The economies in nations across the world are facing saturation of opportunities and cut throat competitions in complex business environments. The need of the hour is to not just build and run successful businesses but to carry an entrepreneurial mindset in any career role chosen by the future managers. IIM Udaipur follows a pedagogy which strives to inculcate the spirit of entrepreneurship in its students.
Kaptains of Kozhikode – Sri Lanka Edition
Bablu, Kohli and Laxman are familiar names for any IIFTian. They are a part of the army of dhabas that surround the campus. These dhabas are the lifeline of the college. These are the go-to places in the breaks for a chai or bournvita. They provide the most affordable food for students according to their customized needs. When you are away from home this is what keeps you going. I am sure each IIFTian will credit a part of their degree to these dhabas which provide you the parathas, maggis, chais and Tzingas at all times and keep you going.
The majority of the workforce considers the HR department responsible for everything wrong with their organization. An HR manager is Satan spawn, the Devil incarnate, the rotten face of unadulterated, pure evil. Your inflexible work schedule is the HR’s fault. You have too few days off because your HR hates you. Your performance appraisal got screwed because the HR didn’t like your tie. Your promotion will be stalled till the next cycle because the stingy HR isn’t ready to pay you according to the hard hours and backbreaking labour you put in. The poor workers in the factories are being oppressed because the HR doesn’t care about their welfare (this brings to mind the Manesar incident when the Maruti HR was burned alive. He was supposedly on the workers’ side too). Given all this, it’s more than a little ironic that the majority of this piece was written on Labour Day.
As the beginning of b-school journey comes close, lot anxiety builds up over what’s in store, doubts over how challenging are the times ahead, etc. This article unfolds a few of them for soon-to-be B-school students.
Quizzing has always been a tradition at IIM Calcutta. It comes as no surprise that ICQC, IIM Calcutta’s official Quiz Club is among the oldest quizzing societies in the country. It goes back to the days of 'seeding quizzes' during the early batches, some of which used to be conducted by the likes of Neil O'Brien - the father of quizzing in India. Typically internal quizzing activity at Joka starts in July with the Fresher’s Quiz (hosted by alumni) and goes on right up to the end of February, with the Farewell Quiz. In between these two are several events, including the IIM Calcutta Quizzing League, the open quiz at Intaglio, quizzes at Carpe Diem, themed quizzes in association with other clubs, occasion based quizzes etc. The quiz club also hosts quizzes across the country in association with other quizzing societies.
Peer learning, quizzes, late night submissions all form part of a rigorous life at a business school and SPJIMR is no exception. To add to this extensive and exhaustive academic rigor are a host of competitions which are launched across B school campuses in India. Competitions which bring real life problems to the classroom asking for an approach that befits a management graduate. They are just as important as the next big assignment, sometimes even more. Because they give you an opportunity to don the manager’s hat and grapple with problems gripping the corporate world. The case is your canvas and you can pave the way for solutions reflecting thought processes brimming with innovation, business acumen, and grounded in practicality.
The economies in nations across the world are facing saturation of opportunities and cut throat competitions in complex business environments. The need of the hour is to not just build and run successful businesses but to carry an entrepreneurial mindset in any career role chosen by the future managers. IIM Udaipur follows a pedagogy which strives to inculcate the spirit of entrepreneurship in its students.
Kaptains of Kozhikode – Sri Lanka Edition
Bablu, Kohli and Laxman are familiar names for any IIFTian. They are a part of the army of dhabas that surround the campus. These dhabas are the lifeline of the college. These are the go-to places in the breaks for a chai or bournvita. They provide the most affordable food for students according to their customized needs. When you are away from home this is what keeps you going. I am sure each IIFTian will credit a part of their degree to these dhabas which provide you the parathas, maggis, chais and Tzingas at all times and keep you going.
The majority of the workforce considers the HR department responsible for everything wrong with their organization. An HR manager is Satan spawn, the Devil incarnate, the rotten face of unadulterated, pure evil. Your inflexible work schedule is the HR’s fault. You have too few days off because your HR hates you. Your performance appraisal got screwed because the HR didn’t like your tie. Your promotion will be stalled till the next cycle because the stingy HR isn’t ready to pay you according to the hard hours and backbreaking labour you put in. The poor workers in the factories are being oppressed because the HR doesn’t care about their welfare (this brings to mind the Manesar incident when the Maruti HR was burned alive. He was supposedly on the workers’ side too). Given all this, it’s more than a little ironic that the majority of this piece was written on Labour Day.
As the beginning of b-school journey comes close, lot anxiety builds up over what’s in store, doubts over how challenging are the times ahead, etc. This article unfolds a few of them for soon-to-be B-school students.
Quizzing has always been a tradition at IIM Calcutta. It comes as no surprise that ICQC, IIM Calcutta’s official Quiz Club is among the oldest quizzing societies in the country. It goes back to the days of 'seeding quizzes' during the early batches, some of which used to be conducted by the likes of Neil O'Brien - the father of quizzing in India. Typically internal quizzing activity at Joka starts in July with the Fresher’s Quiz (hosted by alumni) and goes on right up to the end of February, with the Farewell Quiz. In between these two are several events, including the IIM Calcutta Quizzing League, the open quiz at Intaglio, quizzes at Carpe Diem, themed quizzes in association with other clubs, occasion based quizzes etc. The quiz club also hosts quizzes across the country in association with other quizzing societies.
Peer learning, quizzes, late night submissions all form part of a rigorous life at a business school and SPJIMR is no exception. To add to this extensive and exhaustive academic rigor are a host of competitions which are launched across B school campuses in India. Competitions which bring real life problems to the classroom asking for an approach that befits a management graduate. They are just as important as the next big assignment, sometimes even more. Because they give you an opportunity to don the manager’s hat and grapple with problems gripping the corporate world. The case is your canvas and you can pave the way for solutions reflecting thought processes brimming with innovation, business acumen, and grounded in practicality.
