Our Story
We didn't Read About
Converting IIMs.
We did it.
sitting in — and figured out what actually works in GDs, PIs, and finance
interviews.
Our founding
Why We Built
MBA Safar
We saw too many smart, well-prepared students not convert — because they'd never practised in a real setting with someone who could give them honest, specific feedback. YouTube videos and test series can only take you so far.
So we built something different — small cohorts, real mentors, live sessions, personal feedback. A programme we wish had existed when we were preparing.
How we work
Our 4 Principles
01
Small Batches Only
Max 10–20 students per cohort. You're not a number. You get real attention.
02
Live Sessions Only
No recordings replacing the experience. You show up live, you get live feedback.
03
Practitioner-Led
Everything taught comes from real corporate, consulting and finance experience. Not theory.
04
Personal Feedback
Your resume, your answers, your GD style. Every session is built around you specifically.
Meet your mentors
Taught by Practitioners,
Not Professors.
preparing for. Their lessons come from real experience.
Aaryan Narula
Co-founder & Programme Mentor · Managing Director, DC Plastics
Aaryan brings board-room-level business experience and a rare ability to make complex financial and strategic concepts click instantly. His modelling pedagogy is built on the same first-principles approach used at top investment banks and consulting firms.
TEACHING APPROACH
“Every GD topic, every case, every model is grounded in something that actually happened in a real business. Not hypotheticals — real situations with real stakes.”
Tanya Batra
Co-founder & Programme Mentor · Senior Manager, Capgemini Invent
Tanya brings deep consulting and B2B strategy expertise, specialising in CXO-level stakeholder engagement, pre-sales, and GTM strategy. She helps students translate their experience into compelling narratives that interviewers and recruiters actually respond to.
TEACHING APPROACH
“I focus on how you communicate, not just what you say. Presence, framing, and making every answer land with clarity and confidence — that’s what converts interviews.”
Aaryan Narula
Co-founder & Programme Mentor · Managing Director, DC Plastics
Aaryan brings board-room-level business experience and a rare ability to make complex financial and strategic concepts click instantly. His modelling pedagogy is built on the same first-principles approach used at top investment banks and consulting firms.
TEACHING APPROACH
“Every GD topic, every case, every model is grounded in something that actually happened in a real business. Not hypotheticals — real situations with real stakes.”
Tanya Batra
Co-founder & Programme Mentor · Senior Manager, Capgemini Invent
Tanya brings deep consulting and B2B strategy expertise, specialising in CXO-level stakeholder engagement, pre-sales, and GTM strategy. She helps students translate their experience into compelling narratives that interviewers and recruiters actually respond to.
TEACHING APPROACH
“I focus on how you communicate, not just what you say. Presence, framing, and making every answer land with clarity and confidence — that’s what converts interviews.”
Why MBA Safar
What Makes Us Different.
01
We’ve been through it
Our mentors collectively hold calls from IIM C, FMS, IIM K, MDI, XLRI, and SP Jain. We don’t teach what works in theory — we teach what worked in the room.
02
Real corporate experience
Between our mentors — Managing Director-level business leadership, senior consulting at Capgemini Invent, CXO stakeholder management. We bring the outside world in.
03
Finance internship pipeline
Top performers in our IB and Placement Lab cohorts are directly nominated for internships with our partner IB, PE and consulting firms. No other prep programme offers this.
04
500+ students trust us
Across CAT GDPI prep, financial modelling, and SIP preparation — our students have converted IIMs, landed finance internships, and walked into SIP season fully prepared.