A young, dynamic student, Eesha Dutta, who completed her post-graduation from a leading management college talks to Corporate Citizen about her first big break
Today, Eesha Dutta, is successfully placed in the SCM - Marketing Department with Panasonic India Ltd with a decent package coupled with other perks. She takes us through her journey from college to corporate world.
"I am glad that I am today placed with Panasonic India Ltd. When the company came to the campus, I recall, there were about 320- odd students who were also part of the interview process. It was my very first company and I was all confident, all set to crack it. I had made up my mind that I will do my best without any expectation," says Eesha.
"There were about 22 groups of 12-15 students each, for the first round of group discussion. I was part of the twelfth group and just before the interview process for my group started, and the HR team wasn't too happy with the previous five to six groups. This did call for some amount of nervousness from within but I made sure that I will not lose my confidence and not show any signs of nervousness," recalls Eesha.
However, to Eesha's surprise, she was the only one to be selected from her group. This was followed by another round of group discussion, which was more of an extempore, than a typical round of GD. "Eventually, there was an interview with the HR team at Panasonic, followed by the last and final round of interview with the managing director of the company. Every round was an elimination round and the level kept getting tougher. But, I was never bogged down by competition, but held on to it with a smile throughout, answered all the questions confidently and cracked it. Things just worked well for me," smiles Eesha.
Eesha did her internship from Netcore Solutions in digital marketing where she got good exposure of the digital world.
Undoubtedly, the college schedule was extremely tight with regular tests and presentations. Classes started early morning and went until late in the evening.
Reminisces Eesha, "The schedule was very hectic. Classes would start at sharp 8 am and continue till 6.30 pm with only one lunch break and a small breakfast break for just 15 minutes. But despite my hectic schedule, I decided to balance both ends-studies and personal life. I like to interact and meet people, which helped me make a lot of friends on the campus. Post my classes, I always made sure that I made time to interact with all my friends, and relax with them, after a heavy day. I did not take it as a hectic schedule. Instead, I made sure to cope up with any kind of difficulties that came my way, with a smile and not complain about anything. The best time spent was during our college festivals where I participated in events like extempore, Indo-Western dance, and various fun events like musical chair and antakshari."
Eesha kept herself constantly engaged and involved in numerous activities despite her hectic schedule and studies.
"We had some of the best faculty members at college. The faculty members were not only involved in teaching, but were also helping to groom us as an individual. I got some valuable advice regarding my personal and professional life from them. We were able to approach our faculty members at any time of the day. They would give us a patient ear, solve our queries without any kind of hesitation," says Eesha.
She added, "The best thing about our marketing course is that it covered a lot of areas of marketing as well as operations, as a result of which my current job profile is also going smoothly."
"We had some of the best faculty members at college. The faculty members were not only involved in teaching, but were also helping to groom us as an individual. I got some valuable advice regarding my personal and professional life from them. We were able to approach our faculty members at any time of the day"
Eesha is born and brought up in Jamshedpur. Her father works with the National Insurance Company Ltd and mom is a homemaker. She completed her graduation from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, by specialising in the Science Stream (B.Sc in Mathematics (Hons). Her family now stays in Kolkata after her dad's work transfer there. Eesha is passionate about dancing and is trained in kathak. That apart, she is a voracious reader. She regularly reads a lot of journals, blogs, magazines and novels. Like most other youngsters today, Eesha is also quite tech-savvy. She loves to surf the internet and can spend all day in front of her laptop watching various YouTube videos, television series and reading.
By Mahalakshmi Hariharan
