Indian Institute of Foreign Trade Kolkata is all set to host its flagship International Business Summit, Vivaan 3.0. The curtain will rise on 17th August, 2017 and it will be a three-day long event with panel discussions on various functional areas of management.
Before I pen down my thoughts about Life at TISS and all that it entails, from my perspective, let me take a step back and pen down my current state of being as I think it will in itself speak volumes about what I intend to.
Congratulations! You've finally made it to a b-school. After 4 years of engineering, and (possibly) some work experience, you now stand at the gateway to the next level and achieving your dreams.
Oh no!, I missed my assignment deadline again, shouted Ravi as he looked at his watch with one eye still shut and the other struggling to open from deep sleep. 'Dude, how can you be so careless?', retorted his room mate Sachin. Prompt came Ravi's reply, ' I am a fresher trying to figure out how to manage so many things that are being thrown at me one after the other, you must be used to this life since you have such a long work experience. By now you should have become the CEO of the company you were working in had you been even half as capable as I am.' To this, Sachin said, 'I agree that you are a fresher but what is with comparing your inexperienced self with me, if you have been able to submit the few assignments that you have has all been because of me'. 'Don't you think I should have worked for sometime before thinking about pursing MBA, it would have made my life easier in terms of sticking to deadlines at least', asked Ravi.
8 AM in the morning, snoozes the alarm, wakes up at 8:45, to report to college at 9, after consuming the 249th spray of her 250 sprays deodorant. Jokes apart, but that’s precisely how life at b-school has been for me, in the past 2 months. Coming from a procrastinated lifestyle background, time management was quite a task for me to get used to. So here's a small attempt from my side on penning down my b-school experience in the past 2 months at NMIMS, Mumbai and how it’s made me a master at the art of time management, which I now proudly announce to be quite subtle.
The diverse culture of our nation was splendidly displayed by the students of IIM Rohtak on the occasion of 71St Independence Day. Students from more than 20 states came together and saluted the sacrifice made by the true heroes of our nation for the freedom struggle.
Several times people already know what they want to do in life, where they want to work, who they are going to marry, how many kids they are going to have, but majority of the world is like me, we go with the flow, we let things happen, I do not know what is going to be the ending of this article, but I know I won’t stop until I am happy with it.
We all develop our perceptions of a b-school from what we read, hear & see from family, friends, relatives, coaching institutes, social media, TV, print media and the internet. However, the reality might often be different than what we expect. After securing admission, there are certain things which a student realises are pretty different than what they imagined. That calls for a reality check so that one can better understand what's in it for a potential aspirant.
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade Kolkata is all set to host its flagship International Business Summit, Vivaan 3.0. The curtain will rise on 17th August, 2017 and it will be a three-day long event with panel discussions on various functional areas of management.
Before I pen down my thoughts about Life at TISS and all that it entails, from my perspective, let me take a step back and pen down my current state of being as I think it will in itself speak volumes about what I intend to.
Congratulations! You've finally made it to a b-school. After 4 years of engineering, and (possibly) some work experience, you now stand at the gateway to the next level and achieving your dreams.
Oh no!, I missed my assignment deadline again, shouted Ravi as he looked at his watch with one eye still shut and the other struggling to open from deep sleep. 'Dude, how can you be so careless?', retorted his room mate Sachin. Prompt came Ravi's reply, ' I am a fresher trying to figure out how to manage so many things that are being thrown at me one after the other, you must be used to this life since you have such a long work experience. By now you should have become the CEO of the company you were working in had you been even half as capable as I am.' To this, Sachin said, 'I agree that you are a fresher but what is with comparing your inexperienced self with me, if you have been able to submit the few assignments that you have has all been because of me'. 'Don't you think I should have worked for sometime before thinking about pursing MBA, it would have made my life easier in terms of sticking to deadlines at least', asked Ravi.
8 AM in the morning, snoozes the alarm, wakes up at 8:45, to report to college at 9, after consuming the 249th spray of her 250 sprays deodorant. Jokes apart, but that’s precisely how life at b-school has been for me, in the past 2 months. Coming from a procrastinated lifestyle background, time management was quite a task for me to get used to. So here's a small attempt from my side on penning down my b-school experience in the past 2 months at NMIMS, Mumbai and how it’s made me a master at the art of time management, which I now proudly announce to be quite subtle.
The diverse culture of our nation was splendidly displayed by the students of IIM Rohtak on the occasion of 71St Independence Day. Students from more than 20 states came together and saluted the sacrifice made by the true heroes of our nation for the freedom struggle.
Several times people already know what they want to do in life, where they want to work, who they are going to marry, how many kids they are going to have, but majority of the world is like me, we go with the flow, we let things happen, I do not know what is going to be the ending of this article, but I know I won’t stop until I am happy with it.
We all develop our perceptions of a b-school from what we read, hear & see from family, friends, relatives, coaching institutes, social media, TV, print media and the internet. However, the reality might often be different than what we expect. After securing admission, there are certain things which a student realises are pretty different than what they imagined. That calls for a reality check so that one can better understand what's in it for a potential aspirant.
