Not just have we learned the benefits of classroom learning, but our management abilities have improved, say Deepesh

During my Secondary school, my interests inclined towards Innovation and Electronics thus participated in various competitions where I represented my school at State and National levels which made it easier to choose Science as my subject for Higher Secondary education that is Class 11 and Class 12. The choice of taking science was natural as I wanted to complete my engineering in electronics but due to unforeseen medical conditions, I had to drop the idea to do engineering and after multiple counselling sessions and developing a habit of reading business books, I decided to pursue Bachelor of Management Studies with Finance as my specialisation from G.N Khalsa College, Matunga, Mumbai. After graduating, I did an internship while preparing for my PGDM exams to have some advantage during my GDPI. I wanted to pursue operations with analytics and VES Business School had some great Analytics Subjects to explore thus decided to pursue my PGDM in VES Business School.

As I was preparing for entrance exams during my internship, I learned everything from the Internet, YouTube and by giving mock exams. Every website which teaches you the syllabus of entrance exams of MBA has a minimum of one free mock test for students with the answer sheets for checking the answers, I gave multiple mock tests and corrected my mistakes later improving myself after every mock. I attempted CAT, CMAT and CET exams for entrance in PGDM. I applied for Welingkar College apart from Vivekanand Business School, where VES business School was always the first choice. The GD & PI rounds were done smoothly and the admission department made sure that we face no difficulty or challenges while opting for this college.

Lockdown being in place, it is unfortunate that we are yet to witness our college and our classes are being held online, yet we manage to enjoy our classes and apart from the class, we have several student cells where we discuss and plan upcoming events. Being the former president of General Management and Business Analytics Cell, we conducted many events such as Venalytics webinar, Varnan, Business & Beyond Magazine, actively contributed to Pravesh Incorporate and Sarvoday. I was also the former deputy head of Family Managed Business Cell where I came up with the idea of Biz-Nemesis, A business Arena competition that was held on the national level and many other such activities. I wish to organise many events once the college opens physically as it sharpens our management skills and tests them too. This online experience has not only taught us the value of physical education in classrooms but also tested our management skills and sharpened them same. As the lockdown eases down, we believe companies to look out for managers who have excellent management skills which we have been learning throughout the pandemic thus giving us brownie points and an advantage over others.

I plan to set up my startup and convert it into a successful business until then hone my skill set to provide for my family and fulfill my responsibilities.

About the author

Deepesh Jain is a PGDM student at Vivekanand Business School. He is a BMS in Finance graduate from G.N Khalsa College Matunga. His interests lie in Cricket, Photography, Writing, Chess and Reading. Besides academics, his interests lie in Photography and writing too. He is a certified Advance Photographer from National Institute of Photography and has been writing since 2015. Jain recently published his first book named ‘Berang Alfaaz’.

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