Exclusive rural immersion programme to have graduates related connect, to enable us to comprehend the social setting in which organizations work and exist, an experience to the rural backgrounds of Madhya Pradesh is included in the course plan. While we adequately prepare for a corporate profession, our capability to encourage ourselves to perform in an unacquainted environment and work as a team is improved by cheering us to undertake an outbound exercise and simulation conducted in serene places at various altitudes in the Himalayas, which is called Himalaya Outbound Programme. While we get to pursue electives of our choice, we are also given a chance to register for workshops to get intensive knowledge on the skills and practices relevant to specific functional domains.
Situated in the heart of India, the first thing that captured the hearts of people was the campus itself. Amidst of hectic schedule, deadlines and numerous activities, a soothing sunset visible from the hill makes one feel beyond all this.
IIM Indore is the first time I have been away from home in my life and to be at such a great place is an absolute privilege. I have made friends with people all over India, people with and without work experience and people from different streams (other than but including engineers!) To see such a diversity at one place is awesome. To me, the journey is always more enjoyable than the achievement of the final goal itself. Let me take you through my journey of IIM Indore. One of the many things I enjoy the most is playing chess. Rajneesh is my chess buddy. We used to play chess in my room whenever we are free and that is a very fun time. (He is yet to beat me!) I also like to play cricket and let me tell you we have a community of south people who play very good cricket. I don’t understand a word they speak during the match and I am the only one outside their community who plays with them. Viplav is my point of contact for any subject related doubt I have. He has helped me greatly in understanding Finance related subjects. These are some of my crazy batchmates.
The article is about the unique campus of IIM Udaipur. A campus which might be undoubtedly unique even amongst all the IIMs or B-school campus in India. Therefore, I would like to put the spotlight on the campus and take you on a ride around the campus in the hope of you also getting on board with my claim about the campus.
Be it a chilly winter morning or a blazing hot summer afternoon; be it a heavy downpour with the wind snatching the umbrella from your hand or a pleasant cool spring evening with the campus in its full glory; be it a sunny day or a calm night; you can always find students running up and down the “Prabandh Shikhar” (Management Summit). These students at times rushing or at times strolling in the different seasons and weathers that Planet-I is blessed with will always paint a different picture for an outsider.
What makes my campus unique is definitely its humongous strength of around 650 MBA participants. This, for obvious reasons, scares the hell out of ordinary people such as myself, as well as the mighty PlaceComm-ers, who have the responsibility of placing these 650 highly ambitious individuals in equally ambitious companies. But with 450 PGP participants, 120 IPM participants, and 60 or so PGP Mumbai campus participants, we are a versatile lot. This is what truly makes Planet-I (that’s what we call it) an interesting place to be at.
Since the day I converted IIM Indore, saying that life has been a Roller Coaster ride would be an understatement. Suddenly I am a part of the world where deadlines are sacrosanct, discussions articulate and life, in general, a little too fast-paced. It’s tiring and exhilarating at the same time. There are times here when I feel that it’s all slipping away (and if you are an engineer fresher, you get that feeling a little too often), the challenges never seem to end and the learning curve is extremely steep. There are submissions, quizzes, meetings, and parties all happening in these 24 hours. The campus never sleeps and sometimes all I do is gasp for breath, but the fact that I get to be a part of an institution that boasts of such a rich legacy makes it all worthwhile. The adrenaline rush one experiences after everything, be it reaching the classroom on time to submitting the assignments, it’s akin to what one would probably feel after successfully scaling a mountain maybe. But then we here do that literally every day, considering the entire campus is on a Hillock called Prabandh Shikhar. The lush green surrounding, clean air, smell of the Earth-all of it is absolutely intoxicating and never let any stress get to you. I get to see peacocks when it rains-a visual which is so appealing and unfortunately so rare these days. Being a teetotaler, a question that is always posed to me is how have I not given in to the temptation. My answer is simple- I find my high in all things bright and beautiful that surround me. And there is no alcohol that can provide this kind of euphoria. Also, I have met some of the most intelligent, humorous and grounded people in this campus. I was a very cocky teenager. However my stint in institutes (both undergraduate and postgraduate) have made me realize that there is so much I need to work on and that arrogance can never be the hallmark of excellence. We are all vying for the same place, there is intense competition but the way we party here, I don’t think even the best of friends can. Therefore for me, the unpretentious people and the thriving and lush campus are the most unique things about my campus.
Exclusive rural immersion programme to have graduates related connect, to enable us to comprehend the social setting in which organizations work and exist, an experience to the rural backgrounds of Madhya Pradesh is included in the course plan. While we adequately prepare for a corporate profession, our capability to encourage ourselves to perform in an unacquainted environment and work as a team is improved by cheering us to undertake an outbound exercise and simulation conducted in serene places at various altitudes in the Himalayas, which is called Himalaya Outbound Programme. While we get to pursue electives of our choice, we are also given a chance to register for workshops to get intensive knowledge on the skills and practices relevant to specific functional domains.
Situated in the heart of India, the first thing that captured the hearts of people was the campus itself. Amidst of hectic schedule, deadlines and numerous activities, a soothing sunset visible from the hill makes one feel beyond all this.
IIM Indore is the first time I have been away from home in my life and to be at such a great place is an absolute privilege. I have made friends with people all over India, people with and without work experience and people from different streams (other than but including engineers!) To see such a diversity at one place is awesome. To me, the journey is always more enjoyable than the achievement of the final goal itself. Let me take you through my journey of IIM Indore. One of the many things I enjoy the most is playing chess. Rajneesh is my chess buddy. We used to play chess in my room whenever we are free and that is a very fun time. (He is yet to beat me!) I also like to play cricket and let me tell you we have a community of south people who play very good cricket. I don’t understand a word they speak during the match and I am the only one outside their community who plays with them. Viplav is my point of contact for any subject related doubt I have. He has helped me greatly in understanding Finance related subjects. These are some of my crazy batchmates.
The article is about the unique campus of IIM Udaipur. A campus which might be undoubtedly unique even amongst all the IIMs or B-school campus in India. Therefore, I would like to put the spotlight on the campus and take you on a ride around the campus in the hope of you also getting on board with my claim about the campus.
Be it a chilly winter morning or a blazing hot summer afternoon; be it a heavy downpour with the wind snatching the umbrella from your hand or a pleasant cool spring evening with the campus in its full glory; be it a sunny day or a calm night; you can always find students running up and down the “Prabandh Shikhar” (Management Summit). These students at times rushing or at times strolling in the different seasons and weathers that Planet-I is blessed with will always paint a different picture for an outsider.
What makes my campus unique is definitely its humongous strength of around 650 MBA participants. This, for obvious reasons, scares the hell out of ordinary people such as myself, as well as the mighty PlaceComm-ers, who have the responsibility of placing these 650 highly ambitious individuals in equally ambitious companies. But with 450 PGP participants, 120 IPM participants, and 60 or so PGP Mumbai campus participants, we are a versatile lot. This is what truly makes Planet-I (that’s what we call it) an interesting place to be at.
Since the day I converted IIM Indore, saying that life has been a Roller Coaster ride would be an understatement. Suddenly I am a part of the world where deadlines are sacrosanct, discussions articulate and life, in general, a little too fast-paced. It’s tiring and exhilarating at the same time. There are times here when I feel that it’s all slipping away (and if you are an engineer fresher, you get that feeling a little too often), the challenges never seem to end and the learning curve is extremely steep. There are submissions, quizzes, meetings, and parties all happening in these 24 hours. The campus never sleeps and sometimes all I do is gasp for breath, but the fact that I get to be a part of an institution that boasts of such a rich legacy makes it all worthwhile. The adrenaline rush one experiences after everything, be it reaching the classroom on time to submitting the assignments, it’s akin to what one would probably feel after successfully scaling a mountain maybe. But then we here do that literally every day, considering the entire campus is on a Hillock called Prabandh Shikhar. The lush green surrounding, clean air, smell of the Earth-all of it is absolutely intoxicating and never let any stress get to you. I get to see peacocks when it rains-a visual which is so appealing and unfortunately so rare these days. Being a teetotaler, a question that is always posed to me is how have I not given in to the temptation. My answer is simple- I find my high in all things bright and beautiful that surround me. And there is no alcohol that can provide this kind of euphoria. Also, I have met some of the most intelligent, humorous and grounded people in this campus. I was a very cocky teenager. However my stint in institutes (both undergraduate and postgraduate) have made me realize that there is so much I need to work on and that arrogance can never be the hallmark of excellence. We are all vying for the same place, there is intense competition but the way we party here, I don’t think even the best of friends can. Therefore for me, the unpretentious people and the thriving and lush campus are the most unique things about my campus.
