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Friends, Geniuses, And Inspirations At IIM Trichy

Friends, Geniuses, And Inspirations At IIM Trichy

I suppose the biggest part of any college life irrespective of whether it is a premier b-school or not is the interaction between friends and batchmates. At any business school this reality is all the more strengthened because of all that we do learn here, I believe most of it is actually interactional and experiential. I would hardly remember the theories that bemuses me now a few years down the line (maybe I would remember the gist of it, but surely not every word), but I would remember the endless debates, discussions and stories that I have on countless warm sleepless Trichy nights with my batchmates. Debates where each one had put forth their impassioned arguments, almost fighting for what they believe in, Discussions where we take all the opinions judgements facts and put it forth in our collective mental cauldron and try to extract “the truth” as we call it. Sometimes it is in our rooms, mostly beneath the stars, at times by the highway. Some contribute more, some simply listen, but there’s a few that stand out from the rest.

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Aspirations At IIM Trichy

Aspirations At IIM Trichy

“Knowledge is Endless”, this is how we start at IIM Trichy. Like all the other IIMs, this is our motto and we stand by it. So what is it that makes IIM Trichy unique? To find out, I started reflecting on my last one-year experience at IIM Trichy, I came across a picture which I had created during my initial days, which kind of described my journey from Engineering education to so-called MBA education.  The picture reflected my notion of MBA life at IIM.

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IIM Trichy - A Second Home Like None Other!

IIM Trichy - A Second Home Like None Other!

IIM Trichy is the eleventh IIM and was instituted on January, 2011. Since then it has been showing excellence in academics and has established a name for quality and integrity. Currently, IIM Trichy offers 3 courses PGPM (2 year), PGPBM (1 year from Chennai centre) and FPM (Fellow programme). A faculty to student ratio of 10:1 makes teaching more interactive and wholesome. Most of the faculties reside in the permanent campus. The uniqueness of IIM Trichy lies in the friendliness of all the faculties. This is one of the reasons aiding students to excel in academics and win various b school and corporate competitions in India and abroad as well. Another factor for the academic excellence is the state of the art library. The huge collection of books, journals and databases (both online and offline) is a boon for the aspiring students. It is one of the biggest libraries across all the academic institutes in India.

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My Experiments With Nirvana At IIM Trichy

My Experiments With Nirvana At IIM Trichy

It was a humid afternoon. The scorching heat was definitely not helping my focus. There was still half an hour for the class to finish. I didn’t eat breakfast that day and was very hungry. There was a really attractive girl who sat two seats from me. (She had never ever noticed me once till then. I liked to think that she didn’t interact much with anyone in general. Now, around six months later, I am good friends with her. So, in your face, reader!)  Also, I had not brought my textbook to class. So, all in all, not a really conducive environment for listening to theories on supply and demand dynamics in a free market (I hate myself for remembering this much of economics!). So I did what any self-respecting student would do. I was looking through memes on Facebook.

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The Fanatics Of IIM Trichy

The Fanatics Of IIM Trichy

There are many crazy people who you come across or meet daily. IIM Trichy also its lot of crazy people. They are characters in themselves. But they do form a significant part of this ecosystem. So the funatics about whom I am going to share some details are – SACHIN, GANGULY, ZAHEER & DRAVID [All names changed due to privacy issues].

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Quiz Royale AT IIM Trichy

Quiz Royale AT IIM Trichy

The time was 11:55 AM. In the next five minutes, we were going to have our third Competition & Strategy Quiz. My teammates and I were going through our own strategy one more time. Yes, you have read it correctly. This quiz was not your usual run-of-the-mill quiz. It was different. Our Competition & Strategy Professors have designed this quiz specifically to test our group dynamics, conceptual understanding, and strategy-making to come at top of this quiz. But for us, they were nothing short of Bond Villains who have created this maze to confound us. At face value, the task seems simple enough that is to create a mind map of a business model based on one of the cases discussed in the class. But here in lies the twist, we didn't know which case it was. It could have been any one of the seven cases that have been discussed so far in our class. Another thing compounding our headaches was the format of the quiz. The format of the quiz was something unique that none of us have ever heard about the ancient tales of legendary IIM Quizzes. So, the format was something like this - each member of our group will be called in a random order inside the classroom where the quiz was being conducted to create a mind map of the business model allocated to our group. Each member will have just 10 minutes to finish his or her part, and then, the next member will be called inside. The next member will have to ensure that there are no repetitions and that the points added are consistent with the overall model. This is, in addition, to the overall objective of creating a mind map that correctly represents their real business model.

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