Choose either side of motion; Avoid confrontation

I am Ankur Ogra. I passed out of the institute in 2006. I was awarded the Achin Ganguly Memorial Scholarship for topping the entrance examination. I have worked in various advertising agencies like Dentsu, Ogilvy & Mather, Draft FCB Ulka and I am currently working with Percept Hakuhodo as Senior Manager– Strategy. I have worked on various brands like American Express, Hutch/Vodafone, Tata Docomo, Indian National Congress, Hero Honda, Canon, Oswal among many others. I was also doing theatre during my days at the institute with Barry John and acted in some plays with him.

First, congratulations on cracking the entrance examination. You have crossed a major hurdle but there is still some way to go.

The GD and interview would actually be an extension of the written exam given by you, as even they would test your knowledge of various topics and issues ranging from the world of advertising\ marketing to general issues concerning the country and the world.

Let’s take the interview first; this would be conducted by a panel of 3-4 people, who would include professors and working professionals. They would generally ask you basic questions about why you want to do the course, questions pertaining to your under graduation, where do you see yourself 10 years down? ...etc to more general questions (which would test your general knowledge).

Be calm and don’t become nervous if you don’t know the answers to certain questions, you are not expected to know everything! Please don’t give vague or wrong answers. Avoid that all costs. Admit that you don’t know about a particular thing\topic if you are not sure about it.

Dress semi formally\ formally. Avoid wearing casuals like torn jeans or floaters.

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Regarding the GD, it would again be a topic of general knowledge, in which you would either have to speak for the motion or against; you would be called into the interview room along with 4-5 other candidates and you will have to take a stand.

Choose either side of the motion, as long as you have a logical reasoning or factual data to back your argument. Avoid a confrontation with other candidates, as that would not leave a good impression on the judges. Please don’t be dismissive of the motion that you haven’t taken, as that would also have its pros and cons as well.

In the end, try coming to a conclusion and encompass everyone’s views on the motion.

Best of luck!

Cheers!!!

Ankur Ogra

Just Have A Conversation

Simrata Singh passed out from the RTV Dept of IIMC in 2006. For her first job as an intern on the general news desk of TIMES NOW she moved to Mumbai. After working there for close to two years she moved to NewsX as a reporter and news anchor. After another two years of experience at NewsX Simrata moved to STAR network’s Home Shopping channel, Star CJ Alive. She is presently working as a Lifestyle Show Host at Star CJ Alive in Mumbai.



Firstly, congratulations to all those who have cracked the written test. You are amongst the lucky few from all over India who now stand here, preparing for the final lap. Now that surely sounds flattering and I’m sure it gives you a lot of confidence. That is where you need to look at your interview checklist and remind yourself that you are almost there but still not there.

Point number one on the checklist: Confidence.

As simple as this sounds this quality is very tricky. It’s just like cooking that perfect meal. A little bit over or under and all your efforts become fruitless. The panel needs to get the impression that you know yourself, you know your goals, you know the path and you know exactly what you are talking about. But at the same time they need to feel that you need them, their guidance, their expertise and lessons from their enriched experience to achieve your goal.

Never should the panel feel that this guy is too smart for his pants. And never ever should they also feel that you are not outspoken and confident because let’s face it, you are being interviewed for a communication course. If you lack communication skills you are definitely at the wrong place.

Now to achieve this balance of confidence you need to keep a few other points from your checklist in mind.

Point number two being body language.

Dress up preferably in smart casuals and make sure your clothes don’t bother you. When you enter the interview room walk with confidence, look pleasant and happy to be there and make sure you make eye contact with each and every one sitting on that panel when you wish them. Eye contact in fact is very important throughout the interview. For every question that you answer please look at everybody. Make them all feel important.

Now as you’ve walked in, the first impression has been made and it’s time to move on to the question answer session. I am sure we all know what kind of questions to expect. Why do you choose this field? What is your opinion about this present burning current affair and so on and so forth.

For the first question, why this field, please think of an honest reply beforehand. Because if you say I want to be a journalist to change the system, you will only amuse the panelists. If you say you want to become an anchor straight up you will amuse them even more.  So think hard, why you want to do this and be as honest as possible.

After the obvious questions we now get on to discussions about various topics which we cannot predict. But if you are a smart candidate you can decide the course of your interview. Your answers will lead your panelist to ask the questions you want them to ask. So think about the issues you are most comfortable discussing and weave them in your conversation so seamlessly that you actually become the director of your own interview.

But just in case you can’t direct your interview, it’s ok!! It is not an easy task to decide how your interview goes. In that case you might just encounter a situation where you get stuck. A question whose answer you don’t know. An issue on which you don’t have an opinion. Its ok.!

Panic is the last thing you should do. Even if you have stammered, even if you’ve spoken wrong grammar, you have to tell yourself that panic will only make things worse. So what do you do? Just move on, tell the panelists you don’t know much about the issue, tell them what little you might know but don’t fake anything please. The panelists too will understand and move on to another topic where the communication is not one sided.

So well, I guess that’s it.!! Just go there and talk and discuss the way you would with people as if it wasn’t an interview. Be normal, be spontaneous and just have a good conversation. That one always works!!

All the best

Simrata Singh

The gift is worthy to those who once had dreamt of possessing it

Like the two faces of a coin, we humans also are a mixture of good and bad qualities. I am no exception to the rule that no one is born perfect. A graduate in English and Psychology, I want to utilize the gift of expressing myself through words in carving a niche for myself.

Firstly, I would like to congratulate all the blessed souls who have successfully made their first move towards fulfilling their dream of being a part of the institute. I consider them blessed because, i) they are gifted with skill of luring people with their thoughts and words that helped them get through, and ii) they are going to be associated with IIMC, the dream, the truth.

The results having been declared, each of us got what we deserved- tears of joy, tears of sorrow, disappointment, failures and experience! Nobody got home empty handed. I, personally, got a mixed taste, of disappointment, hopelessness and God knows what. Like all of you, I too knew what I had done in the paper, the moment I came out of the room. It wasn’t like I was trying to hope against hope. A few follies here and there, still, that restlessness, that dream of leaping in the air overjoyed after seeing my results, seemed to linger on my mind for a long time. I kept a track of the result declaration day through the website. So, finally when I saw the due date, that lingering feeling came back to me with full force, giving me restless nights.

There were times when I would have a dream of sitting infront of the panel in the interview room, and then there were times where I would see my very own answer sheet getting torn to pieces. “Dreams are our hidden desires in disguise”, they say. So what was I supposed to interpret from the above dreams?? That I was torn into halves between getting through and running away from IIMC??...Well, these things are too tough for me to understand, so I left it all for 12th of June to decide.

Finally came the day. The anxiety, fear and uneasiness crossed all their levels with each tick of the clock hand. Morning changed to noon, and then to evening. I would open the website page, one half of me praying for the results to get displayed, the other half of me wishing the contrary, fearing the outcome. But as destiny and IIMC would have it, the results were finally displayed. I looked at the screen for 10 minutes, with the mouse right under my hand, waiting eagerly for that one click. I wasn’t sure whether I wanted to know what awaited me. But then, I couldn’t run from it. So, I decided to proceed. “Click”, and there it was, the result page, staring right into my eyes. I tried to concentrate on the number 020035, the endless list of names in the first column, then I jumped to the second. The numbers 28 and 36 came and went by. “Shit! I am not there”. In desperation, I looked again , AA010036…ah…”It’s AA”, I thought. “May be the-second-time-lucky” charm is going to work for me, so I searched again. AB…ah there it is, AB020… and AB02005….I so wanted “AB020035” with NEHA SHEFALI written next to it, to appear on the screen. But I knew it wouldn’t. That feeling when all you want in this world is to see your name somewhere hidden in the list, amongst the other names, when you want to go wrong for once, hoping to see your name in the list when you check it the second time.

The face of truth

Is often unseen

How it unfolds itself

The story is somewhat mean.

Well, it came and went by. Another dream remains a dream. I hope that something better is waiting for me in some corner of the world. I hope the same for those who have had a similar experience. I wish you all great luck ahead. Just wanted to share what I felt with all who cherished and nurtured the dream called IIMC.

Neha Shefali

Ad-PR interview for NRI on 1 July instead of 30 June

Adverting & PR interview for NRI category will be held at 9 am on 1 July 2012 instead of 30 June 2012

Direct link to all GD-PI articles

Dear all,

There are several posts, published in the last 4 years, which deals with Written test, Group Discussion, Interview along with other related stuffs & notice.

The link given below will take you directly to the GD-PI articles.

http://www.iimccounselling.blogspot.in/search/label/Interview%20and%20GD...

IIMC Alumni Association

Date, Time and Venue of GD-PI: ENGLISH JOURNALISM/ 2012-13

Cross check the list at IIMC official page @ http://www.iimc.nic.in/Ej_interview_date.htm

Venue for Interview/Group Discussion - IIMC, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, JNU New Campus, New Delhi- 110067

Important Notice: Please bring all original educational, caste & birth certificates at the time of interview

ROLLNO           NAME

28 JUNE 2012 AT 9 AM

JA010021          SHREYA KEDIA

JA010041          NAINTARA SINGH

JA010054          SUMIT THARAN

JA010064          GARVITA KHYBRI

JA010089          SAKSHI GOOSAIN

JA010147          VATSALA TIWARY

JA010159          NEHA SINGH

JA010171          RAHUL SHRIVASTAVA

JA010176          ELIZA MENA

JA010186          PRAFULLA PARASHAR

JA010191          SUPRIYA CHATTERJI

JA010192          DHARAMPAL SINGH

JA010194          PARI SAIKIA

JA010201          ANEESHA BEDI

JA010203          GARGI BHARDWAJ

JA010204          ZAINAB AHMED

JA010205          KAVITA UPADHYAY

JA010209          ENARSHI NANDI

JA010212          GURU HIMANSHU GOPAL

JA010213          AMIT SINGH

JA010214          ANURAG SHRIVASTAVSA

JA010222          WUNGRAMRIN M SOLO

JA010233          PRIYAM PRASAD

JA010234          SHAILJA JHALDIYAL

JA010237          ADITYA SHARMA

JA010239          SHAILESH KUMAR RAM

JA010245          SHREY PRAKASH

JA010247          PRATEEK CHAUBEY

JA010248          GURKARAN SINGH BAKSHI

JA010249          ATISH THUKRAL

JA010250          SOMESH JHA

JA010252          PRIYANKA SIDANA

JA010255          ASLESHA KADIAN

JA010256          SHREYASI SHUKLA

JA010261          SIDHANT BHAGAT

JA010262          RESHAM BERI

JA010263          PARAS BISHT

JA010264          VEER ARJUN SINGH

JA010265          BHAWANA SINGH MEENA

JA010273          GAURAV BHATT

JA010274          R NANDINI

JA010276          BISHWAJEET MOOKHERJEE

JA010278          D NIKHIL

JA010279          SWATI PRIYA

JA010281          ANKUSH VATS

JA010282          AAKANKSHA SIDHU

JA010283          YOGESH CHOPRA

JA010284          DEBJIT SINHA

JA010286          AHMAD SWALEH

JA010287          KOMAL KUMARI

JA010289          ANVI MAHI

JA010293          NIKITA CHAWLA

28 JUNE 2012 AT 1 PM

JA010296          HARISH BENJWAL

JA010298          NIKITA TAKKAR

JA010299          AMISHA

JA010300          T K SREERAJ

JA010302          TARUN JOSHI

JA010304          ROHINI SINGH

JA010307          RUCHI PRADHAN

JA010309          ROHIT RAI

JA010310          NEHA JAISWAL

JA010313          MOHIT SHARMA

JA010314          ASHISH KUMAR JHA

JA010315          DEEPALI GERA

JA010316          ANURAG

JA010317          BHANU PRIYA VYAS

JA010319          SANYA SURI

JA010322          ANUPAM SAXENA

JA010331          TARUNA HOODA

JA010333          NAMRATA TRIPATHI

JA010341          MAHAAK JAGGI

JA010359          SMRITI SINGH

JA010363          SHEIKH NOORUL HASSAN

JA010366          RATNA SEHGAL

JA010367          ANANT PRAKASH

JA010368          SHALINI SHARMA

JA010375          BHAWNA RANA

JA010378          AKRITI JAYANT

JA010381          ISHA JALAN

JA010383          JAPNEET KATHURIA

JA010385          ANANYA SHARMA

JA010387          LIPI BHARADWAJ

JA010399          ANKITAUPADMYAY

JA010402          ISHLEEN KAUR TAKKAR

JA010405          AMBIKA GONDANE

JA010410          POOJA VERMA

JA010412          ANIRUDH MADHAVAN

JA010413          DEBARATI DASGUPTA

JA010414          RIDHIMA SHUKLA

JA010415          SWATI MADAN

JA010418          PIYUSH SAINI

JA010420          ANURIYA

JA010422          TARUNA GARBYAL

JA010425          TANIMA BANERJEE

JA010429          DINDIE HIBU

JA010430          AKSHAY PASI

JA010433          RAVI GUPTA

JA010435          ANIMESH  CHANDRA

JA010436          SATARUPA SANDILYA

JA010443          SHILPA SAMANT

JA010461          SIBY JOSE

JA010464          TANVI MEHROTRA

29 JUNE 2012 AT 9 AM

JA010471          CHETNA GUPTA

JA010475          NIMISHA PACHORY

JA010476          SHEFALI BHAKUNI

JA010477          RINCHEN NORBU WANGCHUK

JA010479          RUPINDER KAUR

JA010482          PALLAVI GHOSH

JA010483          MEGHNA TALWAR

JA010485          KRUTTIKA SALAPAKA

JA010487          BAJAT  SAIN

JA010488          SURBHI BHARTI

JA010489          GAURAV ARORA

JA010490          YAMINA RAIS

JA010491          SHAWN SEBASTIAN

JA010493          KANCHAN MONGA

JA010496          RACHANA SHARMA

JA010498          SURBHI TANDON

JA010499          SHEEZAN NEZAMI

JA010501          TANIKA TANEJA

JA010503          VIBIZONO YHOKHA

JA010506          AARUSHI THAPLIYAL

JA010507          SURABHI SHAURYA

JA010508          ANUPAMAMEHRA

JA010509          SANKALP KHANDELWAL

JA010510          NISHA RAWAT

JA010514          HIMA SEM

JA010519          ANUGRAHA HADKE

JA010521          PARUL SABHERWAL

JA010524          DISHA SYAL

JA010525          RACHTI PATNI

JA010527          SUGANDH JUNEJA

JA010528          ANGELENE JESSY

JA010529          SANGEETA KRISHNAN NAIR

JA010530          BASTI POWLWLOSE

JA010531          MADHAV AGARWAL

JA010533          PREETI SINGH

JA010537          MD ASIM SHAAN

JA010538          VAGEESHA MISHRA

JA010541          SIDHARTH SHEKHAR

JA010542          NAZIM

JA010545          SUMANDRA SINGH

JA010546          IFRA GULZAR

JA010548          ROSHAN GUPTA

JA010553          SHASWAT PANDA

JA010556          YUKTI SEHGAL

JA010560          MOHNISH SINHA

JA010562          PORISMA POMPI GOGI

JA010567          VIPUL BAKSHI

JA010568          PRIYAN SAHA

JA010569          SNEHA YADAV

JA010570          VASUNDHARA RAJBONGSHI

29 JUNE 2012 AT 1 PM

JA010571          SHRUTI TIWARI

JA010575          KAKOLI CHAKRABORTY

JA010577          SRISHTI GAIROLA

JA010584          KOUSTABH MUKHERJEE

JA010597          SAAHIL MENGHANI

JA010615          ALANKRIT SENGER

JA010629          NAVYA BAHADUR

JA010632          KATYAYINI SINGH

JA010634          TENZIN YUTSO SHARCHOKPA

JA010635          SHIVANGI MITTAL

JA010636          NOOPUR BADOLA

JA010639          ABDUL MUIED SIDDIQUI

JA010647          HAMMAD

JA010648          KOMALPREET KAUR

JA010649          NANKI SINGH

JA010652          SUGAM SINGHAL

JA010655          YATER BUI

JA010656          PRACHI

JA010659          PIYUSH MISHRA

JA010660          SONAM KUMARI

JA010663          DIVYANSHU DUTTA ROY

JA010671          NIHAL PARASHAR

JA010672          MANI SHARMA

JA010676          ROBIN BUNKER

JA010682          NIDHI GERA

JA010686          RAJNENDRA KUMAR SINGH YADAV

JA010687          KARAN DHAR

JA010689          VINEET KRISHNAN

JA010690          JUNHAI JAISWAL

JA010693          SHABDITA PAREEK

JA010694          NIHARIKA SHARMA

JA010696          VIKASH KUMAR

JA010697          SHARMISTHA NIRMAL DUTTA

JA010701          KANIKA GAKHAR

JA010703          LOHIT PAREEK

JA010704          ANKITA TANDON

JA010708          ANUSHREE KUSHWAHA

JA010713          SRISHTI MALAVIYA

JA010714          GAGANDEEP SINGH DHILLON

JA010726          ANUSHREE JAIRATH

JA010727          SHUCHITA SHARMA

JA010737          ADITYA KAKKAR

JA010740          HARSH VARDHAN

JA010742          TSECHOE WANGMO

JA010744          ADITYA ANAND

JA010745          RAMA DWIVEDI

JA010747          MANNU ARORA

JA010748          AMRITA TIWARI

JA010753          SURAJ KUMAR

JA010755          SWETA GOSWAMI

30 JUNE 2012 AT 9 AM

JA010756          SHRUTI BHATIA

JA010757          NAMRATA CHOUDHURY

JA010759          POOJA KALA

JA010761          DEEP SINGH CHOWHAN

JA010764          KUMAR SAURABH

JA010765          ROHIT JOSHI

JA010767          SUNITA RANA

JB020002          ABHAY KUMAR

JB020005          SAIYED DANISH JAMAL

JB020013          JYOTI BASFOR

JB020027          ABHISHEK SONKAR

JB020039          ANOOP SHUKLA

JB020049          SHOAB ALAM ANSARI

JB020061          PRAMIT VERMA

JB020072          KISHOR RASHABH DWIVEDI

JB020075          RAJEEV PRATAP SINGH

JB020085          RISHANK RATAN

JC030003          VIJAY VISHAL

JC030004          RITU KUMARI

JC030009          SWATI SAVARN

JC030012          SHAILY

JC030017          SURBHI KUMARI  PRASAD

JC030020          PALLAVI

JC030022          SHWETA

JC030026          MANISH KUMAR

JC030027          ADITI RAI

JC030036          MRITUNJAY MADHAV

JC030055          PRITIMA KUMARI

JD040008          SREEJEETA GHOSH

JD040012          KASHIFA ZOYA SARFARAZ

JD040013          POONAM MONDAL

JD040020          KAMALIKA GHOSH

JD040026          UDIT ROY

JD040028          SHUBHRANKA MONDAL

JD040030          WRIDDHAAYAN BHATTACHARYYA

JD040031          ANIRVAN SENGUPTA

JD040033          AASTHA AHUJA

JD040034          RAKTIM KUMAR NAG

JD040037          SUBHRAJIT ROY

JD040043          ANANYA DAS

JD040044          ROOP LEKHA PODDAR

JD040045          SUCHAYAN MANDAL

JD040046          DHRUBA JYOTI PURKAIT

JD040047          MALYABAN GHOSH

JD040052          SOMRITA GHOSH

JD040059          SUMAN CHATTERJEE

JD040060          AWNESHA BARUA

JD040061          CYNTHIA RANJEETA SIKDER

JD040063          AMRAPALI SAHA

JD040068          SHRABSTI MALLIK

30 JUNE 2012 AT 1 PM

JD040070          SHAYAK MAJUMDER

JD040071          DEBALINA DEY

JD040072          PUJA MISHRA

JD040073          KOPPALA ANJALI RAO

JD040077          KHUSBOO KUMARI SINGH

JD040078          MANISHA DASH

JD040081          ARNAV BHATTACHARYA

JD040082          KRITTIKA DE

JD040085          SOHINI PAL

JD040086          SOHINI MITRA

JD040087          ANANYA BANERJEE

JD040091          SRABASTI DEY

JD040093          SHRIPARNA SAHA

JD040094          SAYANTAN MONDAL

JD040097          SHREYA DAS

JD040098          BARNI SAHA CHOWDHURY

JD040107          YASHEE

JD040108          MADHURA GHOSH MUKHERJEE

JD040109          DEBOLINA DEB

JD040113          ANINDITA BASU

JD040116          RITUPARNA BANERJEE

JE050001          BEDASREE RANI DAS

JE050003          DWITHUN BRAHMA

JE050007          JOYSHREE BARUAH

JE050011          ANANYA CHAKRABORTY

JF060004          PRAGYA PALLAVI

JF060010          ABHINITA MOHANTY

JF060018          PRIYANKA PATTNAIK

JF060019          SRINIBAS ROUT

JF060022          ANWESHA AMBALY

JF060023          MONISHA DIKSHIT

JF060025          SNEHA HEMBRAM

JF060026          SUSANT KUMAR DAS

JF060028          TAZEEN QURESHY

JG070002          SRUTI

JG070003          NAGEN

JG070004          VIKRAM MUKKA

JG070005          MOHAMMED OSAMA SALMAN

JG070009          DANISH AHMAD

JG070010          AISHWARYA VERMA

JG070011          POOJA K CHHABRIYA

JG070012          SNEHA BANERJEE

1 JULY 2012 AT 9 AM

ROLLNO                       NAME                                                  

JG070015          SILADITYA RAY

JG070016          AJAY KULIGOD

JG070017          DEVIKA KRISHNA KUMAR

JG070020          MOHAMMED DANISH K

JG070021          MURUKESH KRISHNAN

JG070022          PROTYUSHA DEY

JG070025          MD GHAZALI

JH080002          AKRITI SONI SETH

JH080003          ANITA YADAV

JH080004          CHANDNI RASTE

JH080008          SNEHA AGRAWAL

JH080011          NAMRATA DEVIKAR

JH080012          RAJAT RAVINDRA UBHAYKAR

JH080014          SHRIRAM JAMBUNATHAN

JH080016          SHATAKSHI TANAJI GAWADE

JH080018          ANANYA DAS

JH080019          SHREESMAN VENKATESH

JH080023          D. K. RITURAJ

JH080024          VEDA RAMASWAMY

JH080029          POTDAR AVADHOOT VISHVANATH

JH080031          AMRUTA PRADEEP LAKHE

JH080032          CHINMAY SADANAND KALAL

JI090001           TIKESHWAR SHORI

JJ100001           MARIA GRACE LALRAMENGI

JJ100002           NIGEL HMINGTHANSANGA

JJ100004           ZODINTHARA R M

JK110002          KARNIKA SAXENA

JK110003          TABASSUM BARNAGARWALA

JK110022          KANIKA MATHUR

JL120001          V HANSA

JL120002          RAJAT MALIK

JL120005          SUBRAT PATNAIK

JL120009          SNEHITA KOTHARI

JL120011          SHALINI JAIN U

JM130002         ANKITA BHALLA

JM130003         HEMA HANDOO

JM130007         ANKIT SAPROO

JO150001          ANITA BABU

JO150002          JITHIN SHAJI

JO150005          NISAM ASAF K J

JO150006          AJITH KUMAR

JO150009          RENJIT THOMAS MATHEW

JO150010          ARUN ARAVINDAN

JO150011          MOHAMMED MUJTHABA M S

JO150014          LAKSHMI RAMANARAYANAN

JO150019          FARSHAD M C

JO150021          MOHAMMED SHAFEEQ E

JO150022          SHAM MOHAMMED B

JO150023          NITHYA M

JO150024          AKIL MURALI

JO150026          ANUPAMA K

JO150029          CINTHYA ANAND