The B-School Committee Selection Q-Tiyapa - Abhishek From XLRI, Jamshedpur
"Because I want to fit in." - Patrick Bateman, American Psycho (1991)
"Because I want to fit in." - Patrick Bateman, American Psycho (1991)
When your mid-term is four days away, a quiz awaits you in three days, and a senior asks whether you want to play a role in the drama to be performed at Valhalla – the sports and cultural fest of XLRI, in two days’ time, the first instinct of any first year IIM student, struggling with her Greek and Hebrew subjects, would be to say “NO!!! Are you freaking crazy?” I had the same feeling at first, although I could feel a prick within.
Endless memories have been recalled over a cup of coffee, as to how exciting is the life of a fresher in a B school. Good memories start with ice breaker sessions to new found puppy love, while the same old mess food greets you with an eager smile, not to mention the absence of monetary freedom one may or may not have enjoyed. These are quite common in any B school, but SPJIMR has a neat trick up its sleeve. Welcome everyone to The Personal Growth Lab, aka PG Lab.
‘The room is a mess!’ I heard when I called my friend who already reached the campus before I did for the new term registrations. I rushed to the hostels, checked my room and she was not lying. I asked here and there and got hold of the housekeeping staff and begged her to clean my room as soon as possible. She immediately followed me armed with her broom.
Kozhikode was no less than an island. If you missed your flight in the morning, you had to wait until the next day to take another flight, because there were no outbound flights after 12 noon. The extra day was probably meant to make you reflect – to think if the intangible benefits of taking the next flight outweighed its social and financial costs. It was a well-designed trap. Just like the MBA.
Tata Institute of Social Science in its entirety gives you a fresh perspective towards living altogether. Life at TISS is not simple. I would rather say it is a concoction of hardship and satiety every day. Sometimes you take it one day at a time; sometimes you don’t have the liberty to do so. Nonetheless, it doesn’t falter to radiate the brightest of the colours everyday and paint your pallid life canvases with hues you never intended to contrive.
The best of locations in the country: NMIMS School of Business Management was established in 1981 in the heart of India's financial capital, Mumbai. Built in one of the most prime locations of the city, the college boasts of being one of the most important centres of education and excellence. Located in the hub of Vile Parle (W), with colleges like Mithibai right across the street, NMIMS is the academic abode of students from all across the country of varied age groups. With famous hangouts like Prithvi café and the Juhu beach round the corner, and flanked by the legendary Mr. Bachchan’s palatial houses, NMIMS definitely has one of the best locations to write home about! What makes things even better is that due to being situated in the financial capital of the country, NMIMS exposes its students to industry interactions and interfaces that give its students a competitive edge over the others.