Orientation to Skill Gym

Q.1) What is Skill Gym?

It's a Participants-driven initiative.

Designed to facilitate overall professional development of MBA aspirants.

It follows the freemium model.

Q.2) What is the purpose of Skill Gym?

The purpose of skill gym is to develop a strong sense of three business concepts.

1.      Economies of scale e.g. Ford

2.      Sustainability e.g. Tesla, Renewable energy

3.      System building e.g. Microsoft

Q.3) How Skill Gym is designed to achieve its purpose?

There are three ways 

1) Live projects (Paid/Unpaid)

2) Training sessions (Free/Paid)

3) Leadership Opportunities (Paid/Unpaid)

Students work on various live projects in Skill Gym. They earn work experience in a field where they want to work in the future. Free training sessions are conducted on a regular basis. These sessions are either interaction with industry experts or dedicated to special topics.

Training sessions also deal with difficulties faced by students in their live projects.

Q.4) What are the main benefits of Skill Gym?

Skill Gym has multiple benefits as listed below

Benefits of skill gym

1. Networking: It is rightly said “Your network decides your Net worth”. In Skill Gym you get    

opportunity to interact with MBA aspirants (your future batch mates), Industry experts (your

future bosses/mentors), your future MBA faculty, your future prospects/paying customers.

 

2. Skilling: You get to work on the skill set required in the corporate world. It is an opportunity to

develop your skills. Skills you can choose to develop can be public speaking, team management,

MS Office, report writing, financial analysis, consulting, business research, and so on.

 

3. Competence: You will develop the competence required to succeed in MBA institute and

corporate world.  Competence is the ability that gets you paid.

 

4. Rough edges: you can deal with your rough edges and correct them. You will learn about

grooming, communication skill, business etiquette.

 

5. Internship: We have a special activity “DESIGN YOUR INTERNSHIP”. You can take part in

this activity and create your dream internship. Data collected and results produced by you will be

converted into credits. You will be given the training to write your summer internship report. You

will be provided with training for summer internship competitions. Your credits will be converted into

rewards in the form of advance training and cash

 

6. Research paper: you will get the opportunity to do primary research. Two training sessions are

conducted to help you write your research paper. After the 2 sessions guidance will be provided

if required.

 

7. Shadow board: you will be given a post as if you are working in a corporate office. This will

help you to develop yourself for your future roles. For example, if you want to specialize in marketing 

then you will be given the role of marketing manager/brand manager etc.

 

8. Access to data: a lot of useful data/information/ reports are available on this platform. You will get 

access to this resource.

 

9. Learning resources: lots of useful training sessions/free mocks/ free material/blog posts/videos are 

available for you to use

 

10. Free training: we are giving 30 hours of MBA related free training. Make the most of it. If there is 

any specific demand then that topic can also be included in the future.

 

11. CV improvement: working on live projects and producing results will help you boost your CV.

 

12. Live project: We have tie-ups with leading organizations to carry out their live projects. You can 

make use of these projects.

 

13. Competitions: MBA is not just about studies. Lots of intercollegiate and Intra college competitions 

are there. Primary research done by you is useful in such competitions. We will show you how to use 

this primary data in your competitions.

 

14. Assignments: We constantly monitor academic input in the top MBA institute. We design activities 

that help you to cover your assignments in MBA. Saves you time in the future.

 

15. Neuroplasticity: We have a “Learning” seminar. This seminar covers the latest research around 

neuroscience. We help you achieve magical results using the science of Neuroplasticity.

 

16. Mentoring: Out team of experts will guide you through your journey

Q.5) How many verticals Skill Gym has?

Skill Gym has 4 verticals

1. Learning- free/paid training sessions, unpaid live projects
2. Earning – job opportunities/paid live projects
3. Investing – investing opportunities for wealth creation
4. Transforming – Curriculum for living- 4 training programs

Q.6) What is the difference between various versions of Skill Gym?

            Skill Gym 1.0 and 2.0 is for MBA aspirants

Skill Gym 3.0 and 4.0 is for Non-MBA aspirants (Working Professionals)

In Skill Gym 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 trainers are not paid.

In Skill Gym 4.0 trainers are paid

Q.7) What are the features of these versions?

Skill Gym 1.0: This version is designed for underprivileged students. 1.0 is available free of cost to join.

• ·         One research paper
• ·         One project for internship
• ·         One subject – Accounting (Mini MBA)
• ·         One module – Speed Math
• ·         Three departments
• ·         Free training sessions ( currently 10 hours-> soon increasing to 30 hours)
• ·         Credits can be used for taking admission in 2.0

Skill Gym 2.0: This is the flagship training program provided by us.

• ·         MBA Entrance Preparation
• ·         One research paper
• ·         One project for internship
• ·         One subject – Accounting (Mini MBA)
• ·         One module – Speed Math
• ·         Three departments
• ·         Run Skill gym 1.0

Skill Gym 3.0

• ·         Run Skill gym 1.0 and 2.0

Skill Gym 4.0

• ·         Run Skill gym 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0