Being born and brought-up in Bhubaneswar, I had known about XIMB since my childhood. Of course, I had no idea about MBA for obvious reasons. But life has got its own charm. One day I decide to pursue my career in management and deed the needful. Then the next thing I realized that I had made it to XIMB through all the screening processes. It suddenly felt surreal. I vividly remember tears rolling down my eyes while conveying this achievement to my loved ones. The truth was outshining all the confusions in my mind. It was indeed my intuitive dream, to study at XIMB.
Why XIMB?
I would fumble at this question as I do not have the access to a predefined perfect answer backed by sufficient research. My desire to study here could be appropriately termed as instinctive. Honestly, neither did I have a quantitative expectation, nor it was my inspiration to join XIMB in the first place.
This place has an aura. The diversity, the intellectual faculty, the rigorous curriculum, the beautiful & serene campus and the placements are very alluring but even then, I wouldn’t label them as my primary criteria for choosing XIMB.
It was the nostalgia of being associated with XIMB even though it was just a figment of my memories amalgamated with my imaginations. It still managed to delight and perplex me at the same time to convert the call and pave my path to this esteemed institution.
Which ABG Company would I choose? Why?
I would definitely go for financial services without a second thought. The sole reason for my decision to pursue management was to understand this entrepreneurial world from an economist viewpoint. I felt out of space when I couldn’t fathom that how Brexit in Europe affected India or How Trump’s policies made any difference in our country. Coming from a science background, I had the hardest time understanding these which eventually compelled me to purchase 10
th & 12
th standard economics book to understand basics. I gained knowledge as well as interest. Ever since I am intrigued by finance. Passion changes work into hobbies. I do live by that belief.
- Barnali Bharadwaj
BM, 1
st year, XIMB