Hunt is on again to identify NextGen corporate leaders
31 August, 2015 | The Times of India
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Rica Bhattacharyya
The Economic Times
Participation open for The ETYL B-School Edition; entries close on September 28
Mumbai: Jagannath Mishra, 27, who joined Tata Steel as a category manager in procurement in April, says he has a great topic to discuss and a great CV point after he made the final list of The Economic Times Young Leaders B-School programme in 2014.
“The Economic Times Young Leaders B-School programme gives you a platform to test your mettle and to understand from the stalwarts of India Inc the skills required to build a successful career in today’s corporate world,” says Mishra, who graduated from Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar.
Your first step to becoming a CEO can happen while you are still in B-School. Announcing the ET Young Leaders B-School edition 2015, a national talent hunt that seeks to identify and celebrate promising young leaders from India’s premier B-Schools before they step into the real professional world. Over 10,000 students signed up for the programme last year, with only 19 making the final list. To make it to the prestigious ETYL B-School edition list, candidates will be put through real-life corporate challenges and be grilled by top CEOs. Sign up for the challenge at www.etylbschool.com.
To be screened through 10,000 applicants from business schools across the country, engaging with top CEOs of India Inc and making it to the final list of 19 is always an experience for a lifetime. And that was the biggest takeaway for the 19 young leaders who made the final cut for The Economic Times Young Leaders B-School Edition in 2014. The national level talent hunt, which was launched last year, assesses final year, full-time post-graduate students studying in Indian business schools on their potential to become future leaders.
The hunt is on again this year to find future leaders across India’s top B-schools and those that make it may well be taking their first step into the corner room.
For Sahitya Veeravalli, who joined with Bharti Airtel this June from Faculty of Management Studies, New Delhi, making it to the final cut of The Economic Times Young Leaders B-School programme carried good weightage in several of her job interviews on campus. Veeravalli loved the fact that the competition was open across B-School in India and not for a s;elect few. The final 19 toppers have formed a WhatsApp group, she adds, which helps them stay connected, discuss openings and share information.
B-school aspirants will go through four challenging tests and a final interview with CEOs to be certified as Young Leaders. Those that make it to the list will also receive pre-placement offers and pre-placement interviews from the Aditya Birla Group, the presenting sponsor.
For Stuti Pandey, who joined the Aditya Birla group in May, her first job offer came through the ET Young Leaders platform. In the final jury interview round Pandey was grilled by Vivek Gambhir, MD, Godrej Consumer Products and Ajay Srinivasan, CEO, Aditya Birla Financial Services. Pandey impressed both jury members with her clarity of thought and humility. Pandey, who graduated from Xaviers School of Management, Jamshedpur, says the platform gave her an opportunity for networking with peers from various other B-School, while also getting a hang of what a real corporate environment demands through her interaction with top leaders and CEOs through this engagement.
Participation is now open for The Economic Times Young Leaders B-School Edition. Entries close on September 28, 2015. To participate, visit www.etylbschool.com. Conversations on young leadership are also abuzz on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/etylbschool) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/etylbschool).
For queries, e-mail: etylbschool@timesgroup.com
