Jagan Institute of Management Studies hosted an Alumni Session for PGDM(2025-27) on 12th July 2025 with an objective to enlighten students with insights into the corporate world from a leading industry professional who started his journey at the same place. The speaker of the session Mr. Daanish Mehra , a JIMS alumnus of PGDM batch 2011-13 and an experienced Mr. Daanish Mehra, a JIMS alumnus of PGDM batch 2011-13 and an experienced manager with a demonstrated history of working in the marketing and advertising industry, returned to the JIMS Rohini campus to share his experiences with the current students of PGDM.
Mr. Daanish started his session by sharing his journey from campus to corporate, with all ups and downs and further emphasized the importance of networking, discipline and being open to learning, highlighting how these habits have significantly shaped his career through several key instances.
As the session continued, he answered several questions from the students about technical aspects of his domain, i.e, marketing. He explained how marketing as an industry is continuously evolving and how it has become very broad today with the advent of Social Media Marketing, Search Engine Optimization etc. and the presence of the traditional verticals of market research, advertising and event management.
The session turned out to be highly interactive and successful in helping students understand what to expect in their careers ahead, and will carry key learnings from this session as they will soon transition from students to working professionals themselves.