Located within the heart of Delhi – our campus is divided into 2 parts: a bustling north campus and a serene south campus. The people make my campus unique. The people here are extremely talented be it our senior batch or our extremely intelligent and learned faculty. Our campus may be small but our hearts are big. What we lack in infrastructure, we make up in people power. The rigor at FMS is comparable to other top B-schools. That is why our campus is called the red building of dreams: where the maximum number of dreams is realized per square km.
A memorable classroom experience in my B-school:
One of my most memorable classroom experiences was our first Information Technology Management lecture with Dr. M L Singla – our ex-Dean. During his class, we learned that if you don’t play catch up with technology, technology will catch up to you. It was explained with the example of Kodak- a once leader in the personal camera space, how lack of innovation led to Kodak’s failure. It is essential to innovate and update yourself. An important lesson that we learned that day was that no matter who you are; if times are changing you have to change with it.
Introducing - some of my crazy batch mates
- Vini Sawjiani: A computer engineer from Indore, this Gujarati girl is feisty, fiery and a foodie. She is proactive in classes and events across all domains. On a regular day she could be found in one of the lecture halls making copious amounts of immaculate notes. She is a great friend and an even better human being. But this girl also has a rebel hidden beneath those round glasses. During her undergrad classes, she would bunk some of her classes by literally climbing out of her classroom window while the teacher was not looking. That is one crazy thing to do and definitely not recommended on the FMS campus. But it sure does introduce us to the crazy in an otherwise serious girl.
- Vrinda Bhatnagar: Ever seen a person getting a sugar rush? Well, that is Vrinda Bhatnagar for you. Get her a brownie loaded with ice cream and chocolate syrup and see her unfold the hidden traits. She would laugh uncontrollably, TALK-A-LOT, smile at stupid things and crack the lamest jokes. One of the incidents as quoted by her was when she, along with her group of friends, walked down the entire market lane distributing free hugs to strangers (girls only:P ), talking about random stuff, being who they are without any filters and making the most out of the one free hour they stole from the busy schedule by bunking the last lecture at school.
- Shanky Garg: He’s the tall funny guy with a well-kept secret. Magicpay was an app that lets you upload your bill for eating out at various restaurants and then receive some cashback. He cut a deal with the waiters of a lot of such restaurants and collected bills without ordering anything. He collected 48,000 in cash back which he then used to buy an iPhone. That is the definition of super crazy for me.
- Harsha Agarwal: The sweet girl with the pretty hair. You’d never know she had an experimental streak in her until you listened to her stories. One time she wanted to get a haircut but she was feeling too lazy just like any of us. So she grabbed a pair of scissors and gave herself a haircut, with no prior experience in this. Thankfully the result was good otherwise it would have been a lesson rather than a fun story.
Which ABG company would you want to work for and why?
Working with Aditya Birla Group would be a huge honour for any one in our country. But not all of us get this wonderful opportunity. If given a chance, I would like to work for ADITYA BIRLA FASHION AND RETAIL LIMITED.
I truly believe fashion has the capability to touch the lives of millions of people. Fashion and style define the first thing you notice about a person – what they are wearing. That hold true even in a corporate setting. I would like to work for Abof – ABFRL’s private label. Online shopping is more of an experience – I want to put my UI development skills to use to endure that the smooth online shopping process from abof.com is enhanced even further.
