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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
the questions : a CA with AIR 6 , conventionally, will be a number cruncher - how the love for astrology ? Whats the science behind astrology ? Some people blame luck for their failures ...whats your take on that .... what have been some of your recent predictions that came true , ones where you missed ... some predictions for the future. what can someone do to improve luck/success For consultation 7470000636 Follow on Telegram, LinkedIn, Twitter, FB and Insta https://flow.page/anuragsingal Recommended Courses and Books: https://linktr.ee/anurag.singal Playlists - Career Conversations | Motivational | Career Guidance | Financial Planning Subscribe For Free Emails : https://anuragsingal.substack.com/ Mentorship https://pages.razorpay.com/anuragsingal
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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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#mba - Why Vishal went for PGPX at IIM Ahmedabad after 10 years of CA life
https://youtu.be/ohexsHoaPvE 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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Ankit Dhanuka - CA|PwC Articeship |EY Transaction Advisory |Corporate M&A at Tata Steel and Mahindra 1. So, Welcome Ankit to the show, so you are a Kolkata+ Marwari+CA. so tell us one thing about your formative years which greatly shaped you as a person. Were you always amongst the studios ones in college and school? 2. All you 3 brothers –are CAs, what drew you to the course 3. Tell me us life in PwC Statutory Audit – Is Big 4 articleship overhyped, is it worth it? Does one get a benefit in placements after CA? What if someone has missed the bus? 4. Post qualification, you got a dream profile – TAS in EY – how did that happen? Is attempts and Big 4 a criteria? 5. How different it is from management consulting? What's the typical assignment in Due Diligence? How we also get exposure to Valuation? Are work hours long? Is there massive travel? Is career growth phenomenal? What's the path? In how many years, can one become a Director/Partner? 6. Why the shift to M&A in Industry, the other side of the table? Kolkata factor? Work-Life Balance You have worked in Tata Steel and M&M. Is Financial Modeling a skillset you acquire on the work front? What are the other key attributes of a successful M&A professional? E.g. Networking, Tough negotiation 7. The pros and cons of this life e.g. visibility in the company, pressure etc. 8. Do transactions give you the adrenaline run? You worked in India as well as in UK environment. 9. Your mantra for fun and fitness 10.Advice to youngsters Playlists Career Conversations | Motivational | Career Guidance | Financial Planning https://www.youtube.com/user/poweryourpreparation/playlists Follow on LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/anuragsingal/ Subscribe For Free Emails : https://anuragsingal.substack.com/ FB - https://www.facebook.com/anuragsingalYT/ My list of recommendations https://medium.com/@anuragsingal/recommedations-762858c4047d For branding collaboration - please email anuragsingalonline@gmail.com
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Umang Gupta | CA AIR 3 | Marico | IIM Bangalore Co22 How did land up in the CA CS world Mantra for AIR 3 CA Final | CS Final Management Development Programme (MDP) for CA Rank holders - how was it Why quit a Marico job - opportunity cost CAT Strategy IIMB has a special criteria of calling the top10 rank holders in CA/CS/ICWA. - pls explain dream life words of advice to youngsters
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Q1. In your formative years, one incident which changed your outlook towards life Q2. In India, why does a B. tech in Computer Science mostly goes unutilised in the career journey – it just becomes a gateway to cracking CAT Q3 You stated to us in an earlier interview on #mymbastory that MBA is like a crash course in survival. What exactly should a youngster be mentally prepared for? Is it a lot of initial stress? Q4. In 1996, iInstead of an IT Services firm from MDI campus, you joined a friend who was setting up real estate startup –Colliers Jardine. It was almost like entrepreneurship over job. How did you convince your parents? Q5. A lot of us are often confused between a) Whether to continue to be a slave to the Corporate World's fixed salary and fancy designations? b) Plunge into the risky and turbulent waters of entrepreneurship How does one choose between job and entrepreneurship Q6. The inflexion point, the pinnacle of success? Q7. How was the India's oldest and premier business magazine BW at one point of time and then purchasing the company, along with Vikram Khanna? Q8. Biggest failure of life and how you overcame? Q9. Your hobbies that help you unwind. Your fitness regime Q10 What advice will Mr Batra give to his younger self – the Annurag Batra aged 20?
Radhika Gupta - CEO Edelweiss AMC | The girl with a broken neck In this 35 minute conversation, she speaks about why she was gifted with the title "the girl with the broken neck", experiences in studying from marquee institutes, Mckinsey, Wall Street, her entrepreneurship experience and now as CEO of Edelweiss AMC. 1) The girl with a broken neck has worked at McKinsey, Wall Street, set up India's first domestic hedge fund, became India's only female head of a major asset manager, launched India's first ETF. Looking back - do you still get the feeling ''Why Me'? 2) From Wharton, you graduated umma cum laude - an honor awarded to a student whose GPA is between 3.80 and 4.00A. A lot of said about the importance of MBA from storied institute. What difference does it make in real terms - campus placement, networking, presentation skills? is a lot of it general hype about MBA 3) After being rejected at 7 firms, having suicidal thoughts , ambulance and psychiarty - you landed in that interview with Mckinsey and bagged the offer - a substantial part of that interview was bridge since the partner was a tournament level player and you were playing bridge since you were 13. Was the confluence of interest in interest, a stroke of great luck ? And how was life at Mckinsey? What did clients like about you? Were working hours very very long? 4) From working at Wall Street - AQR Capital to setting your own firm -Forefront Capital in Mumbai - why entreprenurship? Whay dd you feel there was a market for AIF in India? Did the sales/business development cycle shatter your ego initially? From 25 lacs to 200 crores, what were the Inflexion Points of that venture ? Now in a simialr fashion, would you envision Edelweiss'growth 5) Amidst all the frenze about flaunting success on social media, about the rat race ( say Alpha, AUM , Number of Folios, in your case), how does one celebrate his/her own uniqueness 6) What would you advice be to Radhika at the age of 20
Life lessons from Prakash Iyer - IIMA, former MD - Kimberly Clark, Best Selling Author 1. Drawing cues from your TEDx talk, Go fly a kite! In your early career days, who was the one who held your kite and hoisted it? 2. You entered IIMA in the year I was born – 1984 – was MBA in vogue then as much as it is today? CAT percentile cut-offs Memories from the red bricks. Favourite Professors 3. 3 decades leading efforts for Marketing & Sales of everything from soaps at HUL to colas at Pepsico, to yellow pages at Infomedia and Huggies diapers at Kimberly, what were your key learnings? Is this career suitable for everyone? Who are the people who succeed in it? Their key attributes? 4. Bidding Adieu to a corporate career for being a Motivational and Keynote Speaker, what was the trigger for this major transition? Is inspiring people more fulfilling than a corporate job? 5. Your favourite reads 6. Mantra for fun and fitness 7. Advice to youngsters 8. And maybe your thoughts on your recent tweet in wake of SSR - We live in interesting times. People have a million friends and followers on social media. And no friends in life. We all need someone who smiles. Cares. Makes us feel good.
With Fatema Hunaid- Transfer Pricing Specialist at Walker Chandiok & Co LLP https://www.linkedin.com/in/fatema-hunaid-6033b321/ Fatema is the Business Unit Leader for Technology in South for the Firm. She is also accredited as a Culture Change Facilitator at the Firm by Senn Delaney and has had the opportunity to facilitate culture change within the Firm through several ‘unfreezing workshops'. Named as one of the Women Leaders in Tax in the 2018, 2017 and 2016 editions of the International Tax Review, a guide featuring leading women tax advisors worldwide, Fatema has also led the ‘people and culture' role for the tax expertise in the firm nationally. She is a Chartered Accountant and has over 19 years of experience in Indian transfer pricing consulting and international tax. An interesting fact about your formative years in Bethany High/Bishop Cotton/Christ University which most people don't know much of? How did you stumble upon the CA path – were there precedents in the family? In your quick rise to the Business Unit Leader level , which factor do you think clicked for you? Did you face gender stereotypes and how did you counter them? A service line as specific as Transfer Pricing – what are the pros and cons of making this sort of a choice as a fresher? What is the future of TP now that there have been a lot of relaxations for domestic transactions? What part of TP is interesting – say Advisory and what your coping mechanism for the not -so-interesting parts such as compliance Your mantra for fun and fitness? How do you fulfil the responsibilities of a mother as well - how much time are you able to manage for your kid? In retrospect, advice that Fatema in the 40s would you give to Fatema at age of 20?
if you have been tracking Mutual Funds, you would have certainly stumbled upon the name - Nilesh Shah. He is the MD of Kotak-AMC and part of the PM Economic Advisory Council This week he shared his interesting Career Journey in this video- various facets of his personal life such as being so humble in his demeanour, losing his father in early childhood, the support he received from neighbours, transitioning from a Gujarati Medium schooling background to being one of the most prolific speakers on the Indian markets After a Gold Medal in CA Exams, he was about to join L&T and was advised by the interviewer not to settle for stability so early in life. He was asked to rather try his fortunes in the financial markets - thus landing in ICICI as a Merchant Banker, transition to Stock Markets and now managing an AUM of 100,000+ crores. He talks about the role of serendipity, patience and constant learning. His vision for his life on Maslow's Hierarchy, now that he has pretty much achieved it all in terms of money and fame. Whats his mantra for unwinding. His advise to youngsters You cant afford to miss this Questions 1. My first question is that despite all that you have achieved in life, how is it that you maintain such a calm exterior, such careful choice of words, it's almost magical. I have spent hours watching your videos and get mesmerised each time. 2. You lost your father at a very young age. How did it impact you as an individual –Please share memorable aspects of your school life? 3. From Gujarati medium to being one of the most prolific speakers on the Indian markets, saw your TEDx talk as well. Normally a lot of youngsters find the transition to English from their native language tough. How did you manage the transformation? 4. What triggered the CA and CMA decision? How was your journey to the gold medal – expected or unexpected? You had said earlier that you've studied extensively in a library. 5. You had also shared that you had, as a fresher, being interviewed by L&T, inspired by the interview to try your hand at equities – early 90s. Please tell us more. 6. And you're the only one person in your family who chose service- what was the underlying thought process? 7. Amidst Franklin, ICICI, Axis and now Kotak, it has been nearly 3 decades. Any interesting moment- good/bad bosses, heaven sent opportunities to learn etc that you would like to share. 8. A fund manager's job- one feels it's quite glamorous. But I also sense that the bid to generate alpha might often turn out to be extremely demanding. Isn't it? How do you manage the stakeholder's expectations? 9. When bets go wrong- be it equity or debts, what do you tell yourself? 10. In your TEDx talk, you emphasised a lot on being proud of ourselves, our Indian raw mentality and we being a nation where Australia, Philippines & sub Sahara exists- what's your vision for our country & its youth? The comparison with China that you often make also comes pertinent here. 11. You've pretty much achieved it all. So sir, what's next on Maslow's hierarchy – your long term goals for yourself? 12. Sir, what do you do to unwind apart from family (wife + 2 daughters) – Gujarati literature – you gave up listening to music due to hectic work hours. 13. What career advice do you give to your daughters? How old are they? Do you want them to be CAs? Or do they have different aspirations? 14. Message to youngsters watching the show?
Mr R Gopalakrishnan has been a corporate leader for 50 years. He has served as Chairman of Unilever Arabia, as MD of Brooke Bond Lipton and Vice Chairman of Hindustan Lever, as Director of Tata Sons and several Tata companies. He serves as an independent director and non-executive chairman of Castrol India and also as an independent director of Hemas Holdings PLC, Sri Lanka. Mr Gopalakrishnan has been a newspaper columnist and continues to write every month for financial papers. He has also authored nine books since 2007. He is an international speaker and speaks extensively in India. He is actively engaged in both instructional & inspirational speaking. Mr Gopalakrishnan serves as Distinguished Professor of IIT Kharagpur and as Executive-in-residence at SP Jain Institute of Management & Research. Mr Gopalakrishnan studied physics at Kolkata University, engineering at IIT Kharagpur and attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. Questions 1) Sir, can you please share snippets from your formative years at St Xaviers Collegiate school. Was there a turning point which re-defined your trajectory, something which most people dont know about? 2) Was learning 6 languages, English, Bengali, HIndi, Sanskrit and Tamil, something you relished or were more of reluctant Later did this knowledge help in your career 3) After your B.Sc in Physics, you chose to study at IIT Kharagpur instead of the societal trend of government jobs or the Rs 450 per month job at McKinnon Mckenzie ( a princely sum of money then) 4) Was it serendipity that you chanced across this advertisement in The Statesman for Hindustan Lever's System Analyst job? 5) You didnt choose to do an MBA - you said in an interview that had you done it, you would be the first batch of IIMA- Later when MBA become the cult thing , as it has become today , and the passport to the CEO world, did you have any reflection 6) Mr Scott Burney at HLL gave you your break in Marketing & Sales . Looking back on that interview, what do you think convinced him to give you that break 7) At that point, did you ever imagine that you would become HLL's Vice Chairman in 1997 8) In your stint at the Tatas, what were your nostalgic moments , the most memorable projects - interacting with The Ratan Tatas and Ishat Hussains. In terms of organisational culture - this would have been a great transition as well 9) Your father had advised you that you should always do something that keeps the brain active. I am so grateful that you chose to share your rich experiences through writing, speaking, teaching and advising . How would you reflect on that 10) In your public service engagements, you have straddled the entire pyramid - Railways, Pulses, Electricity and Monsoons - you clicked everywhere - was being passionately curious, your secret sauce 11) Sir, how would you balance professional glory and personal emancipation. A lot of youngsters are unhappy that they haven't achieved much . What would be your advise 12) Final thoughts - you took life as it came - Main Zindagi Ka Saath Nibhaata Chala Gaya - was this your mantra forever and how did it make a difference in an era when we are either lamenting the past or worrying about future https://www.linkedin.com/in/r-gopalakrishnan-gopal-211222115/
When you deal with clients ( in job or business) , what are the kind of mistakes which are common When it comes to a Mutual Fund Vs Stock , why is Mutual Fund preferred option for Retail Investors What factors must one consider while choosing a Mutual Fund e.g. the fund manager changes , scheme objective changes People feel that SIPs can never make loss - however thats not always the case. Hence you need to actively monitor portfolio Between large cap, mid cap and small cap, what should be the mix Nowadays Index Funds seem to get popular - do you recommend it Your Mutual Fund theme this season ( of course this keeps changing with time) Mr. Bimal Kumar Agarwal. Contact: 219-C, OLD CHINA BAZAR STREET. 1ST FLOOR, ROOM NO. B6 & B4, KOLKATA bgksons @ gmail (.) com Ph: 9830041669 | 9874281669
A Candid Conversation on Mental Health - Actor @Urvashi Goverdhan speaks about her struggle as an actor in the glam world , mental health issues she has been facing the age of 14 and her coping mechanism, advice to youngsters as they face the stress of modern life 1) Pls tell us a bit about your journey 2) Since you are also from the showbiz industry, what was your first reaction to SSR's news - given that it was also related to mental health . is the struggle to get work as scary as it can get when times are unfavorable 3) You have been a vocal advocate of the need to shed the social stigma surrounding Depression . Tell us about your experience in coping with mental health issues and all the more as you are also in showbiz 4) Youngsters today are stressed- social media , career expectations , too much too soon - whats your prescription 5) What do we do as a society for this
Shailee Choudhary Meet Shailee Choudhary - AIR 1 -May 2015 1) One fact about Shailee's school and college days, which we haven't known before? 2) Why CA when no one in the family? 3) Did you opt for Regular College or Correspondence? Rationale 4) 7 attempts in CA Inter and AIR 1 in CA Final – what a contrast? What explains this? 5) What was your preparation strategy for CA Final – live classes, videos? Which teachers? 6) Did people ever say AIR-1 was a breeze 7) With AIR -1 – Was placement a breeze? Were there other aspects like article ship brand, college ( SRCC ) etc. which acted as bottlenecks 8) How did Wipro Cohort happen? Because honestly, I thought it could have been FMCG or Leadership Programs as well 9) What's your daily life at Wipro? How could you shift to Delhi? 10) Few years down the line, what matters most? Ranks or is it specific plug & play experience like IT FP&A? 11) If you were to rewind, what would you do differently? 12) Your mantra for fitness and fun 13) Advice to youngsters
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Simran Somani on things which every CA aspirant for MBA must know 10 things which an MBA aspiring CA must know- Simran Somani - CA,IIM Ahmedabad Co22, Nestlé | PwC In this video, Simran Somani explains 1) How to get CA Articleship at Big 4 , in her case PwC Chennai . How to crack CA Final in first attempt? And later during CA placements and IIM interviews, does the brand help. What about those who aren't either of rankers and/Big 4? Can they get selected? 2) Do CAs have a percentile relaxation when it comes to getting shortlisted? What is the minimum percentile needed for a call? How Simran got a call with a 97ish percentile because of her CA? 3) Impact of Under-graduation from IGNOU through distance learning? How IGNOU gives you the average of CPT and Inter marks as your graduation score, if you are pursuing CA? How that impacts your CAT Application Score 4) Which was tougher – CA or CAT ? Can hardworking people without exceptional IQ crack the CAT? 5) Which study material to follow? Which Test Series? Importance of Mock Exams 6) When is the right time to attempt the CAT if you are a CA final student (Not qualified yet)? And what if you are a freshly qualified CA (May attempts) 7) How is the IIM Ahmedabad interview experience? Is it ok to feel stressed? 8) What about the opportunity cost of 2 years' salary foregone plus the fees? So, say you are earning in the 15-20 lacs p.a. brackets? Does the economics of MBA work out? Or should one not just think myopic and take a longer term view 9) Importance of extra-curriculars - The Unconventional MBA – your "CAT to Call to Convert" motto? 10) Importance of Networking
Inside the mind of a Mutual Fund Manager - Pankaj Tibrewal - SVP and Sr. Fund Manager - Kotak AMC. He has been ranked as one of India's Top 10 Fund Managers by ET-Morning Star (3 years) and Outlook Business for 4 consecutive years from 2016-2019 In this Career Conversation, Pankaj talks about his formative years, learnings from family business in Kolkata, CA Foundation and the short stint at Lodha & Co which made him realise that audit is not his calling, how the 3M Factor - Marwari, Manchester University and Mutual Funds worked for him , his template for picking stocks as he manages a USD 1.5 bn AUM across 3 funds, the Gorillas to King Kong approach, the emotional aspects of being a fund manager, his advise to youngsters who are MF Industry aspirants , the underrated aspects of being a fund manager, why he is known as the Chief Happiness Officer at Kotak AMC, asset allocation % et all.
Devang Toshniwal's dream run - from CA to BCG to PE In this exciting conversation, Devang talks candidly about the high& lows of his student life. We explore aspects like role of a Big 4 articleship in CA Final preparation and job as a fresher. He speaks about how to get into management consulting - MBB , which in case of Devang was BCG and histhe daily life there. We then try to demystify the storied world of Private Equity - how Devang got into Warburg Pincus as a CA, what is the career path there and whats gives him the adrenaline rush for his job.
How to build a super career in Marketing- Indranil Chakraborty- IIM Lucknow | Unilever | Storyworks Career Conversation with Indranil Chakraborty (IC) -- an alumnus of Jadavpur University and IIM Lucknow who has spent ~20 yrs in marketing roles at Unilever , TTSL, Mahindra Resorts. Later he became an Entrepreneur @ Storyworks In this free wheeling discussion, we discuss about his schooling at St Edmund Shillong, key takeaways in terms of value based education, English speaking skills, an outgoing personality. Then we ask why he opted for the Engineering+MBA combination as the 'hot formula' for success - was it as popular in the 80s as much as its today. He said that it was a lot of sequential events, thus a lot of luck and serendipity played its role We also touched upon his views on having work experience before MBA We move to how his marketing & sales experiences were at HUL across locations like Nepal, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata etc. We asked about whether brand management is as glamourous as it sounds from the outside. He demystifies a lot of concepts surrounding the field of Marketing. Also talks about the importance of having a good first boss who can mentor you well, as much as an employer brand and pay. But he realizes that that may not always be possible, but if possible, one must do due diligence. Also, he explained why marketing companies are willing to pay top dollar for graduates from the IIMs, less to do with whats actually taught there and more to do with the character traits one exhibits as he/she reaches there and the filtration process. He shared his experiences trying to set up the Build a Bear brand https://www.buildabear.com/ as a franchisee in India. He then shared how the shift from a Lux/Lakme and Breeze to prepaid SIMs and holiday experiences were, from a marketing standpoint. Then he explained how the transition to Storyworks happened, a lot of luck and serendipity played its role, the initial resistances, He then shared his views on whats better - Job or Entrepreneurship, his take on the recent startup funding scenario ; how the ones that are going to solve unaddressed problems will survive. He also wondered whether the path to profitability being secondary as the focus is on building companies for IPOs/valuation instead of for consumers. Recently we had the WorldMentalHealthDay and he also was kind enough to share his experience with overcoming bipolar disorder during his HUL days, how the company was very supportive and how the stigma surrounding mental health must be replaced by the societal realization that seeking external help for mental health issues ( chemical imbalances) are as normal as someone having a doctor being consulted for a toothache or an injury. The usual approach of people saying 'Hey come one, cheer up, lets go for a movie just doesnt work' He spoke about his views on Youth and their career aspirations, acknowledging that the current generation is more informed as well as ambitious. But also has to overcome a sense of entitlement and also realise that growth comes at its own pace automatically once you keep working hard. LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/indranil-chakraborty-ic-54ab791/
Bhupendra Tiwary works as AVP Research, Infrastructure, Real Estate, Telecom & Media at ICICI Securities. He is CA Inter, MBA from IBS, Hyderabad and CFA Charterholder In this exciting conversation, he takes you through how he built a career in Equity Research over the last decade. He offers a repertoire of insights about the Equity Research profession, the highs and the lows, difference between Buy Side and Sell Side, entry barriers, pre-requisites such as Financial Modeling, ability of analyse financial statements, look at broader sectoral trends etc, educational qualifications , especially in Indian context and his mantras for life in general - role of family, friends et all Questions Welcome Bhupendra, One thing about you as a personal/professional that the world doesn't know – it would be Breaking News on this channel Your Dad is an Astrologer. Did you ever want to step into his shoes? Don Bosco, St Xaviers and then IBS Hyderabad 2008-10– did this fit in your scheme of things? Or was it just that you didn't want to wait for another year to take CAT again? Does B-school brand matter while entry into Equity Research? Infra & Real Estate, Mid-Caps, Telecom and Media (to clarify as it's not TMT, as this excludes Technology) and now covering all together, you've come a long way into the storied world of Equity Research? How's the feel. Basically what is your daily life? The highs and lows? Technically you are into Sell-Side. How different is it from Buy Side. From career growth, work life balance perspective. You set Target Prices? Does that entail complex Financial Modeling? What if they aren't achieved? Is there a lot of pressure? When you achieve them, do the market participants say Wow – Bhupendra – great job? You are a CFA charter holder. This fits well in your scheme of things. What's your take on a fresher wanting to enter Equity Research, on the basis of a CFA? For an aspirant of this field, CA/MBA/CFA - how does one get in? Entry barriers? What is the typical career path here? Any exit options (but I must acknowledge that you have been pretty stable at ICICI Sec Can someone, with say 2 years into Corporate Accounts at Lupin, switch to Pharma sector Equity Desk, because he/she always loved Equity? Your mantra for fitness, rejuvenation Final thoughts
How Sayanika got AIR 4 in CA -M'19 | IIM Ahmedabad &IIM Bangalore admits thru 40 days of CAT Prep
Piyush Surana calls himself as an average student at DBPC who was more interested in basketball as a career. Joined Bhawanipur College. Realised basketball didn't have a future in India. Decided to try for MBA, convincing family members who wanted him to join business. Got only 90 percentile in Quant section in his first attempt at CAT. Worked immensely on the same and cracked IIM Ahmedabad. In 2008, got his first job in Investment Banking at Anand Rathi. Post Lehmann, he was asked to leave as they were down-sizing. Then later , worked in leadership positions at three unicorns -Uber, Ola and Zomato. Now is a VC in Tomorrow Capital
Nikita Patodia- Chartered Accountant, Indian School of Business (ISB) Co2019
Jinal Shah | CA | Bank of America | ISB Class of 2019 | Citibank After completing Chartered Accountancy in November 2007, Jinal joined the SKP Group and worked on advisory for clients' corporate taxes. Subsequently she joined Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) in December 2010 with their Corporate Tax team. There she gain enriching cross-functional as well as cross-geographies experience having worked closely with all business units on tax implications of their operations. She has worked extensively on transfer pricing matters for the group companies and has gained global experience having worked out of their Hong Kong and London offices. In January 2017, Jinal joined the Banking Operations team of BAML with a view to gain an in-depth understanding on the corporate and commercial banking business and products. There, she worked on implementing the GST law on the business which impacted 2000+ clients, 11 internal departments and branch operations across 4 states. After ISB, she is now working as Commercial Banking Relationship Manager at Citibank
Kshiteesh Phansalkar - CA - ISB - EY - Crisil - PwC- Accenture-Indigo
Vivek Falod - CA Rankholder - Aditya Birla Group FLP-MBA - INSEAD Strategy Consultant at Portas Middle East | INSEAD MBA & Chartered Accountant (with All India Rank) | Ex-ABG Leadership Prog, ex-EY Seasoned strategy & finance professional who leads by example. I am passionate about people, health/sports and everything in-between. I believe this passion is key and can effectively drive my team to focus on delivering what matters. I am currently based in Dubai as a management consultant at Portas Consulting, a global strategy consultancy dedicated to sports and physical activity. In the past, I've helped build the business finance / FP&A and strategy function as one of the founding employees at a fast growing business : “Aditya Birla Health and Multiply Wellness” - India's first incentivised insurance and wellness rewards solution. Prior to that, I was part of the Aditya Birla Leadership Program where I've helped navigate around complex issues such as the Brazil market entry for Indian businesses and the refresh of employee benefit policies at the Group level. My areas of focus are strategy design & implementation and financial planning. I love chatting about esports, consumer tech and fintech. In my spare time I train for marathon runs and work out at the gym. _____ >Based in: Dubai, UAE >Years of experience: 8 >Regions served: Middle East (KSA, UAE), Asia (India, Japan) & Latin America (Brazil) >Areas of expertise: Strategy, financial planning & valuations >Education: MBA - INSEAD; Chartered Accountant (All India Rank) - The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)
Career Conversation - Mubina Kapasi - From CA to ET Now
Inspirational Story of Mr Dilip Loyalka- India's first visually impaired Chartered Accountant
Mr. Nathan S V- Partner and Chief Talent Officer at Deloitte India https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathansv/ S.V Nathan, Chief Talent Officer, Deloitte India talks about #Career In this 40 minutes long conversation, he speaks about a) His formative years across Kolkata, Chennai and Nagpur; and the impact his grandmother had on his value system, b) His inclination towards HR, doing his MBA from XLRI Jamshedpur, c) How HR profession has evolved over the 37 years he has spent across manufacturing and service sector , across factory workers and professionals at ICI, Sterling Holidays, Microland, Planetasia, Reliance Infocomm and now Deloitte, d) His view towards recruitment, engagement and managing growth expectations of the millennials e) Experience with the finance professionals such as CAs and MBA( Finance) ' f) what if someone are not from XLRI / TISS but still in HR, he cites the example of someone who was in secretarial function (steno/shorthand etc) and now is VP (HR) in a large company g) How to stay positive in a post #Covid19 world' h) His mantra for fitness and i) Lines of advise to youngsters. Worth every minute of your time
Mandar Dixit AIR 1 in CA PE-I, PE-II and Final|HUL | Mondelez |Tata | Reliance
Mr. Pratik Jain | Partner, National Leader - Indirect Taxes, PwC India
#StraightTalk #LinkedinPowerProfile #Transformation #TEDx #Columnist Educational Qualifications • P.G. Diploma in Personnel Management & Industrial Relations, 1997-99, XLRI Jamshedpur • M.A. (History), 1988-90, St. Stephen's College, Delhi • B.A. (Hons), History, 1985-88, St. Stephen's College, Delhi • Indian School Certificate (Humanities), St. Michael's High School, Patna, 1983-85 • I.C.S.E., St. Michael's High School, Patna, 1983 ex CHRO Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd. | Tata Motors | Reliance Industries | Cipla Now CEO- Prabir Jha Advisory
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