Life after IBS had not been very difficult for Paromita on the job front. IBS had already trained her to meet the challenges head on. All the projects that they were made to undertake were a clincher for her future career pursuit. However, Paromita was ready for any industry as she graduated though she was marketing major. And she ended up with 4 excellent projects too with the likes of Reliance Infocom, ITC Limited, ICICI Capital Services and finally All India Technologies. Shiv also too took up two projects, one with ICICI Capital Services and one with his family business. These multifaceted projects gave a sense of direction and by the end of the course they were ready to meet the corporate challenges. Paromita says that these projects “also rendered us more confident to face interviews and GDs”.

Moving on to lighter planes Paromita says that some of her best friends are from IBS and she is very much in touch with them. Subhankar Dutta (Deloitte, Bangalore); Somdatta Chakraborty (Sengupta), who is married and settled in US; Soumitra Dasgupta (ICC, Kolkata); Hari Shankar Dubey and Taqui Ahtar Siddiqui (with HSBC in Kolkata) especially are her friends for life.

Paromita’s advice to fellow alumni:
“I will urge all the students to take your projects very seriously and not look at it as an extended holiday. This is your opportunity to feel the corporate challenge as a student and trust me if taken seriously, it can make your career. Also undertake as many case studies as possible as it will help you to develop have analytical skills and an in-depth perception.” ◊