We are more than halfway to our one-year roller coaster MBA program but still not able to come up with a sustainable plan! Yes, it is MBA, which will prepare you to handle madness, chaos and success if nothing else.
It has been only 45 days since I joined campus, but I am already in love with its greenery and architecture. But the most disheartening fact about any IIM is that even though it’s beautiful you won’t be having any time to enjoy its beauty.
They say change is the only constant. The same happened to me about a month back when I had to shift to start my MBA here at IIM Indore. New girl to the city, to the hostel life, to an MBA program. It was all completely different. From the fact of going to eat by myself to prepare for the class on the following day, none of it I’d done before. I’ve never been good at accepting changes and I go through a series of denial before I start accepting it. Life at Indore was no different.
It was supposed to be another mundane day when my phone beeped. There was a mail in my inbox from IIM Bodhgaya regarding the admission offer. And I swear this moment, this little moment was the one I was working hard for. Two years of preparation, thousands of mock tests, many sleepless nights, all now seemed worthwhile. I will be the first one from my entire family to pursue an MBA from an IIM, this thought started playing on the loop in my mind. I was happy and at the same time a little skeptic about the curriculum and environment of IIM Bodhgaya. Finally, after much discussion and consulting with my parents and friends, I was now standing in the land of Buddha and my destination being “The Enlightening IIM”.
To draw an analogy I would say that the first month at TISS has laid the foundation for the two-year journey here. The one month here has been full of chaos, from attending guest lectures, plant visits to numerous assignments and I can draw a parallel with my engineering days. But the rate at which circumstances/situations change here is inversely proportional to the reaction time for it. And I would say that this is something which prepares me competently for the subsequent challenges.
It all unfolded on a bright sunny day in Chennai, when I had been dragged shopping by my mother, I received an email congratulating me that I had made it to SPJIMR. That very moment, I started imagining my life in Mumbai for the next two years.
IRMA and SIMSREE, established 4 years apart, are 2 desirable management institutes in tier-2 and tier-3 categories (depending on which B-School categorisation you see). IRMA is an autonomous institute known for its flagship programme, PGD in Rural Management (PGDRM). SIMSREE is a government management institute, and its flagship programme is the Master of Management Studies (MMS).
29th June, 2018 - How it all started
We are more than halfway to our one-year roller coaster MBA program but still not able to come up with a sustainable plan! Yes, it is MBA, which will prepare you to handle madness, chaos and success if nothing else.
It has been only 45 days since I joined campus, but I am already in love with its greenery and architecture. But the most disheartening fact about any IIM is that even though it’s beautiful you won’t be having any time to enjoy its beauty.
They say change is the only constant. The same happened to me about a month back when I had to shift to start my MBA here at IIM Indore. New girl to the city, to the hostel life, to an MBA program. It was all completely different. From the fact of going to eat by myself to prepare for the class on the following day, none of it I’d done before. I’ve never been good at accepting changes and I go through a series of denial before I start accepting it. Life at Indore was no different.
It was supposed to be another mundane day when my phone beeped. There was a mail in my inbox from IIM Bodhgaya regarding the admission offer. And I swear this moment, this little moment was the one I was working hard for. Two years of preparation, thousands of mock tests, many sleepless nights, all now seemed worthwhile. I will be the first one from my entire family to pursue an MBA from an IIM, this thought started playing on the loop in my mind. I was happy and at the same time a little skeptic about the curriculum and environment of IIM Bodhgaya. Finally, after much discussion and consulting with my parents and friends, I was now standing in the land of Buddha and my destination being “The Enlightening IIM”.
To draw an analogy I would say that the first month at TISS has laid the foundation for the two-year journey here. The one month here has been full of chaos, from attending guest lectures, plant visits to numerous assignments and I can draw a parallel with my engineering days. But the rate at which circumstances/situations change here is inversely proportional to the reaction time for it. And I would say that this is something which prepares me competently for the subsequent challenges.
It all unfolded on a bright sunny day in Chennai, when I had been dragged shopping by my mother, I received an email congratulating me that I had made it to SPJIMR. That very moment, I started imagining my life in Mumbai for the next two years.
IRMA and SIMSREE, established 4 years apart, are 2 desirable management institutes in tier-2 and tier-3 categories (depending on which B-School categorisation you see). IRMA is an autonomous institute known for its flagship programme, PGD in Rural Management (PGDRM). SIMSREE is a government management institute, and its flagship programme is the Master of Management Studies (MMS).
29th June, 2018 - How it all started
