Best Management School Kolkata BIBS Organizes MGIS 2015: Honing Up Your Knowledge and Skills
BIBS as its core philosophy emphasizes on learning from the leaders. This means that apart from the functional knowledge of Management and its specializations, students need to also understand the implications of the learning as it exists in the business scenario.
Kolkata, November 27, 2015 (Newswire.com) - Leaders are our true inspiration. As Ralph Lauren rightly said, “A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.” And this vision is followed by BIBS, a premium B school in Kolkata too. MGIS or Management Guest inspired Series is being held where eminent speakers shares their valuable knowledge with the students. Recently one of such sessions has been conducted where the topic for discussion has been “Opportunities and Challenges in FMCG and Corporate Expectations. The guests of honors for the day were Mr. Arnab Chakrabarty - Whirlpool, Mr. Sanjeev Dassani - R.K Swamy BBDO, Mrs. Indrani Chatterjee - PWC, Mr. Amit Gope – Century Ply including the college chairman Mr. Vidur Kapoor.
FMCD sector and its changes
The session started with a small story narrated by the Chairperson Mr. Vidur Kapoor. And later on, it was taken on by one of the eminent speakers from the corporate panel namely, Mr. Arnab Chakrabarty - Regional HR, Whirlpool. He explained the distinction of FMCD & FMCG goods by explaining that FMCD goods are the most expensive goods, like refrigerator, air-conditioner, etc. He shared with the students the changes that are prevalent in the FMCD sector that can be recognize from the past experience of the companies.
Skill development and resume
Mr. Arnab Chakraborty focused on two things, skill set in the fresher to be recruited & the importance of a resume. To him, data-oriented and passionate people are the most needed one in the field. Proper understanding of the market, communication skill and presentation skill are also equally important skills because the company will hire those who can be the next leader of the company. While speaking about the proper resume, he mentioned about the importance of a resume as it creates the first impression about a candidate. A short, simple and customized resume is what a company looks for.
Learning the right skills
The second speaker of the day Mr. Sanjeev Dassani - Creative Director, R.K Swamy BBDOS shared a real life experience which helped in better understanding of the students. It’s extremely important to “Be yourself” as because ones skill will be the ultimate speaker .It is important to, “Be Curious” and try to learn & know everything around. Lastly one needs to “Be creative in what you do”. The third speaker of the day, Mrs. Indrani Chatterjee - Director Human Capital of Price Waterhouse Coopers mentioned in similar lines with Mr Sanjeev and mentioned about the corporate expectations too.
Mr. Amit Gope, Marketing Head, Century Plywood who has been the last speaker for the day advised the students to read more, set a goal, remove all the negativity and to recognize the strength. He told, “Dream big to earn big”. One very interesting thing which Mr. Gope said was nothing in this world is out of the box its how differently one can create it under the known facts.
It has been a good interactive session throughout and a real treat for the students to hear the speakers. The session gave all of the students an insight to what the corporate world expects and what should be the right approach to bag your dream job.