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B&E’s Pallavi Srivastava catches up with management graduates who looked beyond the traditional corporate career and took up non-conventional jobs... and that’s what made all the difference!

Unlike Sarath – who found his calling relatively late – actress Manjari Phadnis knew very well from the beginning that a corporate career is not what her true calling is. Manjari is currently pursuing an MBA from the Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM). As an actress, she got a lot of accolades for her role as ‘Meghna’ in Imran Khan’s debut movie Jaane Tu Yaa Jane Na! The pretty lass started her career as an actress when she was just out of school. Her first movie was Planman Motion Pictures’ Rok Sako To Rok Lo. She has also starred in Anjan Dutta’s critically acclaimed National Award winning movie Faltu. “Acting has always been my first priority, but I have always made it a point to complete my formal education alongside. MBA is something that I am doing because I really enjoy it. Also, being an MBA teaches you how to deal with people well,” says Manjari. The actress strongly feels that the entertainment industry is where she belongs and that is her true calling. Her MBA, however, will help her to be a better manager and a better marketer which nevertheless will be an added advantage in the tinsel town. “On the screen or behind the scenes, entertainment industry is where I belong and that is what I will keep doing,” she concludes.

So while entertainment is Manjari’s true calling, 27-year-old Kaushalendra Kumar has his heart set on working for the upliftment of the farmers of Bihar. After completing his MBA, Kaushalendra is at present running an NGO, Kaushalya Foundation, that focuses on mobilising and organising the informal and fragmented vegetable sector of Bihar. And Kaushalendra is not alone in this cause. His friend O. P. Singh, who is also an MBA from IIM Ahemdabad, shares the vision of making Bihar the vegetable hub of the nation – the common motive for the two to start Kaushalya Foundation.

Coming from a farmer’s family from a village in Nalanda district of Bihar, Kaushalendra Kumar is very well familiar with the predicaments that a farmer faces in Bihar. He accepts, “I belong to a farmer family in Bihar. I have seen their troubles and also opportunities they missed out on because they were not guided.”

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri
and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).

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Ranked 1st in International Exposure (ahead of all the IIMs)
Ranked 6th Overall
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IIPM IN FINANCIAL TIMES, UK. FEATURE OF THE WEEK
IIPM strong hold on Placement : 10000 Students Placed in last 5 year
IIPM’s Management Consulting Arm-Planman Consulting
Professor Arindam Chaudhuri – A Man For The Society….
IIPM: Indian Institute of Planning and Management
IIPM makes business education truly global
Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri
Rajita Chaudhuri-The New Age Woman
IIPM B-School Facebook Page
IIPM Global Exposure
IIPM Best B School India
IIPM B-School Detail
IIPM Links
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IIPM – FLP (Flexi Learning Program)

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Nitish Kumar has become Bihar CM after a long fight and wait, he is now campaigning for a second term

“This is the time for change and to get the best out of it, we will have to wait.” These are the words of Nitish Kumar, the Chief minister of Bihar, who was talking to people during his Vikas Yatra in Bihar. He promises to effect tremendous positive change in the state, which until now has been suffering from poverty, lack of education and other administrative faults.

A product of JP Revolution, Nitish had to keep a devil’s patience before taking on the helm of affairs in Bihar. An Electronics engineer by profession, Nitish’s political career started when he joined the student revolution first in 1974 and then in 1977, when he was sent to jail under MISA. A strong and patient man, it took Nitish longer than his contemporaries Ram Vilas Paswan and Lalu Prasad Yadav, who had joined the politics during the same period. But in 1985, when Nitish first reached the Bihar Assembly, he never looked back. In 1988, he became the General Secretary of Janta Dal. In 1989, he became the member of Lok Sabha for the first time and the Union Agriculture Minister in 1990. He also became MP in 1996 and 1998 from Janta Dal, not just as a political leader but also as a leader. But it was only when he defeated his colleague and Dalit leader Ram Vilas Paswan and became the Railways Minister in the Vajpayee government, that his real abilities as a politician came in the limelight. For Nitish, who wanted to go up in the political ladder, this was a God-sent gift which he capitalised on to the fullest. When he became the CM of Bihar in 2005, it had begun a totally new chapter in his life.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri

and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).

For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.

2012 : DNA National B-School Survey 2012
Ranked 1st in International Exposure (ahead of all the IIMs)
Ranked 6th Overall
Zee Business Best B-School Survey 2012
Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri’s Session at IMA Indore
IIPM IN FINANCIAL TIMES, UK. FEATURE OF THE WEEK
IIPM strong hold on Placement : 10000 Students Placed in last 5 year
IIPM’s Management Consulting Arm-Planman Consulting
Professor Arindam Chaudhuri – A Man For The Society….
IIPM: Indian Institute of Planning and Management
IIPM makes business education truly global
Management Guru Arindam Chaudhuri
Rajita Chaudhuri-The New Age Woman
IIPM B-School Facebook Page
IIPM Global Exposure
IIPM Best B School India
IIPM B-School Detail
IIPM Links
IIPM : The B-School with a Human Face
IIPM - FLP (Flexi Learning Program)