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Jaipuria Noida Placement Update

“Unending backing by the Jaipuria faculty creates a family-like support system that a student needs at this time”, says Harshita Shukla

She wants her name inscribed on the honor roll of Jaipuria, Noida and she wants the coveted Gold Medal. Harshita Shukla is not one to rest on her laurels. She topped all the three semesters and nearly topped in all the individual subjects as well. This winner attitude has helped her bag a placement with Orient Fans, a CK Birla Group subsidiary. She is being taken up as a Management Trainee and will be given the opportunity to do project-based work in different departments. After this intense training and monitoring of one year, the company will decide which department she will be absorbed into. Harshita is excited about this great opportunity and shares, “My typical day at work would be working under the senior mentor assigned and delivering on the projects given.”

Placements time is a hectic and nerve-wracking one for the students. Sharing her experience, Harshita says, “The recruitment

process at Orient Fans was a four stage eliminative process. The first three rounds consisted of the Aptitude Test, Group Discussion and Interview and finally, there was a last interview with the Leadership team. The first three rounds were conducted in Lucknow as it was a pool campus and I had to compete with over 90 students. In the aptitude test, which consisted mainly of questions related to quantitative aptitude, 30 students were selected to sit for the next round, which was the group discussion. After the group discussion, 13 students got selected for the personal interview round. My topic for the GD was “FDI in Retail Is Good for the Indian Economy”. I must confess that the personal interview was a real stress test. I was bombarded with questions by a panel of three members who tested my knowledge, capacity to bear stress, etc. I was finally shortlisted for the last interview with the leadership team along with four other candidates. I was the only one to be shortlisted from the Noida campus. The last interview took place on 2nd Jan 2013, after which only two candidates were selected; luckily, I cracked it and found a place in the company.”

Harshita thanks her faculty at Jaipuria for the support and guidance she received in choosing the companies and preparing for them. “I especially would like to mention the support I got from Prof. Jones Mathew, Head of the Training and Placement cell. His backing was incredible and the entire T&P cell was present to solve all my issues”. The intense exercise of interviews and final placements creates a lot of stress and the backing of the faculty and staff creates a family-like support system for the student, something that Harshita is thankful for. “The faculty members had faith in me and helped me through all the stages of the process. My peers were always there to cheer me up, whether it was the first round or when I went through the tail end of the process. It felt like a family.”

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Jaipuria Indore Placement Update

“The placement department and communications faculty at Jaipuria Indore conducted frequent mock interviews to help me overcome my weaknesses and make me confident enough to crack the interview.”

Janani Sridhar believes that 15th of December 2012 has been the proudest day of her life. A product of the 1st batch of Jaipuria Institute of Management, Indore, it was on this day that Janani landed a plum job with Xion Advertising in Mumbai. In so doing, Janani became one of the first three students of her batch – and also of Jaipuria Indore – to be placed.

“Apart from the placement cell at Jaipuria Indore, there is a centralised placement cell for all Jaipuria Institutes in Delhi as well. I got to know about Xion Advertising through the Jaipuria Institute of Management corporate office in New Delhi. There were three rounds in the Xion Advertising placement process. It started with a shortlisting of the resume. This was followed by the first round, a telephonic interview, which I cleared without much problem. The second round of the telephonic interview was much more detailed and tested us mostly on our communication abilities and how best we could handle pressure. This was a tough round, and it was really satisfying to have made it to the final call, which tested us on our overall knowledge.”

As a Business Development executive, Janani is currently handing the promotion division for Xion Advertising. Her work involves indentifying potential clients from the Media & Entertainment industry for a mutually beneficial association.

“I typically start my day by conducting market research with the help of different primary and secondary market research tools. The aim is to shortlist prospects. I then either ‘cold call’ these prospects or send them emails requesting for a short 30-minute meeting, to take the proposal further.Once this is done, the prospecting moves to a second level of discussion and, depending on the outcome of the call, an NDA (Non Disclosure Agreement) or an RFI (Request for Information) or RFP (Request for Proposal) is generated.”

Janani has to achieve Lead-based and Revenue-based targets, which makes her job challenging. For her, nothing is more thrilling than to convert suspect clients into prospects by correctly assessing their need.

“I’m new to the job, but I find it very exciting. I had a lot of support from the placement department, as well as the communications faculty at Jaipuria Institute of Management, Indore. They conducted frequent mock interviews to help me overcome my weaknesses and make me confident enough to crack the interview.”

Janani, who specialised in HR and Marketing from Jaipuria Indore, believes that Jaipuria Indore has equipped her with just the right skills to make it to the top in her chosen field.

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Jaipuria Indore STUDENT Speaks

“Jaipuria Institute of Management was an excellent choice for me, not just because of its credentials as a B-school, but also because it is a great ‘finishing’ school.”

Ekta Kumari joined Jaipuria Institute of Management as part of the 2012-14 batch. Currently in her first year at Jaipuria Indore, Ekta has a meticulous approach to life and believes in setting priorities in everything she does. With an impressive 78% in her Bachelors’ from West Bengal University of Technology (WBUT), one might expect Ekta to be inclined towards an Operations or IT profile after passing out from Jaipuria Institute of Management, Indore. Surprisingly, Ekta has different plans.

“When I pass out from Jaipuria Indore, I would like to be placed in an HR profile. You see, organisations that are built around technology need Human Resource managers who understand technology so as to be able to acquire and retain the right kind of talent. This is the reason why I intend specialising in HR at Jaipuria Indore.”

Ekta knows that growing into a ‘people’s person’ has inherent challenges. She believes that Jaipuria Institute of Management will empower her with the necessary communication and soft skills to become a successful HR manager.

“In terms of faculty, infrastructure and technology-driven classes, Jaipuria Indore is amongst the best B-school brands in the whole of central India. But my choice of B-school had a lot to do with my career aim of moving into the field of HR. Jaipuria Institute of Management made an excellent choice for me, not just because of its credentials as a B-school, but also because it is a great ‘finishing’ school.”

Ekta feels that her first six months at Jaipuria Institute of Management, Indore have been really special and enjoyable. She points out that she has never felt so involved in things happening around her in her entire life.

“From the Freshers’ Party to Encore, every day at Jaipuria Institute of Management is full of energy and action. Since I come from a small town called Giridih (in Jharkhand), it was not really easy for me to open up to people from day one. But the faculty members of Jaipuria Indore play the dual role of educators and mentors to perfection. They help you come out of your shell.
The seniors have been really friendly and it is nice to see them getting placed with great organisations.”

Ekta is happy about the fact that Jaipuria Institute of Management is giving her more than what she had expected. She is positive that Jaipuria Indore will prove to be her ticket to corporate glory in the future.

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