By this time, IIM Trichy’s new campus’s construction progressed in a faster pace. Grounds were made, snooker and TT tables were brought in. This is the time when I came to know more about my friends’ skills and capabilities. I came to know that everyone, who is mentioned earlier, is professional in at least one sport.
Later, after Sangram – the inter IIM sports tournament kick-started the practice for Sanskriti; IIM Trichy’s arts festival. Being the captain of our section, I got an opportunity to work closely with everyone in my section. This unwound another face of my friends. The serious and studios people turned out themselves to be ‘all-rounders of IIM Trichy’.
Rajibdas whom I knew, initially as a very studios person who always ran after class participation marks turned out to be one of the best volleyball players in IIM Trichy. During Sangram, inter IIM sports tournament, he single-handedly took the team – both as a coach and mentor. His commitment was acknowledged when each and every spectator gave him their wholehearted ovation. Now, he is the captain of IIM Trichy Volleyball team. Being a volleyball player is just tip of an ice burg. He is the lead guitarist of IIM Trichy. He found the music band – ‘Cajon and Strings', of which even I am a member.
In the initial days, Mithilesh seemed to be a very serious person, might be his muscular physique and thick moustache made me think like that. He was very silent yet very sharp. I always followed the latest trends in attire and unknowingly I started following his trends. He slowly became the fashion prodigy of IIM Trichy. For Sanksriti, the inter IIM cultural night, he solely designed costumes and choreographed our section's group modelling team. Our group modelling team, under his stewardship, not only lifted the cup but raised the benchmark of group modelling event by a huge margin. His talent never ends in arts; he is the unbeaten pool champion of IIM Trichy. Till this date, no one was able to defeat him in the pool.
Ashish Kumar, being raised in an Army School and under the guidance of his father – an army officer, is a synonym for ‘ultimate systematic'. His term in Army School inculcated a lot of qualities in him that makes a person perfect. His profile is a dream profile for many – Army School, IIT Alma matters and currently pursuing PGP from the premier institute in India – IIM Trichy. He is the unchallenged sportsperson. In sports, he had turned everything he touched into jewels. He is the unbeaten champion in Table tennis and Badminton. He is one of the top 5 players of our college in Football, Cricket, and Pool. His excellent sports achievements made it easy for him to get into the Sports committee of IIM Trichy. He was able to maintain the same balance in arts as well. He is a singer, dancer as well as guitarist. He was a member of our section’s dance team and music band, in Sanksriti.
Traveller, dancer, singer, guitarist, footballer, athlete and the only person from North East in our college – Jardine Lyngwa. "You name an arena; I will conquer it", the popular "Jardine dialogue' and, yes, he proved it many a time. Once, when I challenged him in cricket which he had never played until then, he practised the game all day and night and finally excelled the game. One of the most dedicated and hardworking at the same time the most mischievous person in IIM Trichy. Any event in IIM Trichy won't happen without Jardine's footprint. He is very passionate about football that even his goals are aligned with football. He is the best footballer in IIM Trichy, which made our football team very unbalanced as his game was too good that the hope of the team was consolidated on him. Even under such tremendous pressure, he led the team from front to lift Sangram Football Cup. After Sangram, in a span of just one week, he completely transformed himself from a footballer to a singer and dancer. He is a vivid traveller and there are only a few peaks in North India where he hasn’t conquered yet.
One year with them changed my view on IIM life and my approach to excel in IIM. They showed me, by their life, how to make the perfect mix of academics, sports, arts and fun; which I lead in my college life, and I left somewhere after that.
Which ABG company would you want to work for and why?
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This article is written by Midhun Mohandas - Class of 2019
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