IIT Kanpur MBA Blog

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The season of summer internship has already started for MBA batch of 2013. All have already joined their respective summer-organizations and seem to be enjoying the work and the change. For some it’s a break from campus life and much awaited break from study. College graduates who don’t take a “working” break and join MBA program find an opportunity to earn their first salary-a beautiful experience which I need not explain for obvious reason. While the excitement among fresh college graduates about summer internship is understandable, experienced students cannot be left in exception either. They are found equally excited. Perhaps the break from study is the main reason. The formal attires, which feel ignored for a long time, find a chance to breathe in free air; otherwise the formal attires, at least at IITK, become like a bride’s Shadi ka joda which makes special and rare appearance only. However, when it comes to IIT Kanpur you find an exception. The excitement about summer int...

Very rarely does it happen that you see the things happening around and observe them. Even rare is the act of putting them down on a paper so accurately. This is not my cup of tea at least. I have, however, witnessed a similar micro-scanning work by Dhiraj Kumar-an IIT Kanpur alumnus and my long time friend: The Asocial networking. Well, I seriously don’t know how to write about the book. Which to be mentioned first and which one after that... any page you pick has its separate riveting existence. That is the striking beauty of the book. Being an individual, you may beg to differ from Dhiraj sometimes, but most of the time the innocent questions and thought provoking views will force you to wear a lovely smile for sure. The world has been changing and so has been the ways we communicate and network (do you think this word results from the same change in this context?) ourselves. The advent of social networking sites gives another platform to network. In this virtual world people ha...

It was a clear sunny afternoon of February and the students of IME department, IIT Kanpur were eager and enthusiastic to meet Mr. Ravi Santhanam who is current COO of Vodafone, UP East circle. An IIM-C graduate, he has previously held several key positions at Reliance Communications. Mr. Santhanam talked about the present scenario of telecommunication industry. While presenting a macro level environment analysis of industry he talked about key micro level issues the industry is facing. He said, although telecommunication sector has seen phenomenal growth in recent decade and seems to be very lucrative, its growth is dependent of various infrastructural and regulatory issues. The sector is unique in terms of licensing, lobbying, high capital intensive, continuous investment due to technology change, rent-seeking behavior and fight for finite communicable spectrum. The fight for customers and “online-ization” of services like banking, ticketing etc keep the industry on its toe for cont...

Of late it has been in fashion to exaggerate about the chilling cold of IIT Kanpur and believe me they are not wrong. We witnessed a few completely foggy winter days. The dancing fog in and around the hostel lobbies reminded us of Harry Potter’s foggy school... but all this could not restrict us from enjoying the weather...sometimes played football even in 20-30 metre visibility. But,here, we don’t want to talk about the winter season. we want to talk about another season: The Admission season . The admission season is back again... candidates are curious as to which college they would end up getting a seat in. The years of preparation is at stake... emotions are pigmented in colours of nervousness, eagerness and uncertainty... queries are galore just to sense whiff of success from one’s dream college... all suffice to make us nostalgic about our very own “season” last year... IIT Kanpur has also tightened its belt to welcome the new members in its fold. IITs, as is known to all...

Business Club organized a workshop on Stock Market Analysis on 7th and 8th January. The workshop was conducted by professionals from Stock Market Institute, Bangalore. The idea behind the workshop was to bridge the gap between the theoretical and practical scenarios of stock market and other financial aspects. The workshop covered the basics of stock analysis and the fundamental and technical analysis of stocks. Before discussing the technicalities of the subject, the speaker mentioned that stock markets are all about handling emotions. Further he talked about the role of various participants involved in the process ranging from SEBI, Brokers and Clearing houses. The cycle of stock market was then explained which comprises various stages such as Euphoria, Skepticism, Pessimism etc. Beginning the discussion on fundamental analysis, the speaker highlighted the top down and bottom up approaches. The overall objective in fundamental analysis is to evaluate the strength of the company by ...

The December issue of Avant Garde is out. Follow the issue at: http://www.iitk.ac.in/ime/MBA_IITK/avantgarde/?p=539 Do leave your valuable feedback. PR and Media cell wishes you all a happy reading Contributed by: Hitendra Kumar MBA-2013