Ajinkya Gunjal
Master of Business Administration
Ajinkya Gunjal’s journey to study for an MBA (Master of business administration) at The University of Otago began following a recommendation from an education agent in Mumbai,
India:
“I met with representatives from a few other New Zealand Universities, but when I showed an interest in New Zealand the education agent suggested that I consider Otago. They
also enabled me to contact current students to get a better idea of what was on offer.”
The high academic standard required to complete an Otago MBA appealed to Ajinkya: “The Otago MBA stood out because it is a 240 credit course as opposed to others that offer
180 credits – this is a full MBA.”
And the accessibility to academic staff in the teaching environment was something that Ajinkya could not find at home: “There are two schools from India that are listed in the top
100
universities for the financial times – one of those schools has one academic teaching 400 MBA students in each class, personally I didn’t want that, I wanted smaller classes. The ratio
here at Otago is 20:1, you get that personal attention here to carry onto the next level.”
The learning environment and the way in which the MBA programme is structured helps build both personal and professional strengths: “In our class of twenty we work in groups of
four, we learn how to
interact with people, and each term these groups change. You get an idea of your own leadership style, how you work in a team and perform with different personalities. It’s more
than a career option,
you build yourself personally too, it is a mix of both personal and professional.”
Thank you
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