What Happens In The IIM Ahmedabad Classroom?
Exams are the biggest deadweight loss of our education system.
Exams are the biggest deadweight loss of our education system.
What happens when you put a social entrepreneur, a humanitarian, a musician, a retired army officer, a Jal Tarang player, a television personality, a professional Squash player, a techie and the world’s most followed Quora writer together? - It is simply Beyond Imagination.
Every once in a generation comes along a person or a handful of people who not only question the rationale of science but change it radically and leave the world in awe. A passion to excel, compassion to make the world a united place and fervour to not let go even when the odds are stacked against you is what defines our most coveted event TEDxSIBMBengaluru, an independently organised event licensed by TED. It is scheduled on February 18, 2017 at Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Electronic City, Phase-1, Bengaluru, India.
‘IF YA SMELLLLLLLLLLLLLLL… WHAT THE ROCK IS COOKING!’ screams my alarm at 7.45 in the morning followed by a couple of mathematical problems to get me off the bed. Thus begins the race to be in time for breakfast and the 9.00 AM lecture. The unlimited milk and tea supply sets the tone for the day, where one knows no limits. In their desperate rush to be on the right side of the classroom before the doors close, students, a.k.a. Kathors, are often found running and jostling their way through the corridors. Discipline is a must at IIM Rohtak, where having proper breakfast is also considered as sacrosanct by the professors.
We have been residing here a month now. Balicha. IIM Udaipur’s new and permanent address. The postmen know it now, so do the local cabbies. IIM Udaipur has officially shifted all operations to its sprawling 300 acre campus.
“You do not have to be a doctor to save lives. Donate Blood.”
IIM Ahmedabad has a rich legacy, being conceived by eminent scientist Vikram Sarabhai as an institute of excellence. It is important to understand where the Institute comes from, where its ethos lies and why it does deserve the status it gets. People here, and people associated with the institute work tirelessly to ensure that the envisioned level of excellence is maintained. And hence, like a true B-School student, I think what makes IIM Ahmedabad special are the 4P's : People, People, People and yes, People.