Leadership Talk Series: Mr.Rohit Bansal, Vice President, EXL Services

“If you are a person who hates mediocrity and loves challenges in life, consulting is the place for you”. This was the core message delivered by Mr. Rohit Bansal, Vice President, EXL services to the students of IPMX in his two hour session. It was a great learning experience for the students of IPMX where they learned about the nuances of Consulting industry and what it takes to touch the zenith of success in this industry.

Leadership Talk Series, Mr. Amandeep Gupta, HR and Executive Director, Dalmia Cement

AN EVENING CEMENTED IN THE MINDS



It has been a long time coming! More than a month ago, we were fortunate to play host to Mr.Amandeep Gupta, HR and Executive Director of Corporate Affairs for Dalmia Cements, and accompanying him was Mr.Anil Chakaravarthy, HR Head for Dalmia Sugar. Dalmia Cements is a relatively old company with a rich heritage for 70 years. Dalmia Cements is also one companies that  is heavily invested in R&D and in specialty cements ranks first in the country.

"Kakkar ko Takkar" : The First ever Ad war at IIML-IPMX

To give rest to the analytical neurons of the brain and to have some exercise for the creative ones, IIML IPMX Marketing club is organizing Ad contest where the participant teams have to come up with a 60 seconds video campaign on social issues. The competition will be held in two phases. In the first round, the Ads will be judged by one of IIML’s esteemed professors from marketing department.

Important Dates:

1. Registration by Monday, Aug 1^st, 2011


2. First round of judgement on Friday, Aug 5^th, 2011


3. Second round date to be declared soon

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Marketing Club IPMX IIM Lucknow

Leadership Talk Series: Mr.Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Founder Info Edge

"Businesses are built on customer insights”

This phrase captures the essence of the seminal address given by Mr. Sanjeev Bikhchandani, founder of Info Edge and creator of successful web portals such as Naukri.Com, Shiksha.com, and Jeevansaathi.com to the students of IIM Lucknow IPMX course as part of theIPMX -Leadership Talk Series.

Throughout the close to 3 hour session, Mr. Bikhchandani enthralled the students as he shared his experiences on his entrepreneurial journey. Info Edge started as a company which performed entry level salary surveys, and moved on to build a market a database of pharmaceutical trademarks.

An Afternoon with Mr. Ambarish Dasgupta

In the first week of July right after our Term –I exams, we had the privilege of hosting  Mr. Ambarish Dasgupta for a leadership talk series at our IIM Lucknow, Noida Campus the area of focus being, “Management Consulting”

Mr. Dasgupta is a stalwart of the consulting industry, having more than 15 years of experience in this field and is currently the executive director and partner at Price Water House Coopers (PWC Ltd.)
In the 90 minute session he touched upon the various changing trends in consulting space.

Trip to Jim Corbett National Park

For most of us oversleeping and missing breakfast had become a norm during the last few weeks of Term I.  To shake off the End Term examination blues, few of us decided to head to Jim Corbett National Park.

As the Park is about 230 Km from our campus, hence we decided to take an early start. We woke up in the wee hours to pack our stuff and kick off for our weekend adventure trip.

Snapshots from Hell

After two months of grueling classes, last-minute submission of assignments and projects, surprise quizzes and spine chilling end term exams, we have stepped into our second term. Battered and bruised, the swagger of term one seems subdued but the spirits are still soaring high. Wiser from experience of spending sleepless nights for exam preparation, many (yours truly can be excluded from this elite list) have resolved not to let anything pile up till the D-day.  Planning, after all, is an essential part of being a manager-to-be.  Execution though can wait till the opportune moment.