IIM Bangalore Professor's Brutally Honest Advice

Give us 1 hour, and this conversation might change how you look at college. 00:00 Introduction 01:00 Validity of Online Degree 02:15 The IIM-B Tag 04:05 Graduating Outcomes 06:57 Placements in BBA-DBE? 11:16 Student's Risk Appetite 14:30 College = Placement Agency? 16:50 What Skills To Learn? 23:15 Is IIM-B BBA-DBE Worth It? 25:45 Flexibility of BBA-DBE 31:57 Reaching Out 34:42 Using IIM-B Tag 37:10 Calculating Opportunity Cost 39:47 Higher Education After BBA-DBE? 41:59 Can I be successful? 43:15 Socialisation (Clubs/Committees) 45:39 Offline Exams & Evaluation 49:05 Doing BBA-DBE alone...? 51:28 Impact of AI 57:00 How to stand out / gain an edge? 58:05 Concluding Thoughts In this podcast, we sit down with Prof. Suresh from IIM Bangalore, Chairperson of the BBA-DBE programme, for a brutally honest conversation on college, placements, online degrees, the IIMB tag, high agency, internships, curiosity, AI, and what 17–18 year olds should actually do before entering college. This is not about chasing a brand tag. This is about learning how to think, ask better questions, talk to people, build capabilities, and use college properly. If you are joining college soon, preparing for IPMAT/CUET, considering IIM Bangalore’s BBA-DBE programme, or simply confused about what to do with the next 3 years of your life, watch this before college starts. Topics discussed: Why placements should not be the only goal of college Why the IIMB tag alone will not save you What high-agency students do differently How to find internships without waiting for college Why curiosity and range matter more than just marks How AI changes the future of jobs for freshers Why online degrees are not automatically “easy” How to actually use your free time in college College is not a placement agency. Your degree is not your identity. The real game is what you do with the opportunity. --- IIM Bangalore's BBA-DBE: Deadline: 3pm, 30 June 2026. Free Past Year Papers: https://www.afterboards.in/past-year-... Need Mocks? https://www.afterboards.in/pricing?ye...