Gautam Puri's Advice to MBA Aspirants on Career, CAT, IIM, Work Experience, Life and More.

In today's Konversation, we are excited to bring to you Gautam Puri sir, Faculty & Vice Chairman ‪@Career_Launcher‬ , the man who has sent 1000s of aspirants to the IIMs and top B-schools and is continuing to do so.🙌
Can you believe it when he says he used to get just passing marks in school?
The conversation starts with him telling how he was disinterested in his studies and that he only started liking studying during his engineering days at Punjab University.🏫
He tells a fun story of how working at HPCL pushed him to find another lucrative career option that landed him at IIM Bangalore.
He shares his stories of how the IIMB campus used to be in the 80's and early 90's.
Gautam sir shares how he joined Career Launcher as the 2nd employee and started the work with his founder, who happens to be his IIMB classmate.🤝
How they were always passionate about trying new things like introducing mock CATs and OMR sheets and emerging with all the hurdles of making what Career Launcher is today.
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One thing that remained constant in his journey from the start was his passion for teaching; he says he will teach until the time when he is not able to.
Further, we also discussed the FAQs related to CAT, like taking online vs. offline coaching, joining the MBA before or after Work Ex, and more such topics.🗣️
The video will be a delight to watch and will give you insights through his journey and the work he has done.
💬Watch the video and let us know your thoughts and queries.
00:00 Coming up
00:59 Konversation Cafe Intro
04:06 Who is Gautam Puri
06:08 Gautam Puri joined HPCL
08:34 Gautam Puri talks about his friends from engineering college
11:32 Weekend vibes of Bangalore
12:32 Gautam Puri’s time at IIM Bangalore
13:06 Scholarships at IIM Bangalore
16:55 How did Career launcher start?
21:09 Growth journey of Career Launcher
28:44 Gautam Puri realized that Career Launcher was going to be this big in scale
31:24 Gautam Puri on the evolution of CAT as an exam
33:55 Gautam Puri taking CAT every single year since 1995
36:12 Gautam Puri on should you take CAT again or wait another year
39:27 Why did CAT exam lose steam in the last decade
42:49 Gautam Puri on diversity, information asymmetry and access issue across the country.
44:30 English is over-emphasized in India
45:30 Gautam Puri loves teaching
47:20 Work ex for MBA is overrated
49:31 Difference between personalized and group coaching
51:04 The future of CAT and MBA aspirants
54:37 IIM Ahmedabad vs IIM Bangalore
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[@InsideIIMKonversations]

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[@bkj446]

One of the humble CAT mentors. Baki to sab to bhaw khate rehte hai.

[@InsideIIMKonversations]

Thank you for your kind words. Stay tuned for more such content🙌

[@smruti3250]

Yes

[@prO-dp5uy]

Whata gem of a man

[@pravinlamdade1555]

Thumbnails are soo true..i can't agree more.

[@Goa-ct4wq]

Loved the simplicity of this learned man ❤ After all we love such motivating stories but we love it more when explained in a humble simple approach rather than a professional one filled with some lies.

[@InsideIIMKonversations]

Glad you liked it

[@jatinsingh4425]

So down to earth.....loved his way of speaking ❤

[@InsideIIMKonversations]

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[@zsertyyds]

For a change we get to see an educator and not an influencer! Good job insideiim

[@InsideIIMKonversations]

Thank you for the feedback. We'll try to bring more such speakers in the future🙌

[@ashishdhami1607]

Honest konversation And spoke from heart

[@InsideIIMKonversations]

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[@strangegaming8126]

Loved session🎉

[@InsideIIMKonversations]

Glad you liked it. You might also be interested in watching - linktw.in/KrUaoo

[@abhikmandal3458]

Superb Conversation

[@InsideIIMKonversations]

Glad you liked!

[@bkj446]

True about Bangalore, areas around Bannerghatta national park, dairy circle, and Koramangala is just congested.

[@InsideIIMKonversations]

But weather accha hai!😂

[@bkj446]

@@InsideIIMKonversations Kya accha hai 😒 jab bhi mai chhata leke nikal to hu to barish nahi hoti. Agar leke na niklu to barish ho jati hai. Aur auto wale bhaiya ke to alag hi nakhre 😖

[@piyush8575]

Very authentic person 🔥💯

[@InsideIIMKonversations]

agreed!

[@InsideIIMKonversations]

Thank you for your kind words. Stay tuned for more such content🙌

[@hearambasharma]

When someone is well equipped with all the life-tools, not just IIMs, entire education doesnt make any sense.

[@sriparnasen5820]

😊😊

[@kunalsingh2680]

English is over emphasized in India thats very true 👌.....all credits goes to missionary schools and their products

[@InsideIIMKonversations]

Do you think this scenario would change in future?

[@nancygardensable]

With due respect english is justifiably emphasised..please let's not go on the upsc csat route with cat too.

[@utkarshparmar2003]

Hello Just trying to have a genuine conversation. I think the necessity of English 10 years ago was much more than it is now. Because the recruitment was done mostly by MNCs, English was very necessary. With the increase in number of Indian startups and completely Indian companies who work majorly in India (swiggy, unacademy, bharatpe) , the need for good English communication, I think, is reducing ('good communication' being different from 'good English communication'). English helps. It really does. But the necessity in the recent times has decreased. Happy to get different perspectives)

[@rohans1174]

The fallacy is to take the part as a test of someone's knowledge or fluency of English. Where as the part i.e VARC actually is a test of candt's aptitude, just like QA or DILR. The difference is here they use 'words' instead of 'digits'. 3 criteria; 1. Is he/she able to comprehend what's being told in a common language for everyone? 2. If he/she 's able, then is there ability to infer things from that? 3. If all that are done, then does he/she have the ability to set a narrative? VARC is never about testing someone can communicate with fluent English or not. Familiarity with English language....helps. Likewise familiarity with Quants helps in other two sections. Anyway it's a game of filtering out. The most common tool which will eliminate masses most, they'll use that. It is never about the skills which is useful for business leaders.

[@rohanpawar5282]

I hate it when engineers cry because exams give English importance. Just because their strength is mathematics. If a non science graduate says that about mathematics engineers would mock him because hes not smart enough. If you can be amzing at maths you can learn english too. So suck it up and put the time in to learn the language. After all its the language of the world.

[@PoojaKumari-im9dx]

Profile - 84.88 percentile with 85 percentile in varc, 96 percentile in door and 23 percentile in quants. 7/6/6, Nc OBC, non engineer female. Background - Bachelor's in orthopedics. Work ex - 3 years + 1 year teaching What are my chances for IIM ROHTAK, IMT Ghaziabad, IMI Delhi , FORE? Should I fill IITs, which ones? Should i fill IMT Ghaziabad and IMI Delhi?

[@InsideIIMKonversations]

At 84 it is little difficult to get a call from IIM rohtak, IMT G. You can try colleges like FORE, KJ Somaiya

[@hardikhindocha9462]

Where this event has happened, IF We want to attend it live, How can we atttend it The place and the city name??

[@InsideIIMKonversations]

Hi, we organize Konversation Cafe between every 6 month-1 year. This conversation is from our Konversation Cafe 2024 haapened in Delhi in December 2023. We regularly post information about these events on all our social media handles, so please keep visiting our social handles once in a while for details.

[@raghavmarthi8843]

Urban Planning Click like 👍

[@ananthsaiadapa1712]

I have studied graduation in distance education....can i get IIM??

[@yashvirat3973]

Yes.

[@InsideIIMKonversations]

Yes!

[@onasunnyday366]

@@InsideIIMKonversations sir,i will work in a bank for upcoming 3 yrs....should i do mba after that, im 23 now

[@doyouseehowinfinteyouare]

​@@onasunnyday366do executive bhai.

[@Khush-rz4os]

​​@@InsideIIMKonversationssir I am 23 now, my cat score is 89 percentile, should I wait one year for IIMs?

[@mandimandi5098]

Why MBA is on the background? Master union is authorised to give MBA degree

[@rishabhyadav481]

why all mbs talk like this

[@gaurijadhav8394]

Abhishek upamanyu

[@sohamghoshdastidar]

Refinery😂

[@somu_dadda]

Just wasted half of my hour and lost patience, bye. Thankfully i don’t study there

[@saqibjamadar1982]

Hey I got 99.06 percentile on my second attempt, fresher, Open category, electrical engineering from tier 3 college, UG: 8.8 , Diploma: 9.1 , school : 80%, what are the chances of getting a call from the OLD IIMs, and if not should I go for third attempt to get IIM A,B,C. Please help me out

[@caul69]

bro old IIM calls have already been released, and you probably wouldn't have got any given that I have the same percentile and almost same profile

[@prateek3068]

My frnd got a call from IIM A, C...Studied engineering at a top state govt clg... Cat 98.8 percentile... 10th 96.2%, 12 th 94%, Btech 9.02 CGPA...

[@PradeepSingh-fh6pw]

Padhai leekhai mai aab kuch nahi rakhhaaa hai

[@arnabkumarbanerjee8150]

Is government selling IIMs too ?? Would dare to sell Aligarh Muslim University, Jamia Islamia University, and other such muslim university??

[@priyanshuagarwal8602]

Are bhai fir IIT BHI ACHI EDUCATION NHI DETA KY IIT VAALE KYU KR RHE H FIR SHRM KRLO THODHI SI KYU ITNE KAPTI HO RHE HO PAISE K LIYE KAMINO

[@Khush-rz4os]

Bro lagta h bhut bhadke huye ho, iit se ho ya iim se brother