Venue: IIMB
Date: April 1 - Time: 2 PM
Profile:
99.01 %ile B L I K
B.Tech (Mech) from IIT Madras. 8.36/10. 2006. Asst Manager with ITC Limited. 20 months till Jan end. 94.6% in XII CBSE
91.0% in X CBSE
Travelling and Photography etc.
Organizational posts in the institute festivals at IIT Madras. Governor's Award for scouting. Part of the two member team selected to represent India at World Scout Conference in Japan in 1999.Lots of prizes in debates, quizzes and essay writing at school level.
Group/ GD / Summary
Group of 9. One Lady. All present.
GD was a case based on special privileges to women. We all celebrate international women’s day and all. Women at work want equal rights. They want to work in the army et al. But when it comes to working, they want special privileges like flexi hours etc.
So is this special treatment justified?
10 mins to think. 20 minutes to discuss. 10 minutes to write summary and two more questions. For a change after a long gap of four years, I got to start a GD. Yay!
Started with multitasking required - how they need to balance children, cooking, laundry and work. Tried to give a structure to a gd. People barged in with biological differences... 9 months and others. I brought in a point about companies giving paternity leaves... To prove that men are also realising responsibilities.
Someone brought about job opportunities. I added that women are not getting good jobs in manuf sector etc. The lady in the group kept on speaking after every other point. She was of the opinion that everything should be done on equal footage. People should be judged on the basis of performance etc. She brought in the point the reforms at the grass root level are required etc. etc. I said women are vulnerable to crime - flexi hours etc. The present society is full of discrimination... sex ratio of 927:1000. People also discussed on fitness levels. Someone brought out Indira Gandhi, Hillary Clinton. I added if people are sending women to space, we need to do a lot. We agreed that short term reforms to bring women at an equal platform with men is necessary.
Marginal prob - clash with two guys when I spoke. they were also speaking. Rest ok.
Summary - Wrote it off.
Most Influential Personality - Sabarmati ke sant tune kar diya kamal Career Goal et al - Jai Mata Di... Blah Blah.
Wait in the corridor
All of us were seated. Got coke and biscuits. It was good. One guy was from my city and he knew my name and recognised me... He told he was taught by the same teacher and has seen my name in some newspaper... Whoaaaa... Yay!!!
Revised TPM etc... ITC etc... (It helped!!!)
Interview
Two Profs. Old Prof (OP) and Young Prof (YP)
YP: What are they saying outside?
Me: They are saying it’s about workex and it’s a good conversation. YP: So why ITC... Why Biscuits after IIT?
Me: Blah Blah... Challenge... Got an intern. Seniors gave good inputs... Joined... Liked the work. . etc etc. YP: What's ITC turnover?
YP: How much is foods/ biscuits? Me: #### of which $$$$ is biscuits. YP: So 5% of total... less than that? Me: Yeah...
YP: So why?
Me: Blah blah... same... challenge... Opportunities... we solve bigger problem benificial for the company and
helps us too.
YP: How much is FMCG in ITC? Me: ^$. & %
YP: Sure? You need to check your numbers. Me: I kept quiet. Didn’t want to argue. I was right.
OP: So you earn ^^^^^^?? What are you targeting after two years?
Me: Sir... when went to IIT... I didn’t know that ITC even exists. I went to learn. That’s the motive which
brings me here. I am not targeting anything.
OP: Which stream of management would like to choose?
Me : Will give every subject its due credit in the first year and then interactions with faculty and fellow inmates will help me deciding the stream. My interaction with people from various facets of management in my company have propelled me to pursue this.
OP: So you are in maintenance? How do you determine that a part has to be changed?
Me: Gave the practical approach and then finally concluded at the theoretical one. Long answer. OP: How do the balls in the bearings are made?
Me: Gave some vague Gyaan. Which I didn’t know... He sighed in the end. YP: What is MTBF?
Me: Mean time between failures? YP: Yeah.
Me: Total run time / Number of failures. YP: Is it?
Me: Yeah. I have picked all concepts of TPM on my own. OP: Oh... was not there in college?
Me: No sir. I picked it up myself as it was necessary for the job. YP: So what do you read?
Me: Majorly Newspapers. YP: Which one?
ME: TOI.
YP: Since When? Me: College.
YP: Favourite columnist?
Me: I don’t remember the names.
YP: D0 you go through the middle pages? Me: Rarely. Don’t get much time.
YP: How do you see ITC? What are your business strengths... say tobacco business... something like that... Me: ITC majorly was a cigarette company which has diversified greatly. etc...
YP: So what’s wrong with tobacco?
Me: Two sided coin. Revenue to govt. Livelihood to 32 million farmers etc etc. YP: Apart from moral reasons... any other?
Me: UN - WHO policy signed by majority of countries... To restrict tobacco production. (Jai Wikipedia) YP: DO you know what kind of crops are grown in Afghanistan?
Me: No Sir. I don’t know.
OP: Any other thing you want to tell us? Which we might have missed and you want to sell?
Me: Talked about good academics and balance in acads and extra currics. Short trips in Karnataka and all
four directions of India. Governor's award in scout, Japan, Rafting, Parasailing, Photography. etc.
OP: Which scout - first class / second class? Me: Governor's Award Winner.
YP: Thanks a lot.
Me: Thanks and exits!!!!!! Verdict: Converted.