Seminar on ‘pursuing MBA in India & Abroad’ held
Jasbir Kapoor/ royalpatiala.in/ Chandigarh
Representatives from ISB, Schulich School of Business, GMAC and Jamboree gathered in a city hotel Saturday night to share their views during a seminar on ‘pursuing an MBA in India & Abroad’.
The seminar was organised by Jamboree an overseas education solution provider for the students and MBA aspirants who are looking at doing an MBA degree and other management programs.
The event started with a presentation on overseas education options by Pranav Gupta, director Jamboree and a founder trustee of Ashoka University and Plaksha University as well.
In his speech, he laid special emphasis on how the Indian economy was poised to grow and the tremendous opportunities which would be available to professionals who had done their MBA combining it with technology. Further, he also emphasised on the development of skills such as leadership, writing and speaking.
Kirthi Srivastav from the Schulich School of Business a leading business school from the University of York in Canada spoke about the strong pedigree of the business school and the interesting combination and flexibility in programs which were on offer at both their campuses in India and Canada.
Karan Narang from the Indian School of Business talked about what the Indian School Business looks at in the profile of a potential student. He shared information in regard to the application deadlines, the number of years of work experience required and statistics in regard to student placement etc.
Aseem Suri and alumnus of Jamboree and a recipient of 740 in GMAT was specially invited to share his journey with the students in the seminar.
He said, whilst work experience was a mandate, it had to be of high quality. He gave important tips to the students on how to identify the correct B-Schools to apply to.
Sehar Khanna the South Asia representative of GMAC provided a good insight into the GMAT test and also provided some good tips on how to prepare for the GMAT Test-taking assistance from their official website.
