Before we could celebrate and relax after second trimester, when our summer internship placements were over, some of us who had applied for a short-term study abroad program at IESEG were to leave. I loved the practicality with which the Europeans approach management and how they have successfully separated the MBA curriculum from mere ppts and giving weightage to actual experience. I really enjoyed the courses on fashion communication and luxury brand management. It is for this reason that, given a chance, I want to work in the Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited Company. This ABG company has been managing many popular brands like Peter England, Van Heusen, Louis Philippe and I would love to peek into their inner world of operations and management.
Apart from the general extra-curricular activities of the B-school, a thing that stands out for Shillong is its access to the Golf course. I really enjoyed going to the expansive green golf course spread under the azure Shillong skies on Sunday mornings. It tasted like freedom from all the other worldly matters and is uniquely relaxing.
I believe this is what Shillong offers. The perfect and conducive environment to sit back and reflect in the small breaks that the busy MBA life gives you. No big/metro city can give you that. I’m in my second year now, and I have vowed to explore the north east this year, with a bit freer schedule than in the first year. It was only a few days ago that I rode a Bullet for the first time, that too on the beautiful curvy roads of this quaint state capital – Shillong and it was an experience of a lifetime. So, come to Shillong and chill while you learn!
Priyanshu Mani
PGP 2nd Year
IIM Shillong
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