IIT Kanpur MBA Blog

May 5th, 2014. New Delhi. New day, new hopes, and a new company (a startup); DeliveryChef.in.   The First Day You’re told a day before to decide the venue for your first meeting with your colleague. GIP mall it is. You reach the place well in advance so as not to leave a bad impression on the very first day of your internship. Well, life as they say has some different plans for you. You keep waiting for an hour for your colleague and of course your boss or your manager I should say. Aditya, my colleague; is pursuing his MBA from DOMS, IIT Roorkee. Oh, before that I forgot to introduce myself. I’m Ketan Bagga, an MBA student at IIT Kanpur (Yes IITs do have specialized MBA Programs), having a prior experience of around a year in IT industry, obviously as a software engineer. Coming back to the story, Aditya greets me with a smile and a handshake which is the first pleasing thing of my day. And bangs me with this huge surprise when he says that no o...

The MBA batch of 2013-2015 at IIT Kanpur, was lucky to be facilitated by an extremely interactive session with a distinguished alumnus of IIT Kanpur, having around 35 years of experience in the industry. Mr. Hemant Shah, being one of the eminent speakers and guest lecturers in colleges like SPJIMR shared his views, on why there is a “need for shift” in industry and made the students’ think from a managerial perspective. The area primarily covered was “Innovation”, its need, how do they do it, and what differentiates a leader from an employee. While the focus remained innovation, he also covered some of the essential topics like Wealth Creation, Branding, Strategizing and consistent improvement and improvisation of ideas over a period of time. Citing examples from the Diamond industry, he influenced one’s perspective, to think, plan and act with a positive mindset. The students showed immense curiosity while asking him questions regarding branding, the establishmen...

“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them”. Everyone dreams of becoming something big. What matters is how one chooses to do so. The path one chooses. It is this pursuit of greatness that builds character. Perhaps this one liner sums up the message Mr.Vinay Mishra wanted to deliver. On 16 th August 2013 we had the pleasure of hosting the Country HR manager of Lexmark India.    We are the brand ambassadors of IIT Kanpur. We must take pride in this fact and preserve the glory of this institute. All our actions should be governed by a sense of responsibility towards this institute and our family. Striving for excellence and showing maturity and dignity in all aspects of our life- that should be our motto. Learning is the most important activity in our everyday life. Every moment we live adds another feather to our cap of experiences. But as we grow up our inquisitiveness decreases and we begin to justify. That i...