iim-bangalore on S Anand

IIMB junta get together

Mon, 19 Aug 2002 12:00:00 +0000

A dozen IIMB junta got together at Hotel Pritam, Mumbai.

IIMB website changed

Mon, 28 Jan 2002 12:00:00 +0000

The IIM-B website has changed.

Me in the press

Thu, 15 Mar 2001 12:00:00 +0000

Some press clippings about the IIM-B convocation (and me).

Live webcast of IIMB convocation

Wed, 14 Mar 2001 12:00:00 +0000

I’m graduating today, and there’s a live webcast of the IIM-B convocation starting 6:15PM IST.

IIMB placements

Wed, 21 Feb 2001 12:00:00 +0000

A (almost) live update on IIM-B’s placements.

I talk to a business consultant at London

Tue, 30 Jan 2001 12:00:00 +0000

A chat with Business Consulting on chat.rediff.com as anand_m26blr. Right through this conversation, Business Consulting keeps pumping in news about the world to everyone.
anand_m26blr: Hi! How come you call yourself Business Consulting?
business_consulting: Why no***** just another name
anand_m26blr: Fair enough. ASL?
business_consulting: Male here. You?
anand_m26blr: M, 26, Bangalore. Still want to chat? :-)
business_consulting: Sure, what do udo inBangalore?
anand_m26blr: I’m studying at IIM-B. And you?
business_consulting: IIM-B? which year?
anand_m26blr: Second. What about you?
business_consulting: Hey do you have any news from IIM-A? like how’s the scene at the campus and are they ok?
anand_m26blr: Sure. One of our profs gets regular updates on IIM-A. Only one person is hurt, and no one badly. One dorm (D, I think) is pretty much wiped out. Otherwise, things are fine. Want me to mail you the updates?
business_consulting: 2nd year..Finance-Marketing or Systems?
anand_m26blr: None. I just picked the courses that looked good. Come on, you’re asking all the questions. What about you?
business_consulting: Sure mail me
anand_m26blr: What’s your e-mail ID?
business_consulting: Basically in to systems-ERP. I work on Peoplesoft.
anand_m26blr: Neat! I used to work at IBM myself. Never worked on Peoplesoft products, though, but we were planning to integrate it with Lotus Notes at one point. How long have you been here?
business_consulting: ok.. u can mail me at hschandra@ftnetwork.com
anand_m26blr: Mailing you…
business_consulting: Here? are u in London too?
anand_m26blr: I didn’t know you were in London. No, I’m in Bangalore right now. I was in London a month ago at LBS on an exchange programme. How come you’re in London?
business_consulting: IBM That’s
business_consulting: Wow that’s great LBS @ CanaryWarf
anand_m26blr: No this is London Business School – near Lord’s.
business_consulting: IBM that’s good. My Bangalore friend is doing his PG at IIM-A. After hearing aboutthe earthquake Imailed him and so far no news from him.
business_consulting: So are you specializing in finance?
anand_m26blr: Nope. I’m interested in technology still. So looking at any IT consulting firms that are coming along. Where did you study?
business_consulting: I did all my education inBangalore. Are u from Bangalorean as well?
business_consulting: Sorry, from Banglaore not Banglorean!!
anand_m26blr: I’m from Madras, basically. Studied there right through. You might know some of my classmates, though. When did you finish your undergrad? Was it from BMS?
business_consulting: It was way back in 95 mate. Long time 6 years now.. Just thinking of CFA as well..
anand_m26blr: Not all that way back. I passed out in 1996 myself. Where from?
business_consulting: So youwere @IBM Bangalore or somewhere else? IIM-Btied up with SAP long ago I think
anand_m26blr: I was at Bangalore most of the time. Yeah, IBM tied up with SAP, but I was with the Lotus Notes division, and we were integrating will all the products around.
business_consulting: You can do that since its doing pretty well in the US right now. And later onu can shift to CRM too
anand_m26blr: That’s probably the plan right now. So you’ve been working for Peoplesoft at London all along, is it?
business_consulting: Have you done the LN certification ?
anand_m26blr: Yeah, I’m a certified Notes instructor.
business_consulting: Currently , are u working @ IBM or studying PG @ IIMB??
anand_m26blr: Studying. I left IBM in June 99.
business_consulting: Thanks mate, Igot your mail just going through it
anand_m26blr: No problem. Do you chat here often?
business_consulting: I do come here quite often, But Iw ill be inBangalore onthe 10th. Moreover I will be at the campus to meet my friend. Your senior though
anand_m26blr: Oh… whom are you coming to meet? Fair chance I might know him.
business_consulting: Am coming on a 3 weeks holiday. We can meet at the campus too
anand_m26blr: That would be nice. My name’s Anand. What’s yours? As in, I get the HSChandra, but what does it stand for?
business_consulting: Yeah U will definitely know him- he is Narendra Bansod- 99 batch
anand_m26blr: Oh, then he’s two years senior to me. Haven’t met him. Anyway, it’ll be good to meet you.
business_consulting: I think he still comes to the campus ontheweekends. So am planning to come there on a weekend. Do you stay in the campus or at home outside?
anand_m26blr: I stay on campus. Room C-42. Feel free to drop over. BTW, didn’t get your name…
business_consulting: am Chandra Hassan. What’s dorm?
anand_m26blr: No dorms. The block is C, and room number 42. That’s it.
business_consulting: Chandra Hassan. Chandra for short.
anand_m26blr: OK Chandra, great chatting to you. Do mail me at sanand@iimb.ernet.in when you’re coming over!
business_consulting: And you are Anand right
anand_m26blr: Yup, this is Anand. Let me know when you’re here. You can reply to the mail I sent you. Bye for now!
business_consulting: Sure Anand,I will meet u up at the campus.. Nice talking to u. and Good Luck
business_consulting: sure I will on the 10th Feb(Sat) @ around 11:30Am. I might come and meet the next day on Sunday
anand_m26blr: That’ll be just after exam time. Should be fine!
business_consulting: Also I will be coming and meeting my friend he said he is inroom# J308

In the middle of this conversation, two brief conversations came up. One with flowergirl23

flowergirl23: hi there
anand_m26blr: Hi. ASL? (OK, Joseph, you’ve spoilt me. I should say, “Hello flowergirl, my name’s Anand. What’s yours?)
anand_m26blr: Hi flowergirl23, you PMed me a while ago. Want to chat? My name’s Anand.

No further response from flowergirl23. rose_v came up after a while….

rose_v: hi
anand_m26blr: Hi rose_v, my name’s Anand. What’s yours?
rose_v: rose
anand_m26blr: That’s the first time I’m meeting someone with your name. Where are you from, Rose? Bangalore?
rose_v: no from mum
anand_m26blr: Sorry? What was that about ’no from mum’? Didn’t quite understand…

No further response.

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KAILAS 10 Apr 2007 8:48 pm: HI THIS IS 23 YR BOY

PGP2000 section websites

Tue, 23 Jan 2001 12:00:00 +0000

Fantastic websites, Section A and Section C.

My academic reports

Fri, 10 Nov 2000 12:00:00 +0000

Because of a shortage of disk space on unix2.iimb.ernet.in, my reports are now at briefcase.yahoo.com/root_node. Long live Yahoo!

Oxford

Sat, 21 Oct 2000 12:00:00 +0000

We visited Oxford in the morning. It was a tour with the Indian YMCA. Though I slept through most of the beauty of the English country side, Oxford itself was a classic example. We went up a tower from which we could see most of Oxford. It was a small town, (about an hour-and-half from London) with lots of spires and quite an old architecture. The Oxford University is split into many colleges, Magdalen (pronounced Maud-len) being the most famous of the lot. Lewis Caroll (of Alice in Wonderland) and Tolkien (of Lord of the Rings) hailed from here. We went first to Christchurch college. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything as beautiful as the grass there, with the possible exception of Hampton Court Palace. From there, we took a walk along a river to Magdalen college.

The river was practically filled with people rowing. It was a saturday, so I guess everyone was practicing, but even then, there were far too many boats. Looks like EVERYONE at Oxford has an elective in rowing or something. It was fun to hear the coaches shout instructions over a microphone to those rowing. After walking along the river for about a mile, we learnt that Magdalen was somewhere else. Not enough time to see it, so we just walked back. On the way we found this troupe, the Huckleberrys, who were performing on the road, opposite to a MacDonald’s. They were even selling CDs of their album. The music was pretty fast, and nice too.

I stepped in to the MacDonald’s for some french fries. The prices were quite reasonable. That reminded me of one of the World Economy classes. We all know that Purchasing Power Parity should determine the exchange rate in the long run. (Those who do not are advised to attend an elementary course on International Finance at IIM-B.) Now, it appears that the OECD estimate of the Japanese Yen against the dollar says that the Yen is overvalued by at least 60%. A World Bank study says its overvalued by 50%. These studies are based on PPP. However, if you look at the price of a Big Mac in the US and in Japan, it turns out that the Yen is perfectly valued.

OK, coincidence, you say. What then of Thomas Friedman’s “Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention” which asserts that no two countries have fought a major war since after both of them have gotten their MacDonald’s? (Yugoslavia doesn’t count. They fought the NATO, so to speak, which is not a country.)

The next leg of the trip was Stratford upon Avon, which is Shakespeare’s birthplace. Being the uncultured bumpkin that I am, the bulk of my Shakespearean knowledge stems from Jeffrey Archer’s “Shall We Tell The President”. Anyway, we strolled over to Shakespeare’s birthplace, but refrained from paying a 5 pound entry fee. Apparantly, in Britain, you pay to see EVERYTHING. They make more money out of tourism than any other single industry. Then we went to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, which is the ‘original’ Shakespearean drama company. But the highlight of the trip was the “Teddy Bear Museum”.

Gyles Brandreth had set up this Teddy Bear Museum in 1984, and it had teddy bears from all over the world. Tony Blair’s teddy bear was there on vacation. Margaret Thatcher’s was there. Vivien Leigh’s was there. You name it. It was wonderful, especially since we could cuddle the teddies. They had a teddy library too, stocked with some masterpieces:

Lateral Thinking, by Edward de Bruno
The Goldilocks Conspiracy, by Little Bear
Vanity Bear, by Thackeray
Dr. Spock’s Cub & Bear Care, of the Medibear series
The Hunchbear of Notredame, by Victor Hugo
Bear Watching, by Desmond Forrest
The Complete Works of Shakesbear
Encyclopaedia Beartannica

I’d take up a job there, if they’d offer me one.

Not an Indian

Mon, 16 Oct 2000 12:00:00 +0000

Yes, I haven’t been updating for a while. Problem is, I’ve been doing too much and writing too little. Let’s see if I can fix some of that now.

First of all, people can’t seem to tell where I’m from. This is despite the fact that I’m the only one with a moustache in the whole batch, and am therefore the one person whose name no one forgets. I mean, I lost my name card after the very first class. Yet all the Professors talk to me like long-lost friends. Anyway…

One of my first such experiences at London was when I got out of the station and was looking for a cab. A man came over and said “Salam aleikum”.

I said “Huh?”

He thought I hadn’t heard him. “Salam aleikum,” a little louder.

Even normally, I’m not very sharp. This was at 11PM UK time, and that’s 3:30AM India Standard Time. So I said, quite eloquently, “Huh?”

“Salam aleikum”

“Huh? What?”

At this point, that fellow lost his patience and said “Aap Pakistani hein?” (Are you from Pakistan?) After having learnt that I’m from India, he said he’d mistaken me for a Pakistani, and if I wanted to call somebody or something, I could use his mobile and all that. Very nice.

Today, a red Ferrari (I think) was zooming down the road as I was walking to the station. All of a sudden, it braked near me, and stopped quite close. The window rolls down, and a moustached man sticks his head out and asks, “Yoo speek eetahliyen?”

“Huh?”

“doo yoo speek eetahliyen?”

“No, I’m afraid not, sorry.”

“Oh-kay.” And drives off.

That afternoon, I mean this girl from Western Ontario, who’s also on an exchange programme at the LBS. We talk for a while. Then, she asks, “So, are you American?”

“No I’m Indian.” (She could’ve thought me an American Indian, so I clarified) “From India.”

“Oh. But you accent is so American.”

Make your own conclusions.

The more I think about it, the more I feel IIM’s obsessed with grades. That includes me, of course. Today we got back our first assignment: Koito Manufacturing, from the Mergers & MBOs class. We got a 10/10. Britta and Atsushi, my team-mates, were thrilled. But then I had to ask: “What did the others get?”

Britta’s instant response was: “Who cares?”

Good point. You see, at LBS, everybody knows their own grades, but not the others’. The don’t get to know their ranks either. They are forbidden from mentioning grades in their resumes, and LBS certainly doesn’t tell any of the recruiters their students’ grades. Naturally, the competition is quite low. In fact, I think the only reason people are studying is the fact that they’re paying 20,000 pounds or something to study here. Sounds like a good system, if you ask me. But for a hard-core IIM-B product like me, it’s all too easy to drift into an easy life. In fact, I think I already have!

In case I hear any murmers of dissent, here’s proof. I’m going to “The Phantom of the Opera” tonight. Madame Tussaud’s tomorrow. The Lord’s Cricket Ground and a party (the Sundowners) day-after. ‘The London Eye’ on Friday. Oxford and Cambridge on Saturday. Westminster Abbey and the Big Ben on Sunday. On to Europe next week. See?

Business week B-school rankings

Wed, 11 Oct 2000 12:00:00 +0000

Business Week’s B-School rankings ranks LBS as the #2 non-US school (behind INSEAD). IIM-A is not listed even in the third tier, while IIM-B is not even included in their survey.

Global classroom

Mon, 09 Oct 2000 12:00:00 +0000

The reality of international interaction really came through today in the Mergers & MBOs class. Prof. Paulo Volpin commented that ‘So, eefectively, ve see Germany has a pooor accounting seestem." To which, immediately, a German pounced up and said, “I don’t go with this result,” and proceeded on a defence of why the system was right for Germany. A few other Germans joined in. Poor Prof. Volpin had to make a hasty retreat. Later, when making a similar comment about Belgium, he first clarified: “Are there any Belgians in the class?”

A while later, he gave an example in China. One of his friends, a consultant, told him that the Chinese sometimes picked a well-running company and forced it to go bankrupt, just to show the World Bank that their bankruptcy system was working fine. A Chinese practically shouted out that bankruptcy protection was needed, because otherwise 20,000 labourers would be in the streets, and this stupid consultant obviously was not aware of what really happened, because the Government had lots of bad companies to make bankrupt, so why would they pick a good one?

Today’s case discussion was on a Japanese company called Koito. A Japanese is in our team, and he was often asked to comment on what he felt was the situation. He didn’t speak much in class, really. During the break, he came over to me and said, “You know, I would like to speak much. But I cannot. My English is not very good.” As with most Japanese, his entire education was in Japanese, and while he did have some courses in written English, there were almost none in Japanese.

One of the slides was a comparison of market capitalizations of various countries. India was not found on the list. So the Japanese turned to me, politely, and asked “Where is India?” Naturally, I didn’t feel like telling him that the Bombay Stock Exchange had a market capitalization so small that it wouldn’t have been possible to put it on the table.

Well, so much for globalization!

The standard of class participation is extraordinary, though. For example, when we were discussing the EMI-Warner Music merger that was called of recently, one person commented, “Last week I was talking with a Director of EMI, and he said the reason was such-and-such.” I mean, we have people who’ve actually been involved in some of these deals in class! I feel like a baby when I open my mouth.

But that proved not quite the case, actually. We were discussing the Koito case and I did open my mouth on a couple of occasions. During the break, Prof. Volpin comes up to my desk and says, “So, Anand, you seem to know quite a bit about the Koito case. How come?” I mumbled something about Internet searches. Guess there’s something to be said for IIM-B after all…

LBS vs IIMB

Sat, 07 Oct 2000 12:00:00 +0000

How would I compare LBS against IIM-B so far? Let’s see.

Faculty: LBS probably wins marginally. More famous faculty, more industry experience, better communication. But like I said, marginal.
IT infrastructure: IIM-B wins!
IT management: LBS wins. They manage what they’ve got extremely well.
Companies coming for placement: LBS wins.
Placement process: Debatable. IIM-B definitely has a more student-friendly process.
Library: Books-wise, IIM-B wins. Electronic resources-wise, LBS wins.
Students: Comparable. Too early to tell the difference probably. The point is, however, that everyone in LBS has a lot of work-experience.
Campus: IIM-B wins hands down. I mean, LBS faces Regent’s Park and all that, but it doesn’t really have a campus.
Lecture rooms: LBS wins marginally. Slightly better rooms, better equipment.
Hostel: IIM-B wins. LBS doesn’t have one.
Location: LBS wins. Heart of London.
Exchange programmes: LBS wins.

LBS is ahead, but not by far.

Today, I saw a train coming late for the first time. The British Rail comes to the Ilford station at minutes ending in 3 (11:03, 11:13, etc.) Today, the train was TWO MINUTES late. Two whole minutes. Probably because it was raining. I hear people complain about the punctuality of these trains.

Well, most of the day was spent at the computer center doing assignments. If you want a flavour of what I’m doing, check out my report on Koito, which is about Pickens trying to take over Koito.

Placement magazine

Fri, 29 Sep 2000 12:00:00 +0000

LBS’ placement cell publishes a magazine called Target, some of whose pages I’ve scanned. It gives an idea about what consulting and finance is, what companies look for, how to prepare for interviews, alumni feedback, etc. Sorry about the small size of scanning, but I had to conserve disk space. I’ll bring the book to IIM-B when I come back.

Links to IIMB

Wed, 02 Aug 2000 12:00:00 +0000

Is IIM-B known on the Internet? What do people think? Who links to IIMB?

Student Exchange Interview

Sat, 20 Nov 1999 12:00:00 +0000

There were 22 vacancies, and 45 were shortlisted (out of less than 70 applicants). We were interviewed by 5 panels, each with 2 professors. We had submitted our resumes, a writeup on why we were applying for the programme, various declarations and our grade sheet. Though it was rumoured that grades played a 50% part in shortlisting, it was not so. Each panel ranked their candidates independently (in which grades played only an implicit part) – so it was the interview that really counted. After ranking, they pooled the rankings across panels (this is probably where grades might come in) and allocated the first available preference by rank. If the universities you opted for are not available, you would not be considered for other universities even if your ranking is high. So it makes sense to fill out all the universities of your choice if you’re keen on going.

One standard question acroess panels was on aspects of Indian culture – particularly in Prof. CM Reddy’s panel. Questions ranged from “What was the Yaksha’s last question to Yudhisthira?” to “What is the essence of Indian spiritual philosophy?” Other standard questions were “What will you do for IIM-B once you come back?” and “How will you serve as the ambassador of IIM-B?”

Interview

How did you break your leg?
Do you think businesses have a social function?
What will you do for IIM-B when you come back?
Tell me more about your social contributions. (From my resume.)
What is the central message of Indian philosophy?

Prof. Mahadevan and Prof. Prakhya interviewed me. Both were IITians, and I discovered that Prof. Prakhya was also my school senior. Prof. Mahadevan was genuinely seeking an answer to all his questions. That is, he was really interested in how exchange students could improve IIM-B’s functioning. Prof. Prakhya was pretty sharp, and tried pricking holes in my arguments. Before I left, Prof. Mahadevan commented, “This is nothing to do with the interview, but I just wanted to say that, based on your resume, you have a great future.” Pallavi and I were selected for London Business School.

Learnings

I had ready-made answers to all their questions, and that helped.
I was passionate about all the answers. I think a feeling of genuineness came through.
As always, the resume counted for a lot.

Comments

Ramya 18 May 2007 8:15 am: Can I ask you to guide me thru the interview processes in Insead.In addition to this , they also have asked me to sumbit a brief yet all inspiring essay to avail the scholarship that can help me negate atleast 25% of the course fee..Thanks - Ramya
Gopinath 31 May 2011 7:06 am:Hi Anand,Just to trace back, can you just post as to what answers you gave to these questions.
Gopi

Citibank Leadership interview

Wed, 10 Nov 1999 12:00:00 +0000

Citibank awards Rs. 50,000 to 2-3 candidates from IIM Bangalore based on leadership traits. We had to submit ‘brief’ writeups on what leardership is, why we’re good leaders, what our social contributions and academic achievements are, etc., along with our resume. We also had to turn in a student and faculty nomination. Since I had lots of time (I was bedridden with a fractured ankle) I prepared quite well for this interview. 11 were shortlisted. The interviews were scheduled for 20 minutes each.

My preparation largely involved reading what I’d submitted, and preparing for some standard questions like ‘What are your career goals?’, ‘Strengths/Weaknesses’, etc. In our previous batch, 3 people won the award – Hemalata, Saurabh Singh and Sahil Bhandari. All 3 were good speakers with accents. So I brushed up my accent too – turned out to be unnecessary, though.

Prof. Umesh Rajamani & Prof. Rupa Chanda were on my panel. They asked me about my leg (I was on crutches), and went on reading the writeup. All questions were directly based on the writeup.

Interview

Who do you think are easier to lead? Tamilians or Kannadigas? (Prof. Umesh Rajamani asked this question, and soon said that he wasn’t really looking for an answer.)
Tell me about your experiences as a project leader at IBM.
Some details on your social contributions… (based on the writeup)
What are your extracurriculars at IIM-B?
What did you learn as the captain of your basketball team?

Mostly, they were asking me to expand on what was there in the writeup. It was a relaxed atmosphere, and Prof. Rupa Chanda was very encouraging. The results were announced on 3rd March. Sunny Sharma and I made it.

Learnings

I think they were looking for a well-rounded personality.
Personal experiences were given a lot of weight. They were especially interested in what I had done in such-and-such a situation.
all questions were based on the writeup and resume. I feel they gave equal weightage to the interivew and the writeup – but the writeup may have been used only for shortlisting.
Confidence during the interview was very important.
They were looking for someone with the ability to communicate well, too.

Comments

abhishek 10 Nov 1999 12:00 pm: it is great help to students like us to put such a interview in the site
T.R.Kiran Kumar 29 Oct 2008 11:34 pm: All question were related on one point to know Personality & his Patiency.
How far he can manage Risk analysis
& How confident his answers was. (Pratically & Proffessionally)
Roshan L. Joseph 10 Mar 2013 7:41 am: Please give me Prof. Umesh Rajamani’s email id as I am a friend of his father and wish to contact his Dad

Aditya Birla scholarship interview

Wed, 06 Oct 1999 12:00:00 +0000

First year students ranking in the top 20 in CAT from each of the IIMs are eligible to apply to this scholarship. It pays for the tuition fee for the two years at IIM-B, and hence is worth about Rs. 2 lakhs.

The resume is the key to shortlisting. The Aditya Birla group assigned a weightage to each achievement (depending on whether it was at the national level, state level, college level, etc.) and added up the points. The top point scorers were chosen. Some points are awarded to the write-up also. From IIM-B, Vijayalakshmi and myself were shortlisted in 1999. 8 were shortlisted from IIM-A and IIM-C respectively, while 2 more were from IIM-L. The scholarship was awarded to 10 people finally. The distribution was 4-1-4-1 across A, B, C and L. Viji won it from IIM-B.

In 2000, 13 were shortlisted from IIM-B, and the following 8 were in the 10 that won the scholarship. Vikas Purohit, Karan Bajaj, Prahlad Rao, Yashodhara Lal, Pratyush Tiwari, Lavanya Chari, Prashant Koorse, Saurabh Jhalaria

In 1999, Viji & I were put up at the Grand Hotel. They briefed us the earlier night about allowances (Rs. 1,000 + 50% of the travel fare). Since I’d flown, I ended up making a loss on the trip – but spending an hour at the Taj Hotel was worth it. The interview was spread across the next day from 9AM to 6PM, and the results were announced over dinner at 8PM. We flew back the next morning, just in time for Prof. Ramesh Kumar’s first lecture on marketing.

The interview panel was ‘star-studded’. I didn’t know anyone except Dr. Alagh of the planning commission. The others were from NGOs and big companies.

Interview questions

Which is more important: character, competence or charisma?
What do you think India needs to do to improve?
How do you plan to contribute socially after you graduate?
How can an educational institution like IIM-B take steps to improve its effectiveness?
Tell us about some challenges that you faced when at work.

It was an ad-hoc interview, only partly based on the resume. The only question based on the resume was “How will you apply Chaos Theory to management?” Mine was the first interview, and I thought I had done well.

Learnings

The writeup is critical. They hired an external agency to do the evaluation, and study it very carefully.
The competition is the toughest I have faced. Guys from the other IIMs (they were all GUYS, except Viji) are extremely smart.
I think the interview counted for more than the writeup, at least after the shortlist. I had done fairly well in the writeup, and the interview was the unknown factor.

Comments

gurdeep singh 20 Nov 2008 12:48 am: I am gurdeep singh from bangalore . am 1st year MBA student.. i want to know that can i apply for schlorship? please help me regarding this.
S Anand 20 Nov 2008 1:58 am: @Gurdeep: If you’re in your first year at IIM, the scholarship details will
be announced to you. To my knowledge, the scholarship isn’t available
outside of the IITs and IIMs.
Aiborlang Andrew Chyne 6 Oct 1999 12:00 pm: Can I get an educational sponsorships from the top MNC’s.
Pushp Saurav 29 Sep 2008 10:23 am: Anand,
I, a 3rd year student of BITS-Pilani, am a Aditya Birla Scholar of 2006 Batch. Had gone to attend the 10th anniversary of ABS, held in The Taj, Mumbai. A scholar from your batch Prashant Sarin had also come to attend this ceremony. Do you know him ???
Anonymous 25 Nov 2010 8:21 am: uhm..i got 431 this year, dats in JEE-2010
Anonymous 25 Nov 2010 8:20 am: uhmm…actually m a 1st yr undergraduate student iit kharagpur and had secured an AIR 431 which lies int he top 15 ranks of my college. i was never told of this scholarship nor any announcements ver made in dis regard. i seriously regret not having applied for this scholarship..it was today i learnt that i cud hv been eligible.. is der nething i can do now? i kw its kinda late…
vibhor jain 1 Oct 2011 8:20 am: I want to ask why is this scholorship is not given for other eligible students of other colleges many hundreds of colleges are there and this is not necessary that entire talent of country is in iit’s or iim’s these insitutions are not running up the whole country so what about the other non priviledged deserving students???? further these iims and iits have so much variatiion in admissions due to quota etc? so what about other thousands of youngsters they are also indians and they also have right on resources and wealth of country if they are eligible so i think “ADITYA BIRLA SCOLORSHIPS SHOULD BE OPEN FOR ALL COLLEGE STUDENTS OF INDIA”

iim-bangalore on S Anand

IIMB junta get together

IIMB website changed

Me in the press

Live webcast of IIMB convocation

IIMB placements

I talk to a business consultant at London

Comments

PGP2000 section websites

My academic reports

Oxford

Not an Indian

Business week B-school rankings

Global classroom

LBS vs IIMB

Placement magazine

Links to IIMB

Student Exchange Interview

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Gopinath 31 May 2011 7:06 am:Hi Anand,Just to trace back, can you just post as to what answers you gave to these questions.

Citibank Leadership interview

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Aditya Birla scholarship interview

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