Having recently completed my Term – 1 from one of the top B-schools in India, SP JAIN SCHOOL OF GLOBAL MANAGEMENT in Mumbai. I can vouch for the fact that these 6 months have been the most favorite of my life, filled with learnings, experiences, emotions, networking and extremely precious life lessons. However it isn’t as easy as it seems, it felt like an exam I didn’t prepare for as if someone had pressed a fast forward button and left it like that. Chaos was the new routine. Not even exaggerating, there were times when I was in the class presentation at 1 am in the night, and we had classes for all the 7 days in one week. Imagine! Not even one holiday. We had classes for 14 days straight, but trust me it was all worth it. And when your life is in chaos, you have no option but to fall in love with the madness. As I mellowed down, I learned that it was best to take everything in the B-school phase with an open mind, a willingness to learn, a pinch of salt, and a smile.
Some of the highlights of these 6 months were
- People with almost every kind of mindset
- Bombay Times Fashion Week
- Masterclasses with some of the most amazing people in the industry
- Presentations almost every other day
- Fun Italian lectures
- Insightful field trips
A Digital Solutions’ Architect, New Media Evangelist & an Educationist
(One of my favourite people untill now)
Head – Lamborghini India
( The most honest and inspiring motivational talk )
During the short period, I got the opportunity to work with one of India’s top Fashion Weeks i.e, Bombay times Fashion week. So I was there for about the entire fashion week for Rajeev Popley, owner at Popley jewelry and an artist as well. We got a management project for their runway as well as PR for the art display by Mr. Popley himself. The experience of being at BTFW itself is so overwhelming. The kind of work vibe which I got was amazing. The fact that u have to be spontaneous and creative and have the deliver the deliverables with the quality asked for is a learning experience in itself. Rajiv sir is an absolute delight to work with and is very understanding and professional at the same time.
My story how I got myself into a B-school after all!
It was around 3 am in the night during winters 2018 in my hostel when I was chatting on the phone with a very dear school friend of mine – Priyal when she casually mentioned SP JAIN ’s Masters in Luxury Brand Management 6-year-old program and honestly for months I didn’t even think of doing this. This was primarily due to 3 reasons :
- I didn’t want to do a masters in India.
- Being from a fashion background, I was looking for something core fashion and not an overall market perspective
- It was a little difficult for me to understand if a 1 year MBA was as good as the conventional 2-year programs.
But who knew I would anyway fill-up the form, complete all the formalities and a couple of months later be part of SP JAIN.
For students who just graduated and want to enroll here are some of the tips I can give based on my experience
- Forget your social life
- Read – Read – Read ( specifically about the luxury industry)
- Don’t expect holidays
- Discipline is the key
- Try and reach the classroom half an hour before everyone else
- Don’t do multiple things at a time
- Don’t stress about jobs | It will happen | LEARN
- The focus in classes trust me u ll enjoy
- Work on presentation skills beforehand
- Learn a little bit about formal dressing
- Just be you and don’t get lost in becoming someone else just to please anyone. Be original and shine
If anyone has any queries about luxury or fashion or the colleges I have been associated with, feel free to contact me via Instagram @theluxurysnobb (with a double b ) I would love to be of some use to anyone of you and I ‘ll be really happy to help in any small way. I am just a DM away ❤ <3.
The luxury snob 