In Conversation with Shakshi Ginodia | EA to Chairman, Bajaj Group || PI Industries || IIMA || IITG You sport the IIT+IIM tags, which is held in very high esteem in India.

What does it take to get into this club

What are the pros and cons of being in this club?

When did you feel happier – convocation of IIT or IIM

Where do you make more friends – IIT or IIM?

From a networking perspective, what helps more – IIT or IIM?

You are from a small town in Rajasthan – are there any stereotypes that you have overcome – say w.r.t girls can’t do this and that, girls should not go out – when you have proven yourself, how do you feel

You have undergone the rigor of two very hectic courses. How does one develop consistency as a student and professional?

In the job world, tell us about the roles you have undertaken? Strategy/ Planning / EA

Any advice for viewers

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CA Final Topper AIR 1 Nandini Agrawal   Tell us quickly about your formative years in Morena district (60-90 seconds) What is something about Nandini which hasn’t been shared in the interviews so far Why CA amongst other alternatives – you didn’t want to study in Laxmi Nagar , Delhi because of the noise and later chose articleship in Delhi NCR – tell us more  Pros and cons of articleship in Big 4- PwC Study strategy for CA Final (New Syllabus)? Were you expecting AIR-1?  What are the difficult and risky choices that you have made in life? Did they pay-off? Anyone you would like to thank ( 30-45 seconds)  What would be your message to  - Aspiring rankers - Those who are stuck in CA -multiple attempts    Follow on Telegram, LinkedIn, Twitter, FB and Insta https://flow.page/anuragsingal Reco:  https://linktr.ee/anurag.singal Playlists - Career Conversations | Motivational | Career Guidance | Financial Planning   Subscribe For Free Emails : https://anuragsingal.substack.com/ To support the channel https://www.patreon.com/anuragsingal

SHOW LESSRuth D'Silva|CA Topper| All India Rank 1 in CA Final  |Front Office Investment Banker at Kotak  Old Scheme  Tell us quickly about your formative years in Mangalore (60-90 seconds) Why CA amongst other alternatives  Why did you choose articleship from EY Corporate Tax and Vivian Pinto and Company? Study strategy for CA Final (Old Syllabus)? Were you expecting AIR-1?  How did you grab an Investment Banking Job at Kotak? Hows the initial feel How should a CA fresher decide between financial services, Big 4 and Industry – the usual big ticket employers What are the difficult and risky choices that you have made in life? Did they pay-off? Anyone you would like to thank ( 30-45 seconds)  What would be your message to  - Aspiring rankers - Those who are stuck in CA -multiple attempts  Follow on Telegram, LinkedIn, Twitter, FB and Insta https://flow.page/anuragsingal Reco:  https://linktr.ee/anurag.singal Playlists - Career Conversations | Motivational | Career Guidance | Financial Planning   Subscribe For Free Emails : https://anuragsingal.substack.com/ To support the channel https://www.patreon.com/anuragsingal

CAs with a difference -Prakash Kedia, Sunny Agarwal and engineer Manas Agarwal  Nandan Pabolu studying grade 12 at Greenwood High International school. Having developed the tech platform for FeedOne and automating a majority of their diurnal processes with the addition of a couple of new features, I intend to pursue a computer science major for my undergrad.  #FeedOne  While feeding thousands may seem arduous and expensive, three chartered accountants and an engineer came up with a simple idea to make sure health workers and vulnerable communities get their square meals fresh and clean.  Founders of the voluntary initiative FeedOne, chartered accountants Prakash Kedia, Sunny Agarwal and engineer Manas Agarwal are no strangers to taking up small projects to help the community in some ways.  Residents have to prepare one (or more) extra plate of food with their daily meals, pack them in disposable plates and wrappers procured and supplied to apartments by FeedOne (so that no one needs to step out) and drop it at the main gate by 12.15 pm  https://milaap.org/fundraisers/support-people-in-need-14

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Harsh Joshi | CA | CS | SBI PO | CAG and now AIR 1 in ICoAS (Indian Cost Account Service)

Asst.Director, Ministry of Finance, Govt.of India; Chartered Accountant; Company Secretary; UPSC ICoAS AIR 1  CA -  Cleared all parts in 1st attempt with distinction  CS  All India Rank - 8 : CS Foundation All India Rank - 16 : CS Executive All India Rank - 13 : CS Professional All India Rank - 1 : Due diligence and corporate compliance (CS Professional)  Assistant Director, ICoAS -  Ministry of Finance Deb 2021 – Present  Comptroller & Auditor General of India Officer  May2018 – Present  State Bank of India Assistant Manager  Dec 2014 – Jul 2017 https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/harsh-joshi-aba004118 http://cac.gov.in   In 1978, Indian Cost Account Service (ICoAS) was constituted and recruitment rules were notified in 1982.  Only Accounting Service having professional Cost/Chartered Accountants.  Follow on Telegram, LinkedIn, Twitter, FB and Insta https://flow.page/anuragsingal Reco:  https://linktr.ee/anurag.singal Playlists - Career Conversations | Motivational | Career Guidance | Financial Planning   Subscribe For Free Emails : https://anuragsingal.substack.com/ For branding collaboration - please email anuragsingalonline@gmail.com  Jobs for CA, CS and CMA https://www.cajobportal.com/job-list Post Job on CAJobPortal.com https://www.cajobportal.com/subscription

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How PGPX at  IIM Ahmedabad prepared Puja for an international career

#mba - Why Vishal went for PGPX at IIM Ahmedabad after 10 years of CA life

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Hey guys, when you want to go for the 1 year MBA in India i.e. after substantive work-ex, you generally have to make a choice between IIM A/B/C and ISB.

Now I came across this 16 month program by Masters' Union. Post Graduate Programme in Technology and Business Management – PGP - TBM

Graduates & Students enrolled in their final year of graduation or Mid-career professionals (0-5 years of work experience) are eligible. Only 17% of the batch is Engineers, unlike a typical MBA program in India, which is the bastion of the GEM – General Engineering Male.

Applicants need to have a valid GMAT, GRE, CAT or NMAT score. The admission panel may consider waiving it off under exceptional circumstances.

Here are 5 reasons why I think you can have a serious look at this program

1) CXO-led B-school

21 ‘masters’ — CXOs, MDs, eminent public leaders, and even MPs like Shashi Tharoor. Faculty has experience with hands-on leadership in the industry.

So it has amongst its faculty, the likes of Arun Maira, (Former Chairman, BCG and a Mukund Rajan (Former MD, TTSL)

Imagine a Naveen Munjal, MD Hero Electric Vehicles who takes a class on “The future of Electric Vehicles”.

I would love to go back to my MBA with this kind of faculty. It’s an amalgam of theory and practical

2) Pedagogy

8 terms of weeks each

Look at their brochure – Page 5 and see how a typical week looks like, from morning 9 AM to evening 10 PM= completely action packed. Core class, Area Class, Leadership Lectures, Business Tours, Consulting Projects – with clients like Facebook and Unilever, an AT Kearney and a JM Financial, Boot camp-style tech courses, online hackathons, business tours, networking dinners etc.

It’s like you are studying medical in a hospitals where doctors teach you to treat patients, diagnose cases etc.

You can assist Company CXOs as their EAs. 120 companies is the pool they have.

3) Investment Fund, Center For New Business Models and Startup School

Which B-school gives its students 5 crores to get hands on experience in managing a mini hedge - fund.

Blockchain, Applied Machine Learning, Genetics and Biotech, and Agriculture and Food Innovation – normally it’s not found in other B-schools. And since these are super niche fields; say if you build a business based on these concepts, you get a unique competitive moat.

Entrepreneur-in-residence (EIR) mentoring – this is also available in say an IIM or ISB but is certainly a good thing.

4) Fees

If you compare the fee, it’s 20 lacs for the course incl. GST plus the say 3.5 lacs for shared accommodation and meal plans.

PGPX at IIMA is 28 lacs plus cost of International Immersion Programme (IIP).

ISB for shared accommodation would also be 36 lacs+1.5 lacs = 37.5 lacs.

Remember this is for 16 months as compared to 12 months.

So, quite reasonable from a cost standpoint.

5) Placements

It’s their first batch, Class of 2021 with 60 students. So we don’t have data points on Mean and Median. But In all probability, I see no reason for worry there

If they are bringing such faculty, for sure they have super corporate connects. They already have competitions on campus from Aditya Birla Group, Ola, Hero and HUL

So I am draw a parallel with Rajat Gupta and Anil Kumar setting up ISB and making it a super successful course so soon.

Cybergram, Gurgaon as a location is also a great advantage as company HRs won’t have to travel separately to attend your campus placements.

Summing Up

Of course, sometimes in life you have to take calculated risks and this could be a good one. The lead indicators seem to suggest a bright future here.

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