Sept 6, 2016 (0800 hrs) : Take a quick shower- Check. Dress up fast- Check. Skim through the pre-reads for the morning lectures- Check. Grab a quick bite while bolting off from the hostel to the academic block- Check.
If only real-life came with thought bubbles! Ever wondered what goes on in the minds of your classmates during a lecture? We bring you a light-hearted take on this situation.
Around 15 months back, I breathed a sigh of relief when a congratulatory email from IIM Rohtak popped up in my inbox. The dream of studying in an IIM had finally come true. Now was the time to live the life I had yearned for, the life which would transform me. I had heard that one gets amazing opportunities to network with batch mates, seniors, and the alumni. A multitude of opportunities to interact and collaborate with people in various teams for group projects, committees etc knock one’s door. Moreover, partying in large groups at the finest pubs of the city is frequent at the B-School. Exciting, isn’t it? Who would want to miss living a life such as this one?
We intend to make the management theory learning process entertaining and easy to remember, therefore we have made up a story assuming that all management gurus are available at the same point in time.
Dr. Arunachalam Muruganantham, social entrepreneur, innovator and the leader who brought to the public eye the issues related to unhygienic practices around menstruation in rural India was at the SPJIMR campus on Friday (Sep.16) as part of Heroes speak 2016.
A summer morning soaked in the humidity of Mumbai and I was travelling in an auto-rickshaw to reach for my interview, submerged in my imaginations about the place. Lost in my thoughts I imagined how huge the college building might be, drawing in from the structures that I saw around. “Madam, you’ve reached”, bellowed the driver and I was still struggling to find the name of the college hidden somewhere in the lush green verdant. And there I was struck by the idiosyncrasy of the place.
What is an MBA? A route to a job? A brahminical discipline taught only to the most deserving? A license to be a cowboy in the corporate world? An entry ticket to the upper middle class life?
A single moment is enough to break your life-long perception about certain things. Whenever there is a steep ramp in the career, it takes some time and a level of understanding to move from one stage to the other. When this is lacking, life makes us take new things with a pinch of salt. We have no option but to face it! When you have two prized days of a weekend between the last day of work and the first day of a new journey at SPJIMR, after which life would change drastically beyond imagination, it is hard to figure things out. Imagine the state of wilderness on missing the game of thrones episodes on a Monday morning. Such was the level of my maturity when I stepped into the institution called SPJIMR.
Sept 6, 2016 (0800 hrs) : Take a quick shower- Check. Dress up fast- Check. Skim through the pre-reads for the morning lectures- Check. Grab a quick bite while bolting off from the hostel to the academic block- Check.
If only real-life came with thought bubbles! Ever wondered what goes on in the minds of your classmates during a lecture? We bring you a light-hearted take on this situation.
Around 15 months back, I breathed a sigh of relief when a congratulatory email from IIM Rohtak popped up in my inbox. The dream of studying in an IIM had finally come true. Now was the time to live the life I had yearned for, the life which would transform me. I had heard that one gets amazing opportunities to network with batch mates, seniors, and the alumni. A multitude of opportunities to interact and collaborate with people in various teams for group projects, committees etc knock one’s door. Moreover, partying in large groups at the finest pubs of the city is frequent at the B-School. Exciting, isn’t it? Who would want to miss living a life such as this one?
We intend to make the management theory learning process entertaining and easy to remember, therefore we have made up a story assuming that all management gurus are available at the same point in time.
Dr. Arunachalam Muruganantham, social entrepreneur, innovator and the leader who brought to the public eye the issues related to unhygienic practices around menstruation in rural India was at the SPJIMR campus on Friday (Sep.16) as part of Heroes speak 2016.
A summer morning soaked in the humidity of Mumbai and I was travelling in an auto-rickshaw to reach for my interview, submerged in my imaginations about the place. Lost in my thoughts I imagined how huge the college building might be, drawing in from the structures that I saw around. “Madam, you’ve reached”, bellowed the driver and I was still struggling to find the name of the college hidden somewhere in the lush green verdant. And there I was struck by the idiosyncrasy of the place.
What is an MBA? A route to a job? A brahminical discipline taught only to the most deserving? A license to be a cowboy in the corporate world? An entry ticket to the upper middle class life?
A single moment is enough to break your life-long perception about certain things. Whenever there is a steep ramp in the career, it takes some time and a level of understanding to move from one stage to the other. When this is lacking, life makes us take new things with a pinch of salt. We have no option but to face it! When you have two prized days of a weekend between the last day of work and the first day of a new journey at SPJIMR, after which life would change drastically beyond imagination, it is hard to figure things out. Imagine the state of wilderness on missing the game of thrones episodes on a Monday morning. Such was the level of my maturity when I stepped into the institution called SPJIMR.
