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Palaksh, SMIB, ESSEC, May 2021, Student of the Month

Meet Palaksh, an Indian individual among our top students at the MBA Center and our student of the month. He got accepted to ESSEC Business School for the SMIB program. Let us know a bit about him before proceeding to the interview below! He is very passionate about cricket and loves participating in his school cricket team and activity. His skills lie in data visualization, analytics, data mining, market research, quantitative analysis, Microsoft Excel, creative problem solving, networking, and business analytics with R and Python. He was awarded for being an All-India Finalist from IIM Indore in the annual competition, DRONA. He speaks English, French, and Hindi. He did his bachelor of commerce from Sri Guru Gobind Singh College Of Commerce (Delhi University) in business/commerce and general. He has a family business in the textile sector. After working for a few years as a consultant and business development manager, he decided to get a master's from a top tier business school to gain international exposure and experience. This experience would mean that he could expand his family business using the skills and expertise he would learn from this course. That is how he got in touch with Dr Hubert and the MBA Center team. Let us look at his interview below and see what he told us about his journey!

Could you please introduce yourself to others?

 

Hi guys, I am Palaksh Jain. I am pursuing a master's degree from ESSEC Business School in strategy management of international business. My background is in commerce itself. I did my undergraduate from the University of Delhi, I have a daily business, and my long-term goal is to expand my family business. I did my internship working in Eva and Harley, and that's the most of it about me.

 

Why did you choose ESSEC France?

 

The first and most important thing for me was France plus Singapore, and I wanted to do something different. Many people go to London, but I didn't want to be a part of that crowd. I wanted to try something new. I knew that France would be more difficult, but that is where the fun is, and I can push myself and go out of my comfort zone. I want to return to India to grow my business after completing my degree and working for a few years.

 

Why not ISB and stay in India to build the network there? Why France?

 

When I say I want to build on my family business, I don't mean that I'll only do that in India. I need to take it globally, beyond these boundaries. And since my family business is in the textile industry, Europe is one of the best markets for textile, so I chose to go to France. 

 

What is it like for Indians to be far from their family? What is it for you?

 

This program is the first time I'm going far from my family, and yes, it's not that easy. You realize the importance of family and relationships. You miss your family in the evening, but it kind of settles in after a month or two, and your friends become your first fallback option.

 

What is teaching like at ESSEC?

 

In India, the teaching is more theoretical than practical, and at ESSEC, it is different. You don't have to do just written exams, because they have more practical exams as well.

 

What piece of advice you would like to give to future candidates?

 

Start your preparation early. Get out of your comfort zone because you'll only then have new experiences and challenges to grow and push yourself beyond them. Take the help from professionals. It highly affects your application process positively!