An MBA School takes one through a journey that is like a rollercoaster ride. Assignments, quizzes, pre-placement talks, placement season, sports, case competitions, projects, and thousand other things are happening all at once. Sometimes students burn themselves out and forget the concept of time and peace at a B-School. It takes immense focus and grit to sit through the grilling placement process and keep up with the academics at the institution.
Indian Institute of Management Shillong is located at the edge of Shillong city in a tiny place called Umsawli. The mountains hug the campus from two directions, and the clouds, with their everyday patterns, never fail to mesmerize the individuals living there. The sunrise comes with the audacity of hope, and the sunsets allow one to be at peace with the day gone by. The rains of Shillong play Hide and Seek and can make one happy at the most unexpected of times. The city is far away from the corporate culture and aesthetics that are being taught inside the campus, where future leaders are being groomed. The city, on the contrary, functions at its own pace, with people taking time out for leisure first and for profits second. Another striking feature of this city is its matriarchal culture – widening the students’ thinking spectrum and adding more to the values. With its slant and narrow roads, Maruti 800s for cabs running around the city (following disciplined driving throughout), and picturesque locations at every turn, this city runs parallel to the concrete jungle, i.e., the metro cities which the students will be joining for work after they graduate.
The calmness that these mountains give to a student after a stressful exam week or the happiness and awe-inspiring emotions that the sunset brings to the face of the students cannot be matched to other emotions. The everyday weather of the city keeps your spirits up and allows you to be creative and go out and try something new. An IIM in Shillong allows growth to be fostered by a spirit of community in students, which they inherit from the city itself. The location allows one to be grounded, be close to nature, and nurture themselves in ways that are organic and give out dividends in the long term. The grilling corporate atmosphere at the college, which teaches students to be great future leaders, is balanced very beautifully by the calmness and serenity of nature which engulfs the IIM Shillong Campus. The eminent Speakers that come here have a great time escaping the city and interacting with students at a landscape location. Sure, the location comes with some of its disadvantages, whether it be less connectivity to urban cities or a little less of the available amenities, but it fosters overall learning for its students in a way unique to the institution and is a great catalyst for that growth is the city and its landscape which cannot be copied or produced anywhere else, and that is the great advantage of IIM Shillong and its “Campus In Clouds”.
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