Course Name Faculty

Advertising and Sales Promotion Management Abhishek

AMDA Arnab Laha
Prahalad
Asset Backed Securitization Venkateshan
Karthik Sriram,
Bayesian Methods for Data Analysis Dhiman Bhadra
Behavioural Finance Joshy Jacob
Srikumar
Big Data Analytics Krishnamoorthy
Bionics Samir Shukla
Business and Intellectual Property Anurag Agarwal
Nagarajan
Business Government and Law Anurag Agarwal
Ramamoorthy
Dheeraj Sharma,
Business & Society (VF)
Sharad Sarin
Business to Business Marketing (VF)
Sunil
BTOT Maheshwari
Amit Garg, P.R.
Carbon Finance Shukla
CBBS A K Jain
Bharathan
CCCS raviC
Kandaswamy,
Contemporary Film Industry: A Business Perspective VF
COC george kandathil
S.C. Bhatnagar
Consulting in e-Governance: From Vision to Implementation (AF)
Communicating Corporate Responsibility Asha Kaul
Sunil Unny
CST GUptan
Kavitha
Data Visualization & Decision Making Ranganathan

Developing an Entrepreneurial Personality Kirti Sharda

Samir Barua,
DFES D.Karthik

Sunil Unni
Difficult Communication Guptan

Kavitha
Digital Inclusion for Development Ranganathan
 Srikumar
DMBI Krishnamoorthy

Ashish Jalote
DTIB Parmar

Prof. Saral
EC Mukherjee

EDI B.H. Jajoo

Economics of Happiness Raaj Sah

Economics of Organization Errol D'Souza

Rakesh Basant,
Economics of Strategy D. Karthik

Enterprise and Innovations in Education Rajeev Sharma

 Dinesh Awasthi,
Sunil Shukla
Entrepreneurship and New Venture Planning (VFs)

ERI Neeharika Vohra

Rajeev Bhutani,
FiM VF

Jayanth Varma,
Fixed Income Securities-Rates Vineet Virmani

FMPC Rakesh Basant

Food Supply Chain Management (ABM) Chetan Soman

FORM Prof. Sid Sinha

Foundations of Strategy Consulting Sunil Sharma

Sobhesh
Agarwalla,
Fraud Risk Assessment & Governance Mechanism Naman Desai
 Viswanath
Game Theory Pingali

Games People Play: Psychology of HRM Promila Agarwal

GLEPM Samah Shaffakat

Harsh Mander
Good Governance and People Living in Poverty (VF)

High Performing Teams: A Journey Parvinder Gupta

Anurag K.
International Business Dispute Resolution Agarwal

IBFM dheeraj sharma

Raghuram, Seb
Mor, Ajay
Pandey, Rekha
IDF Jain, Biju varkey
 sanket
IIFM mahapatra

Innovation Live! Apurv Nagpal

International Trade and Investment (Project Course) Arvind Sahay

LMDC Prof. Errol

Ashish
Nanda/Sunil
LPSF Sharma

LVMR S. Manikutty
LVMR Prof. Asha Kaul

Anindya S
Macroeconomics of India: An applied perspective Chakrabarti

Management Control and Metrics for Organizational Shailesh Gandhi,

Performance Rajendra Patel

Sunil
Managing Diversified Organizations Maheshwari
Amit Garg, PR
Managing Energy Business Shukla

Manipulation Myth Making Making and Marketing Navdeep Mathur

Anand Kumar
Market Research and Information Systems Jaiswal

Massive Change: Economics and Finance Raj Shah

MC Visting faculty,,
 Paranjoy Guha
Media & Society (EPETMC) Thakurta

Mergers, Acquisitions & Corporate Restructuring Premchander

Smita
Premchander
Microfinance Management (VF)

Ajay pandey&
MIPM Sobesh
Abhishek & Atishi
MME pradhan

Prakash Bagri
MMW (VF)

Prof. Errol and

MTP Prof. Virmani
 Prof. Arvind
NCB Sahay

New Technology Application, Design and Business Models Rakesh Basant

Operations Strategy N. Ravichandran

Nagarajan
Ramamoorthy
Personal Competencies for International HRM (VF)

PFM Pandey&

Navdeep Mathur,
George
PPO Kandathill

Arvind Sahay,
Pricing Sanjeev Tripathi

Pricing & Hedging Derivative Securities Vineet Virmani

Practice of Social Business: Human Centered Problem Solving Ankur Sarin

Prof. Navdeep
PTFD Mathur

Prem Pangotra,
Public Finance RH Dholakia

Ankur Sarin,
Public Policy Navdeep Mathur

QSP Prof. Debjit Roy

Qualitative Research for Management Ernesto Noronho

RMDP Gautam Dutta

Seminar on Brand Management Abraham Koshy

SCM Saral Mukherjee

SCS R Sridharan (VF)

Shodh Yatra (Aug 30-Sep 6 - Off Campus) Anil Gupta

SMDA Karthik Sriram

Strategic Communication in the Digital Era Asha Kaul

Strategic Management of Intellectual Property Rights Anil Gupta

Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation Amit Karna

Arindam
Strategic Marketing Banerjee

Satish
Strategic Negotiation Skills for Leaders Duryodhan (VF)

Strategies in the Internet Economy Rekha Jain

Strategic Transformation and Change in the Indian Economy Hans Huber

Prem Pangotra,
Rama Mohan
Sustainability and Environment Management Turaga

Talent Management Dheeraj Sharma

N. Ravichandran,
The Art and Craft of Decision Making Sundaravalli N.
The Creative Self at Work Premilla D'Cruz

Transport Infrastructure G Raghuram

UIW Ernesto

Urban Economy and Business Environment Prem Pangotra

Joshy Jacob,
Sobhesh
Valuation of Firms Agarwalla

VHC Ramesh Bhat

Why Projects Fail? Uncertainty, Complexity and Risk in Projects Goutam Dutta
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class prep required. No exam, just one
end term learning journal. must take if
you are looking for something different Prof.Sharda uses behavioral experiments to
than regular courses, planning to take take you closer to yourself! Shocking results of
ERI and explore your own behavioural your tests will leave you thinking about your
traits personality. Must take for Entrepreneurs

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High bid course as it a simulation. This
simulation helps us understand the
various aspects of strategy. Less pain,
maximum learning. My advice - Go far as
many simulations as possible.
Very useful course. Tips to handle
various difficult situations in your personal
and professional life. Very good prof as
well.
Chill course. Some cases are interesting.
will be with group so you could totally lose
interest and end up doing nothing (unless that
is your aim in the first place). Learned
something, but not a lot. Overall not worth the
credits I spent to bid for it
Attendance compulsary, but you will regret
missing any classes as this prof knows his
subject. Has a lot of role plays and the final
exam is just a bunch of role plays where u
compete against different teams! Must take
Chillmaxx course! Non-profit oriented course
Good exposure to how developing economies
can use digital
- Perhaps the most useful tech course in
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- Covers all grounds about analystics and
big data
- Prof expects a lot but terms are
negotiable
- Work load medium Dont take it. It is another Engineering course.
- Must take course for tech, e-commerce, Course structure is good and contents will help
marketing, ops profiles as most of these if you are planning for Analytics role but prof is
careers revolve around analytics very bad. You have to learn by yourself

Badly structured, prof is arrogant and Not done it myself. But heard from pretty
zero learning. reliable sources that the course is shit.

Amazing course with amazing learnings.

The prof teaches with so much passion Hands down, the best elective taken in PGP2.
that it is impossible to not admire and Saral da introduces you to an altogether
learn. I would highly recommend this different way of thinking about firms. Must-take
course to everyone. course!

first 6 classes are interesting. everything

else is time pass. attendance hona Too basic a course. Prof makes things too
chahiye bas..everything else is globe in boring at times. A lot of submissions. Don't take
technology unless you don't have enough credits

Chill course, not much learning but lot of

cool in-class discussion, nothing was
expected than attendance (only 10
sessions over 5 days). 80% weightage for
term paper and 7 people got 4.333
Prof is chill and good grades. Learning is
completely dependent on you as there is Chill. Very Chill. Take this course to burn 1
no pressure from professor credit.

Basant sir is very good! Just pay attention

in his class, you'll remember the lessons
for a lifetime. Karthik is not that
interesting a prof. If you could tolerate
him, this course is chill. One project and
three intermittent submissions. Good take
for entrepreneurs

Chill course. You can bunk few classes. If

u r interested in learning about education,
its impact, etc. its a very good course.
Little pain whn it comes to submissions,
but manageable. Low Bid
Prof's are from outside and not that good.
Not much of learning. But if you want to Chill course. although after reading the name of
work on your business plan, this could the course, you may feel like there may b lot to
provide some guidance. The business learn, but there isn't much. One final project.
plan itself is 50% component. One exam (Easy B/A), Medium/Low Bid.
Not for exchange people, others do take it.
Exchange people, you don't know what you are
If not on exchange- do not miss this one! missing

Big Time Pain Course (BTPC). Awesome

learning for someone interested in going
for financial markets. It has five
assignments which are pretty long and
require Matlab coding. The pain is that
you have to work after all classes end
and post placements.
Prof: chill and good
Good professors. But recommended only Attendance: Chill
for full fin enthusiasts. If you have any Grades: Not so great, unless you are super
doubts about fin, better use your time enthu
somewhere else. Learnings: Great insights

Chill course. Lot of practical learning as you get

It is a fraud course. It was offered twice. chance to interact with startups. Better than
During the first time, it was pretty chill. many other fraud courses. some 3-4 basic
During the second time, a lot of work was reports is what they ask from a group. No
given. Prof is absolutely chill. My advise is scheduled classes too. You can work at ur
to keep this as a lower preference. leisure

Average course. Took it mostly because

of Prof. Soman. Not many learnings.

This could have been a good course. It

has potential. But the way it is taught
bleaches its entire potential to the extent
that of the 70 people in class only 5-10
manage to stay awake and actually learn.
Take this course if you are really
interested in finance or have an
extraordinary capacity to fend off Important course for fin enthu guys. Prof is not
sleepiness, otherwise do yourself a good. Mostly its self or group learning. But very
favour and skip it. P.S. Medium pain useful and important for final placements if
course interested in fin

Must for those who want to make a career in

Very useful course for all consult enthu
guys. Helps you structure your thinking
on how to deal with cases. One truly
helpful course of term 5. Lot of guest
lectures and they try to make it interesting
consulting. Though the overall course is a bit
boring but guest lectures and few sessions on
hypothesis building, issue trees are interesting
and helps develop a "consulting" thought
process.

Fraud! Sobhesh and Naman seem to be

still learning themselves!
Interesting and chill course, good prof. 2
Problem Sets (in groups of 4) and 2
Exams. No attendance but exams are
drawn from classes.
Good grades assured, globe course,
Nothing to learn, sometimes it becomes
difficult to listen to prof, one mid term and
one end term exam
A very good course with plenty of learnings.
Just 2 problem sets to be solved, that too in a
group. No attendance taken. The prof. is fairly
entertaining too.
Chill IMO. Have to be prepared with cases
(manageable). 2-3 submissions. Boring
Course. Easy A/B. Low/0 Bid.

It was a new course. The prof is witty.

The course started well and became
boring in between. Nevertheless, a useful
HR course towards the end of the year. I heard she gives pain. Not experienced though

Reality check! Prof Mander is an ex IAS

officer who had quit to show his anger on
the 2002 riots. Has worked extensively
with homeless kids in Delhi and riot
victims. If you want an unbiased opinion
on where our country stands in terms of
poverty, pick this course. You'll start
hating the media more after this
Chill course. Learning sheet for every day
(2 sessions) has to be maintained and
submitted (10 sessions at a time). 1
group project. Medium Bid.
All courses taken by Prof. Anurag has the
same pattern. (High Bid)

Prof. Dheeraj Sharma's courses are chill. He

will give a lot of gyaan though. He doesn't take
its dheeraj sharma. globe but exams. 2-3 submissions/ppts and thats it. He
informative.. not sure if you need put so will have few guest sessions and might ask you
many bid points for globe course. you will to submit one page learning for the same
get other globe courses (manageable). High Bid

An awesome course. But involves a lot of work.

The course is heavy. A lot to read in the If you want to understand the economics of
case mat. They deal with 5 sectors. public goods like infrastructure, electricity,
Useful for people who are looking for a transportation, sanitation and telecom, this will
career in consulting. People with curious give you a lot of good understanding. But if you
mind and a desire to get exposure to wide dont study, this course will haunt you. Seniors
array of topic should take this. I have said it helps in consulting. take your
completely enjoyed this course. shots!
its eco+fin globe course. nice to listen to if
you are fin enthu.. some work will have to
be done for assignments. else not a lot of
pain

The course is taken by an external faculty

who gives you one problem statement.
This problem statement is given by a
company. This year it was PnG, last year
it was RB. The problem statement is
generally about product innovation. Thus, Prof.Apurv Nagpal who would be covering most
if you're interested in marketing this of the course is an Alum. You dont want to miss
course is a much. It's probably the only the inebriated discussions with him at any cost.
course in IIMA that has such industry 5 of us from our dorm took this course. Must
exposure. Take

Nightmare course. Too much pain in

reading material. Not many people take
this course and sahay typically asks
students to give elevator pitch and a brief
summary every class. Learning is very
good. But a tradeoff b/w learning and
hard work is your choice.. :P

Good course to gain some knowledge

about labor market issues across the
developing world. Attendance not
compulsory (though it could reflect on the
CP grade). One presentation and one
end term. The end term is usually based
on class notes and is an open book Chillest course of term 4. Recommend you to
exam. All in all, a chill course and also take it if you want to spend 1 credit easily. Cool
quite rich in term of content if one is really prof, good grades, 1 presentation. Open book
interested. exam.

Sheer joy of a class. Prof Nanda is an

amazing prof and keeps class engaged at
all times. The best thing about this Mix of Ashish Nanda and Sunil Sharma.
subject is a lot of the cases dealt with in Though Sunil Sharma is a good prof, Nanda
class were prepared by Prof Nanda and just steals the show with his charm, that you
so he knows the in and out of all of them. could feel the difference between an IIMA prof
He takes 80% of the classes for the and a Harvard prof. Good course for
record,the remaining by prof sharma consultants

A feel good course. not much pain. time pass. If

Chill course. Only 1 presentation to be you dont want to take much pain, its a good
made. End term also chilled out. globe course
If you are a lit enthusiast and love
reading, you'll be tempted to take this
course. Stop yourself right there because
this course is not for you. It is about a lot
of things, but it is most definitely not
about novels or literature. If you enjoy Asha Kaul forces people to get involved into
globing then take this course. If you enjoy discussions. For those interested in abstract
being spoon-fed opinions then take this concepts and reading novels, this is a course
course too. Otherwise give it a miss. P.S. worth taking. Except for the daily CP, the
High pain course course is chill. High Bid.

This is Prof Anindya's first teaching job

anywhere! But you wont feel it. Very good
economic lessons. If youre dedicated, u
get to learn a lot about the economy and
the future challenges. Good course with a
lot of shocking data

Good course. Learning wise it is good.

Not much pain although there are some 2
assignments they make you do. Decent If you liked Control and Costing course in year
grades. Professors are good 1, you will enjoy it. Less to Medium pain.

Good professor. Lot of learning. A bit of
effort required because of the
assignments. But time spent is worth it if
you weigh with its learning
Eaxctly the Same feedback as Carbon
Finance
Sunil Maheshwari is really good with HR. Not
your regular HR prof, but has deep and
practical lessons to provide. Half of his class is
in Hindi and its like watching a standup act.

The prof is a huge socialist and very forceful

Chill course- small one- great readings
and class discussions- need to submit a
learning/reflection sheet everyday- that
can be boring- but great course
otherwise!
Prof: Bakwas Attendance: Strict
Grades: Not so great Learnings: More
from readings than classes
with his view. Does not allow for the other side
of the argument to be heard. But it is an easy
credit and can open you up to a different
perspective in life. Make you more empathetic.
But not towards the prof!
Heard its a level above BRM PGP1.

Chill course, can be a credit filler for 0.5 Extrmely fun course. Extremely scoring also.
credits. Could be boring to sit through the Everyone gets a Grade A. It's the best course
double lectures if you are not really to start the second year - informative,
interested. interesting and a very short duration course

very good communicatn classes, I took the course when Brij Kothari was the
excellent learning., no attendance instructor. Chill Max course. Does not demands
compulsion any class prep. A few assignments
 The prof is the liveliest of all IIMA profs - he will
tease, joke and dance in the sessions. and play
lots and lots of pre-90s music. Really
entertaining and not too much work - one PPT,
Very good and chill course. Prof. Guha on open book exam, one learning paper
discusses the evolution of the various
modes of media and discusses important For people interested in public policy, media
issues. Very entertaining as well. Just 1 and current affairs - a very interesting and
class presentation and 1 essay for an end insightful course. Relatively chill too; only one
term. presentation and one exam for .75 credits.
Chill course. A good mix of Valuation and
Financing principles. High scoring with
relatively less pain.

Too long course. 40% interesting, 60%

boring. Chill h. Get to understand about
Microfinance situation in the World.

An awesome course which will help you decide

Sobesh takes only 5 classes and Ajay
pandey is really good.It gives a really
good overview of portfolio management.
Must take for finance enthusiasts. Not
much pain. too many readings but u can
pass without them though readings are
really interesting
Very good and entertaining course.Very
useful for marketing junta.
whether you want markets as your career
choice. It involves a lot of work hours and can
be termed as tough course. But gives you a
basic overview of all- trading, portfolio
construction, hedge funds, behavioral finance
basics, sovereign fund. Take only if you have
enthusiasm to study else it can be a pain.

Course was really good.Prof is very good and

- Best course PGP2 has to offer
- Experienced, knowledgeable awesome
prof
- Medium work load (end term and project
are there)
- Must take for consulting, e-commerce
and tech careers
he stimulates good discussions about tech
products. If you are planning for Prod
Management roles, then must take course. Will
have mid-term, end-term, group project &
individual assignments. You will get to know
more about tech companies and the strategies
that they follow for their products.

Good course to revise PGP1 Macro and

gain some deeper insights into monetary
policy tools. Attendance not compulsory.
One presentation and one end term. The
end term is based on class notes and can
have questions from previous years'
papers. Chill in terms of load but the
content can sometimes be tough to
comprehend.
Two things- dopamine and mirror
neurons. Go ahead and Google these.
Congrats, you have just done the work of
20 sessions in less than 20 minutes. The
learnings from this course are so sparse
that they can't even fill a post-it. Skip this
course unless you're desperate about the
credits. P.S. Highly painful course

Involved students from NID and IITG as

well - we were made into teams and
asked to come up with a design the
Railways would use. No learnings, but not
too much work either apart from a report
and a field visit

Ravichandran is at his usual best. Same feedback as CCCS. Ravi C has a cult
Classes are fun and the prof uncovers following on campus. If you like him, just go
some deep insights. Moderate workload - and sit. He gives you a different perspective for
couple of assignments, one end term and any scenario. He is very keen on making his
one project. students think and not just memorize shit.
Boring course, some learning but way too
much work load from HR standard (in
class quizzes, PPTS, assignments etc) If you like to know about the HRM policies in
and ambiguous exam with random the world, take it. Thoda boring... repeated
grading. things. Good marks.

Dont take if you dont like or understand

philosophy. You will get bored. Its not
globe. Its proper philosophy. If you like it, Absolute philosophical course, Ajay Pandey
take it.. else there are other globe and Seb Morris are at their best. Take if you
courses enjoy philosophy
Its a good course- makes you question
everything around you- a very anti-
establishment one though. Requires a
reflection sheet daily- can get super
boring- but chill course otherwise! Same as myth making and manipulation

He is considered as one of the best profs

in marketing. Personally, I found Pricing
course boring. Content is very good. But
people were putting too many random
Cps. Towards the end, it got boring.
Arvind Sahay gives a lot of work.
Extremely well structured course with few guest
lectures. Must take course especially for
Marketing enthu. Little bit pain in terms of
assignments, exams, projects etc. But worth it.

Too much mathematics, new type of

calculus (Stochastic Calculus) is taught.
Need to put lot of effort to keep up with
mathematics. Assignments and exams.
Final exam was very difficult (at least in
my view point)
 Not that interesting. But you get to work
very close and take some decisions for
some NGOs. Good exposure.

There is NO THEATRE involved.

Honestly, skip this course and go for ERI Mosly discussions and minimal theatre - one
instead. You'll spend hours each day guest lecture from theatre people.
listening to highly polarized views and Be prepared to sit on the ground for the entire
very little of it will be fun. Skip it unless day and talk about grassroot social issues -
you enjoy keeping company with opinion great platform if that's your thing,
nazis. Take if you don't have points for ERI
-Load: Medium- Mid exam & Project
(group)
-Learnings: Medium-high
-Session wise cases are thoroughly
covered by the Prof.
Good course on the challenges faced
while deciding on a policy. Good course.
Informative and good for people
interested in Civil services

Was a project course due to low registration.

Need to put a lot of efffort as it was a project
Painful course. Thankfully for us, it got based course with continuous evaluation. But
converted into project course due to less at the same time lot of learnings for someone
number of takers. Otherwise, Prof. Debjit who want to go into operations. No exam but
Roy can be a pain to an altogether there were assignments. Overall grades
different level. Avoid this. awarded to all the people in course were good

Gives perspective about some indepth

research techniques like FGD and
interviews. A can take course if you want
less load and high grades. Anyways, in
our time not many marketing courses
were offered in the exchange term so I
took it. Good learning.
A very under rated pricing course. The
prof doesnt have that great a reputation Prof is quite give up and hence the course also
but heard from people that it was very becomes give up. Course content and material
interesting. Please do give it a shot if you is decent stuff to know. You get good grades
are interested in pricing. also. Low BID
Awesome course. Koshy is good in Must take course for Marketing enthu people.
PGP2. Fun assignments and projects. Lot Koshy makes it worthwhile through guest
of learning, really good course for sessions and live projects. Pain in terms of
Marketing enthu people assignments and projects.
One of the best course for supply chain
management. This course has a
simulation. Saral provides very good
insight in the Indian context. Lot of
learnings from the class. He also uses
terms from Elephants and cheetahs
course. People who dont take that course
needs to be just aware of the basics of
that course. Simulation was pretty intense An extension of the Elephants & Cheetahs
and acted as a great learning tool. The course, this course has a very good simulation
only problem is that it was offered at the game called The Fresh Connection woven into
last term. Placements didnt allow us to the evaluation process. You get great insights
concentrate on the simulation that well. about the supply chain from playing this game.

Chill course. A timely revision of OM concepts

during the placement season. Potential to score
first year course.time pass . take it very grades. Exams and quizzes are very easy
..nothing to read having zero numerical, formulae stuff.

Painful physically and mentally! We had

to trek for 12 continuous hours in pouring
rain, in one of the most dense vegetation
cover in the North east. Personally I liked
the course as it was a good reality check
for me. Its a good experience and it
pushes you out of your comfort level. You
get first hand exposure to the struggles of
people living in poverty and yet have a lot
of love to give. Must take course for
Mavericks!

Pretty chill prof and chill course. A must

take for those interested in data analytics.

Got good learnings from this course -

profound discussions of social media
impact.

However, dispropotinately high load - be

expected to pull your weight.

Can't say what is worse - the course or the

professor's way of teaching. Overall, it just
dumbs you down and is an example of how all
Prof: chill and good things free doesn't necessarily translate into
Attendance: Chill social good. On the upside, the course almost
Grades: Easy scoring, promises decent grades for no efforts. Yet the
Learnings: Average, readings are too course is so bad that it can never be
many ( 3 bulky casemats) recommended.
Good course, but I was expecting a little
bit more from the course. Cases aren't
exactly the latest ones and learnings are
not that relevant. But could be a good
course to understand technology industry.
Long case based exam and in class Pretty good course if you are interested in tech
(surprise quizzes) along with a group PPT - cases like Intel, Tesla, Kodak.Amit Karna is
in the end. Overall grading didn't go well one of the few people who can make Strategy
for me (basically can't chill and get good courses good.
grade at the same time, need to read the Expect a fair amount of work - moderate bid as
readings & cases). it was introduced only in our year

It is probably the best course in IIM A for

The course made me understand what
marketing was finally. There is a
simulation which will keep you on your
feet. Arindam sir is by default god mode
in marketing! A must take course for the
marketing enthu. It is a high bid stuff.
Chill course - pretty mcuh just simulations
in class.
Gives you mild intro to negotiations - not
too much learning
Marketing if you are on the more practically
oriented people on campus. For the theoretical
guys there's too many silly courses like Pricing,
SBM, MRIS etc. Also Arindam Banerjee is
undoubtedly the best Marketing Prof here. Mind
it when I say this because I had also taken
CBBS and have been taught by Prof AK Jain.
Consider yourself lucky if you are taught by
him. Also try to take the course by Prof PK
Sinha. He was not there during our time so we
could not experience him. But these two profs
are the kind of people who know what they say.

Super chill course for techies. Many in-class

assignments. Surprise quizzes too. Must read
The course content is fairly updated, but the case, or else you will miss the CP grade.
the prof. moderates the discussions very One end term exam that may not be scoring.
badly. Overall zero learnings
Chilled course. The prof is a little
irratating because he doesn't speak
clearly. Not much extensive learning. But
it's nice and easy.

-Load: Medium- 2 case PPTs(group), Mid

exam (open book) & Project (group)
-Learnings: Medium
-As long as there is no cross talk in class,
Prof. is fine with students working on
laptops
HRQ prep for final placements. High Bid.
And its Prof. Dheeraj Sharma!

Don't take unless you are interested in

globe while making decisions
 Chill Course. Attendence is must. Gets over in
One of the best course on a globe topic. 2 weeks. Mam is very friendly. Lots of group
The prof is impressive and has managed activities. One final submission and one exam.
to structure a course on what is probably Nothing much to do outside class. Interactive
one of the most unstructured subject- sessions. Medium Bid. For 1.25 credit, its really
creative thinking. Easy credit. good.
I didn't take the course. Few of my Civil
engg friends did and as per wht they said.
I think they got screwed :P
Decent course, sometime it gets boring, one
superchill, two field visits, very good presentation and one project report on the
experience same topic (80%), 20% cp..
Chill proff, one presentation and a report,
chill exam. Decent learning on how cities
are planned. Can be taken as a backup
course

Good for fin enthu guys. Sobhesh is not that

good but jacob joshi is very good. So half
Took the course from Entrepeneurship lectures are boring and other half interesting.
point of view didn't help much. And Effort totally depends on you. Not sure of its
whatever Jalgam has written is also true utility
Very Painful course. Intensive on reports,
assignments and cases in every class.
Also has a end term exam and class
presentations.

Prof and course both are give up. Unless

interested in operations, avoid this
course. If you want to chill, then its ok.
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Mostly regressions and stuff. You have
to work ... there's 7 quizzes over the
course. But, chill grading.

God level course - especially if you are

interested in product management and /
Tech enthu people
or marketing. It iscan take it,the
perhaps notbest
much
strategy / marketing work course
load in two years
(in the league of EC and MMW). Both AK
Jain and Rama are extremely thorough
High bidsubject.
in this and chill. Chk isn't
There out feedback
much pain for
courses
except the likegrilling
IBDR on andgroup
BIP.
presentations. But for the interested - no
amount ofgood
Extremely pain course,
diminishes onethe gainbest
of the you Same feedback as MDO. Read the
get through this course. And
I've taken in PGP2. 2-3 In-class quizzes Ravi for the cases
c canand
be pay attention,
painful but thedo so
course
sadists
and - the
a take homegroup grilling is extreme fun does otherwise
exam at your
not have too muchown peril
pain. If you
for the rest of the course. So much fun are willing to listen to him go on and
that
A goodyoustrategy
will not want
course. to miss
Peopleclasses
eitherjust on. Exam is straight forward. No
for this.
love RaviC or hate him, no middleground technical shit. Pretty much strategy
:D. Take if you fall in the former bucket Prof: only. My Favourite
Attendance: Chill
Chillmaxx course! Related
Prof: Cool and puts lot of efforts to technology Grades: Classmate grade each
usage in governments.
Attendance: Chill not much work other, was random, but everyone
load, attendance is
Grades: Easy, individual + group not an issue. gets B and above.
Activity based course.
assignments , no exam Medium load. No Learnings: Great , mostly activity
need for out-of the class time
Learnings: Great, introduces 3-4 new investment, based. No class prep required
except the day of your presentation.
tools and easy ways to impress others except one class when you present.
with graphs :P

Basically a simulation game. A lot of fun.

Pretty light course.
 Don't. Just don't take. The prof is
rodmax. Course is just good enough -
you can instead read "Design of
Everyday Things" or take casemat from
someone.

A bit over-rated course. One quiz. 3

submissions. One project. Overall
chill. No need to read cases.
God-Level Prof hain yeh!
IIM A experience is incomplete without
attending his EC course
Do not take unless you are really into this
stuff! Take other fin courses instead.
Jayant Verma is an outlier, btw.

A lot to learn about the whole

process of pitching, evaluation,
good course, You will get to learn, and selection and presentation of startup
also, you will have a CV point. Obviously ideas. Learning is directly
no classes. I would recommend to take proportional to the effort put. Good if
it. Make sure you have a decent group you do not take in last term.

Awesome and boring prof. You have

Good for fin enthusiasts, otherwise 'this
option is risky for the future'
patience its the best course.. but
anyway u need to take it if you intend
to know about markets. Its all about
fundamentals of markets. A quant
based approach, no practical
insights
 ultra chill prof. (classes are not
mandatory but if you do decide to
turn up he expects you to pay
attention). course on Game Theory
is interesting. If you are able to follow
Pingali is a brilliant prof, and he makes the classes regularly then mid term
classes fun by conducting activities and and end term should not be a
games. If you have the slightest interest problem. 2 assignments (5 questions
in game theory then definitely go for this each to be done in groups of 5). end
course. It's chill, and you'll have a great term can be replaced by a term
time in class. paper in grps of 3

One of the best courses on campus

Amazing profs; Ajay Pandey, Seb Morris, but this course requires fight. Two
G Raghuram, Rekha Jain and Biju huge case mats. But taught by 5
Varrkey take 4-5 sessions each. Covers profs including moriss and Ajay
Electricity, Energy, Road, Rail, Telecom Pandey. If you're interested in
and Urban planning. Take if these development then this is a must
sectors interests you. Bidding was low. take.
Innovation word se ab itna darr nai lagta.
Course provides (attempts to provide) a
structure to the innovation 'process'. And,
it's a lot of fun. Minimum Load. Lots of
learning. Must take.

Must take course for people joining

consulting, fin firms. I took it for 95 points
and I would say even 200 points is not
enough for this course. You would learn
a lot about handling clients, peers and
managing yourself in a professional
context. Must take course for people
joining professional Service Firms.
Light course where you get to read few
novels on leadership. You can sit and
enjoy or sleep as per your convenience. Prof. Manikutty is chill ultra maxx.
It is a good course. It does not involve One group ppt on a book. one final
much work. submission and one exam.
Chill course. Not much learning. Decent
grades

50 bid points for a .5 credit course was

very high. Good course where you will
learn about diversified companies like
GE, Murugappa etc.
Take the course if you want to make a
career in Equity research/wealth
management or look to invest personally
in future. Most of the course is taken by
Ajay Pandeyand he goes on a abstract
level; many people don't like it.
Exam is easy but the course is
boring. Attendance is not mandatory
but sitting in class can be important
for exams. Good course if you
wanna do asset and or fund
management.

God level prof. Must take for tech

enthusiasts. In fact a must take for
anyone who feels PGP1 didn't do justice
to his / her marketing apetite. Is in the
league of EC and CBBS in terms of
learnings.
 Totally at another level. Both profs
keep talking mostly. It is a treat to
Absolute philosophical course, if you watch those discussions if one is
enjoy listening to philosophy take it, easy interested in philosophy. Easy
1.5 credits.. credits.

Prof.Mathur is a leftist! Good course for

entertainment

Of course, heavy case mat. To be

Good marketing course... got it for 5 bid safe in the class read it, otherwise
points.. you can get some interesting too not much pain. 2-3 articles to be
insights into pricing. decent work load submitted. Medium pain. A lot of
though... potential learning.
 Useless course. Don't take it. The proff
just keeps bragging about himself and no
learning from the course. The cases are
good though

Must Must Must ! Arindam Bannerjee
makes it extremely interesting. It is
based on a simulation. No preparation
required. Just play the game and come
back. Worth.
Must take. Simulation-based, very
interesting and engaging. Good
platform for learning and application
of some marketing concepts. Prof.
Bannerjee's way of teaching is
another plus point.
 Chill course. One project. Burn your 1
credit here. Must take for chill
enthusiasts

A must take for IB aspirants. Very useful

otherwise too. Picks up from CF and
really drills down into practical aspects of
Valuation. You'll have a chance to
familiarize yourself with or better
undertsand Annual reports and financial
statements
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This is one of those filler 1 credit

course. You won't learn a lot of
theory in this course but would
appreciate RaviC's delivery style
and enthusiasm for the subject.
He has his own distinct style of
One should take at least one Ravi C teaching strategy which is great
course. He tells
Attendence random
is must stories
- only 1 dayfrom
(2 fun! Extremely chilled out
his life time and
consecutive the lessons
sessions)/10 canare
be course, only one end-term with
missed.always interesting
Fun class. Chill course. very few assignments.
Good Learning. Prof. is really
friendly ("Please call me Sunil, no
Sir"). No Exam. lots of Group
activities in class. The best part of
this course is.. its start in class and
ends there. nothing outside. Medium
Bid.

The course has a lot of wonerful
lessons and most of them are
'trippy'. Must take course at IIMA.
After a point in time, Saral
Mukherjee's showmanship isn't all
that good; but still a course definitely
worth taking.
Not an operations course. The
course uses operations as a tool
to understand strategy. Must
take for everyone except those
who wish to specialize in fin or
any other technical field
(analytics). Saral Mukherjee se
padhna bhi banta hai!
Chilled course. Have to do one Chillmaxx. just need to attend
sector report and talk to some start few sessions. no classes. 2-3
up people for some competition. submissions in group. Medium
Minimal effort. bid.

Siddharth Sinha's teaching can put

you to sleep, but if you can get past
the boring monotone, it is actually a
very informative course to learn
about derivatives and their
applications.
 Super course if you enjoy eco and Super course if you enjoy eco
logic. No attendance and logic. No attendance

Morris and Pandey are good, while

Rekha Jain, Varkkey and Raghuram
are extremely boring. The cases are
lengthy, repetitive and contain no
new insights. Also, attendance is
compulsary with a lot of fight needed
to score decent grades. Definitely
not worth recommending.
 Session split: Prof.Pandey (20) &
Prof.Agarwalla (5)
Load: Medium; More conceptual
than quantitative
Readings (though a bit old) find
practical applications. Good for fin
enthusiasts.
However, may not be that useful for
General(non-fin) Managers.

Prof: Awesome and chill
Attendance: Chill Grades: Easy
Learnings: Great if you are
interested in philosophy. Totally
different from any other
management course
Painful if you are not marketing
enthu. One of the over-hyped
courses of second year. Arvind
Sahay's classes will be good and
learnings was fine. But it will need
more efforts and it will take up a lot
of your time.
Definitely one of the best courses
in PGP-2. Discussions with
This is the other best course. But Pandey and Morris open your
you have to be interested in minds to some high-level abstract
philosophy. Take part in class thinking. Definitely worth
discussion with these two profs experiencing. It's also very chill
is probably the best in class for the non-enthusiasts; only one
experience I have had. presentation in two slots.
In short - This course will make
you feel like you are in PGP1 (7-
8 case ppts, multiple
submissions on a single project).
Good learning. Medium Bid.