I remember sitting in my office after a meeting where my manager appreciated my efforts as a new Product Manager. He complimented me on my ability to understand the problems, my time and people management skills, and my dedication. The annual appraisal was around the [...]
I've been intrigued by the space ever since I was in the seventh grade. It was in eighth grade when I learned about the Asian Regional Space Settlement Design Competition (ARSSDC), an Indian competition sponsored by the NASA. Within a 24-hour period, schools across the [...]
Will choosing one test over another impact my chances of selection? I had the same question in mind while I was selecting which test to give. I looked at both the tests carefully, understood what was covered in each and chose to go with the [...]
Preparing for GMAT while trying to maintain a work-life balance can be a stressful ordeal. The fluctuating demands of a taxing 9-5 job, the ambition to grow personally as well as professionally and the drive to constantly develop a social network doesn’t come easy in [...]
The little boy running around with sticks and tires in a small village in Kerala would have never imagined going to a premier B-School like ISB. And why would he? He barely knew how to speak English until almost thirteen years of age. Yes, that’s [...]
“The surest way to make your dreams come true is to live them”. Like most of you, even I believed that GMAT was the only gateway to ISB. However, I happened to interact with an Alum who got into ISB through GRE. Yes! ISB like [...]
I had no idea that I was in fact preparing to succeed in the MBA program when I started my preparation for GMAT and MBA application. The GMAT became my test of tenacity, the trait that is most essential for surviving in the rigorous and [...]
In 2015, when I went back to visit my hometown in North-East, I knew there was something different. It wasn’t the place, but my perspective. “How can something so beautiful be so unknown to the world?”, I thought to myself. At this very moment, I [...]
Vishal's journey of transitioning from a vernacular medium school to an English medium school, to going forward and working for Vedanta Resources Limited & MMTC-PAMP India Pvt. Ltd. and making it to the Indian School of Business has shaped his worldview holistically. Faced with challenges [...]
"Having a background in neither engineering nor mathematics, I was hesitant to go back to college after a nine-year break. In addition, I worked more than ten hours a day on average and frequently travelled for work. But I always knew that I need to [...]
As the colors of pride spread across every part of the campus and the Spectrum Club stands tall in its commitment to creating an inclusive space for all, we had the chance to hear from Arihant Jain, the Club’s President, about his year-long goals. Before [...]
It was as if an invisible hand picked the 601 of us from different cities and different times in our lives and put us all in that gorgeous campus in Hyderabad. If we were to chalk alternate realities for each of us for the bygone [...]
It was drizzling outside, and I had had an intense discussion with my co-founder and an advisor. I had decided to exit my start-up and take the offer on the table. The blood and sweat I had put in my eight years of the entrepreneurial [...]
Of all the things to be liked at ISB, one thing that stood out for me and inspired me to throw some more light upon- is the quad mates (aka quaddies). The boarding arrangements at ISB is such that each Student Village (there are 4) [...]
It feels no less than a privilege to be one among such a diverse cohort at this premier B-School, where each one of them, are going to be no less than a future business leader. Also being taught by such renowned faculty members, who not [...]
I had been refreshing my inbox and logging in to the admissions portal every 5 minutes for 2 entire days when I finally accepted the reality. I had not been shortlisted for an interview for the PGP Program at the ISB. While applying I had [...]