A B-school is defined by a lot of things. It can be the brand value, infrastructure, placements, location, heritage and a lot of other things. Students get so caught up in placement packages that they forget that jobs are temporary, but learning is something you imbibe in yourself forever.
XIM, Bhubaneswar has a legacy of over 30 years and along with it comes a faculty strength of over 40 permanent professors with years of teaching and industry experience. The significance of these numbers cannot be described in pen and paper. After a hectic orientation schedule that lasted four full days, finally the classes for BM batch of 2018-20 started from 22nd June 2018.
The most memorable classroom experience out of all the ones that I had so far would be FM-1 (Financial Management 1). It is taken by Professor Shridhar Kumar Dash. He did not just start off the introductory class with a new chapter or bulldozing new concepts on us. It was the first class and the Professor wanted us to know about him. It was a deeply personal story where he chronicled his career graph that had a steeply increasing curve over several years. After completing his PhD, he had got a teaching offer at XLRI, Jamshedpur. However, just before joining, he had also got an offer from General Electric. He accepted the latter thinking of family and certain human tendencies that we all succumb to but fail to admit. After joining GE, his corporate career took off and he received multiple promotions to reach the pinnacle of success.
However, one day, his 6-year old son said something that left a deep impact on him. Consequently, he left his job and took up something where he could spend more time with his family. It was a deeply humbling story that moved everyone in the class.
The moral of the story is that aspirants such as many others and myself have a singular narrow-minded focus when we join a business school. Yes, I understand that we all have a huge loan burden, but it’s the little things that count. Make friends; call your family; participate and learn new things. One day, you might achieve everything you want from your corporate career but end up with no one to share the joy with.
Which ABG company would you want to work for and why?
I would want to work for Aditya Birla Capital Limited (ABCL) because I find the domain of wealth management and mutual funds very promising and exciting. ABCL has a host of end-to-end financial services on offer and I would like to impart my knowledge in finance through whichever job role seems most appropriate. Aditya Birla Sun Life (ABSL) Mutual Fund House is the third largest in the country right now by AUM (asset-under-management) size and continuously growing. I would very much like to be a part of that growth.
- Anirudha Basak
BM, 1st year, XIMB