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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