A Journey To Remember - The Road Traveled Thus Far - IIM Raipur
MY Journey at IIM Raipur is one that of bewilderment and a CORLEONESQUE experience of what the competitive world may have in store for freshers like me.
MY Journey at IIM Raipur is one that of bewilderment and a CORLEONESQUE experience of what the competitive world may have in store for freshers like me.
Most Indians, be it in Urban India or Rural India, have heard about Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli and other famous cricketers. But what about Football? Off late, football has picked up pace in India. Will cricket lose ground to Football?
“No race can prosper till it learns there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.”
It's that time of the year again. Decembers. Winters. The happy Christmas feeling. You're all done with CAT and all the other MBA examinations. It doesn't matter if they went well or if you screwed up. The only thing that matters right now is that you've reached the last lap of the race which started a year back when you decided to go for an MBA. Just a few more weeks remain for the 'baap' of all MBA examinations, XAT. So buckle up, hold on tight cause this last lap will be one hell of a ride.
It is hard enough to get into a premier B-School here in India—what with the sheer degree of competition, the cut-offs which stretch up to the fourth decimal point and not to mention the dreaded group discussion and personal interview rounds. And then again, some institutes have a writing ability test too…phew! And once we land in one, we thank our lucky stars only to find out that hey, this place is just not me!
As the year draws to a close, it is time to reflect on how we would encapsulate the events of the world into a universal theme. If one were to look for commonalities across nations in 2016 it might well be called 'The Great Divide'. Never in the recent past have people presented such polarised responses to any political event such as Brexit, the US Presidential Elections, the Syrian refugee crisis or even the Great Indian De-monetisation. Never has data been so unpredictable. Nor the numbers seemed so close. Splitting the population of countries into two major groups; those for and those against. And even after the event is over, there has much strife, discussion and unhappiness with the results of seemingly fair and democratic processes.
What is it like to work in one of the top conglomerates? What does working in diverse businesses in the duration of your first year do to your managerial abilities? How does a good leadership programme transform a professional into a STAR? These and many such questions are going to be answered in our new series, ABGLP STARS.