My journey with Abbott began the moment when they arrived on our campus for the pre-placement talk. My sister being a dentist I was always curious about how a pharma organization works and always wanted to be part of one. Through Abbott I got the opportunity of working with one of the best pharma organizations on this planet!
Placement season is one the most nerve wrecking time during the first year for a majority of b-school graduates. Being able to convert your dream profile requires a certain level of confidence and composure. Two words prominently highlighted in the job description of Fidelity Investments were “Technology” and “Finance.” One was my area of experience and another my area of interest, which seemed like a perfect opportunity to amalgamate my expertise and interest.
“Which is your preferred location?” and I thought Really! Is it happening? Eureka! the toil ends.
MBA and cases are almost synonymous. B-Schools are characterized with loads of cases and pre-reads for each and every subject. A statement often used by the b-school professors is “We are just facilitators. The onus of learning is on you!” And the best tool used to further this cause is the case studies. While these are mostly Harvard cases of the highest quality, the learning actually depends on the way the course is structured by the professors. Let us look at a few types of case-based courses:
We were walking by the marina bay shopping mall, everything was so fascinating and so beautiful. Stores of luxurious brands one after the other, brands whose name I have never heard of, names which I couldn’t even pronounce, these stores were everywhere all around us, with beautiful lights and an enchanting aura around them. I couldn’t even afford to buy a single thing from here. This was the luxury segment about which I have read so much, In theory, I knew that wearing a $50,000 watch is luxury but now that I have seen it in front of me placed in the shelf. Now I can feel the ‘force’, and it was very compelling, tempting me to open the shelf and wear it, to walk out of the store with the watch on my hand and this frenzy was getting out of control. It was the voice of the salesman which brought me back to my sense. He was around 5”5’ lean clean shaved with neat black hair, wearing a black suit. He asked me, “what would you like to have, sir?” I came back to my senses. I could see it in his eyes, he wanted me out of there, or was it my own insecurity? I looked at him he was smiling and then he asked me again, “what are you looking for” I stepped back and told him “Nah...nothing I’m just looking at the stuff here, I can’t afford this” this was my defence mechanism! Somewhere in that moment, I felt in his eyes that he wants me out of his store. Then and there I had a realization, I was aspiring to that watch knowing fully that I can’t afford it.
It’s hardly over a fortnight that we have stepped into this college, yet it seems like ages. Assignments, batch meets, case studies, presentations, group discussions, sports meets, cultural meet, quiz sessions, conclaves and what not! With each day seemingly passing off like an express train; life at XIMB has been till now a gruesome grooming session. Well, apart from academics and formal affairs, these tough curriculums did teach us a lot about networking and hence rendering us an escapade in the form of batch mates. People of diverse background, age groups, mentality, skill sets have come together this far; somehow messing it, missing it and managing it. So, here is a list of 4 batch mates among many who are certainly going to leave an imprint in my mind for years to come.
My journey with Abbott began the moment when they arrived on our campus for the pre-placement talk. My sister being a dentist I was always curious about how a pharma organization works and always wanted to be part of one. Through Abbott I got the opportunity of working with one of the best pharma organizations on this planet!
Placement season is one the most nerve wrecking time during the first year for a majority of b-school graduates. Being able to convert your dream profile requires a certain level of confidence and composure. Two words prominently highlighted in the job description of Fidelity Investments were “Technology” and “Finance.” One was my area of experience and another my area of interest, which seemed like a perfect opportunity to amalgamate my expertise and interest.
“Which is your preferred location?” and I thought Really! Is it happening? Eureka! the toil ends.
MBA and cases are almost synonymous. B-Schools are characterized with loads of cases and pre-reads for each and every subject. A statement often used by the b-school professors is “We are just facilitators. The onus of learning is on you!” And the best tool used to further this cause is the case studies. While these are mostly Harvard cases of the highest quality, the learning actually depends on the way the course is structured by the professors. Let us look at a few types of case-based courses:
We were walking by the marina bay shopping mall, everything was so fascinating and so beautiful. Stores of luxurious brands one after the other, brands whose name I have never heard of, names which I couldn’t even pronounce, these stores were everywhere all around us, with beautiful lights and an enchanting aura around them. I couldn’t even afford to buy a single thing from here. This was the luxury segment about which I have read so much, In theory, I knew that wearing a $50,000 watch is luxury but now that I have seen it in front of me placed in the shelf. Now I can feel the ‘force’, and it was very compelling, tempting me to open the shelf and wear it, to walk out of the store with the watch on my hand and this frenzy was getting out of control. It was the voice of the salesman which brought me back to my sense. He was around 5”5’ lean clean shaved with neat black hair, wearing a black suit. He asked me, “what would you like to have, sir?” I came back to my senses. I could see it in his eyes, he wanted me out of there, or was it my own insecurity? I looked at him he was smiling and then he asked me again, “what are you looking for” I stepped back and told him “Nah...nothing I’m just looking at the stuff here, I can’t afford this” this was my defence mechanism! Somewhere in that moment, I felt in his eyes that he wants me out of his store. Then and there I had a realization, I was aspiring to that watch knowing fully that I can’t afford it.
It’s hardly over a fortnight that we have stepped into this college, yet it seems like ages. Assignments, batch meets, case studies, presentations, group discussions, sports meets, cultural meet, quiz sessions, conclaves and what not! With each day seemingly passing off like an express train; life at XIMB has been till now a gruesome grooming session. Well, apart from academics and formal affairs, these tough curriculums did teach us a lot about networking and hence rendering us an escapade in the form of batch mates. People of diverse background, age groups, mentality, skill sets have come together this far; somehow messing it, missing it and managing it. So, here is a list of 4 batch mates among many who are certainly going to leave an imprint in my mind for years to come.
