Did you get the information ?

In this information inflated era, it is still difficult to find the information you need. For example, I have been searching for loans and scholarships information about SDM in MIT. I have come across some Indian students blogs and profiles in LinkedIn. It is very much uncomfortable not to see any information on loans and scholarships they have used to pay for MIT.

The blogs and profiles are so impersonal ( rather professional !?) which keeps you drowning in the ocean of self-doubt. The blogs and profiles show off their "super man"ish quality of achievements and other stuffs, on which I start developing my inferiority complex. There are no "Thanks" for scholarships received and there are no signs of "relief" seen in getting a loan. I have assumed that they all have paid from their pocket or they found something like Design challenges or business trips from MIT is more important to post rather than to discuss about struggling with family or bank to get some support.

How do manage their kids? What kind of analysis they did before they chose SDM MIT? There is no information. Some of them are not deliberately shared, may be because:1) There is no value to it 2) These things are so trivial or basic, that everyone knows about it.

Do only rich people need to study? Many times I blame the whole system of education in India and abroad for their bias towards money. Hmmm. I will continue my search for this information and at least I should share the information to the rest of the world.

Emergence of new techno managers.

IIMC PGPEX placements: so far no good. Atleast it is not impressive to me. One of my friend's friend got placed in Tata International in a purchasing profile with 12 Lakhs PA. For me it does not seem to be a "decent" salary. Also candidates are some what scary about their future.

Pre-MBA, they have some career. Post- MBA, they have some job. That is the situation of today's one year executive MBA in India. Though they have clear aims and aspirations of what industry, what vertical and what role they want to do post MBA, the market situations are not candidate friendly. The glamour of the executive MBA programs holds good till the time the candidates gets a offer and concludes his winning journey with a blog spot titled "ADMITTED in XYZ". The actual journey goes beyond that.

The new job location post-MBA is also not of candidate's choice. I can't imagine shuffling kid's study and wife's comfort zone just because of this. Finally, who drives your career? I think it is not the degree or nor your job profile / experience. It is just the demand from the market drives your career. Nobody gives the job just because the profile of the candidate is god. Jobs are offered only when there is a need, to be selected from the large pool of applications and to the candidate who is ready to compromise on a lower salary. If one can align one's attitude in this direction, job offers will be easier to get.

7-10 years back, the equation Techno managers = Engg degree + MBA degree, was the dominant trend, where is there was no siginificant over lap ( will post in details regarding this difference) and the managers used to function in an isolated finance or some other lucrative job markets, where there was no fluid exchange of knowledge from the two spheres of their domain ( Engg + Business). They used to handle their jobs, with their own natural born talent and sharp aptitude and strong logical knowledge. Thanks to their genes/CAT/GMAT.

As the rationalization trend started in all the fields of engineering and business / management functions, where as "Multiskilling" is the key word, I propose the emergence of new techno manages as shown in the figures:

Also distance MBAs and part time MBAs will be the future of MBA education when compared to one year EMBA, as lot of international colleges have already started emphasizing on such options. Let us watch the trend in India.

Scattered thoughts..

The problem with my blogging is I have lot of information to share and I am so tired to write the loads of information and thinking. I have to write something relevant to that time and not a short story here. I think that would keep my blog running.

After millennium's longest eclipse, my mind is not clear. I am getting angry for unnecessary reasons and it takes longer time for me to recover. And ALMOST I have lost hope in Astrology that keeps telling me good signs about my higher studies etc.,

I called up PGPEX office today and got some confirmation that there will be a list released by this week. They did not tell about how many intakes would be there. Is it not too much to seek for a seat with just 630? I saw the flier released by PGPEX office for placement 2010. I felt my college flier was better than this. I think IIMB-EPGP has done some good work in putting the profiles of their students.

It is pathetic to see a dead and dull face of PGPEX website. I hope nobody is interested in maintaining this. Can this institute offer a world class education? I doubt. Also, no school is really looking for some diversity factor. I could see only one candidate from manufacturing industry for PGPEX 2009-2010 batch. Same case for IIMB- EPGP. If you think, you can leverage on your diversity factor (other than IT functions) then you are assuming something dangerous. Lower GMAT score works only if work experience is more than 15 years.