This is the presentation I delivered at All India Management association's 8th National Research Conference.

1. The Changing Nature of ‘Management
Graduate Careers’ – Aligning Curriculum
Development to Industry Needs
By Rajeev Soni

3. Major expectations from
the newly minted MBA’s –
From the perspective of an
Entrepreneur

4. Hit the
ground
running
We need people who
can come in, roll
their sleeves up and
start producing
results… FAST!

5. Decisions are tricking down
Emphasis on
Initiative and
innovation rather
than Command
and control. So
groom students
to take initiative
and think beyond
their narrowly
defined job titles

6. Entrepreneurship
Not starting a
company but take
ownership, be
resourceful and
resilient

7. Business schools need to
emphasize the following

8. Knowing
Doing
Being

9. Knowing
Doing
Being

10. Knowing
Doing
Being

11. Managing Up
Everything from getting right guidance, to
interesting, high visibility responsibilities to
career advancement depend on it

12. Dealing with Failure
Help develop a healthy attitude towards taking
calculated risks and dealing with failure

13. Mentorship
Best performers have mentors and coaches.
So, create structures for mentorship early on

14. Thank you
Rajeev is an entrepreneur and technology strategy professional with
over 14 years of experience in working with Fortune 100 firms and highly
innovative non-profits and startups all around the world. Born and
brought up in India, he lived and worked in
Netherlands, UK, Ireland, Greece, South Africa, China and USA. He
moved back to India to start his Digital Marketing and Technology
Products Development firm in 2011. He managed a successful exit when
the company was acquired by a Private Equity group in December last
year. He is now looking at his next adventure.
Rajeev has an MBA with concentration in Corporate Strategy and
Marketing from the Ross School of Business at the University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor and BE in Computer Science and Engineering from
Jiwaji University
Contact
Email: rajeev@rajeevsoni.com
Website: www.rajeevsoni.com
Phone: +91 8750611761