MBA Aspirant

India's Innovation Injunction

Any study of natural process acknowledges that genes, atoms, talent have random distribution around a huge space like our planet Earth. This inherently implies that any geography will have more or less same number of artist, doctors and lawyers. It would be funny to imagine Australia as a place where only sportsmen are born and Germany a place where only Mechanical engineers are born.  Following that logic innovators are present everywhere in the world including India. With huge population size we must rank in top 5 in terms of innovations. But what saddens me is the recent global competitiveness report which ranks India as number 48 in terms of innovation below all the BRICS countries inspite of registering a double digit growth rate.

I Dared to Do and so Did I...

Where we are we know not, where we shall be, we know not, what we do know is what we aren't and that drives you to idealize what you could be. In a world of craze, rat race and pressure, I stood as another minnow, shadowed and stamped by giants that strode. Yet within the little being, lived a dream that knew not of pragmatism, I set to work to see my dream come true.

Women's Dilemma in the Corporate World

With International Women’s Day on March 8, I ponder on the state of women in the so called majestic Corporate World which enthuses one and all.

MBA education in India - Black, White or Ambivalent Shades of Grey ?

Tale of a ‘Matka’ in IIM

What MBA can teach you?

Who does not want to be called an IIM graduate, despite the fact that each year only around 2000 could make it? Making it into an IIM takes a fair amount of hard work, but guys life ahead is not bed of roses.

Myths about doing an MBA

One year into FMS has been a hell of a ride. From the moment you enter the auditorium full of 200 people to realize that you actually made it here to the moment you have the best conversation with a friend and you realize that yes, you indeed  made some great bond here, FMS has been an enriching and one if the best experiences in life so far. Yes it’s a great learning experience but apart from that it is a direct opportunity for you to think where your preferences and priorities lie. Looking back at the last 7 months, I can point out a startling difference in me and I certainly feel that being here has played a major role in this. Meeting all the different people throughout this time and learning from each and every one of them has played a crucial role. It is like  a vast pool of knowledge and depends on us how much we are able to absorb. However, the external perceptions that people generally have about a business school say something else. So before joining college, a number of people advised me and the complexity involved was not so welcoming. Now that I am here I classify them as the top 3 traditional myths associated with every business school.

Many flew into the “cuckoo’s nest”

While most of us would admire McMurphy’s fight against the tyrannical Miss Ratched to fly outside the cage leaving footprints on someone life, fact is, most of us are in this cage on our will. Now, there may be a very fine lining between what you may refer to as “free will” and “a subconscious will”. It took long enough for me to realise that I am going against what my subconscious would have wanted. But, then again, the subconscious is a whacky little dude probably high on meth sitting in the closet (It’s tough to hold a grasp on it, isn’t it!).