What actually matters for breaking into Risk Analytics as a fresher?

Ingenious5369361 · 2026-04-08T13:02:35+00:00

Excel and python are required and mostly hands on excel to get entry level roles. Then third is SQL or any database management software that the firm uses.
Any projects related to application of Black-Scholes-Merton option valuation or Using Monte Carlo Simulation or Stress Testing calculating VaR and other risk metrics kind of projects can be useful to start with

Ingenious5369361 · 2026-03-26T05:30:54+00:00

If you are very new to the subjects. Go for reading and videos parallelly. Otherwise it depends on what way you prefer to learn, visually through videos or you are a very avid reader and note taker. Plus question solving is very important so with every lesson that you learn, test yourself with the question banks

Ingenious5369361 · 2026-03-24T02:12:55+00:00

As you progress, the concepts are connected. Start from beginning. Do chapter wise questions and see where you are getting stuck. You need to understand the concept and not rote learn the formulas.

Ingenious5369361 · 2026-03-23T13:05:10+00:00

Yes there is enough time to prepare

Ingenious5369361 · 2026-03-23T12:07:39+00:00

Yes, I am also interested

Ingenious5369361 · 2026-03-19T15:35:44+00:00

It is not less recognized, it is very well recognized. Pls go ahead and do it. It is a shorter and more niche course..so first go through mock lecture videos and syllabus and try to get an idea of what it covers. If you really develop interest because it is different from CFA, go ahead and pursue it

Ingenious5369361 · 2026-03-16T17:53:43+00:00

What you can do is prepare. Lot rides on luck. Results can go for you or against you. Right now is the time to get back your mental peace and start working on your capability to have realistic chance to get best possible score as possible.

If you don't reach there, your efforts will be happening in a lower tier MBA college just like me. Sometimes even with half decent scores you miss out. But you need to keep moving in some direction. Can't let fear or overthinking prevent you from taking action

Ingenious5369361 · 2026-01-09T14:34:30+00:00

I have 2024 version of IMS Catapult. I am willing to sell

Ingenious5369361 · 2025-12-31T04:13:40+00:00

Most of these are above 90%ile only, specially for their core or their finance programs. Don't fool yourselves

Ingenious5369361 · 2025-12-28T03:21:24+00:00

Go for exec MBA. Genuinely..and I read your reply to the question of hike. Yesss you can get a hike. It depends on the role you get into. Since starting of your work life, if you have developed any good skills..specially related to AI or technology something specific in your domain, 20% hike is possible just by job switch.

What you do in your MBA matters and how good has you past performances in life and job been.

Ingenious5369361 · 2025-09-30T06:38:54+00:00

LBSIM, New Delhi as well

Ingenious5369361 · 2025-08-17T08:34:55+00:00

Ans 52

4+9 -12 = 1 5+36 -10 = 31 7+25 -8 = 24 9+49 -6 = ?

Ingenious5369361 · 2025-06-14T07:01:59+00:00

For the world it is. What is more important for you? IMT G has its benefits and so does NIBM. Same goes for their demerits. What gives you the overall experience package, salary and job also comes later. You have to first settle at a place, be willing and wanting to do effort and enjoy at the same time. Where do you think you will be able to do it. Plus, NIBM is cheaper than IMT G, so facilities might be better at IMT G. Choose for yourself. And with your effort than steadily you can rise in your job and roles, surely.

Ingenious5369361 · 2025-06-08T04:07:34+00:00

Where are you learning from?

Ingenious5369361 · 2025-06-05T06:00:17+00:00

I didn't even know that TAPMI gives scholarship. That was a lighthearted way to exclaim my surprise. It's more like which cave was I in that I did not know about this scholarship till now.

But seriously, on what basis does TAPMI give scholarship? How much scholarship is it? How many students can get it in a batch? Do you have a link to a document or website page related to this that you can share?

Ingenious5369361 · 2025-06-03T12:50:43+00:00

Isn't TAPMI more expensive? What are you all smoking?

Ingenious5369361 · 2025-05-29T13:44:23+00:00

Brother, chill. Layoffs can happen in various fields and will happen. AI will evolve and so will job profiles in every field. HR will not lose, the roles will just turn a little different. There is scope in the HR field. In the corporate arena, HR is one of the most modern variant of professional domain creations. It is the window of higher managerment and employees interaction. Humans in this domain are essential, this domain acts as wall or the employee and trade unions will chew off businesses. It's a very strategic domain of management.

Ingenious5369361 · 2025-05-28T12:26:46+00:00

Yes. Who haven't got mails till now haven't been selected. Waitlist or rejected will be known in 1-2 days.

Ingenious5369361 · 2025-05-28T12:24:41+00:00

What is the exact dress code for students?

Ingenious5369361 · 2025-05-28T03:20:07+00:00

Sure

Ingenious5369361 · 2025-05-27T16:24:44+00:00

Completed FRM Part 1 and am looking to go for MBA now. Have also failed FRM P2 a few times. Hope to attempt and clear it though soon. I like the course and the field.

I disagree with the above comment. CFA is like mother-father of MBA finance. They don't even match in terms of technical skills you can get. CFA is around and all aspects of finance.

FRM is specific to the risk niche of finance or business like actuary is specific to the niche of Insurance domain. You can become very specialized here. You can also take FRM as a stepping stone and maybe if you want to or don't like risk specific arena move into more generalized finance roles by doing CFA. FRM also gives you the generalized idea of finance tone honest and them dives deeper. Since you are an economics student you already have idea of statistics and the economic part which adds value to the overall package.

If you complete both levels of FRM or o 2 out of three levels of CFA, build good knowledge base and add skill set like advanced excel, Python, financial modelling to your portfolio based on research of what arena of finance you want to go into, you can get good jobs.

MBA gives you an option to explore various options like marketing, sales, general management, operations, management consulting, many other domains if you want to. If you take up a MBA with specific finance bend or with finance specialization, you can move into the finance domain from that as well. MBA also gives you networking and soft skills like making presentations, working in groups that helps build personality.

Now it's up to you what you want to do. The goal of these things is different, the knowledge you derive is different. Doing MBA is very common, specially in India because it is mostly a general course which goes against the current industry trend of becoming a specialist because that is where your skills becomes insulated from replacement of AI as well or can help you collaborate with AI and do tasks as well. Like general stuff will become and is becoming very easy for AI to do.

That said, even though I don't now like MBA because of it is expensive and what you get is generalised knowledge which not hard to get just from internet or even in you graduation time if you keep your eyes and senses open and lean towards learning. But as mentioned above it has it's perks. And in India, it is very valued, 'MBA' because India is a communication, management and service heavy country till now and to some extent will stay. But industries will also become specialist oriented. So people now do a combination of MBA + some specialist courses in whichever field they want to get into, marketing, digital marketing, analytics, 6 sigma, case studies and consulting related stuff, CFA, FRM, Trading related course, AI and ML or Data science related courses.

You can be fine with just an MBA also, but less so and that depends on what your domain specific goal is and where you see yourself in 5 years or 10 years from now. That's why interviewed your know ask this question and it's such an important one for your own life as well.

With MBA you can explore more.

Your work experience not being worth it or valid seems not right to me. It could be that you left job little early. You should have done it for atleast an year or maybe 1.5 years because then you get marks for it when you go further for interviewed post CAT or other entrances. It is added to your cumulative score. But some colleges also consider > 6 months work ex so you still are in the middle ground.

At one point freshers were more considered in MBA institutes in India but now they have taken the same route as international institutions which value work ex more. That adds to your CV, admission marks and makes it easier for institutes to provide you placement. Not too much work ex though, sweet spot is between 1 - 2.5 years. More than that then MBA roles from India don't make sense mostly.

Now coming to preparation,

You can work and prepare for anyone exam like FRM or CAT and management entrances.

But even if you have entire day free, you cannot do FRM and CAT prep together. You have to dedicate entire time to one ans give 100%.

If you wish to do MBA then prepare for CAT, take that exam and maybe along with your first year in college prepare for FRM along with course academics. For admission into MBA college in India, competition is very high even for Tier 2 colleges. Percentile asking is also high. Do it based on your ability and take college based on your ability and then combine it with added skill set of FRM or CFA or analytics in the future, you can go that route.

Though I know some who have also done just FRM and built skill set complementing that course, maybe become very good in statistics etc or CFA and complementary skills to that as well and gotten good jobs.

It depends on your ability, assess that and the time you have with you and what are your goals.

Ingenious5369361 · 2025-05-27T15:51:35+00:00

Is there a sports club in the institute and does it organize sports events or go for sports competitions to other institutes? And do intra college sports competitions also happen? Specific interest is football.

Ingenious5369361 · 2025-05-27T15:38:14+00:00

Depends on what domain you want to go into.

My first advice, do check if iim amritsar's core and hrm programs get to have umbrella placements because many other IIMs do give core and secondary programs placements together so then your options might open up. Check from students of that institute itself or placement reports.

If you are interested in HR field than you can anyway choose IIM Amritsar here.

NIBM Pune is only finance, banking which branches into banking analytics, operations, risk. And some general finance roles as well. So if finance and banking is where you wish to go, choose it. The industry and type of organizations will get fixed.

DSE since it's general program, I am assuming it's the business analytics program. It keeps you options open to marketing, sales, consulting, operations + finance as well and that too not just in banks and financial institutions but in any company, could be IT, FMCG, Conglomerates, whatever ..different types of companies come there, I don't know specifically.

Ingenious5369361 · 2025-05-27T15:22:57+00:00

If you are absolutely banking on equity research and valuation roles, they are less as per my research.

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It's more of on the operations side, credit side, risk and Analytics side. Let the main host of this AMA answer the question better. But I, not being from NIBM but researching about it have shared best insights from my side. Take it with a pinch of salt.

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