Life At XLRI Jamshedpur

Existential crisis. Self-doubt. Feeling worthless. Imposter syndrome.

Every year, thousands of MBA aspirants appear for XAT, the entrance exam for admission to one of India's top management institutes - XLRI.

Another year, another round of interviews. Aspirants queue up outside the gates of B-schools, hoping to make it in. Dozens of variables come into play in deciding the fate of

She was sitting on the last bench on the first day when our classes officially began. While the professor was teaching, she gently raised her hand long up in the

There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who come in with a lot of expectations and those who have absolutely none and prefer to be surprised by

The first year in a typical B-School mostly consists of some cultural shocks and a lot of pleasant surprises. After you are done trying to tame the breathing and battling

If you thought getting through to a b-school was difficult, surviving it comes very close to it. Today, I have completed my first year at XLRI, and it was not

SPJIMR and XLRI are considered to be two of the top b-schools in India. Their flagship programmes in post-graduation are comprehensive and all the top recruiters go to both the