IIM Shillong: What Makes My Campus Unique - Anjali Gupta

Like any other CAT aspirant, I too dreamt of getting into an IIM, and here I am at IIM Shillong.  So the journey was a bit long starting from preparing for CAT to getting shortlisted for the interview and converting the call, but when I look back and introspect, the whole journey was worthwhile. Before joining the institute I was both anxious and excited, anxious because it was a completely new place for me as I have always been in North- India and excited to meet new people. There were several factors that help me decide to join IIM Shillong.

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IIM Shillong - Sustainability Trek

Participants of PGP18 were privileged to take part in the sustainability trek. We got the opportunity to visit the sacred forest and to have a trek in a country side hilly area. We got the opportunity to have a sustainability trek in the midst of misty clouds and beautiful greenery. The sustainability trek is unique to IIM Shillong. Getting a feel of the nature and the advantages of preserving it was the first step in learning sustainability and business. We were taken to the sacred forest first. We got a nice view of the surroundings natural beauty from the buses in the way.

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IIM Shillong - A Memorable Marketing Management Class

Marketing Management, not a class I was particularly looking forward too. In spite of being from commerce background or because of being from commerce background my interest level for the subject had reduced. Since it was Term 1 and I had already gone through the course outline, I did not come across any new topics to be covered. It consisted of general base building concepts about marketing and sales, the 4Ps, how to become consumer oriented, etcetera.

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IIM Shillong - Demolishing The Channelled Perception

There are around 7 billion brains in the world and each brain forms a different story about a particular thing. The story is influenced by a lot of factors like the mindset, past experiences, current situation, creativity of the individual etc. Sometimes the perception is also influenced by the system of which an individual has been a part of and in the present context for me it’s the education system. All of us have been through almost the same kind of education system that promoted us to learn whatever was taught by the instructor and the system thus tried to instill a standardised system of thinking in our brains wherein all of us thought in the similar way in order to reach the same answer. Slowly and steadily the above mentioned thought process got engrained in our thoughts and we started perceiving things in a biased way and strived to somehow reach the answer that would fetch us good grades. I carried the same thought process to my B school and in the very first lecture that I attended the subconsciously imposed system of thinking was challenged. The subject was statistics and as soon as the class saw the problem students started solving it and got the “right” answer. But, the instructor straightaway declared the answer wrong though he said that it was mathematically right. A wave of utter confusion went across the room and the students started discussing among themselves as to what was the instructor trying to point towards.

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Shout Out To The Unique Folks I Met In My PGP Journey

We come across countless number of people in our lives but there are handful of unique creatures that in their own way, with their idiosyncrasy leave a long lasting impression on us. And it is weird or may be lucky, that in my stay at IIM Sirmaur during the first year I have stumbled across few of such souls and each of them have taught something to me in their own unique way.

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My Journey To IIM Shillong

My journey to IIM Shillong was peculiar in its own way.  It was in May when one fine day after going through my mails I was filled with ecstasy, unlike numerous other work days. I stood up from my desk and started pondering at the change of events. This was not just another event; it had the potential to change my years to come. While the hands of destiny were shaping my future, apprehensions started to creep in. I had a whole new world of possibilities lying in front of me to choose from. On one hand my mind insisted to continue at the coveted MNC I was working for on other my dream of getting admitted to premier B-schools abroad spooked me. If this was not enough the thought of my previous results crossed my mind. I realized that I had to forgo the amount I had already paid at one of the old IIM’s.

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IIM Shillong - Experiencing Nature

Indian Institute of Management Shillong, a very prestigious institute which enjoys the charms of the city Shillong, the Scotland of the East, is a perfect place for students aspiring to become the future managers and better individuals in all aspects of life. IIM Shillong is unique as it is situated in the north eastern part of the country which gives the opportunity to experience a totally different environment to be in. One most differentiating thing about IIM Shillong is that it has a very huge focus on sustainability, one of the most important thing to do which people knowingly ignore. The institute also hosts international conferences on sustainability, annually. It is an institute which has sustainability at its core, everything that happens in IIMS has a sustainability aspect to it. To grow awareness about sustainability, we conduct a complete one week course on sustainability where both theory and practical aspects are covered. The one day trek onto the hills of Meghalaya is a great chance for everyone to experience the beauty of nature and a realization about how important the nature is.

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Counting My Blessings At IIM Shillong - Yukti Rajpal

When you talk about the brand IIM, it’s typical to expect certain things -sleepless nights, tight schedules, deadlines, race against time, competitions, opportunities, meeting place of the best minds. Life at IIM Shillong has all of this to offer, but with a sweetener, incase you feel too bogged down with the rigor. And mind you, even the ones who think they have come well prepared for the ride will once for sure accede to pressure. Here, the immense, unbearable beauty of Shillong’s setting would come to one’s rescue.

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