It has been a year since I joined IIM Lucknow. Now, when seniors are packing their bags for home we are realising that about a year has actually passed. Time really moves very fast in this world of IIML (aka HELL). I hope the information given below will be useful for upcoming students. I have added some of my experiences and information a new joiner should be aware of.
This article is written from the perspective of aspirants with over 2 years of work-ex and parts of it may not be relevant to freshers. Reader discretion is advised.
Today IIFT looks different. Ask the students and you will know why.
I remember walking into this expansive campus and wondering how different this place was from DU, the place I’d called home for 3 years. Even before it started, each person and thing made me realise how different it was going to be, after all, I wasn’t even officially a graduate the day I sat in my first class at IIM Lucknow.
I sit here typing in the cosy comfort of my room and this is exactly what I want to do, I have done some surfing on the internet (Apparently 3M makes many more products apart from post its) and I am thinking about a lot of my fellow mates here. Yesterday I was at a regional dinner, I was trying to 'socialise' - by that, I mean I was trying to talk to people I do not know. Networking is a buzz word in b-schools and everyone tries to follow it diligently, from mess halls to elevators everyone is always interacting, talking and learning, after all we learn mostly from our peers here. But sometimes I crave for the odd moments of silence, where I can reflect on all the things going around and introspect in peace. Sometimes I need hours of it.
“A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions” ~Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr
It has been a year since I joined IIM Lucknow. Now, when seniors are packing their bags for home we are realising that about a year has actually passed. Time really moves very fast in this world of IIML (aka HELL). I hope the information given below will be useful for upcoming students. I have added some of my experiences and information a new joiner should be aware of.
This article is written from the perspective of aspirants with over 2 years of work-ex and parts of it may not be relevant to freshers. Reader discretion is advised.
Today IIFT looks different. Ask the students and you will know why.
I remember walking into this expansive campus and wondering how different this place was from DU, the place I’d called home for 3 years. Even before it started, each person and thing made me realise how different it was going to be, after all, I wasn’t even officially a graduate the day I sat in my first class at IIM Lucknow.
I sit here typing in the cosy comfort of my room and this is exactly what I want to do, I have done some surfing on the internet (Apparently 3M makes many more products apart from post its) and I am thinking about a lot of my fellow mates here. Yesterday I was at a regional dinner, I was trying to 'socialise' - by that, I mean I was trying to talk to people I do not know. Networking is a buzz word in b-schools and everyone tries to follow it diligently, from mess halls to elevators everyone is always interacting, talking and learning, after all we learn mostly from our peers here. But sometimes I crave for the odd moments of silence, where I can reflect on all the things going around and introspect in peace. Sometimes I need hours of it.
“A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions” ~Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr
