Noshir Kaka, Director, McKinsey & Co., Inducts Batch of 2009 at JBIMS

Noshir Kaka, Director, McKinsey & Co., Inducts Batch of 2009 at JBIMS

Continuing its proud tradition of inducting every new batch with a lecture by one of its most prominent alumni, JBIMS inducted the batch of 2009 with a lecture by Mr. Noshir Kaka, Director, McKinsey & Co. Mr. Kaka, an alumnus of the batch of 1994, is the global Practice Leader of the Outsourcing and Off-shoring Practice at McKinsey.

Noshir Kaka, Director, McKinsey & Co., with the New 2009 Batch at JBIMS

In a highly interactive session, Mr. Kaka spoke about his experiences at the institute and the great legacy of JBIMS. He highlighted the advantages the students of the institute enjoy by virtue of being located at the heart of the business district of India's financial capital, Mumbai. Recounting his own experiences, Mr. Kaka talked about how he undertook several live corporate projects while at the institute and even received two pre-placement offers.

Mr. Kaka talked about the very competitive nature of admissions to JBIMS, which serves as an excellent filtering mechanism and ensures a very high quality level of students that make it to the institute. Mere interaction between different members of the batch is an opportunity for learning and knowledge sharing.

The batch was introduced to the universal concept of a structured approach towards problem solving. Mr. Kaka emphasized the importance of developing a definite framework for collecting data and facts, and an analysis which involves testing of a hypotheses leading to a crisp recommendation towards a solution.

Having worked at the McKinsey office in London for a year, Mr. Kaka also briefed the batch about the experience of serving on overseas assignments as well. Drawing on his experiences in sectors as diverse as ITES, Oil & Gas, Banking and Aviation, he helped the batch gain a holistic perspective of various businesses and functions.

The session entailed invaluable advice for some of the brightest young minds in the country at the very start of their management program. It served as a great source of inspiration to the batch of 2009.

Concluded.

Contributed by -
The Corporate Relations Committee,
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.

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