IIM Udaipur, this is the home for me for past one year. The utter joy I had when I got the mail that I converted one of the most prestigious college of our country cannot be explained. When I came here, I met with a group of one of the most talented people I have ever seen.
Before coming to an IIM, you might read and read and read about the life in an IIM but nothing, I repeat, nothing prepares you for what this life holds for you. You will read a million stories on various web sources about how hectic your life can get but nothing compares to the experience of being in one of the seats of IIM Udaipur.
It was just another class on a Tuesday morning, or so we thought. I can hear the clock ticking as I am having breakfast in a rush. I put the dishes and run towards my morning class of one of my favourite subjects, Consumer Behaviour.
“Giving is not just about making a donation. It is about making a difference.”
As MBA graduates, there are many things expected from you ranging from simple decision making to identifying prospects for the business. One of the primary skills we are expected to have is delivering good convincing presentations that can sweep the stakeholders into giving into whatever you ask them for. This expectation raises an interesting question, what exactly is a presentation? Is it the speaker sharing his knowledge? Is it the powerpoint slides? The answer to this question came for me from an unexpected source:
I am Avinash and I am going to present here some splendid moments of my life which I have experienced here.
Straight out of an undergraduate institute, a fresh graduate landed at Udaipur Airport at around 8 a.m. With high hopes and anticipation, he boarded the bus to IIMU's Balicha campus. The bus glided through the city, and there were no traffic jams, and the streets were mostly clear. Strange as it may sound he felt awkward, coming from Delhi where traffic jams were a way of life.
