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IILM Meet Up – Industries, Alumni & Students

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IILM Lodhi Road Campus organized a Meetup for the students, alumni and top industries for professional networking. The IILM Meetup took place on the 10th, 11th & 13th of December at Lodhi Road Campus. Respected alumni, students and industries were invited to be part of IILM Meetup on all the three days. As a B-School, IILM believes in building lifelong relationships by connecting students with college alumni. The campus was enthralled to meet the alumni at Lodhi Road Campus, accompanied by the students.

As part of professional networking, the industries visited the campus came from a diverse set of industry sector. Campus invited over 21 industries as part of IILM Meetup,  to name a few – E-commerce: PayTM, SnapDeal & Oxigen Wallet, Media: CNBC TV18, Dentsu & The Times of India, Real Estate: Indiabulls Home Loans & Colliers International, Banking: Yes Bank, HDFC & Kotak, FMCG: ITC & Godrej Consumer Production.  These companies play a significant role in making a strong participation for IILM students in terms of final campus placement actions. Companies made its presence on the 10th of December, as the evening was gradually gripped in support of discussions and talk sessions with fellow faculty members and the students on the current scenario of market conditions in terms of money, investments and future growth.

The IILM Meetup evening on the 11th and 13th of December was filled with the presence of alumni and friends returning back to the campus with experiences to share with current students and faculty members. Campus was filled with excitement, memories and enchanting talks of the days gone by. To make the evening more memorable, college also invited a music band Firaaq, which made the environment nostalgic enough to remember. It was indeed an unforgettable evening for everyone as part of IILM family. IILM is definitely looking forward to organize more such events in near future for the students and alumni.

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Gear up for The IILM Global Study Program – Canada

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There’s a big world beyond IILM campus, and you can experience it all now. In order to be a responsible leader in today’s time you need firsthand experience about multi-lingual cultures, organizations, and business practices around the world. Keeping this in mind IILM offers a mandate 4 weeks Global Study Program in Canada and France. Global Study Programs are designed to strengthen student’s knowledge, skills and attitude to create economic and social value everywhere.

One of the options under Global Study Program offered to the students is in association with Fanshawe College, Canada. Module consists of Digital Marketing, including subjects such as – Google Analytics, SEO and Google Ad words. Each set of options is designed keeping in mind the fundamental importance of business learning. IILM students are required go through a well planned and structured format of the conduction of the modules as per Fanshawe College curriculum. The teaching methodology applied during the conduction of program takes place in the form of Classroom Teaching, Presentations, Case Study Sessions, Simulations and much more.

IILM as a B-School focuses on providing holistic business education learning. The core benefits that a student can expect out of Canada Global Study Program can be explained in a manner that the idea is to give a much developed and equipped form of academic experience. The program is highly classroom oriented where the module is conducted keeping in mind the final outcome of an extensive teaching experience. The program entails on providing international exposure in the most efficient manner. Along with academic course structure there are cultural activities as part of recreational initiatives which is provided at the university. There’s a regular interaction with co students and faculty of Fanshawe College. The program is designed around a 360 degree learning process for the students and visiting IILM faculty as accompanied along. Hence, Global Study Program aims at making the students job ready in this dynamic market.

As part of the admission process, the fee structure is inclusive of the travel expense and course curriculum. IILM offers Global Study Program options with two universities – Fanshawe College, Canada and International School of Management, Frankfurt, Germany | Module – International Business (Intercultural Communication). Students can choose from either of the options depending on the preference of their subjects that they would like to pursue in their career.

One of our Alumni share the experience gained as part of Global Study Program, “Thank you IILM for giving me this opportunity to learn and experience the world outside IILM campus. Global exposure by far has been my most enthralling experiences in life. From cross-cultural diversity to different market trends and challenges, I learnt the most essential side of business studies. Faculty and peers – they all made my global journey worth remembering for the rest of my life.”

All in all, IILM students experience and learn the dynamics of international markets, cross-cultural changing needs of market negotiations and various ways of doing business globally.

Know more about The IILM Global Study Program and other academic offers at IILM PGDM Admissions.

Measuring the Investments in your Business Education

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Pursuit of Business education is by far one of the most emerging and evolving field of study. IILM being a premier B-school offers a range of options for post graduate aspirants in terms campus placement opportunities in the second year of PGDM. In this quest of obtaining a much sorted career ahead, a student paying amount of fee for MBA program expects return on investment (ROI) to pay off in the given time period. Hence, ROI is a great deal of concern for any student studying in a B-school. It is a tool that should be taken care of as the figures practically portrays the quality of education being given in school.

With over 20 years of heritage, the students opting for MBA at IILM envision a career that is diverse by nature of settling down in terms of industry selection, or expanding family business at a much faster rate. Another major factor for the students pursuing MBA is the advantage they receive after measuring return on investment (ROI). Since 2014 there has been comparatively measurable increase in the campus placements across different industries as per the market trends. Before speaking of students’ take on how positive the ROI would turn shape, it is important to focus on how soon the investment will begin to yield profit as that makes the choice of any business school more practical.

Calculating ROI is crucial and can be tricky. It works on a simple application of calculating the estimated fees of 2 years of program and further measuring with the opportunity cost that will certainly depend on the CTC/remuneration a student earns from campus placement drive. Generally the amount you earn after paying off the money spent on the program. The investment basically covers up other expenses, such as rent, food, books, etc.

Measuring of ROI largely depends on the salary of MBA graduates. Over the past few years with an emerging market student’s remuneration has remained relatively stable, but competition for jobs has been much more intense.  Looking at this year’s figures in terms of placements and average salary package offered across from different industries, such as – Deloitte, Copal Amba, Airtel and Edelweiss. The average annual salary package offered till now is Rs 7.5 Lakh. As a whole, for the students of 2014-2016 IILM PGDM batch, it has been a considerable favorable year. “IILM gave my career a perspective”, a class of 2015 grad named – Aarman Singh replied in our placement survey. He was successfully placed at Deloitte.

As per the data estimation from the Campus Placements Team, 60% of MBA graduates are earning more on a yearly basis as when calculated on the fees paid by them annually for the program opted by them. The students seeking for knowledge and skill development for their career building choose for Business Studies. MBA as a degree holds a foundation of learning that is taken up for business knowledge, leadership management skills, networking and salary increase/promotion. Students seeking admission in MBA come from Family Business background, entrepreneurial ideas and those who want to upgrade their skills.  ROI is essential to find the right school. Investing in MBA degree will be fruitful depending how stable the economy prosperity is at the current stage.

 

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Top 10 Tips to crack CAT! Do you have a knack to crack?

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With only a few days in hand, the students appearing for CAT are struggling hard through the dilemmas about things like – what to study, how to study, what is more important and what can be dropped, so on forth.

#CAT2015 | Top Hacks To Crack CAT

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Every year there are lakhs of students who sit for the CAT exam. So, what are the ingredients that you need to keep in mind to make the most of the extra minutes in hand to earn those extra marks.

The students of IILM share their CAT experience with all the aspirants out there to crack CAT this year. Hear out these top 10 tips which could possibly make your CAT study journey effortless

1. Do Self-SWOT – Know yourself inside out thoroughly. Understand your weaker areas, work on them and keep a hold on your stronger areas, in respect to quantitative, verbal logical, reasoning and data interpretation.

2. Stick to your strategy – Your strategy will help you solve the question paper in a much better flow. Sticking to the strategy you planned while preparing for the exam will make the solving of the paper with a better clarity.

3. Time is money – It is highly important to know when to quit on a question that you may not know after a number of attempts within a few seconds of application. Timing is everything. Time management is crucial during the preparation of exam as well.

4. Practice, practice and practice – Practice is the gateway to success. More and more you practice, the better you get hold of the knack to crack through the exam at much ease. The trick is to learn the shortcuts and also logic during the unpredictable patterns in the paper.

5. Break free all the tension & jitters (mental & health well being) – Keeping it cool and calm is very essential. If the mind and body are at ease, cracking a competitive exam becomes much smoother.

6. Refer to the past (crack all the mock papers) – This should be taken very seriously, getting familiar with the complexity of the question papers as presented year after year will help you know the unseen patterns that might play the trick in the next paper.

7. Hit the bull’s eye! (Focus on the target) – Mantra is to build up the confidence to achieve anything and everything. Setting a target is important, but in CAT targets are set in parts.  CAT is prepared in different sections, and focusing on the stronger areas is the key to hit the bull’s eye.

8. Did you check the latest changes in CAT 2015? – Every year there are new changes that are reflected in the CAT paper. Trick is to be well verse with the changes before hand.
► Basic on screen calculator will be permitted for the aspirants.
► Duration of the examination is 180 minutes from 170 minutes as to previous pattern. You have 10 minutes extra. Use it wisely.

So, exam pattern can be highly unpredictable every year. Keeping your nerves calm is the key.  Learn how to change the strategy on the fly. Don’t get ruffled over the changing pattern.

9. Walk along with the fundamentals– Sticking to the basic concepts is what will get you through the study journey to main destination with success. Learn the smart way to apply the basic concepts in different questions, which might be presented on unpredictable terms.

10. Don’t brood over, just act – In the end, depending on the results we can only learn something out of it. There’s no point brooding over it. The preparation requires a little more investment of time in hand. Understanding the mistakes and learning the smart way to handle everything with available time could do miracles.

All the best!

A Successful Placement Expedition at Deloitte | IILM Campus Placements

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The ongoing placement drive at IILM witnessed another successful week where 6 students from the PGDM 2014-16 batch got job offers from Deloitte – one of the biggest consulting firms in the world.

Aarman Singh, Aanchal Gaba, Raveesh Tuteja, Ratika Gupta and Rahul Singla made it to the finishing line after clearing four rounds of strenuous selection process. The students have been offered a CTC of 5.35 lacs each. Each student sharing a different excitement and sense of achievement within.

It’s a great learning experience for the students, setting up a benchmark for the future placements drive. This kind of exposure to complex insights of some major sectors across the industries is definitely a threshold for IILM students. This is what one expects on an industrial placement drive, taking place every year with some major professional services firms. One of the successfully placed students, Armaan Singh from Lodhi Road Campus, says, “It was an enthralling experience for me. Meeting some enthusiastic recruiters, with different backgrounds and job offers in hand definitely gave a much a clearer presentation of industrial expectations and reality. I am eager to start with my corporate journey with Deloitte.”

Highlighting the fundamentals of Deloitte placements, it started with aptitude test and thereafter had four rounds of interview. The faculty at IILM as part of business curriculum program, ensured the application of every single effort with the help of a strong mentoring sessions, helping students understand the basics required to face interview sessions. The requirement from Deloitte primarily focused on English listening and reading, followed up by an interview round. It is the business proficiency that was expected out of students from the company recruiters’ team.

As one of the leading institutes for Business learning, IILM is setting up a new trend of much refine standards in terms of placements of the PG students. In this present market of a great competition, creativity and monetary benefits, preparing the students for an uncertain future is what it takes to claim the much desired holistic learning experience in this college.

Rush of Job Offers | IILM Placement Week 2015

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The current academic session at IILM has about 3-4 months to go, but for the students it is showering jobs already. The week went by at IILM placement week round two was enthralling for not only students but also for the college management. Some major industries from Banking, Retail and Telecomm made their way to IILM, offering positions ranging from Analyst, Marketing and Finance. The average annual salary package offered till now is Rs 7 Lakh.

The Placement Week Round Two brought a sense of certainty for students in terms of final placements. Ms Samiksha Garg from final year got placed with Grail Research. “I was eager enough to know the expectations from different companies and industries. Settling with Analyst position will certainly be my first step toward to the application of practical lessons,” said a student, with offer in hand.

Taking a few examples of placed students, Ms Aanchal Gaba is ready to start with her corporate experience with Copal Amba. “This is it! My career journey starts as I leave IILM. It is time to apply the lessons on practical grounds.” Meanwhile, Vivek Sirohia with specialization in Marketing is set to take his journey forward with Territory Sales Manager position at Airtel. “I can’t wait to start with my experience at Airtel, this is the opportunity I have been offered under the support system of IILM faculty and existing curriculum.”

The companies visited us with a unique blend of positions and offers for students. This is truly the time for students when they can portray their best efforts, capabilities, and personality to some of the most potential recruiters.

As the day breaks, the college settled with the busiest event around the year. We congratulate our students who are all set to take off their next journey to corporate world. Like every year, we learn new things and experience the unexpected round about. Indeed, it is true; the sole responsibility of every college is to inculcate the courage in students to face the uncertainties ahead of them. The companies and offers takes place with some essential efforts, and all we are ought to do is be prepared to take in what comes next.

IILM Placement Week 2015 – Experience the Buzz Around!

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It is finally that time of year at IILM campus. Yes, the recruiters are here to cherry pick the best students in the lot. As our students brace themselves to answer that one question, “how to choose the right career path?” IILM is all set to put up a showcase the most awaited gathering of the year. We are glad to announce that some significant companies are ready to put their positions in front for the current academic year’ campus placement drive, starting October 5th – 9th 2015, across all three campuses of IILM– Gurgaon, Greater Noida and Lodhi Road Campus.

Campus mood was in the range enough to upbeat the excitement going through the students and placement faculty in charge.  With companies coming in from as many as 60-80 group of corporate and start ups from diverse industries and functional areas across all campuses. To name a few, companies made a mark on IILM campus are  – Yes Bank, Accenture, Eazy Diner, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Bajaj Allianz, Fortis, Oyo Rooms, Genpact, Zenica, Tybros, Naukri, Jabong, Askme.com, Oxigen , Policy Bazaar, Edelweiss, Koovs.com, GroupOn.  Hence, it is very important for students to understand the seriousness of such an event and be prepared to show their skills, knowledge, academic grades and the ‘will’ to step on the ladder of success.

IILM helps each student in exploring placement opportunities by inviting various companies for campus recruitment. It is essential for students to portray their capability along with consistent performance that they have achieved in their academic performance with the right pitch and tone. The hiring managers of different companies come with some specific requirements as depending on positions being offered and company requirements.

All in all, like every year, the final placement drive at IILM is the result of a very systematic interaction with the industry and continuous career counseling and grooming of the students. Simultaneously, sessions of mentoring help the students in getting their ‘dream’ jobs but also assists the visiting placement companies in identifying the ‘right’ candidate for their organization.

Stay updated with us – some exclusive bites coming up straight from our students and company recruiters on IILM blog.