Guest Lectures

Mr. Gaurav Saini, Head – Training and BPQA (Direct Marketing), TATA AIG Life Insurance was invited for a guest lecture by PDC Club of SJMSoM, IIT Bombay on 10/02/2010.

The PDC club has been established as a forum by students to augment their soft skills and present their ideas in the best possible way by exuding the best of their communication strategies.

Mr. Gaurav Saini has a rich experience of more than 12 years in many domains i.e. Sales, Operations, Training & Development, Customer Service, OD and General Management. Prior to joining Tata AIG, he worked with a number of big companies i.e. Fed Ex, AMWAY Corporation, Max New York life Insurance, Aviva, Hewitt Associates.

The session was conducted with a view to deliver some hard core realities of the corporate world and give the students a firsthand feel of the industry culture. Mr. Gaurav Saini talked about

1. Relevance of MBA in today’s corporate world

2. The culture of Sales and Marketing world

3. How to succeed in corporate life

4. Stress management

5. People management

6. Importance of communication

7. Work Life Balance

Mr. Gaurav Saini also shared some of his own experiences from the corporate world and gave a detailed view of the culture being followed by sales executives.

The participants showed an overwhelming response to this session as they found the matter really close to the reality and appreciated the experiences shared by the speaker. The session was very interactive and audience’s all queries and concerns regarding the life and culture in the corporate world were very nicely addressed. The session marked a great success of the initiative to foster learning and sharing. Participants attended the session with great enthusiasm and zeal.

“The session was filled with the realistic experiences with a pinch of humour and a lot of inspiration”

-          Parth Damor, Ist Year, SJMSoM

“It was really nice and gave me a very fair idea of what happens in Sales and Marketing”

-          Ankiita Yadav, Ist Year, SJMSoM

“The session very nicely covered all the important aspects of the work culture in the corporate world”

-          Meghna Tyagi, Ist Year, SJMSoM

“I found it very close to the reality and covered all the things which I was expecting from the session”

-          Mukul Kejriwal,2nd  Year, SJMSoM

                                                                                                                           

                                                                                                                           Surinder Singh, 1st year , SJMSOM, IIT Bombay