IIM Trichy – The Shining Star
“To become 'unique,' the challenge is to fight the hardest battle which anyone can imagine until you reach your destination.” – A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
“To become 'unique,' the challenge is to fight the hardest battle which anyone can imagine until you reach your destination.” – A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Abhishek Mishra: “The Lazy One” The night before an end term exam is one where MBA students are generally busy with the books class notes trying to understand all the concept taught in the term in one night. On the other hand, when you go Abhishek’s room, you will either see him playing FIFA or sleeping in his room. You can see the books for the exams are nowhere to be seen near him. On asking whether he have completed studying for the exam the general reply will be “I will start in sometime”. Even though the guy is lazy and tends to procrastinate most of his task till the Eleventh Hour, I can safely say he is one of the sharpest minds of IIM Trichy. The productiveness which he brings into the work in the Eleventh Hour can be easily compared to the effectiveness of MS Dhoni’s finishing skills. I have seen the guys effectiveness in eleventh hour when he performed extremely well in the term examination or clearing CFA level 1 examination by studying for the last 10 days. Abhishek consider himself as “best FIFA player” in IIM Trichy which I totally disagree with. Apart for playing FIFA, he is passionate for football and a huge fan of Cristiano Ronaldo. One of the most important characteristics is his positive vibes he carries with himself.
As IIM Raipur campus is still operating at its temporary campus, there is nothing much to boast about the campus infrastructure, though we would be moving in our own 200-acre new campus in next two months. But there are still a few things which make this campus unique, that I would say are its student and culture that they have developed in these last 8 years.
Like every other engineering graduate, I had no idea where I wanted to go and what I wanted from my life. Being a mechanical engineering graduate from an average private institute, I was lucky enough to find a job without even sitting for a rigorous placement drive. I was offered a job in a start-up and to my luck, it was the kind of work that I loved to do. One year and half of scrupulous work made me realize that I wasn’t growing as expected: personally or professionally and my dream of launching a start-up was lost somewhere. This is when I decided to buckle up and get into a good business school. My idea of going into a b-school was fuelled by the desire of getting to know people from diverse backgrounds and learn in a competitive environment. So that, one day I could launch a start-up, catering to social causes.
Two years isn’t a short time, is it? Well, after working for around two years in the industry, after my graduation, coming back to the classrooms of IIM Tiruchirappalli demanded quite an effort from my end. But soon, I started figuring out some of the most interesting parts of the MBA journey.
Indian Institute of Management (IIM) was set up by the Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD) in 2010 at Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh. It was formerly a part of Madhya Pradesh before the state of Chhattisgarh was formed on 1st November 2000. Chhattisgarh is one of the fastest growing states of India with its rich mineral, forest, natural and local resources.
A memorable classroom experience at IIM Trichy
On the ebullient day of June 25, with the buoyant sun overhead, I left to the City of Joy, Kolkata to transform my dream into a reality. I was greeted with a flurry of the South-West monsoon. I reached the management abode called Indian Institute of Foreign Trade that was imposing in the serene neighborhood of Chowbaga.