Initially, I was thrilled to don the formal attire, never having had the chance to wear earlier. Gradually, the thrill turned into a tired drill! Here, I even realized that even casual clothes had a separate category called “smart casuals” with not-so-casual rules as to what classified and what did not. And in a matter of days, I was accustomed to the format of closed neck formals, open neck formals and smart casuals. And the credit goes entirely to the Student Council – for hammering this into our heads by regular, stringent inspections – which has now entrenched in us irrevocably.
And by the time the induction program ended, we had developed some bonds with our fellow batchmates. Those 360 strangers were now comrades. Ready to take on the academic life at MDI. Adapting to the new pedagogy of case studies, group projects, regular assignments, quizzes has been the turning point in this one month so far. Hopefully, this too shall become a characteristic quality in us.
On another note, this situation can be very well likened to the Aditya Birla Cement Group offering – the cement. The cement, when mixed with water, solidifies and cannot be altered thereafter. It takes the form into which it is moulded and stays the same forever. Similarly, the soft skills we are learning at MDI are getting nurtured to the maximal and shall become a way of life for us. We are being moulded into professional managers and hopefully, towards the end of the tenure, we shall have irreversibly acquired the qualities. Hence, I would really like to join the Aditya Birla Cement group as it is in complete harmony with my experiences at MDI.
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