2014-15
Placements
A test of a B-School is when its students go out and make a
mark for themselves thereby getting the name of their
alma mater into focus. The task of a recruiter becomes
extremely difficult when despite more than 4000 B Schools
and their students being available for placements; most of
them are not industry ready or employable. This has been a
lament for a decade or more now. With every B School
claiming that their students are given practical and real life
exposure to business and that they develop skills necessary
for a managerial job, it becomes even more difficult to
differentiate and produce students who are right for the
industry. To make it worse, every B School claims to
produce leaders for tomorrow and it appears that there are
more than 200,000 leaders (Global at that!) in the making.
Vanguard Business School is built on the idea that a
resurgent India needs real managers – Managers who lead
by example and who get things done, Managers who create
and deliver quality products, Managers who satisfy and
delight customers – In other words Frontline Managers.
The people behind Vanguard are people who have spent
years in twin roles as practicing managers and trainers. The
combined team of Vanguard has taught more than 1.5 lakh
students over the past decade, helping students get into
the very best institutes in the country. This insight forms a
unique edge that we bring to the Business School we are
now running. We understand what the students want. But
more importantly, we have spent time understanding what
the Corporates want (thanks to our wide network). The
result is an amalgamation of ideas and alignment of
interests of the stakeholders.
We have built Vanguard on the premise that an
effective frontline manager requires a
combination of Attitude, Skills and Practical
Knowledge, with importance in the same order.
These are the foundation stones of our
management program. The program is a mix of
Interactive classes, live projects, one-to-one
Mentorship and much more. The proof of the
pudding is in the eating, a cliché. We have
achieved 100% placements for the First Two
batches of students despite the sluggish market, a
proof of the success of the philosophy behind this
B-School.
I take this opportunity to personally invite you to
be a part of the Vanguard Experience. My team
and I can assure you that your experience with our
students will reflect the fact that they are on a
fantastic learning journey. We expect the same to
transform them from students to becoming
frontline managers who will contribute to the
growth of your
organization.
ARKS Srinivas Director
Director’s
Message
Why Vanguard?
At Vanguard Business School, we like
to do things differently. We are
passionate about educating students.
We bring to the table years of
experience in teaching as well as
work experience in the business
world. Our curriculum boasts of
being relevant and current. We give
necessary importance to Practical
Knowledge, Communication Skills
and Personality Development. At the
end of two years of studying at our
school, our students will develop key
personal attributes required for
frontline managers.
Vanguard Offers The Following Advantages
Educational Experience
A team of dedicated IIM-educated professionals with industry and educational
experience coupled with a hands-on board of advisers with diverse expertise
Mentorship Program
A one-of-its-kind Industry Mentorship program where practicing managers from
various corporations will provide one-on-one mentorship to students at
Vanguard. Young and dynamic faculty with relevant actual corporate experience
to take sessions
ASK Approach
At Vanguard we follow the ASK approach, where the curriculum not only focus
on knowledge building but gives emphasis on attitude and skill set development
equally. Almost all of our courses have practical/project components leading to
better real business exposure for students. We are one of the few business
school to offer Personality Transformation and Industry Project in upcoming
business verticals such as Analytics, Retail, Digital Marketing, Healthcare, FMCG,
Telecom, Hospitality, Advertising etc as part of the curriculum.
Two-Day Internship
We are the only B-School to offer a unique Two-Day internship. In the second
year of this course every students must undergo a two-day internships at
corporate offices in and around Bangalore on two dedicated days every week.
Why
Vanguard?
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Courses
The Vision Of Vanguard Business School is to deliver a curriculum that creates Frontline Managers. Our course content
relies extensively on inputs from corporate to ensure that course at VBS are relevant to what VBS Graduates will be
excepted to do once they pass out. Our Curriculum is based on the revolutionary ASK approach– that maps students
competencies and provide specific inputs that helps students improve in three critical areas, viz, Attitude Skill &
Knowledge.
The method used to deliver learning across these areas is by supplementing course content with Corporate
Exposure ,Industry linked events and Club activates that will improve students organizational capabilities as well as
provide students hands on Insights into Corporate culture trends and realties
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VBS
CURRICULUM
Curriculum Framework
The courses at Vanguard encompasses all areas needed for day to day workings of a business
environment as well as strategic decisions
At Vanguard, we strongly believe that theoretical knowledge should be supplemented with a healthy dose of practical
industry knowledge. Hence, we have offer unique Industry Mentorship program where practicing managers from various
corporations will provide one-on-one mentorship to each students at Vanguard. The Industry mentors will provide
guidance on the following areas -
Assignments
Case Studies
Projects
Internships
Following are the mentors who are from top B-School backgrounds and have many years of managerial
experience at some of the world's best companies.
Mentorship
Program
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Name College Designation Organisation
Ruchika Gudesar FMS College to Company Partner
Vikas Agrawal IIM INDORE Proprietary Trader Vikabh Securities Pvt
Ltd,FinIdeas
Anurag Bhatnagar SIMSREE General Manager Metro Cash and Carry
Amit Gupta FMS General Manager India CZARNIKOW Groups
Nishant Singh IIFT Associate Vice President AXIS Bank
Devendra Gupta NITIE Trader - International Agri Aster Commodities DMCC
Manish Gupta MDI Gurgaon Business Head Trigon Gulf , FZCO
Rahul Chidgopkar IIM I Head of sales Eatads.com
Sudeep Lodh AIM Manila Senior Manager -Business
Development CTS
Kapila Rathod Welingkar CCA & Area HR Head Shopper's Stop
Pinaki Sarkar ISB General Manager WNS Global Services
Ramya Kancharla IIM B Technical Consultant World Health Organisation
Mr. Ajay Arora, Director, VBS, mentoring students
Mentorship
Program
Name College Designation Organisation
Saurabh Chirimar IIMI Manager Google
Samir Bhatia IIMA Director
Ace Management
Consultants and Education
Management Consultant
Udayan Banerjee IIMK
Senior Director and Head-
Institutional, Investment and
Financial Operations- FMRI
Fidelity Investments
Kishore Kadiyala IIMC Founder & MD fullhyd.com
Kiran Kalluri IIMC Lead-APAC Google
Vivek Anand IIMC Director Deccan Coach Builders Pvt Ltd.
Bhavin Zaveri Imperial London Strategic Relations- Private Equity TCS
Sweta Chand IIM C HLP Hinduja Group India Ltd
Shaveen Garg IIM B Senior Associate MNC Consulting Major
Anjan Chatterjee IIMK Vice President-Global Delivery V2Solutions
Jithamithra G IIMA Co-Founder Rouse Digital
Kavish Goel IIFT
Worldwide go to market
manager, IBM rational
(requirements management)
IBM India pvt ltd
Samta Lalan JBIMS/LSB Currently pursuing MBA in LSB ———————
Poorvi Pawar Colorado Board Of
Accoutancy
Manager, Global BPA ( Business
Planning & Analysis)
Novartis India Healthcare, Pvt
Ltd
Vardan Sharma IIFT Marketing Lead-IT Infrastructure
Services HCL Infosystems
Gaurav Datay University of Bath Cluster Head-Internation
Business CIPLA
Roopa Iyengar MDI Associate AARNINE Financial Markets
Advisory LLP
Anand Gautam IIM B Manager Flipkart
Shajan Samuel IIM C Assistant Vice President Aptech LTD
Rahul Garg IIM C Senior Project Manager Fidelity Business Service India
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Team
Profiles
ARKS Srinivas
Director
PGDCM - IIM C
B.E – Osmania University
Ulhas Vairagkar
Director
PGDM – IIM A
B. Tech. - Nagpur University
Balasubramanian Srinivasan
Director
PGDM – IIM Ahmedabad
B. Tech – IIT Madras
Ajay Arora
Director
PGDBA – XLRI Jamshedpur
B.Tech – Manipal Institute
of Technology
Nishant Priyadarshi
Director
PGDM - IIM Kozhikode
B. Tech. – NIT Kurukshetra
Rahul Reddy
Director
PGDM – IIM C
B.E – Kakatiya University
Arka Bhattacharya
Dean-Academics and Head
-Corporate Relations
MBA- IIFT Delhi
B.Tech - COEP
Srinivas Akkapeddi
Senior Faculty
PGDM - IIM Indore
B.Tech - ISM, Dhanbad
Ajay Nayar
Senior Faculty and Faculty
Placement Coordinator
PGDM (C) – MICA
B.Tech – COE, Trivandrum
Sangeeta Sharma
Senior Faculty
MBA (HR)
B.Tech- IIT BHU
Manali Bhattacharya
Manager- Student Relations
MCom Sydenham College
MBA (Marketing)
Pritam Sarkar
Head-Admissions
PGDM - IIM B
B Tech- UVCE, Bangalore
Visiting
Faculty
Rishiraj Dasgupta
IIM Calcutta, B.E Jadavpur Uni-
versity
Quantitative Methods, Supply
Chain Management
Dev Borah Retail Management Specialist Retail Training
Ashish Didwania Sadhna Centre for management Finance
Pulak Mishra TAPMI Information Technology
R. Dorai B. Tech-IIT, Madras Enterprise Resource Planning
Ganesh Iyer IIT Bombay, IIM Calcutta Marketing
Madhuri M CBIT, Hyderabad Mathematics
Sharath Murthy NIT Suratkal, IIM- Lucknow IT, MIS
Lionel Aranha B.Com - St Aloysius College, Char-tered Accountant- FCA Accounting Finance, Law
Dr.Dinesh Kumar Ph.D IIT Bombay Quantitative Methods
Dr. Pradeep Krishnatray Dean - Pondicherry University Market Research
Satish Kumar PGDM-XLRI, B.E, Mettallurgy Information Technology, Quantitative Methods
Mukesh Jain IIT Bombay- Executive Program me in management, Carnegie Melon University Advertising & Business Strategy
A Suresh B.Com - Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupathi Certified Financial Planner, CMNSE Certi-fied Marketing Professional Finance
Kavitha Narayanan PGDM- IIM Bangalore , B.Com- Madras University Finance
Bharathy Jayaprakash ACMA / AICWA, FCA Accounting / Finance
Vikku Agarwal
MCM - Lucknow University, B.Com(Hons) Delhi University
Finance
Vasudevan Murthy MBA,IIM-K World-Class Manufacturing
Subbiah Ravinder PGDM -IIM Bangalore Organization Behavior, Human Resource
Vivek Anand IIM Calcutta
Marketing & Business Development
Sunil Prabhakar VTU, MBA - TAPMI Information Technology, Enterprise Resource Planning
Sachidananda Benegal PGDM IIM B , B.Tech-NITK, Suratkal Organization Behavior, Human Resource
Pulak Mishra
B.E- Electrical Engineering, TAPMI -MBA
Marketing and Operations
Prabhakaran B IIT Bombay, IIM Calcutta Consumer Behavior
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Corporate
Speakers
Mr. Surjyabrat Buragohain Director and CEO Blue Hat Entrepreneurs Pvt. Ltd. Entrepreneurship and how to
write a B-Plan
Ms. Poonam Mandava HR of Titan Industries private ltd HR practices
Mr. Milind Chalisgaonkar Country Advisor of AXA Group General perspective on how to be Industry Ready
Mr. Manuel K Lead - IMS Technology Group
of L&T Infotech
Career Introspection
Mr. Senthil Kumar RM Channel Head of AXIS bank Overview of Marketing and Finance sector in 2013
Ms. Aparna Ashokan Business Development manager Credit Ratings in India
Mr. Kartikeya Misra Chairman & MD of Andhra Pradesh Northern Power Distribution company Why MBA? and "Personal experience in the market"
Mr. Vishwas J Shetty Heading the direct sales team in south of Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd
Mr. Joy Sequeira Vice President of Cholamandalam Investment & Finance Company Ltd. Career in Selling of financial instruments - Opportunities & Skill set required
Mr. Manosh Sengupta Independent Brand and Marketing Strategist Labour Pains- The art of Brand Parenting
Mr. Santosh Mishra HR leader of 24*7 Innovation Labs Data Analytics as a Career option
Mr. Debesh Chakrabarti Business Development Manager of General Mills Sales
Mr. Pritam Kanti Paul Co-founder and Director of BRIDGEi2i Analytics Solutions Big Data Buzz - the changes, opportunities, applications and challenges from a practical standpoint
Mr. Rakesh Godhwani Head of Alumni Association & Adjoint Professor of IIMB Personal Transformation work shop
Mr.Praveen Kamath K Global Head of Talent Transformation for the BPM / KPO division of Wipro
Mr. Rohit Biddappa Business advisory for SMEs, Management Consultant of Entrepreneur Social Media Marketing and Advertising
Mr. Pratap T P Co-founder of QwickCilver Solution, Chief Marketing Officer of Giftbig.com Entrepreneurship and Brand
Mr.Eshwar Vikas CEO/Founder of Mukunda Foods Pvt Ltd. Journey into the world of Entrepreneurship
Mr. Ramesh Krishnan Head of User Experience and Mobility Practices Of Mphasis Future of Mobility and User Experience practices
Mr. Nihar Ranjan Ghosh Executive Director – HR of Spencer's Retail Limited - RP - Sanjiv Goenka Group Overview of Retail Industry
Mr.Anindya Ghosh Senior Managing Consultant of IBM Analytics
Mr. Kashyap S Sr. Analyst- Business Development of Cognizant 100 years of Central Banking
The multifunctional and user friendly Learning
Management System allows a student anywhere
anytime access to his coursework
Infrastructure
State of the art IT Lab
Classrooms at Vanguard
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Classrooms designed to provide technology enabled learning.
Each classroom is fully equipped with audio visual aids and
Wi-Fi broadband connectivity and is fully air conditioned
Our library has an extensive collection of books, magazines
and journals that have been carefully handpicked and
subscribed to.
VBS has a rich collection of Management books and Journals
We have a state-of-the-art computers lab and all
essential software to support coursework in market
research, capital markets etc. Also, the entire campus is
Wi-Fi enabled
Some salient features of our infrastructure
On the second floor of the campus, we have
Student Activity Centre consisting of indoor games
and cafeteria
PGPB03 (PGP 2013-15)
Batch Profile by Graduation Stream
PGPB03 (PGP 2013-15)
Batch Profile by Work Experience
PGPB04 (PGP 2014-16)
Batch Profile by Graduation Stream
PGPB04 (PGP 2014-16)
Batch Profile by Work Experience
Batch
Profiles
8
19
24
18
9
46
5
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30
2
5
19
5 5
6
Janmajaya S Degree B.E in Electrical Engineering Work experience HP (34) Reliance (26) JBS Infotech (23) Internship Titan
Ramya V Degree B.C.S Work experience Tech Mahindra (41) Internship Launch Pad LLC
Vivek Muthukrishnan S Degree B.Tech in Information Technology Work experience Fidelity (39) Internship Feedback Consulting
Debopriyo Bhattacharya Degree B.Tech in Electrical Work experience Digitech (17) Gravity Manpower (14) Aditi Abode Ltd (4) Internship Airtel
Nivedita R Tata Degree B.Com Work experience Goldman Sachs (25) Internship Everstone Capital
Sudipta Paul Degree B.Tech in Computer Science Work experience Validity Systems (21) Internship MobiTrack
Anantha R Degree B.E in Telecommunication Work experience Cognizant Technology Solutions (23) Internship Feedback Consulting
Yashas Niranjan Suvarna Degree B.E in Electronics and Communications Work experience Wipro (23) Internship Titan
Mallikarjun Honnalli Degree B.E in Information Science Work experience Tony Harris Business Solutions (16) Internship Castling Consulting
Student Profiles
Student Profiles: PGPB03 (2013-15)
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Gowtham Reddy Vanga Degree B.Tech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering Work experience R.K. Power control systems (12) Internship Odigma
Ankita Chakraborty Degree B.Com (Hons) Work experience Genpact (9) Internship Airtel
Sriram S Degree B.Tech in Automobile Engineering Work experience Reliance General Insurance Company Ltd (10) Internship Airtel
Prasad D Ganachari Degree B.E in Information Science Work experience Krossover (8) Internship Airtel
Ramana Gowda K Degree B.E in Biotechnology Work experience Krossover (7) Internship Odigma
Jayeeta Pramanik Degree B.A. Political Science (Hons) Work experience Fresher Internship Airtel
Riya Mitra Degree B.A Economics (Hons) Work experience Fresher Internship Pantaloons
Santanu Paul Degree B.A. Psychology (Hons) Work experience Fresher Internship Shreeji Asia
Bidisha Das Chaudhuri Degree B.A L.L.B (Hons) Work experience Fresher Internship Hidesign
Santosh Yadav Degree B.B.A (Hons) Work experience Fresher Internship Pantaloons
Souvik Dey
Degree
B.B.A (Hons)
Work experience
Fresher
Internship
Airtel
Student Profiles
Student Profiles: PGPB03 (2013-15)
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Girish Kumar R Degree B.B.M Work experience Fresher Internship Shreeji Asia
Mala J Degree B.B.M Work experience Fresher Internship Airtel
Prateesh P Degree B.B.M Work experience Fresher Internship Castling Consulting
Dayanand M.V Degree B.B.M Work experience Fresher Internship McCann-Erickson
Anurag Gupta Degree B.Com (Hons) Work experience Fresher Internship Odigma
Ayushi Tiwari Degree B.Com Work experience Fresher Internship MobiTrack
Manish Prasad Shaw Degree B.Com (Hons) Work experience Fresher Internship Shreeji Asia
Nikita Singh Degree B.Com Work experience Fresher Internship Max Fashion
Vivek A Degree B.B.M Work experience Fresher Internship Odigma
Chaitra B.V Degree B.B.M Work experience Fresher Internship Airtel
Student Profiles
Student Profiles: PGPB03 (2013-15)
Placements 2014-15 | 14
Subhadeep Sinha Degree B.Com Work experience Fresher Internship Markelytics
Sibi R Degree B.Com Work experience Fresher Internship Odigma
Soham Banerjee Degree B.Com (Hons) Work experience Fresher Internship Max Fashion
Priti Thakur Degree B.Com (Hons) Work experience Fresher Internship Markelytics
Soumia Biswas Degree B.Com (Hons) Work experience Fresher Internship MobiTrack
Sukanya A Degree B.Com Work experience Fresher Internship Titan
Pritama Chatterjee Degree B.Com Work experience Fresher Internship Max Fashion
Nisaar Shaik Degree B.Com Work experience Fresher Internship Pantaloon
Sayan Mookherjee Degree B.Com (Hons) Work experience Fresher Internship Airtel
Subha Chakraborty Degree B.Com (Hons) Work experience Fresher Internship Titan
Student Profiles
Student Profiles: PGPB03 (2013-15)
Placements 2014-15 | 15
Wasim Mohammad
Degree
B.Com (Hons)
Work experience
Fresher
Internship
Feedback Consulting
Suhas J Degree B.E in Biotechnology Work experience Fresher Internship Max Fashion
Prapti Chowdhury Degree B.E in Computer Science and Engineering Work experience Fresher Internship MobiTrack
Karthik Reddy V Degree B.Pharm Work experience Fresher Internship Airtel
Ajay Kumar Maddineni Degree B.Tech in Biotechnology Work experience Fresher Internship Shreeji Asia
Aritra Sen Degree B.Tech in Computer Science Engineering Work experience Fresher Internship Max Fashion
Banumathi AT Degree B.Tech in Information Technology Work experience Fresher Internship Markelytics
Raghu N Degree B.Com Work experience Fresher Internship Odigma
Abinandan Devadoss Degree B.Tech in Information Technology Work experience Fresher Internship Cholamandalam
Student Profiles
Student Profiles: PGPB03 (2013-15)
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Nilendu Banerjee Degree B.Com (Hons) Work experience Fresher Internship Airtel
Barath Srikanth Bandaru Degree B.Tech in Computer Science Engineering Work experience Fresher Internship Cholamandalam
Abhinaya S Degree B.Sc Work experience Fresher Internship Titan
Indraneela Yeluri Degree B.Tech in Biotechnology Work experience Fresher Internship Odigma
Jayanthi Nettam Degree B.Tech in Computer Science Engineering Work experience Fresher Internship Titan
Naga Karthik Gaddipati Degree B.Tech in Computer Science Engineering Work experience Fresher Internship Shreeji Asia
Kranti Kumar PK Degree B.Tech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering Work experience Fresher Internship McCann-Erickson
Sayantan Datta Degree B.Tech in Electrical Engineering Work experience Fresher Internship Markelytics
Ashish Dutta Degree B.Sc Work experience Fresher Internship Pantaloon
Hari Thirumal Degree B.Sc Work experience Fresher Internship EchoVme
Student Profiles
Student Profiles: PGPB03 (2013-15)
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Deepak Ritti Degree B.E in Information Science Work experience Fresher Internship Titan
Vivek Singh
Degree
B.Tech in Computer Science
Engineering
Work experience
Managineers Group (24)
Arun Prasanna
Degree
B.A
Work experience
Cosmic Global Limited (18)
Shiva Krishna Y
Degree
B.Tech in Electronics and
Communication Engineering
Work experience
Education Wayss (12)
Jayesh Debnath
Degree
B.Com (H)
Work experience
Crystals Events (7)
Venu Gopal
Degree
B.Com
Work experience
Fresher
Karan Singh Chadha
Degree
B.Com
Work experience
Fresher
Sharon Godly Philip
Degree
B.Tech in Electronics and
Media Technology
Work experience
Accenture (12)
Mohit K
Degree
B.Com
Work experience
Vinodh Kothari and Co. (6)
Standard Chartered Scope
International (5)
Padarthi Prakash
Degree
B.B.A
Work experience
Fresher
Rahul Chanpa
Degree
B.Com
Work experience
Fresher
Student Profiles
Student Profiles: PGPB04 (2014-16)
Placements 2014-15 | 18
Kinshuk Saha
Degree
B.Com (H)
Work experience
Fresher
Manoj Kumar C
Degree
B.E in Electrical and
Communications Engineering
Work experience
Fresher
Vignesh G
Degree
B.E in Computer Science
Engineering
Work experience
Fresher
Kaushik PKN
Degree
B.E in Electrical and
Communications Engineering
Work experience
Fresher
Mahendra Lunka
Degree
B.E in Computer Science
Engineering
Work experience
Fresher
Tithi Datta
Degree
B.E in Computer Science
Engineering
Work experience
Fresher
Gowdamanan
Degree
B.E in Mechanical Engineering
Work experience
Fresher
Nihan BA
Degree
B.E in Computer Science
Engineering
Work experience
Fresher
Hariprasath S
Degree
B.E in Civil Engineering
Work experience
Fresher
Vasanth S
Degree
B.E in Electrical and
Communications Engineering
Work experience
Fresher
Student Profiles
Student Profiles: PGPB04 (2014-16)
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Anshu Jha
Degree
B.Sc
Work experience
Fresher
Chanchal Jetha
Degree
B.Sc
Work experience
Fresher
Saiteja Ennamuri
Degree
B.Tech in Mechanical
Engineering
Work experience
Fresher
Sethu Madhav P
Degree
B.Tech in Electrical and
Electronics Engineering
Work experience
Fresher
Jithendra Mani
Degree
B.Tech in Computers Science
Engineering
Work experience
Fresher
Pankaj
Degree
B.Sc
Work experience
Fresher
Chandrika Dey
Degree
B.Sc
Work experience
Fresher
Praveen Kumar
Degree
B.Tech in Electronics and
Communications Engineering
Work experience
Fresher
Aditya Sai R
Degree
B.Tech in Electronics and
Communications Engineering
Work experience
Fresher
Apoorva Singh
Degree
B.Tech in Computers Science
Engineering
Work experience
Fresher
Student Profiles
Student Profiles: PGPB04 (2014-16)
Placements 2014-15 | 20
Naga Sandeep V
Degree
B.B.M
Work experience
Fresher
Mani Deepak Rao
Degree
B.Tech in Electronics and
Communications Engineering
Work experience
Fresher
Abdul Rakib
Degree
B.B.A (H)
Work experience
Fresher
Kumail M
Degree
B.B.M
Work experience
Fresher
Student Profiles
Student Profiles: PGPB04 (2014-16)
Placements 2014-15 | 21
Pramodh
Degree
B.B.M
Work experience
Fresher
Testimonials
Student
Initiatives
Airtel : Akanksha Kanojia, HR-KK
Our Experience with students of Vanguard Business School has been extremely good, not only are the students willing
to go extra mile to learn but they are also very committed towards the tasks given during internship and display
qualities like discipline, eagerness to learn which makes it mutually fulfilling relation. The students hired from campus
are also doing well with us in various roles in Karnataka
Castling Consulting : Chandan Kumar, Co-founder
The best part about recruiting from Vanguard was the personal touch they gave in supporting our recruitment efforts.
The process was very streamlined and minimized our time requirements - something critical for a young company. We
had the opportunity to look at the candidates of our choice as per our convenience. We were positively surprised by the
performance of both the interns. Their intent, determination and dedication met our expectations. Within the
internship period they turned into an integral part of our team. We look forward to a long term relationship with
Vanguard and recruiting from them whenever we have requirements
Max Fashion : Sanjay James , Senior Manager Human Recourses
We had students from Vanguard Business School who had interned in Human Recourse, Marketing and Visual
Merchandise department. The contribution made by all of them are highly appreciated. They were all very eager to
learn and quickly adapted to corporate environment. The marketing and VM interns were actively involved in new
stores launches. They also participated in a lot of i-store promotional activities. The HR interns were actively involved in
lot of HR activities – Recruitment process, Engagement activities, Reward and Recognition Programs and data base
management. Their commitment an diligence are highly appreciated.
Personality Enrichment Program (PEP)
The personality enrichment program is an initiative taken up by the students for the students. This program aims to go
beyond academics and the stuff you learn from books. There are a myriad of activities covered which include group
discussions and debates, movie and book review sessions, documentary viewing, impromptu speeches, etc. These
programs aim to bring out the creative and intellectual side of students and add new dimensions to their personality.
Vyuha (Case Study Competition)
Vyuha, Vanguard’s annual case study competition saw great participation from the student community. Real world
problems faced by corporates were shared with us. This event was judged by industry experts from various domains like
HR, Branding, Finance and Strategy. While the HR event was judged by Gnanesh from Sales force and Annapurna from
Essilor. Mr. Pulak Mishra from Strategy division of Wipro shared valuable insights with us. Branding guru Manosh
Sengupta took us through the nuances of brand marketing. The event concluded with Ms Seema from PNB distributing
certificates to those who were able to crack the finance case successfully.
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Life at Vanguard
Placement Committee – B03
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Student Council – B03
Student Council and Placement Committee are the apex student bodies at Vanguard with various clubs under
them
Student Bodies and Clubs at Vanguard
Magnate Fintelligent Street-smart Vyasa
Entrepreneurship Club -
Students with entrepreneuri-
al spirit get a chance to
showcase their B-Plans.
Many start-ups have
conducted competitions in-
viting solutions for real
world business problems.
Some of these interactions
have successfully resulted in
internship offers.
Finance Club -
Conducts various events
related to finance and
stock market. Vanguard’s
student has bagged the
runner-up award for
“Stock Minds”, a national
level event conducted by
ICICI Securities
Marketing Club -
Activities related to mar-
keting and strategy were
held, like re-positioning of
some popular brands
which failed. A live case
on IIT-JEE training center
for which the students had
to design a marketing
strategy was a part of the
club activity.
Literary & Cultural Club-
It is the cultural club con-
ducting various fun filled
activities, culminating to
the biggest intra-college
fest in Vanguard’s calen-
dar, Vihaan. Other events
conducted by this club are
Salsa workshop, cultural
nights and performance of
rock band.
Clubs
Our fourth batch of 35 students will be
available for Summer Internships from
mid-April 2015 to mid-July 2015
Details’ regarding the internship processes need to be informed to VBS by the companies
The companies can conduct Aptitude Tests (Online or Paper & Pencil), Case Studies, GDs and Personal
Interviews and facilities to conduct the same are available at the campus
An internship offer made by a company is binding on the student
The internship offer is expected to be given on the Same Day of the selection process
Placement Process
Summer Internship Process Cycle
Placement Training in Progress
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All students are available for
the recruitment process from
October 2014 onwards
Vanguard encourages companies to come
on campus and engage in pre-placement
talks through presentations about the
profiles offered for internship
Selection By Companies
Engagement with the B School
The Vanguard team will continuously monitor each student’s progress throughout the internship period.
At the end of Internship period, feedback from each company is taken on the student’s performance
This feedback will help us guide our students in an enhanced manner so that we can work on the
strengths and weaknesses of each student and prepare them better for the future
Discussion regarding PPO and PPI will be made after feedback
Final Placement Cycle
Our third batch of 60 students will be graduating in March 2015.
All the students will be available for Final Placement process from October 2014 onwards.
Vanguard encourages companies to come on campus and engage in pre-placement talks through
presentations about the opportunities available.
Students express their interest based on specialization, job prospect and location.
The selection process is then conducted which includes various rounds such as aptitude test,
group discussion, personal interview.
Companies then make offer to the selected students.
As there are parallel selection processes which take place, most companies make an offer at the end of the
selection process on the same day.
However if the company is unable to make the offer on the same day, it is expected to make the offer
within 3 days from the day of selection process.
Students selected through the placement process can join any day after their graduation.
2-Day Internship Program
While most MBA schools in the country have just the summer internship to offer to their students, Vanguard has
incorporated an innovative 2-Day Internship in its curriculum. The 2-Day Internship Program allows students to gain
corporate experience after the Summer Internship. This is intended for students in the second year of its PGPM
program. The program envisages two full days in the week being reserved for a longer term part time internship
engagement with companies.
Internship details:
Duration - August 19th to December 17th (4 months)
Days in the week - 2 days, Tuesdays and Wednesdays
The main objective of this program is to provide students additional corporate interaction on an on-going basis
in the second year after the summer internship. Each student will on the whole have close to 6 months of
corporate experience before final placements.
Companies looking for longer Summer Internship, can have students continue in the same organization for
2-day internship even after the summer internship stint is completed.
This is beneficial for the company as well as it gives them a longer time span to observe how Vanguard
students function in a professional environment. Many companies have made final placement offers in the
past based on the performance of student during the 2-day internship.
Why 2-day Internship?
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Summer Internship Program
As a part of curriculum each student in Vanguard has to do their summer internship for a tenure of 3 months. MBA
being a professional degree classroom learning by itself does not give the holistic picture of the business environment.
Therefore it is very necessary to have hands on experience in the corporate world while pursuing their PGPM. The
summer internship program forms an integral part of PGPM course. It is mandatory for every student to engage in the
internship process.
The summer internship process which happens in parallel with our final placements has turned out to be a grand
success. We managed to achieve 100% Placements in a process that lasted for a period of 3 months.
The summer placements witnessed participation from 20 companies and have made 102 offers for the batch of 60
students. The roles were offered in diverse sectors such as private equity, telecom, NBFC, advertising & media, data
analytics, retail, social media, market research, manufacturing, consulting, finance and IT/ITES. We were successful in
receiving PPO and PPI from companies like Airtel, CRISIL, ITC, Castling Consulting etc
Axiss Dental Bharti Airtel Castling Consultancy
CCMPL Cholamandalam CRISIL
echoVME EduMENTOR Everstone Capital
Feedback Consulting Finideas Fresco Social
Hidesign IDBI IIFL
ITC Jubilant Retail Launchpad LLC
Learn-Wise Markelytics Max Fashion
McCan Erickson MobiTrack Odigma
Pantaloons Radio Mirchi Scooters India
Shreeji Asia Social Beat Sportskeeda
Tata Communications Thrillophilia Titan
Trabacus V2Solutions VistaMind
Vodafone YLG Salon And Spa
Recruiters for Summer Internship
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Axis Bank Limited Bata India Bharti Airtel
Biocon Limited Incite(formerly Bluegrass studios) Mondelez India Foods Limited (Formerly Cadbury India Ltd.)
Castling Consulting Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Limited
Daimler India Commercial Vehi-cles Pvt. Ltd.
Delyver Feedback Consulting Frappant Technologies Private Limited
Fresco Informatics Function Space Imarticus
Inspired Living Jubilant Retail Levi's India
Max Fashions Mukunda Foods Nike
Ogilvy & Mather P(X) Pantaloons
Pelican Equipment PIXYCARS.COM Reliance Jio Infocomm
Reliance Mutual Fund Sarah Schneider Electric
Sportskeeda Stakeholder's Management Tavant Technlogies
Thomas Cook Titan Unity Consultancy
Vodafone India YFM uniforms
Recruiters for 2-day Internship
Profile Wise Split
Sector Wise Split
Profile Offered
A perfect score: Vanguard achieves 100% placement Vanguard Business School (VBS) is proud to report the
completion of its second Final Placement Process.
Vanguard Business School, Bangalore - Final Placement report 2014
For further information please contact:
Ms.Nivedita R Tata (Convenor of Placement Committee) - [email protected]
Mr. Arka Bhattacharya (Head of Corporate Relations) - [email protected]
Mr. Ajay Nayar (Faculty Placement Coordinator) - [email protected]
Final Placement Report 2014
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Credit analyst profiles were offered on campus this year by HSBC and CRISIL.
Consulting profiles also made a debut with the Associate Consultant profile being offered by Feedback
Consulting.
Other prominent roles on offer this year include Risk Management by Dun & Bradstreet as well as product
manager profile offered by Reliance Jio
We also managed to bag offers from marquee advertising firms Ogilvy and Mather and Lowe Lintas.
FMCG Major Colgate-Palmolive was a key addition to our list of elite recruiters.
Telecom Major Airtel also made its debut as a recruiter at VBS and was in fact also the highest recruiter on
campus this year offering as many as 11 offers spanning 4 diverse profiles to VBS students.
Analytics major Mu-Sigma was also amongst our first recruiters. Banking & finance majors ICICI Direct,
Cholamandalam, HLF and Magma Fin Corp offered business development profiles.
Retail majors Pantaloons, Jubilant Retail, Max Retail offered Operations, HR, Logistics and Merchandising
profiles for their retail operations
For further information please contact:
Ms.Nivedita R Tata (Convenor of Placement Committee) - [email protected]
Mr. Arka Bhattacharya (Head of Corporate Relations) - [email protected]
Mr. Ajay Nayar (Faculty Placement Coordinator) - [email protected] Placements 2014-15 | 29
Performance
Snap shot
Sector
Wise Split
Function
Wise Split
Our Prominent Recruiters
Second Annual Convocation Ceremony Of Vanguard Business School
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Mr. Krishnan Sitaraman, Sr. Director - Compliance - CRISIL Club Meeting
HR Conclave VYUHA- Case Study Competition
Stock Mind Winner Group Picture
Talent Show Day
Life at Vanguard
Teachers Day
address: 3/A, Hyland Industrial Estate, Bommanahalli
Hosur Main Road, Bangalore 560068
tel: +91 80 4903-0111
email: [email protected]
Faculty Placement Coordinator:
Arka Bhattacharya +91 96206-38009
Ajay Nayar +91 78296-70500
Student Placement Committee:
Nivedita R Tata +91 9739847854
Debopriyo Bhattacharya +91 8867936774
Prateesh Prasad +91 9901448189
Ramya V +91 9008660368
Vivek Muthukrishnan +91 7204314656
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