The Mesmerising IIM Lucknow Campus
For an MBA student the college campus becomes a home for the next two years. Even the festivals, celebrations all are spent at the institute. The aesthetically appealing IIM Lucknow campus has made the frenetic life of the b-school way simpler. The red bricks enclosing wisdom and the picturesque views at every blink, describe the world’s 34th most beautiful business school.
Vartika Jaiswal
A Cup of Friendship and the Smell of Hope
2 States and Chetan Bhagat, are the bane of every MBA aspirant, especially the IIM ones. The story gave us hope, of surreal and love, minimal studies and lots of dances. You enter the campus thinking your life will change with a serving of sambhar but behold, the last feelings you will have after entering the mess are love and appreciation. You believe you will never have to attend classes, roaming in the corridors with books in hand are enough... my poor friends, you will grow old in the classes, the clock won't move its hands and some of you will feel your cells dying. And you might feel that in spite of so many dances, romances and dramas, you will get placements in a jiffy... you all must have gotten the drift by now... except a lucky few, placements will test your patience, endurance and faith in god.
Remika Roy Chowdhury
The Incredulously Uncertain Ice-cream for the Wise
“If you want to go fast go alone, if you want to go far go with others”
Manvi Govil
A Game of Apples and Oranges
Recently in IIM Shillong, we had Ms. Sudipta Sen Gupta, Senior General Manager – Marketing, Carlsberg India for an informal interaction with the participants. During her presentation she talked about a current dilemma she faced regarding her performance appraisal. She happened to mention that her performance will be appraised only on basis of the target numbers and circumstances will not be considered. The next day we got talking about performance measurement and appraisal with our HR faculty which raised more questions than it answered. Should task performance be the sole criteria for appraisal? Should context be considered when evaluating results?
Paras Parekh
Dark Side Of MBA – Things That They Don’t Tell You Before Joining The B-School
Undoubtedly, getting into XLRI is the single best thing that happened to me in my entire life. I, still, vividly remember every moment associated with my preparation, interview, sound of my heartbeats when the result window was taking light years to buffer, and finally, the word ‘Congratulations’! It was the moment of ‘dream come true’! It was the moment when you finally realize that ‘ablife set hai’… or is it?
Sadashiv Pradhan
