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My Career Abroad & the ISB Advantage I work as a Senior Vice-President (SVP) in one of the world's largest international banks. I am currently based out of its Hong Kong office. In my current role, I handle the banking needs of MNC clients with [...]
Let me start by saying that more than the subjects and the curriculum, I think ISB introduces you to a way of life. Those who get the opportunity to be part of PGP get introduced to their own potential. At ISB, I learnt how much [...]
The preparation for the GMAT can be highly stressful and time-consuming. Before even preparing for the GMAT, it is wise to ask yourself the following questions: (1) Why do you want to do an MBA? Why do you want to do it now? (2) Which [...]
Back in 2017, when I was in my final year of undergrad, I took GMAT and applied to my target master’s in management colleges. By the time I got my interview invites for these colleges, I had already started working full time. Although I made [...]
You must be wondering why the prestigious Indian School of Business and my organization The Optimist Citizen are tagged with a picture of a dilapidated bamboo hut. It feels incongruent, doesn’t it? The hut that you see in the picture is the same one where [...]
“No learning ever goes to waste” is something my mother always told me, when I would ask her why I needed to study certain subjects, that, I was sure, I would never need in the future. 4 presentations, 1 case comp and 2 app mock-ups [...]
“We live under the same blue sky, we just have different horizons. You need to have aspiration “ The power of faith and marketing and its impact on people’s lives - for it is one simple advertisement on Social Media that started me on my journey to [...]
Tomorrow, as I (finally!) start my Post Graduate Program in Management at the Indian School of Business, I am both excited (and a little nervous!) to go back to school and start what has been called “a year of transformation". As I start this journey, will try [...]
“I had written GRE to take specialised masters course abroad. However, the interactions with my mentors, colleagues & friends led me ISB.” - Robert Madduri, PGP Co’23 Coming from a medical background, It took me longer than others to understand the need for a full-time [...]
When I started preparing for GMAT, I had a full-time job and a part-time volunteer work along with a fitness & well-being routine that I followed very passionately. Naturally, I was worried and wanted to know more about the efforts I would have to put [...]
Rajalakshmi Vijay is a seasoned Chief Executive Officer with a rich background in leading global teams towards growth in diverse industries. Fondly known as Raji, her career experience spans over three decades working in several organisation and roles. From National Insurance Company to Airtel, GE [...]
A good lawyer knows the law, a great lawyer also understands business. While practising as a business and white-collar crimes lawyer in India, Ayushi decided to pursue the EMBA she had been considering for years. As part of her profile, Ayushi was working extensively with [...]
Sanjiv Bhagat is an experienced Chief Executive Officer and currently serves as Vice-President at AT&T ASEAN. In a career spanning over three decades in the telecommunications & IT industry, Sanjiv has worked with organisations such as HCL, IBM, and AT&T. Skilled in strategy & business [...]
DJ Mathews is a Chartered accountant and Company Secretary with 20 years of professional experience with PepsiCo, Grant Thornton, and Lurgi AG. In the career span of over two decades, Mr Mathews has handled diversified leadership roles in major MNCs in various sectors, with a [...]
Siddharth Shekhar currently serves as Industry Head at Google and leads the Telecom, Media & Entertainment functions in the organisation. An ISB Alum from PGP Co’13, Siddharth has over a decade of experience across different roles and organisations including Star TV Network and Aditya Birla [...]
In recent times, Product Management has emerged as an important element of a business’s core strategy. Challenging yet highly coveted in the present job market, Product Manager is among the highly sought-after career roles. An engineer by background, Viny Nigam worked as a software engineer [...]
The world we live in today has come a long way from a gender-based division of work and is moving towards a more progressive age. Though the change is slow, women are taking up key leadership roles in businesses across the world. More women are [...]
The world today is reeling under the global pandemic which has affected a lot of aspects of our everyday lives. At many times when we face difficulties, our response tends to be non-constructive due to several aspects. Under present circumstances, when we are faced with [...]
Dlilip Singh Rathore is a seasoned professional working in the pharmaceutical sector. In his over two decades of experience, Mr. Rathore has worked with pharmaceutical giants such Pfizer, Cipla and JBCPL. At Cipla, he handled P&L of close to Rs 3000 crores with a team [...]
“For others, it was a leap of faith but for me, it was more sensible to pursue PGP at ISB than an MBA in the US.” Prashanth Vasu is the President of Strategy at the Ramco Group. An ISB alum from the founding batch of [...]
Consulting is a highly sought-after career option for MBA aspirants. It is not only a career alternative for professionals with a tech background but also provides a chance to work across diverse industries and sectors. The Indian School of Business is one of the biggest [...]
The current global pandemic induced by Covid-19 has brought disruptions of unparallel magnitude in recent times. As the world reels through these unprecedented times, family businesses around the world are evolving rapidly to cater the new realities and are developing new ways to deal [...]
“ISB provides an absolute world-class academics.” - Prashanth Venkatesh If I could summarise my journey through ISB in one sentence, it probably would be “Lived a lifetime in one year.” That is how wonderfully crazy it is to study at ISB. You really get to know [...]
Family Businesses are the most prevalent form of business around the world & as well as the most complex system of organisation management. The three sub-systems namely family, business & owners make management of family business a multifarious task with internal pressures, external pulls, and [...]
Family businesses are the most prevalent form of business around the world. Various studies conducted in the last few years indicate that family enterprises are more successful than their non-family counterparts. For instance, research in large, publicly-traded, family-controlled firms revealed that their long-term financial performance [...]
“When I saw the ISB Campus, it was like love at first sight! The rigour of PGPMAX continues to be the key reason why leaders should choose the programme over other EMBA courses.” – Rajiv Nair, Class of 2011 (Founding Class) Rajiv Nair is the [...]
The Indian School of Business (ISB) is highly regarded as a premier global, independent, management institution that grooms business leaders and entrepreneurs. It is the only Indian institution to be featured in the Top 25 B-Schools of FT Global MBA Rankings 2021, thus proving its [...]
Being born into any family, whether business or non-business one, is purely by accident. None of us has a choice in it. We cannot choose where we are born but we can always choose what path we take in our life. Here are few lessons [...]
“The current global pandemic has hit every individual in the world, making everyone think about the various aspects of life. The business world has changed dramatically and entire models of functions are evolving every day. Is the MBA programme relevant in such uncertain times and [...]
The pandemic is a worldwide crisis of a magnitude that is scary, to say the least. Yet, it has brought opportunities with it. Look closely, the glass is always half full. In his first book “Unlimited Power”, Tony Robbins quotes former US President John F. [...]
After my BSc computers, I was clear I wanted to get into media sales. I Joined DNA Newspaper in 2005. For five years, thereafter, I was in the ad sales ecosystem in the print media. After two years in DNA, I moved to Anand Bazar [...]
Amit is a MarTech evangelist who has transformed marketing through his passionate focus on Digital eCommerce. With extensive knowledge of markets, channels & consumers across the length & breadth of India as well as neighbouring countries, Amit believes in reaching out to customers through a [...]
My professional journey has been fascinating. I have had a fulfilling career, replete with challenges and immense learning. I started my career in 1993 with Pfizer, selling research-based products. Five years later, I joined GE Capital International Services when ITES was new. On my way [...]
My Professional Journey I started my career as a software engineer and have been in the IT industry for 17 years. I had the opportunity to startup operations in India for Information Edge, a NZ based technology product company as well as instrumental in setting [...]
Why PGPMAX? There came a time when I wondered what next. I wanted to grow as a manager and build more substance within. That’s when I enrolled for PGPMAX. That ISB is a research-based institute and was founded by India’s veteran industrialists were influencing factors. [...]
“PGPMAX develops you into a well-rounded professional and ensures you always think ahead of the curve.” - Pranav Chandna. My Professional Journey I am an Electronics and Telecom graduate from Nagpur University. My career spanned over two decades across roles in national and multinationals companies. [...]
Before PGPMAX: Indian Navy I was born and brought up in a military family; I am a fourth-generation military person, with grandfathers from both sides having served in the Second World War. I graduated from National Defence Academy (NDA), Pune, and thereafter served in the [...]
Career before ISB I am a qualified lawyer, and I worked with some of the top five law firms in the country for five years. Post that, I started my venture, which was manufacturing and export of leather goods. While my own business running, I [...]
“We are what our choices make us” Sameer Khetarpal quotes Jeff Bezos while starting off to share his humble background during a web interaction with PGP students – both current and prospects. He confesses that he has been a fan of self-disruption as he describes [...]
Tell us about yourself, your current organisation and role, and your professional journey before joining PGPpro. I have been a market research professional for over 11 years now. My journey in my career had kind of hit a plateau where I wasn’t feeling quite stimulated [...]
“I found my job post ISB at a campus party!” - Dr Biju Mohandas, Principal Investment Officer, International Finance Corporation, Sub-Saharan Africa, and PGP class of 2007 Joining ISB Started off my career, 20 years ago in the Indian army as part of the Indian [...]
Tell us a little about your current role. How did ISB help you in preparing for this role? I am currently part of the CEO’s office at PayTM. It is strategy and operations for the entire organisation. It is a general management role and it [...]
Tell us a little about your current role. How did ISB help you in preparing for this role? I work for WeWork and my current role is Enterprise Growth and Expansion, which is essentially a Sales and Business Development role, where I generate multi-million dollar [...]
Life aboard a submarine isn't for everyone. Among one of the most trying assignments in the military, one that tests a sailor’s limits and endurance is that of a submariner. To be locked up in a windowless, cramped, steel contraption called a submarine requires a [...]
"Professors at PGPpro helped me become a devil’s advocate to my own work" - Joy Sahoo, Brand Strategist at ByteDance and PGPpro alumni of 2018 We caught up with Joy Sahoo, PGPpro Co 2018, working as Brand Strategist at ByteDance, to get to know more [...]
"For professionals (and parents of young children), the importance of negotiation skills cannot be overstated. Whether it is negotiating a multi-million-dollar contract, compensation with a potential employer, or even appropriate television time with one’s children, strong acumen in this area is very beneficial", feels Kunal [...]
Fresh out of university and working in an IT firm, Sucharita would often pass by the tall gates of the under-construction ISB campus at Gachibowli, Hyderabad. She would look at the gates longingly and wonder Wow! Only if I could get a chance to study [...]
"Leadership context changes based on the phase the company is in."- Prasad G.V., Co-Chairman and Managing Director, Dr Reddy's (Prasad G.V., Co-Chairman and Managing Director of Dr Reddy's Laboratories, is also a board member at ISB. He recently shared his Dr Reddy's journey and the [...]
We caught up with Harshit Kumar, who very recently graduated from ISB’s PGP in April 2020 and has joined Nykaa as a brand manager, to get to know more about his ISB experience, and the difference this last one year made to his life. Here [...]
Soon after Takshay Bansal completed PGPMAX in 2019 from the Indian School of Business (ISB), he used a self-assessment tool for DORSET, his family business, a high-quality security hardware solutions provider for home and office. The purpose was to check if inclusivity and diversity, the [...]
