IIT Kanpur MBA Blog

The Department of Industrial Management and Engineering, IIT Kanpur presented the flagship event of Prabandhan – Reflexions on Sept 28th, 2019. The 3rd edition of the event on ‘Tackling challenges of the VUCA world' was concluded with a promising and on a cheerful note. With thunderous applause and riveting questions, the event opened to bridge the corporate world with the real world. Reflexions 3.0 saw the participation of 6 eminent industry leaders and management gurus to share their experiences from their respective trades. They were Karan Marwah, Partner – CFO, Advisory Services, KPMG, Harshavardhan Chauhan, Head-Marketing & digital transformation, DLF Shopping Mall, Neelesh Talathi, CFO, Pepperfry, Hari T N, CHRO, Big Basket, Raj Gupta, General Manager, HR, TCS and our very own Professor, Devlina Chatterjee, Managerial Economics, Applied Econometrics. The talk focused on "How well, can the industries predict the results of their actions in a world of Volatility, Unc...

The 27th of September marked the beginning of the much awaited 8th edition of the Annual management conclave of IIT Kanpur, Prabandhan. The MBA students of IIT Kanpur, hosts to this event, gave a warm opening speech, introducing esteemed faculty Dr. Rahul Varman, Dr. Devlina Chatterjee and keynote speaker of the day Abhinav Johri. The conclave began with the auspicious lighting of the lamp followed by insightful speeches by Dr. Varman and Dr. Chatterjee. The event hosted Mr. Abhinav Johri, currently director and practice head at EY India as he spoke about Versatility and it's paradox in changing times. Mr. Johri began by telling us a little about himself and his journey. As he described how his organisation worked and what the consulting business was like, he described his ideas on how times haven't really changed at all. After all, the first AI code was written in the 60s and other such examples which never really appeared all of a sudden. He sh...

The Department of Industrial Management and Engineering, IIT Kanpur hosted the 7th edition of prestigious annual management conclave, Prabandhan’18 organized by MBA students and ‘Maruti Suzuki- Way of Life!’ in association with powered by Business Standard, Insight Out, from 28th September’18 to 30th September’18. The three days comprising Prabandhan were a compilation of events ranging from fields of Marketing, HR, Finance, Analytics and Operations which provided a platform to students of numerous business schools to compete with each other in diverse fields. The days were also marked by the presence of industry bigwigs who helped guide students on manifolds of industry experiences. The event saw MBA IIT Kanpur partner with Human Capital Magazine as   ICRA Management Consulting Services and LHF as knowledge partners. Day 1 (28 th September 2018) The ball at IIT Kanpur was set rolling during the opening ceremony for Prabandhan 2018 by dignitaries from Maruti Suzuki I...

“ It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. "                                   A new zeal, vigour, and an unquenchable thirst for proving oneself is what describes MBA batch of 2019-21. 52 of us set foot on the pavement of a new journey and needless to say it has been unprecedented. Be it the early morning presentations, the stark midnight deadlines, or the never-ending case studies covering the gamut of concepts and context, each one of these activities can vouch for it. It has hardly been a month, yet the batch has acclimatized well with the life of one the most coveted institutes in the country, IIT Kanpur. For most of us, this is the desired path, and for the rest, it is an opportunity to relive their school days. Since we are in a place that has no norm a...

MBA IIT Kanpur was honored to have Mr. Amol Padhye, Head, Market risk, HDFC Bank, for a guest lecture on the topic - “Current market evolution and volatility” on 18 th  August 2019. Mr. Amol Padhye has more than 16 years of experience in capital market risks management domain which includes: Market and liquidity risk, Bank credit assessment and limit setup, Bank credit rating modeling, Treasury, ALM, Enterprise risk management. Currently he is the head of market risk at HDFC bank. In the past he was associated with EY and BNP Paribas, India in senior leadership roles in the risk domain. Mr.Padhye opened the lecture with a question: “What is Market?” He then placidly listened to our answers and elucidated his understanding of markets and the domain of market in which he deals. Discussion then moved on to understanding the past events that affected the economic growth of our country. It was very stimulating to see and justify the ups and downs in economy and its correla...

MBA IIT Kanpur was honoured to have Mr. Sandeep Verma, President, Bajaj Consumer Care, for a guest lecture on the topic, ‘How to Re-position Brands - Learnings From Successful Global Case Studies’ on 11 th August 2019. Mr. Verma has an experience of 20 years in FMCG industry across diverse roles in Sales, Brand Management, Category Management, and various P&L stints handling multiple brands. Currently, as the President to Bajaj Consumer Care, he looks after the management of the P&L of the company, international business, mergers and acquisition, mentoring start-ups, etc. Before joining Bajaj Consumer Care, Mr. Verma was working as the Marketing Director of HUL and has handled multiple brand management like Sunsilk, Lifebuoy, Vim, and Domex. Since the very beginning of the lecture, Mr. Verma’s jovial nature transpired the hall. He began the talk by explaining what does an excellent ‘brand positioning' means. If every stakeholder (including the CEO, brand manag...

It was our privilege to invite Mr Mahipal Nair, Chief Human Resource (South Asia/India) – Nielsen, for a guest lecture on Organizational health at MBA IIT Kanpur on 3 rd August 2019. Mr Nair has been associated with Nielsen since 2006 in various HR roles of increasing responsibilities. He is responsible for all people processes including leadership & talent development, transformation & change management. Mr Nair commenced the lecture by drawing a parallel between organizational health and human health. He extended the discussion by defining the factors, which affect human health, after bifurcating them as internal and external factors. Internal factors being psychology, beliefs etc. whereas external factors being climate, demography etc. This comparison served as a base point for further lecture. He then moved the focus of lecture to analyze the qualities of a successful organization by discussing over the best team we could remember and then he made his po...

MBA IIT Kanpur community were pleased to host Mr Pradipta Sahoo for a seminar on “HR Readiness for Industry 4.0” on 7th April 2019. Mr Sahoo, CHRO, Karvy Fintech, is a seasoned HR professional with over 25 years of experience in BFSI, Retail and ITES industries. He has also been awarded as part of “30 Best HR Leaders” in 2013 by World HRD Congress. He is presently associated with Karvy Fintech Private Limited as CHRO for more than eight years now. He has also worked for organisations like Bharti AXA General Insurance, Reliance Retail, ICICI Lombard General Insurance, Bank of Baroda and Vijaya Bank. Mr Sahoo started the discussion with an interactive talk with the students on Why students go for MBA. He expressed his pleasure in receiving beautiful responses from the students of MBA IIT Kanpur. Mr Sahoo then went on to discuss the technological transformation that the world is witnessing. He then emphasised how this technological advancement has played a key role in the B...

The 2 nd edition of Reflexions, a flagship event of Prabandhan, presented by Department of Industrial Management and Engineering, on ‘Revolutionary Innovation OR Remastered Ideas: Way forward for the global business ecosystem’ was concluded with a promising and on a cheerful note. The event opened with thunderous applause and unrelenting questions bridging business world with the real world. Reflexions saw participation of 7 eminent personalities and thought leaders from their respective industries in Mr. Sambasivan G, CFO at Tata Sky Ltd, representing Television Service Industry,  Mr. Sameer Dhanrajani, CSO at Fractal Analytics representing Analytics Industry, Mr. Bhavesh Lakhani, CTO, SBI Mutual Fund representing Banking and finance Industry Mr. Imran Saeed, Director, with Absolutdata Analytics representing AI Industry Mrs. Annapurna A, Director, Human Resources at Inspirage representing Supply-Chain Industry,  Mr. Rohit Gandhi, Editor-in-Chief, DEMOCRACY NEWS re...

Time to take a plunge –  2018-2020 Batch   The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step                                                                                             – Lao Tzu. The energy of the Indian subcontinent unified at the gates of IIT Kanpur when we started our much- awaited journey of MBA. The pre-assignments and admission process gave us a much-needed glimpse of life ahead of us. With all glittering hopes, we, the 54 minds embarked on an endeavour to achieve our dreams and here we are, introducing our remarkable 2018-2020 batch with immense pride and responsibility wearing the badge of IIT Kanpur. For most of us, who have prior work experience, it is a back to school time and for the rest, it is an...

Wealth is the ability to fully experience life – Henry David Thoreau The role of money is very important in today’s world.  Majority of the people do not have adequate money at the right time when they require it the most. To hedge this unpredictability, one must learn how to invest smartly. Most of the people invest in the mutual funds but with time there are many other investment products prevailing in the market gaining people’s attention. The Students of IIT Kanpur were fortunate enough to get a chance to learn about other investment options specifically Exchange Traded funds when DIME IIT Kanpur hosted Mr. Sivananth Ramachandran, Director of Morningstar Indexes under its Corporate Seminar series on 11th August 2018.  Mr. Sivananth is an IIM Lucknow pass out and has over 11 years of experience in the investment industry. He mainly deals in new products development at Morningstar. Mr. Sivananth in his session explained about Exchange-Traded Fund, which is a hybr...

Impressions - The Annual PG Cultural Festival     1 st of April, 2018 is a day infamous for practical jokes. However, our MBA graduates definitely weren’t considering an immense amount of humour when they fought sweaty battles to create an audio-visual extravaganza that created waves across the entire IIT Campus. The night of the first belonged to the PG crowd at IIT Kanpur and the seats at OAT were filled upto the brim. The event, ‘Impressions ‘18’ saw dazzling performances, with the icing on the cake being various amazing attempts at singing, dancing, poetry and fashion walks. Second year MBA student Neha, a vital part of music jamboree sang to various tunes, while the 2 nd year students contributed with a stunning piece of a sequence of dances. The MBA 1 st years took to setting the stage on fire with the fashion walk which encased the creativity of the coordinators as well as the confidence of the show stoppers. The event also had other dances ...