparation. This is often followed by the lament that managing CAT prep […]
1) How do you think MBA students’ attitudes and motivations toward the degree and, more broadly, toward business education have changed in the past 10-15 years? How do you see them changing in the next 20 years? MBA students nowadays are more perceptive of the job market & seek meaningful careers post their MBA. They […]
As i write this post, I have completed (I presume) a term at IIM Bangalore. Back at home, with Term 2 about to start, I felt I would pen down my thoughts in this sacred thread which motivated me and kept me going for 4 years. I still remember the AIWTSAC of Rohit Gupta and […]
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 […]
Prof. Arya Kumar is Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management (LBSIM), New Delhi. He has a diversified experience of more than 36 years of serving in educational institutions, research organizations, banks and financial institutions. He is certified entrepreneurship educator having successfully completed “Entrepreneurship Educators Course (EEC)” jointly organised by STVP, Stanford University, IIM Bangalore and […]
How to Approach CAT ? It’s that time of the year again when the CAT fever is at its highest and everyone is rushing to practise as many mock exams as they can and read as many books as they can! Let’s take a step back and think about what it really takes to master […]
A preamble to the case analysis session in the PGP orientation program at IIM Bangalore. What is the nature of managerial activity? Management is the continuing process of organizing human, physical, technical and knowledge elements under constrained resource conditions towards the achievement of a stated mission in line with an overall vision and a value […]