Many important takeaways from JSB session on ‘Business Education as A Means to Professional Success’

Business education is more than a means for a PGDM or MBA degree. It is an empowering edification for charting out a successful professional career in the 21st century.

Illuminating thoughts and opinions such as this marked the session on ‘Business Education As A Means To Professional Success’ by Dr Uttiyo Raychaudhuri, Vice-Provost for Internationalization at University of Denver, USA. Held on 23rd June, 2021, as a part of the Virtual Pre-Orientation Programme of Jaipuria School of Business titled PRARAMBH – JOURNEY TO EXCELLENCE, the session kicked off with an apt statement by the key speaker. He said, ‘Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.’

During the course of the online session, Dr. Raychaudhuri touched upon a number of important points about business education being a strong force in carving out a long-lasting career. Business education, he said, creates strong fundamentals in an individual. It fosters an understanding of ethics and cultural diversity, apart from promoting perseverance and life skills that are so essential to succeed in professional life.

The exclusive purpose of JSB’s Pre-Orientation Programme is to acquaint the students of PGDM Batch 2021-23 with the business school and the corporate realities.

For these students, Dr. Raychaudhuri had valuable advice.

He told the students to be wise in their selection of the college and the PGDM specialization, keeping in mind all that an individual seeks to gain from higher education.

He concluded the session with the statement that ‘Leadership entails conviction, persistence and the right moral compass.’

Jaipuria School of Business is one of the best B-schools in North India. It has recently been awarded as the Best Management College in India for Placement by the Integrated Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI), 2021. The B-school has had an enviable placement record for many years and even notched excellent placements for its graduates during the pandemic.

Admissions for the PGDM Batch 2021-23 are currently open and a few seats are left.The new students are already being initiated into the wonderful world of business education at Jaipuria School of Business.

Mr. Achal Rangaswamy conducted a session for the Batch 2021-23 on 19th June 2021, on the Topic ‘ Going Beyond the Uncharted Landscape‘ which is also the title for his book. He started his talk with the question ‘Why are you here? Mr.Rangaswamy emphasized on one of the important skills which every manager should possess is Decision making. As a coach himself, he described the importance of a coach and mentor in everybody’s life who can guide and instill the right set of work ethics, values, perspectives, and self-leadership skills for a successful career path.

JSB Pre-Orientation Programme Commenceswith Insights from Academia and Industry

PRARAMBH – JOURNEY TO EXCELLENCE, the Virtual Pre-Orientation Programme for PGDM Batch 2021-23 of Jaipuria School of Business, Ghaziabad, commenced on Thursday, June 10, with lots of valuable insights from academics and industry experts.

The Inauguration Ceremony, held online, started off with the welcome address by Dr Jitendra Kumar Mishra, Director, Jaipuria School of Business. In his address, Dr Mishra welcomed the guests and students of the new PGDM batch and he highlighted the importance of ‘collaboration and upskilling’ as the key skills of budding managers.

Mr Vinod Malhotra, Advisor to Jaipuria Group of Educational Institutions, was the Guest of Honour and he shared pertinent insights on personal well-being, happiness. He emphasised upon the Design Thinking model for problem-solving in the 21st century.

The Inauguration Ceremony’s Chief Guest, Dr Himanshu Rai, Director IIM, Indore, began his address with a Paul Volcker quote and emphasized on the need for introspection in every individual’s life. He said teachers are lifelong learners who bear the great responsibility of educating young generations. Dr Rai’s advice to the students was, “Do not fall into the trap of fears” and “Do what you love to do or what makes you happy.”

Dr Rai reserved the strongest message of his speech for the females attending the session. He told them, “You have to take charge of your own decisions. No one else in your life should do that.”

The good vibes that the Inaugural Ceremony created were visible to the students of the PGDM 2021-23 batch of Jaipuria School of Business. Some of the students voiced their expectations from the business school and they also laid out their dreams, goals and ambitions.

Dr Timira Shukla, Dean, proposed the vote of thanks to bring the Inaugural Ceremony to a close.

PRARAMBH – JOURNEY TO EXCELLENCE is a virtual pre-orientation programme aimed at acquainting the students with the institute, and build a foundation to leverage the immense potential that lies ahead in the 2-year long academic journey with one of the best PGDM institutes in the Delhi-NCR region – Jaipuria School of Business.

The inauguration ceremony will be followed by students engagement including session conducted by industry experts, and various weekly assignments, presentations and quizzes for the new students of batch 2021-23. Their journey to professional excellence has got a head start. 

JSB in collaboration with Amazing Workplaces organized ‘RACHNA’ a National Article Writing Competition on the Theme ‘Future of Work; Recreating the work & Workplace, on 29^th of May 2021. RACHNA was an opportunity for all the students, to showcase their talent by articulating their thoughts and explore their writing skills. The event was announced on the 28^th of April 2021, the last date for submission of the article was the 15^th of May 2021. We received more than 160 articles from reputed Universities and Colleges Pan India, a few to name; Delhi University, Banaras Hindu University, KIIT, Fore School of Management, IIM Indore, etc. Under the guidance of, Evaluation committee, 15 best articles were selected for the presentation on the 29^th of May 2021. The event began with the Inaugural session, where the Director, Dr.Jitendra Kumar Mishra, Congratulated the participants, and the organizing team, for the success of the event. A panel of three members; Dr.U.MAmin, (Professor Marketing JSB) Dr.Timira Shukla (Dean Academics, JSB), and Ms.Ekta Capoor (Co-Founder of Amazing Workplaces) assessed the participants. The competition was constructive where each Participant presented, his/her views about the theme, and countered the questions raised by the Panelists. The event was concluded by the closing remarks from Ms.Ekta Capoor; and the announcement of the winners for the competition.