A venerable poet (SRK in Om Shanti Om) once said, “If you desire something from the core of your heart, the whole universe conspires to help you achieve it!”
Planet-I was all I desired ever since I started preparing for CAT 2016. Now, it may baffle many- Why not any of the other Top 5 Institutes? It’s hard to explain. But it probably has something to do with the fact that most of the Alumni of IIM Indore I know, have fed me with myriad stories of Planet I- ever increasing my longing to be here. Of course, it wasn’t easy. I almost jeopardized my personal interview round and ended up in a new IIM for a couple of days. But fate had something else in the store. Luckily I was the last few people to convert my call.
The first few days after coming to the campus were spent solely on exploring the campus. Nestled in a scenic hillock, the campus at IIM Indore is built between two villages – part of Rau and Pitampura and now employs a sizeable population of these villages within the campus- in canteens, in parlours, in shops et al.
After soaking in the beauty of the campus, we got down to business. Hiking to class every day, marking our fingerprints on arrival, assignments, and quizzes began. It had almost started to get mundane. But mundane is not a word we usually associate with IIM Indore!
And then, the Section Wars began! Like a shower after a dry spell! Staying back after classes to prepare videos, clicking photographs by making people stand in a large human alphabetical ‘A’, games - there was no breather! And then on 22
nd July it finally culminated in the Grand Finale!
The dance enthusiast in me finally got to let her hair down again, but this time, in a choreographed fashion. Incessant practice sessions after classes, arranging props and then finally performing my “number” on the D-Day left me exhausted.
I believe, all these events are an essential part of the b-school experience- working hard so one can party harder. Even though it has just been 3 weeks, Planet I already feels like home. So many of us complain we have lost touch with the outside world after coming here, but to me, IIM Indore is a self-sufficient Microcosm- one I intend to make the most of over the next two years!
Which Aditya Birla Group Company do I wish to join and why?
I wish to join the Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail limited Team. I’m a big fan of these brands (Specially Forever 21) and I have felt first-hand, the confidence it brings to a woman's personality. She feels better in them. That’s the power the brand has created. I want to be part of a team which will be able to spread this feeling to an even bigger crowd. We should make more people feel special about themselves and bring out their power.
-Ravjot Sachdeva