All participants have come back with enriching experiences. The students who visited Deloitte, Hyderabad had this to say.

1. Very informative and open project discussions during all three presentations, which revolved around a new medical device for Sleep Apnea (Balaji), supply chain projects of Fonterra (Mohan) and Program Management. The students were able to ask questions related to ELPs (connected to these projects obviously) and get direct answers from the consultants.
2. A good amount of time was invested by everyone. The session started with the address from Santosh, who is heading the India Strategy Practice. Most of the alums were around, despite their busy schedules, and were answering all our questions, be it about CGPA, courses, work-life balance, or nature of assignments.
3. I personally had a great day. The informal lunch at the end was great, and it truly gave us a “flavor” of what life in Deloitte is for a typical consultant. The best thing about this was how open these guys were about almost everything, their opinions were honest and made for a truly fruitful interaction. Overall, it was a great event, the three presentations were very practical, and the reception, nice and warm.The  hosts were very receptive, and shared lot of good insights with us on consulting and networking.
4. It was a great session and the forthright attitude stood out. Santosh was phenomenal in setting up the ground by explaining the Deloitte organization structure and how Indian practice is integrated with its US counterpart. Later, we had a great discussion with ISB alums of Class of 2009. The best take away for me was that I could identify what kind of culture Deloitte has and would I like to work in this organization. I was very impressed by the team culture, and how much stress they put on development of an individual.

We will post the experiences of students who visited McKinsey and ZS Associates soon.