I always had a different perception of a B School. But it has changed now. For me, a B School meant no sleep, hours and hours of studying and no enjoyment till you get placed. But this perception has been changed now, not completely but partially. B School is just not a medium to grow your professional network, but it is also a medium to make life long friends. The past one month has been full of ups and downs, surprises, enjoyment and loads of work.
Day one, the induction week starts, and we get a notice from our seniors to gather at Auditorium at 11 PM and that too in formals suits. The whole batch was shocked. What could be the reason for calling us? We have already spent our whole day attending corporate talks in formal suits, who is coming at this hour of day? There was nothing else mentioned in the notice. We reached there, all suited up, trying to find some space to sit on the floor. YESSS!! We were made to sit on the floor because the auditorium can’t accommodate 360 people at one go. We saw our seniors in a tensed mood and wondered we haven’t even interacted with them till now. This is our first day. What have we done? Why are all they so angry? There was complete silence after everyone was settled. No movement, no noise, nothing. And then the shouting begins. Shouting from their end. Shouting for no reason at all. Shouting for making it to MDI and warning us to not dilute the brand of MDI at any cost. Just a second, this is our first day and we are being accused of diluting MDI brand? A welcome with a smile would be the last thing they could have a done for us. But NO. Disappointed.
I assumed that this is just for today, from next day they will be fine with us, welcome us, talk to us, tell us about their experience at MDI. Disappointment again. No sign of that. Next day also was packed with corporate talk series. We thought of going out today with our new friends but as they say “B School is all about having usual things at unusual timings”. We again received a notice to gather at auditorium at 12 Midnight. YESS!! There is no day or night in a B School. We were made to sit till 3 AM in auditorium, given tasks with insane deadlines and there was no sight of sleep anywhere. And it continued till our last day of induction week.
On the last day, our seniors threw a surprise party for our batch. Surprised? Here comes the best part, they even danced for us. Hell yes. We danced till 4 AM that day. One thing that we all realized that whatever seniors did with us was for our benefit. They wanted to make our life easy and make us accustomed to the hectic life of a B School. And they were indeed successful. They are our friends now and we can approach them anytime for anything.
I am a graduate in Economics from Hans Raj College, Delhi University. I have also work experience in Orbis Corporation Ltd and Indus Valley Partners as an Operations Associate. Hence, I have developed a keen interest in the field of finance and I would like to work in Aditya Birla Capital Limited, a subsidiary of Aditya Birla Group. Aditya Birla Capital is the holding company of all financial services of Aditya Birla Group.
