Studying Abroad On Inlaks Scholarship Gave A Major Boost To My Career!
After spending around three years in book publishing (Pantheon and Random House), when Anirban Sarma wanted 
to make a shift to public relations company Weber Shandwick, it wasn't easy convincing the interviewers. But when the interviewing panel realised that Sarma was a graduate from the London School of Economics and had studied on an Inlaks scholarship, they offered him the job rightaway.
"Every time, I tell anyone that I am an alumnus of LSE, I get an overwhelming response," says Sarma.
After studying English literature at undergraduate and postgraduate levels at Jadavpur University, he wished to study abroad to give a fillip to his career. Though he studied literature, he chose a professional degree in media and communication at LSE.
Like most international students, he too worried about funding. Coming from a middle-class family, he couldn't afford to pay the £25,000 programme fee. His challenge was to convince the Inlaks panel about his area of interest - outsourcing in book publishing.
To emphasise his focused approach, Sarma drafted and finalised the proposal for his research project (to be submitted as a student in a UK university), which was ‘outsourcing of book publishing services from UK to India'. To prepare for the interview, he browsed through a range of books on book publishing, outsourcing and other financial factors that had a bearing on the Indian publishing industry.
Source: HT Horizons
Date: 11th February, 2011
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