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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

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

Sunday, June 24, 2012

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

Saturday, June 23, 2012

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

Thursday, June 14, 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.




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