Why I Chose NITIE Over IIFT
If you think the biggest sadness is not getting a call from your dream college, then you are totally wrong. It is when you have calls from the college of the same Calibre and you must choose between them.
If you think the biggest sadness is not getting a call from your dream college, then you are totally wrong. It is when you have calls from the college of the same Calibre and you must choose between them.
Reaching towards the end of 2 months of the 2nd year of my MBA journey from IIM Shillong, I can feel the transformation in my overall personality and thought process when contrasted with the pre-MBA previous version of myself. After surviving the roller coaster ride of the first year of MBA, now in the second year with a slighter relaxed schedule, it feels a bit nostalgic while seeing the sleep-deprived juniors hovering around here and there to get their tasks done within the stipulated deadline. Whether it may be reaching classes on time, or attending podium sessions, or completing midnight assignments, or preparing for the next day’s pre-reads or quizzes, the unending rundown continues forever. While going through a series of unavoidable activities day in and day out in such a limited time schedule, one is ought to get into a state of bewilderment.
It is said that even a perfect strategy fails if it is not implemented as intended. Well, let me ask you, 'How often has it happened to you that even after being very sure of your strategy and praising your mind for that stupendous thought, you are completely doomed?' That, my friend, is called a ‘Marketing Myopia’ in technical terms; when you are short-sighted and completely neglect various other possibilities and failing to understand the mindset of your consumer.
Every person, every place, and every situation teaches you something. Here are some of my reflections on what TISS has taught me in the two months I have been here.
It’s conventional, it’s cliched, and it’s contrived - yet lakhs of students burn the midnight oil for months every year for a chance to pursue an MBA degree. For a generation that largely believes in challenging the norms and striving for the unexplored, what is it that MBA teaches you so that all roads seem to converge at a course in management?
You’ll be surprised if you go by her unassuming countenance,