Ya i have done my MBA with entrepreneurship as major area of study.Let me tell you some subjects that were covered in it:
1)Advance accounting.
2)Capital raising
3)Merger and Acquisition
4)Corporate tax
5)Derivatives/options/futures
6)Investment analysis and portfolio management
7)Forex management
8)Project appraisal
9)Multinational Business Finance
10)Strategic corporate finance
11)Welfare economics
12)Micro and Macro economics
13)Quantitaitve techniques.
14)Financial modelling using exel
The above mentioned are only finance related subjects.Since my PG deals with entrepreneurship i have studied marketing subjects in more depth as compared to finance.
I have never told that i have done my MBA from IVY league as per US/UK standards.Still my MBA is valued in emerging markets like India.
In the interview for my current post ,the employer didnot care about entrepreneurship being my major area of study since i already had CFAL2/FRM/60%acca behind my back and more over i was taught good amount of finance subjects in whatever finance i studied in my PG.More over i performed very well in my interview and hence i was selected.
I may love to do a hardcore finance PG from an IVY league that contains stuffs like financial engineering and hardcore programming.
Any ways thanks for bringing my old post into lime light again.
You can message me if you need any help for your CFAL2.
A couple of Indian professors in my top 40 hackshaw got their MBAs in India, then another MBAMS in the US before pursuing PhD’s. When I asked why, they said that Indian MBA programs are not the same caliber as US programs. And it’s not like MBAs are rocket science. I shudder at what a 4,000-ranked Indian MBA program might be like…
I thought I wanted my cfa/mba/cpa/frm/crap and all that other garbage in life but after working for about a year and passing l1 im not so sure. why become a slave to the designations and be like everyone else. i feel i learn more at work. i’ll finish the cfa cuz I started but no way im paying 100k and giving up 2 years of my precious life to go for mba. i’d rather continue to generate killer investment ideas.
Well my MBA gave me enough knowledge to pass CFA/FRM/ACCA levels on 1st attempt with great scores.I have scored >70 in 18/20 sections in CFAL1/L2 combined.I have never scored below 50 in any section of CFA exam.
Indian MBA programmes are not better than US MBA.Indian MBA focuses on teaching you as many subjects as they can.I believe top US MBA gives more pirority to networking/soft skills.
99.9% Indian MBAs are hackshaw by US standards.Does this mean all of us should come to USA to do our MBAs??I probably have more “bookish” MBA knowledge than most of you guys out here(you can check my previous threads where i have discussed various MBA concepts on AF.).However i do agree that US MBA surely focuses on networking/soft skills and are better than most Indian MBAs.
MBA is meant to be sector specific.If i want to work in India then there is no point doing a US MBA at 4 times the cost.
Your Indian prof. did a US MBA since he wanted to migrate to USA.It is a well known fact that doing a masters abroad is one of the best ways to migrate to a new nation.However IF i decide to do another master then i won’t be because i only want to migrate.There are no MS finance courses in India so if i will have to look for HEC Paris/Insead etc to do my masters in financial engineering.
Even i am droping my idea of doing my masters in financial engineering abroad.I am doing CFA/FRM/ACCA only because i like to gain knowledge in my free time.
You can get a finance job in a MNC in emerging markets like India/China if you have any masters +CFA/FRM.This is because most US based MNC don’t value emerging market’s master so if you have CFA/FRM levels under your belt then they assume that you have good knowledge.
Complete your CFA with a hacksaw degree and you will surely land a lucrative job in India since there are only 900 CFA holders here.
That is true. But I also make a crapload money more than you, I’m not a virgin, my MBA is not from a “top 4,000”, and the finance is actually a seconday competency for me. Plus, since you continue to violate the CFA Standards, your candidacy is at risk.
