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May sound very Yash Raj Film-types, but amidst the misty winds blowing at IIM Shillong, one can often hear the soft strains of a guitar or the gentle taps of a piano. And this is no dream sequence as it would have been in the film, it is only Sourjyo Das strumming the guitar and […]
(Photo credit: Tarun Chawla) The entrance test for Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA) will be held on Sunday, November 14. With less than a week to go, a quick-guide on preparing for it is in order. I had a talk with few current students of IRMA about advice they would like to give to […]
The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow completed its summer internship placements for the PGP class of 2012 with 417 offers from 151 companies. A slot-based process spread over 6 days was followed, with 123 offers being made in Slot Zero, said an IIM Lucknow press release. The 2010-12 PGP batch has a student strength […]
Selling Pagalguy as an advertising/marketing medium to b-schools is not only an enriching experience but also an entertaining one. This is because before you actually get to meet the person in charge of buying advertising for a school, you have to battle an entire battery of people from receptionists and telephone oeprators to security guards […]
It’s been one year and 4 months since we compiled arguably the best thread on PaGaLGuY into a book – ‘The Best of All I wanted to speak about CAT’. The ebook — which documented super-detailed stories of how successful CAT aspirants persevered against all odds and aced their way into an IIM or a […]
Imagine, you are in the midst of your MBA entrance exam (CAT, XAT, FMS, whatever) and one section has proved to be more taxing than you expected, or may be it has fewer sets than you were anticipating, or still is much longer than you would have liked it to be. what would you you […]
CAT 2010 is easier than expected — is the verdict among those who have taken the exam so far. At most, it has been moderately difficult, say those who have taken the test until now. Depending on individual study preparedness and section-weakness, one or the other section may have turned unmanageable, but not to the […]
See Part One of this comic. *RAT = Random Admission Test **estranged_gnrs = Da Workaholic Moderator on PaGaLGuY, also an Administrator on the forum. Concept, illustrations and graphics by Deepak Gopalakrishnan aka chuck_gopal, a Mallu-turned Mumbaikar who blogs here and tweets here.
Looking at his situation at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad, Srijan had everything going for him — securing an admission without any prior work-experience, being elected as the general secretary of the Student Council, a summer placement with a top notch consulting firm which converted into a pre-placement offer, a compensation package many […]