Konversations Cafe

‘I Was Stubborn About Doing Investment Banking Only In India’ - Sohit Kapoor, ex-IB, IIM B, Pt 1

Sohit Kapoor has spent over 11 years as an investment banker in Merrill Lynch before starting his own venture DRiefcase Founder five years back. But, investment banking was not always in the cards for Sohit; neither was engineering nor MBA. In this first video of Konversations Cafe season 5, we have an interesting story of Sohit Kapoor, who did his engineering in Mumbai and never thought that he will be part of the prestigious IIMs. He shares his story of getting through to IIM Bangalore, what changed during his time at IIM B for him personally and professionally, why he chose to stick to investment banking and where did his life head after that.

Team InsideIIM18 Apr 2022

Konversations Cafe Season 5 - The Million Dollar Skill! You Are Invited!

InsideIIM’s most loved Konversations Cafe is back with its Season 5 in Mumbai! Themed ‘The Million Dollar Skill’, this Konversations Cafe will be a three-day meet up in Mumbai where you’ll get to watch live conversations with speakers you’ve loved! You’ll get to network and actually have conversations with like-minded people too! And of course, there’ll be food and fun!

Team InsideIIM14 Dec 2021

Must Know Career Options For A Chemical Engineer

Do you fancy a career as a chemical engineer with a big recruiter or are you confused with what to do next as after a degree you earned as a chemical engineer?

InsideIIM Career Services06 Oct 2021

How This Mechanical Engineer Turned Into a Successful Sales Manager, Ft. Prachi Goyal

In today’s video, We got in a tete-a-tete with a Mechanical engineer turned Sales head who has set an example for all the engineers that the right opportunities will knock at your door at the right time. From being an engineering nerd to becoming a smart sales head, Prachi Goyal has carved a niche for herself and she is a perfect example of how to be multitalented.

InsideIIM Career Services25 Sept 2021

Get Noticed by ABG’s Engineering Leadership Program Recruiters On Konversations Cafe Online

It is said that the closest thing to magic that exists in the world is a born Engineer! About 15 Lakh engineers pass out every year from different engineering colleges across the country and finding the suitable job, the perfect company and desired role becomes a challenge for many. To solve that, we thought of extending our universe of Konversations Cafe for the Engineering students. Presenting, Konversations Cafe Online for Engineers, where the engineering students from different colleges across India have the chance to interact with engineers who are currently working with Aditya Birla Group. To kick things off, we have engineers who got selected into Aditya Birla Group’s prestigious Engineering Leadership Program, who will tell you about their journey and how their career journeys have been so far!

InsideIIM Career Services22 Sept 2021

From A Single Store To 100+ Franchises - Ft. Kiran Shah, Apsara Ice Creams - Part II

Marketing is about constant innovation. And it is this constant urge to innovate that led Kiran Shah to take a journey back from his cozy corporate job of a global brand manager in Singapore. He came back to his roots, to the very streets of Mumbai where he had seen his family business grow. In this video, Kiran talks in detail about the challenges he took up after coming back, what were some innovations he worked on, how he used his corporate experience to change the face of the family business and what you can learn from his journey about brand building.

Team InsideIIM18 Sept 2021

I Sold Chai At IIM Lucknow. Now, I Sell Ice-Cream To All Of India.- Ft. Kiran Shah, Apsara Ice Creams - Part I

How do you make an ice cream stand out? You put Masala on top of it. However strange it might sound, that is what Kiran Shah, the CEO of Apsara Ice creams did and came up with an ice cream flavour that changed the course of the business. In this video, Ankit Doshi, the CEO and Creator of InsideIIM interacts with Kiran to understand his journey better. How this Gujarati middle-class boy went on to a B-school (IIM Lucknow) and what came along the way for him to come back and handle his family business, which he expanded like crazy in a matter of years. Watch Kiran spill the secrets of his successful Ice cream business in the first part of this new Konversations Cafe video.

Team InsideIIM21 Aug 2021

Create Opportunities For Yourself To Succeed After B-School, Ft. Ishan Khare, ABG, IIM Indore Alum

Ishan started off his career working at Coal India after his engineering, where he realized the importance of middle management and building effective communication systems. With the goal to achieve that, he thought of doing an MBA and got through to IIM Indore. It is at this institute that Ishan learnt the theory of how to make it possible. When he joined ABG after becoming the ET Young Leader he applied those principles in practical terms.

InsideIIM Career Services28 Jul 2021