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How Can B-School Students Get Corporate Projects? | Live Projects | Internships | SPJIMR Alum | #mba

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Educational

Main ideas / lessons

Corporate projects for B-school students (live projects) can be obtained through multiple pathways:

  1. Faculty/company tie-ups within coursework In some programs (example given: SPJIMR), faculty had companies included in their courses. In that setup, it became the POM’s responsibility (as stated in the subtitles) to arrange companies/tie-ups for the relevant courses.

  2. Competitions Participating in competitions can lead to additional projects to work on.

  3. Proactive searching when opportunities aren’t visible Students should actively look for opportunities using channels such as:

    • LinkedIn
    • Alumni networks

Alumni are described as helpful, but students need to email the right people with a clear message covering:

  - what the student is offering
  - what the student is interested in
  - how they can contribute

These projects may not pay money, but they can provide valuable experience—though they may add more responsibility than typical college work.

Suggested planning / target number of projects

  • Aim for 2–3 live projects. This is described as ideal: “more than enough.”

  • Projects should be relevant to what the student is doing (aligned with their current focus).

A suggested balance:

  • 1 standard internship during college
  • 2–3 live projects
  • 2–3 competitions

Reasoning: having roughly this mix provides a decent overall portfolio without overloading.

Speakers / sources mentioned

  • SPJIMR (referenced as the example institution)
  • Faculty members (source of in-course/company tie-ups)
  • POM (responsible for arranging company tie-ups; acronym not defined in the subtitles)
  • Alumni (part of the alumni network students can contact)
  • LinkedIn (used to search for opportunities)

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