Importance of Networking Part !!

Dear All,

Since i wrote the previous post on the importance of networking, here comes the significant update of how do i network and is there a common place where i can find all and also how do i become part of the pgsem linked in group.

Firstly the Linked in One, those of you who have not yet figured out how to join the pgsem group, please send me an email with your pgsem roll number and i will send across the invitation link to the group. I was still unable to recreate the sequence of steps to join in but bumped into Vinay Avasthi the creator of the group and he has sent me this link.

Secondly about the common networking platform. After considerable delibrations, a focussed team of PGSEM-Web committee members have put together a single site that can act as a gateway for our discussions, interaction, networking and much more. Do pour in ur suggestion, kudos and brickbats over to them as discussion threads and not as emails. I think thats a very practical suggestion, so that the trail and views from multiple users can be tracked together.


Please find the email from the PGSEM-Web committee below:

Folks, The PGSEM-Web committee is rolling out a portal http://pgsem.net for PGSEM students and alumni to interact. Please register there and start using the site. ( You need your IIMB ID to do registration )

At present, the site has two main features – A discussion forum and profile page..We are in the process of modifying the profile page to add more details. Also, please start using the discussion forum actively.

Please note that the site is in its preliminary form and you may find some issues/bugs.. Please post the details of those in the discussion forum in the appropriate section.. We’ll try to resolve it quickly. Also note that the discussion forum is restricted to registered PGSEM students only.

Going forward, the profile pages will be developed including more information and it would be available for public view.. And each student will get a profile page like http://pgsem.net/ ( not implemented now ) .. And these listings would facilitate our interaction with industry ( i.e, job related inquiries, leads etc can/may come through these public profile pages ) ..Hence , be careful in filling up the profile information.

Now, to the second part – We need to make this site popular.. To do that, please do the following

(1)Include a link to the site in your mail signature (corporate ID too if that’s not a problem )

(2)If you have a personal web/blog, and if you are writing something about PGSEM, link the keyword PGSEM to this site
(eg: “ I’m doing PGSEM @ IIMB ( this word hyper linked to the portal )“ – is a ‘google friendly’ way of linking
where as “I’m doing PGSEM @ IIMB , http://pgsem.net “ ( separate link from keyword ) – is NOT a google friendly way.. I.e, always link appropriate keywords to this site)

(3)Please give a link to this site from your “LinkedIn” profiles.. Some of you might be maintaining linkedIn public URLs, which function as some sort of a short resume.. Once the detailed profile pages come up, use those too.

(4)If you are part of some popular online forums – job forums/share market forums/MBA related forums etc, please add the link to the site in your forum user ID signature.

-- We invite your feedback/suggestions/ideas etc, but not as mails, but as threads in discussion forum.

PGSEM-Web committee.