PGPM

(Autonomous)

MBA

( Punjab Tech. Univ.)

Vanguard Business School

Arka Bhattacharya
B.E ( COEP , Pune ) - Metallurgy 2003 Worked for three years in the Sales & Marketing Functions of ESAB (India) & T.I.M.E IIFT Delhi, MBA (International Business) 2008 Worked with Olam International in Indonesia & West Africa heading their FMCG/PFB business for Three Years Currently heading Academics & Corporate Relations at Vanguard Business School

What do I need?

How do I get there?

What do I do next?

What is Management? Which are the best Management Colleges ?

In the world In India

How do I get in ? What do I do next?

Is it
A Science? An Art? A Process? A War? Leadership? Optimizing Resources? Motivating People? Achieving the improbable?

Is it only about

Can it be learnt/ taught?

Wharton, HBS, MIT, Stanford, Kellogg's, INSEAD, IMD, Said & Judge (Oxbridge), LSB, ESADE IIMs A, B, C , L , I , K
plus 7 others including IIM Shillong

XLRI/JBIMS/FMS/SPJIMR/IIFT/MDI/NITIE XIMB/ SIBM/SCMHRD/ SJMSOM-IIT Bombay NMIMS / DoMS-IIT Delhi/ VGSOM IIT-Kgp TAPMI/ IMI-D/IMT -G /DMS IIT- Kanpur TISS/MICA/IRMA ISB Hyderabad/ Great Lakes Chennai

What do I need?

How do I get there?

What do I do next?

Industry Exposure
Communication Skills & Interpersonal Skills Knowledge but coupled with Practical Application However, most importantly

Self - Belief

CAT/XAT/IIFT/SNAP /NMAT /MHCET/MICAT/IRMA for all the B-schools weve mentioned GMAT For ISB / B-Schools Abroad (Typically requires minimum 3-4 years Work-ex) Group discussion /Essay/ Interview Stage Final admit Typically about 2.5 to 3 Lakh MBA aspirants give various entrance exams each year (including PGCET & MAT and similar regional entrance tests) Roughly 5000 odd seats in the colleges mentioned in previous slide

Entrance Test GD / Interviews Choose the Right B-School

Focus on getting the Basics Right Practice smart till you get the time management absolutely right

Know Thy Self Know Thy World

First get admits from as many schools as you can Then, choose the one that you feel fits you best

Criteria

What Students Evaluate What Students SHOULD Evaluate

Placement
Brand Name Fees Faculty Facility Location

Salary High/Low
Perception via Advertisements/Reference Fees High/Low Degree/ Years Of Teaching Buildings/ Infrastructure Distance from Home Town

Return on Investment/Profile Of Job

Corporate Recognition Return on Investment Mix of Corporate/Educational Exp Opportunity to interact with Corporates No. Of Companies

Asking Smart Questions is the surest way to becoming smarter. Asking Silly questions is an even surer way of not remaining silly

He who asks is a fool for 5 minutes but he who does not is a fool forever

All the Best!!!

arka@vanguardbschool.com
+91-9620638009

Vanguard Business School

World Class Management Education

At an affordable fee of only Rs.4 Lac

Campus: 3/A, Hyland Industrial Estate, Garebavipalya, Bommanahalli, Hosur Main Road, Bangalore 560 068 Phone: +91 80 49030111 Email: contact@vanguardbschool.com

www.vanguardbschool.com

sms vanguard to 56161 for more details.

The Team

Founded and Run by IIM Alumni

Q. So what? Many b-schools make that claim. Its easy to put names on paper. Ans. When we say founded and run, we mean founded and run. Each member in our team has invested his life savings and significant effort to be a part of a this education dream team.
We are not a paper team. We are going to be a part of every step of your journey!

The The Method Method

ROI ROI

Placement Placement

Directors
The Team

The Method

Ulhas Vairagkar PGDM - IIM, Ahmedabad 1988

Arks Srinivas PGDCM IIM, Calcutta 1998

ROI

Placement

Rahul Reddy PGDM - IIM, Calcutta. 1998

Balasubramanian PGDM - IIM, Ahmedabad, 1999

Directors
The Team

The Method

Vidyalakshmi R PGDM - IIM, Ahmedabad 1999

Ajay Arora PGDBA XLRI, Jamshedpur 2002

ROI
Nishant Priyadarshi PGDM - IIM, Kozhikode 2001 Placement Sridhar Gangireddy MS - Cleveland State University 2002

Academic Advisory Board

The Team
Prof. U Dinesh Kumar Professor at IIM Bangalore

The Method

Dr. B V Phani Associate Professor, Finance & Entrepreneurship, IIT Kanpur

ROI

Prof. Suresh Garimella Associate Dean, ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad

Placement

Dr. Deepu Philip Assistant Professor, IIT Kanpur

The Team

Industry Mentorship

The Method

Specialize in a function or Sector

Curriculum

ROI

ASK &
Placement

VIBES

The Method

Industry Mentorship

ROI

UniqueSpecialize Mentorship program where practicing Industry

in a managers from various corporations will provide one-on-one Curriculum function or mentorship to students at Vanguard. Sector

Placement

Each Student has an individual Mentor i.e. 1-on-1 mentorship

The Team

ASK & VIBES

All the Mentors are from IIMs and Top B-Schools and have years of experience at some of the world's best companies.

Industry Mentors

Industry Mentors

The list is indicative and not comprehensive

ROI

100% Placements network

through extensive

IIM/XLRI

When we say 100% we guarantee multiple job

Placement

interviews to our students in Companies/Profiles of

their choice
Directors & Mentors have worked at: Dun & Bradstreet, BNP-Paribas, Maruti,HUL, Lakme,

The Team

Reliance, Cavin Care, ICI Paints, Onida, IBM, Price

Waterhouse, Infosys, Fidelity, Cognizant, eBay, ICICI Bank, Dell, iGate, Hinduja Group, TCS, Infosys, Bharti Airtel, Deloitte, Wipro ...

The Method

Impact of Network/Connect
What is the biggest example of network in India ?

Arrange Marriage

Impact of Network/Connect
Meet People

Reference Reconnect

What?? Recommend Interview Update

The Tale has just begun..

Break into the Top 25 B- Schools in India Build an Academic Repository that matches Top 10 Build Alumni Base and Increase our growing Mentor List Instill Self-Belief and Action- Orientation in every student Provide our students Mentoring throughout their careers

Inauguration

Class in Session

Presentations

Quizzes @ Vanguard

Movie Review @ PVR

Dinner with Directors

Fresher's Party

Selection Process

CAT(75+)/XAT(80+) Vanguard Entrance Test Score

Short Essay: 15 mins

Interview: ~ 30 mins

Campus: 3/A, Hyland Industrial Estate, Garebavipalya, Bommanahalli, Hosur Main Road, Bangalore 560 068 Phone: +91 80 49030111 Email: contact@vanguardbschool.com

www.vanguardbschool.com

sms vanguard to 56161 for more details.

All the Best!!!

arka@vanguardbschool.com
+91-9741874009