Nanyang MBA participant partakes in MBA World Summit 2019
Article contributed by Marta Kucmierz, Class of 2019. I was chosen to be a part of 6th MBA World Summit, organized by German company called QX Quarterly. This year MBA World Summit took place in Sydney and was co- hosed by the Australian Graduate School of Management at University of New South Wales- the continent’s top institution which actively contributes to its thriving economy. Previous summits took place in Hong Kong,…
Grand winner of Sasin Bangkok Business Challenge 2019!
Article contributed by Haridesh Sharma and Maneet Singh Ahuja, MBA Class of 2019. “As an entrepreneur, there should not be any limit to your imagination and dream” said Prof. Vijay Sethi in the first class of Entrepreneurship course. After Prof informed everyone about Bangkok challenge, Suryansh and Maneet reached out to me asking whether I was interested in participating Bangkok Business Challenge. Although I joined another group for class, I could not…
PMBA PIONEER COHORT SERIES: (4) EXPERIENCE BY LWIN LWIN AUNG
Q: Tell us a little more about yourself. A: I came from Myanmar to Singapore 14 years ago. I was originally planning to do my ACCA, a professional accounting qualification before doing an MBA but I changed my mind and went ahead to do a CPA instead. I was thinking of doing an MBA immediately after the CPA, but my parents advised me to gain more practical work experience before…
Beach Cleaning Event
Article contributed by Pijarin Chotechaungmanirat A dirty environment is a sign of social decay. A dirty environment especially in tourist destinations, not only affects the local people but also overall society as a whole. A dirty environment, definitely affects the country’s reputation negatively, hurts country economy and harms fitness and wellness of people in society. With beach clean-up activities, participants get to experience how hard it is for cleaning staff…
Impact Investing Panel
Article contributed by Yuching Chang and Cheryl Tam. On the evening of Tuesday, November 13, 2018, 24 students from the Nanyang MBA, Fellows MBA, and MSc Accountancy programs attended the impact investing panel discussion hosted by the Nanyang MBA Social Impact Business Club at the MBA Lounge. The event started off with a buffet dinner that was highlighted by the crowd favourite chocolate brownies. This was then followed by the panel discussion…
MBA Alumni on the Nanyang-Waseda and working at Microsoft Japan
“Work hard, play hard and be insatiably curious”: Class of 2018 Graduate, Leo Tan on the Nanyang-Waseda Double MBA and working at Microsoft Japan. As an undergraduate studying applied chemistry, Leo Tan never imagined that he would eventually work at tech giant Microsoft as an operations deal manager. After obtaining his bachelor’s degree, he filled roles in sales and business development at two Japanese companies. His jobs allowed him to…
PMBA PIONEER COHORT SERIES: (3) EXPERIENCE BY ABDUL AZIZ
Q: Tell us more about yourself. A: I’m a business manager for technology in APAC and Singapore. Basically, my role encompasses managing the headcount in APAC region – Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore and specific regions in India – and see if we can share resources in order to lower business cost. I also deal with the location strategy for these regions as well. Personal-wise, I’m pretty much a family guy.…
MBA Olympics 2019
Article contributed by Abhishek Bhardwaj, Nanyang MBA Class of 2019 . The 9th edition of the annual MBA Olympics was held on January 20, 2019. It is the marquee event of the Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University calendar where business schools from across Singapore come together to compete across various sports while supporting charitable causes. Multiple teams from schools like National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore Management University (SMU),…
CHAMPIONS of the John Molson Case Competition 2019
Reflections on the John Molson Case Competition by (L to R) Liao Minghao, Victor Han, Daniela Pillhofer and Vishnu Prasad. Nanyang MBA, Class of 2019. What motivated you to join this case competition? It started with Prof. Vijay Sethi’s sharing of the competition in class. We quickly realised that the opportunity to participate at the JM Case Competition would provide an occasion to test our skills in an intense environment,…
PMBA PIONEER COHORT SERIES: (2) EXPERIENCE BY JERLYN KOH
Q: Tell us more about yourself. A: I’m actually a pharmacist by training. I used to dispense in a hospital, but I felt that clinical work might not be suitable for me hence I moved to the business side of the industry. I had the depth of industrial knowledge, but I realised that I didn’t have the breadth. For example, when it comes to finance and accounting, I see a…