It was a dream for me to do an MBA, start a business, wear those fancy suits, travel across the world and take critical decisions for business.
Having lived through business school and now out in the real world, I can offer a very interesting perspective. This post will cover a collection of truths about my own experience and how Woxsen helped me find new direction in life.
Let’s start with the truth:
After my graduation I worked for some odd jobs which didn’t really excite me but instead made me understand my weaknesses and little attention to them can convert them into my strengths. I continuously tried to change way I operate but the level of efficiency and impact the work has to create was never achieved.
Now that I know where I lack, I wanted to understand the specific goals that I had to achieve from an MBA School.
“If we give you an MBA, what are you going to do with it?”, this question popped up and there was a reasonable answer I had to convince my parents. Yet I persuaded them to live my decision, which made them very happy by the end of course.
With a hope to find better college with better curriculum, I visited many colleges and career counsellors and in this random process I visited Woxsen, where I Instantly fell in love with campus environment. But being so rigid on my specific requirements from MBA made me look for the course curriculum and when I saw it, I had no reason to say no to the campus. The curriculum has a range of challenging courses and is frequently revised to imbibe the industry trends and developments.
First day at campus: June 16, 2017.
No matter how prepared I was for college life, I was very anxious when I arrived at the campus, flat-out panicked.
“College life exposes us to new experiences and things that we were not familiar with earlier”.
We had an interaction with Founder & Chairman Veen Pula. I still remember his first speech, which lasted 4 minutes and ended with his 3 mantras of business: People, Passion and Patience.
Once in a life time opportunity:
Any MBA program can only propel when it has world class faculty. For me it’s a once in a life time opportunity to meet the brilliant minds with rich experience in the real business world and they always focused on enriching their teaching with real life examples.
I had a chance to solve challenging case studies that had totally changed my perspective of solving the business problem. I got an opportunity to network with business leaders at the seminars and have discussion with them on different business ideas. I even went out to ask them to design a marketing strategy for my business.
Few lecturers inspire with their calm and ease, one such faculty was Dr. Harkant Mankad, he is a library of knowledge.
“Things happen because things happen” – My favourite phrase of his.
His classes will make you think the world is entirely travelling somewhere else from what you actually thought. The career suggestions he gives us are something that the world has not seen yet.
Career after MBA:
Post my MBA I started my career as a Marketing Manager for fintech company, where I handle all the digital marketing activities. I feel that the purpose of joining Woxsen has been fulfilled. I can totally see the change in the way I operate at office.
Before MBA I was passionate about SOMETHING, but I didn’t know what to achieve with that passion. Right now, I have started an entrepreneurial journey with a true purpose to build world class organisation. Still a long way to go.
“ I am an ambitious, self-driven person, with huge aspirations to build organizations. I have always been an academically bright student since childhood. Till date, I have started two ventures, failed at one and learnt valuable lessons.
Post MBA, I worked for Zaggle, a fintech company, where I was given the opportunity to handle the content marketing activities. During this journey we went on launch a book on entrepreneurs, where I had actively involved is designing the sales & marketing strategy for the book. Year 2020, has brought in many changes and it has stimulated the entrepreneur inside me. Recently, I launched my new venture, a healthy food beverage. With the learning from my previous experience I strongly believe that the product has a very good potential and I am totally excited about it. “