MBAEx Batch 18 with Chairperson, Dr. Pragyan Rath
#MBAEx Batch 18 FIRST
AY 2024-25 has been a year of new initiatives, sponsorships and industry connect. With 80 students, 105+ industry experts interaction, 5 new electives, 20+ new initiatives, 2 new additions in modules in International Immersions on Live Project and Entrepreneurship, 1 Start-Up Hackathon, 2 pan-India inter-IIM initiatives, 3 Pan IIMC events, 3 dedicated alumni events, 1 dedicated induction event of the in-coming batch, 7+ sponsorship supports from industry, 23 core courses, 44 electives, 4 inter-disciplinary courses, 4 academic workshops and 2 industry-career development workshops, 100% growth in Live Project firms, MBAEx batch 18 (Class of 2025) has been a pioneer in re-shaping MBAEx as an immersive experience of industry-academia synergy, future of work agility and institutional building responsibilities.
I will proudly call MBAEx batch 18 as a batch of the FIRSTS
#Induction FIRST
- MBAEx Batch 4 alumnus – Ramaswamy says: “From Job Seekers to Job Creators: Reimagining MBA in Contemporary India.” And for the first time, the MBAEx inauguration had a line-up of 6 industry CEO-co-founders, whose work exemplifies the India growth story.
#Startup Garage Hackathon FIRST
- The “Startup Garage hackathon” had Batch 18 actively participating in a simulated lock-down mode to live through the entrepreneurship immersion.
#New Position of Responsibilities (PoRs) FIRST
- Alumni team was rechristened as the Alumni Engagement Team, and added for the first time 5 members, and the rest is history
- We initiated a Cultural team for the first time. Long Due.
- International Immersion Team is now the International Immersion Prep team with 4 members
- We created a new Election Team, which was responsible for smooth elections of all PoR teams.
#5 New Electives FIRST
- Managing Diversity and Inclusion in Organizations – OB Group
- Auction and Business Applications - Economics Group
- Economics of Climate Change: Implications for Financial Sector – Economics Group and Finance Group (cross listed)
- Statistics for Data Science and Business Analytics – OM Group
- Responsible AI and Future Tech Strategies – MIS Group
#Live Streaming FIRST
- All Industry Speaker Series were live streamed with MBAEX Alumni
#Leadership Workshop FIRST
- Workshop on Building Leadership Potential with Professor Abhishek Goel, where MBAEx students find their own leadership pathways for future.
#Poetry FIRST
- Lattice hosted Nayab Midha's poetry session as part of the cultural night
- Homecoming had poetry recital session with Professor Vidyanand Jha
#Industry Insight Series FIRST
- InsurTech Panel
- EnergyTech Panel
- SpaceTech Panel
#Lifestyle Cultural Event Homecoming FIRST
- Tarot Readings
- Live Sketching
- Live Perfume Making
- Live Photo Printing
- Turkish Ice-Cream
#NextGen Forums Series Workshop FIRST
- Career development initiative with simulated pre-placement experiences hyper-personalized for each student over 2 + 2 days, in a workshop mode – a joint venture by the student placement prep team from the Career Development and Placement Office (CDPO) in collaboration with the Alumni Engagement Team from MBAEx programme vertical.
#BluSmart CEO presenting MBAEx Business Review Magazine FIRST
- The 6th edition of the MBAEx online business magazine, MBAEx Business Review, themed "Horizons of Change”, was inaugurated digitally by Mr. Punit K Goyal – Co-founder, BluSmart
#Live Projects (new firms) FIRST
- Takshashila Consulting
- HPCL
- SavvyParent
- Central Cargo Movers
- DGliger Consulting
- Goldratt Consulting
- HML Industries Pvt Ltd
- MountTech Growth Fund
- Sterling & Wilson
- Summit Consulting
- Vow Cabs
#International Immersion FIRST
- ESADE Business School, Spain
- Entrepreneurial finance and corporate venturing
- Creating high growth ventures
- SDA Bocconi, Italy
- Hydrogen in Europe Challenge: Action plan for ISPT (Institute for Sustainable Process Technology)
#Admissions Webinars FIRST
- Webinar Title: Networking – Power of connections in Career advancement
#Responsible Management FIRST
- Installation of Sanitary Napkin Vending Machines in NAB with Rotary Club in collaboration with MBAEx batch 16 (2023)
#Ekatva FIRST
- MBA cohorts across IIMs in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Lucknow, Indore and Kozhikode were part of the inaugural edition f EKATVA (एकत्व), the 2-day cultural-sports festival exclusively for one-year cohorts of the six institutes initiated by IIM Ahmedabad
#Confluence FIRST
- Welcomed the forthcoming MBAEx batch 19 on campus
- Attended a live session of Machine Learning in Action with Prof. Soumyakanti Chakraborty
- Participated in Being A CEO session with the session guest speaker – Mr. Dhaval Jain,
- Transferred a structured knowledge transfer (KT) session
#Sponsorships FIRST
- Lattice: SBI, PNB, HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd), VCNow, The Times of India & The Economic Times (Print and media partner)
- Industry Insight Series: SBI
- Home Coming: National Insurance Company, Eastern Coalfields Ltd.
- Confluence: SBI, SafeExpress
#JBS-BARO-C Live Band FIRST
#Social Media Initiatives FIRST
Alumni in spotlight series
Footprints in the sand
ThankYouProf
#Lifestyle Cultural MBAEx Farewell Event FIRST
- Mentalist
- JBS Baro-C
- Photo Booth
- Writing Wall for Faculty, Admin, and students
Dear Batch 18, looking forward to many FIRSTs as Alumni