From an Engineer to an MBA in Finance.

Greetings, I am Ankit, A couple of years ago I was a Mechanical engineer surrounded by machines, tools, equipment and a lot of drawing sheets. Today, I am surrounded with calculators, numbers, charts and a lot of excel sheets. But things which I always enjoyed were common in both of these fields i.e. brainstorming and analysis. I always watched my idol self as working in a team solving strategic challenges and making key managerial decisions. This kind of life was more probable after an MBA. But why Finance you would ask.

I entered IGBS with an open heart open for every possibility whichever would put me in a position where I can become my idol self as soon as possible. I knew academically branches of MBA were all common for first year. I read every subject with equal enthusiasm. But I find myself inclining towards subjects like Managerial Accounts and Indian Economy. I was getting a very crucial and foundational understanding on the topics like National Income, GDP, Balance Sheets, Cost management, etc. Further I discovered that doing an MBA in Finance opens new opportunities for CFA, CMA, CPA and even CA. These are the people working in top management at MNC. I decided to take Finance as my area of specialization.

When I shared my decision with my peers I faced some resistance that how could I tackle Finance as a non-commerce background student. Here, I would like to thank all the faculty of IGBS all were very supportive especially, Dr Supriya Desai Ma’am my mentor and our Director, Dr. Virendra Tatake sir. She understood that it is very difficult to cope up with subjects like Managerial Accounts especially for a non-commerce background student and taught accordingly. She assured me that it is not a bad decision to go for Finance with an engineering background on the contrary it is much sought after combination in corporate world. IGBS also arranged its career development program where we are provided with certification like finance gym, derivatives market, interacting with industry leaders and financial modelling.

Cumulative efforts of IGBS faculty, my batch mates and peers helped me drastically in my journey. For helping me work in technical skills as well as soft skills, I was fortunate enough to secure a placement from campus itself. I am really very grateful for all the guidance and learnings that I got from the institute. One important thing which I underestimated all my life and now I cherish the most is the relationships with people around me. MBA made me realize people will always be at the center of business, every project in fact every step of your life. I would like to end my blog with a Pop culture reference from a popular TV show ‘The office’ – “A good manager doesn't fire people. He hires people and inspires people. People, Ryan. And people will never go out of business.”

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Ankit Bhimte MBA II Year Student 

Email- Ankit.Bhimte@indiragbs.edu.in

Indira Global Business School, Pune