Scholarships At IIM Kozhikode
We are back with another article on scholarships - this time, it is IIM Kozhikode!
We are back with another article on scholarships - this time, it is IIM Kozhikode!
I walk through the empty halls of the college, the abandoned basketball court, the silent mess and the lonely common room. It’s the end of the first year and everyone has left for their internship, a handful of us are left as we are the last ones to leave, the hostel feels haunted and there is a deathly silence, we watched our friends leaving, packing their bags, bidding goodbyes, excited, sad and curious all at once.
I had a flight to catch in exactly 60 hours and 35 minutes, the flight that would tear me away from home. Make no mistakes, I wasn’t going home. I was leaving what I called home. IIM Udaipur, my nest for the two years. I stood in the open area near the mess hall, the word ‘Convocation’ winking at me in shiny green light. It was night and people were still at work to get things ready for Convocation dinner night. A proud moment for the institute and students – to host the many parents from different parts of the country coming with one universal sentiment – seeing their wards graduate from one of the best management institutes in the country. For them, it was but a Business school, a very good one. For us, it was an adventure. I started walking towards the night canteen.
The society we live in distinguishes between failure and success, mostly in black and white. Taking an example from cricket, if you make it to the national team, you are a success. Your pictures would be marketed, promoted, decorated, garlanded, worshipped and sometimes, even burnt. However, if you rigour for almost 20 years in the domestic circuit, without a call from the national selectors, you are most likely to die in obscurity.
A new generation of excited B-Schoolers will be graduating this year. With optimism and high hopes in their hearts, as these graduates join the corporate world there are few things that b-school didn't teach you. They matter far more than your joining CTC and your position in the company.
By April, most of the Management colleges declare their converts list. With this, many aspirants are buoyed with joy as they get the college of their choice, while many others are left to choose between two almost equally good colleges. While rankings consider many different parameters to judge a b-school, comparing placements is the single most important factor for aspirants.
Around 2 years back, on a weekday at 12 PM I would often look up from my computer and just mindlessly stare at things around me and wonder what I was doing. I would be covered in sweat sitting in an AC room. It seemed like I was going no where. These days at 7 PM, I look around in office and I don't want to go home. Every weekday is a day of delightful challenges. I am glad I didn't quit.
One of the most powerful words in the English language is ‘possibility’. Just thinking of this word itself can give rise to hope and create options out of literally nothing. Considering that there is never a situation in life when everything is lost and nothing is possible, exploring possibilities can give rise to a powerful array of options at any point in time.