IIM footage

Ahem... something that i came across... i'm gonna enjoy the limelite while it lasts!! *honoured*... i'm being labelled 'Elite'... :D

Indian Institutes of Management (I.I.M.'s)
An emerging world-class B-school seeks to impact the management profession by offering high quality learning to students and executives from all parts of the world. Their programs are expected to be delivered by faculty who are recognized for their dedication to teaching and high quality research, and who have close ties with the international business community. The six government-funded I.I.M.'s (located in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Lucknow, Indore and Kozhikode) are considered elite and privileged B-schools as every youth dreams of graduating from one of them. They all together admit about 2,000 students, and faculty numbers around 500. Among the six, I.I.M.A., I.I.M.B. and I.I.M.C. are among the top ranked in India as well as also highly ranked among institutions in the Asia-Pacific region. This status increases their potential to become world-class institutions. Furthermore, they have adequate resources as the director of one of the I.I.M.'s stated in a recent interview to Press Trust of India, "All the top B-schools are large in terms of their size, have diverse activities, world class infrastructure and a focus on research and consultancy." At the same time, I.I.M.'s pursue a business model in which they admit high quality students, nurture them under a management philosophy and promote the pinnacle of success as a "brand."

Students' Admittance and the Label of Elitism
To be admitted to an M.B.A. program, students have to go through a selection process, which includes entrance/admission tests, a group discussion and an interview if the candidate is successful in the written test. The aim of the test is to evaluate, under stress, a candidate's general verbal, mathematical and analytical abilities. Passing the management entrance test in India will require a superior command of the English language, quantities skills and a sharp mind.
The policy of the I.I.M.'s has been to admit students through the Common Admission Test (C.A.T.) and not the G.M.A.T. The C.A.T. result is less than 2 percent of the applicants who take this test, which means that only elite sages gain admission into the I.I.M.'s programs.

Source : www.worldpress.org

First Term Break

And .... the break sets in!! finally..

After that hectic project weekend, endterms were just a breeze. I guess when u face tougher things in life, some things become just to friviouls... like the end terms for me... I always used to be the sort of chap who used to get tensed before exams, always thinking that i'v never prepared enuf (even thought it turns out that all others did not prepare enuf either...well that was till college)... and now here, ah..i have 2 exams tomorrow... chill!!! that's the attitude.. mmbe its because i'm used to studying them day in and day out.. be it in the form of surprise quizzes, be it midterms... but somehow... u realize that there's no point studying in the last minute! If u really had done ur part throughout the course, the end terms are just there as a farce.

I just hope i'm able to stick my neck up above the water! Even if my nosetrils are above the water-level, that's more than enuf!

Ans still in those escapades between the dimensions of time when i think in those pensive moments, i'm still to come to terms with the fact that i'm in 'IIMB'... the feeling is yet to sink in, even after one term! I'm beginning to believe in the phrase "Nothing is impossible, IF u put in the effort!".

This is what an MBA is made of!

I must record some of the most unforgettable moments of my life at IIMB...

Continuting from the previous post... Givent the list of things that were supposed to be done.. i'm putting down the list of events that happended from saturday evening.

Saturday.
5.00 PM : MO - Project report meeting
7.00 PM : BGS 1 - Project meeting
9.00 PM : BGS 2 - Project meeting & report consolidation
10.00 PM : Finacc meeting ... goes on till 2.00AM
2.00AM -5.00 AM - QM Case prsentation preparation.
sleep
8.30AM : Finacc meet... missed it, woke up at 9... had bkfast and met up at 9.30
9.30AM - 12.00PM - Finacc financial report analysis
12.00PM : BGS 1 Project meet & prentation decision
2.00 PM : MO meet for finishing report
5.00 PM : MO report submission over
6.00 PM : Finacc financial report analysis meet
7.00 PM : BGS 2 Project meet & presentation decision - I decide to prepare the opening part for presentation
7.30 PM : Back to Finacc
8.45 PM : Dinner
9.15 PM : Back to Finacc.
11..2...4... : Still doing finacc ... and no sleep, one of the exchange students come and say... 'the lot of us are crazy!'...
5.30 AM : Get back to room to have a shave and look good for the presentation.
6.00 AM : Get back to Finacc
7.45 AM : Get back to room to dress up in formals for presentation.
8.30 AM - 1.30 PM: BGS presentations start
2.30 PM - 5.30 PM : QM case presentations..

6.00 PM ... finally time to crash!!
9.00 PM ... dinner
...

The place to B

Things that u start thinking about after u come here :

1) Why is there only 24 hrs in a day
2) Why can't human beings go on for more than 2 days without sleep

This is gonna be the most hectic week i'll be facing !! Here's a list of submissions due

1 MO Project
2 BGS projects
2 Finacc Report analysis
1 Maths Case
1 Maths Assignment
1 Manegerial Comm. Presentation
1 Managerial Comm. test
1 Place comm. submission

Hopefully nothing else will come up over the week...

This is one place where u come back from an exam and IMMEDIATELY start studying immediately for something else!!

Buying newspapers here is a waste.... why?
1) U'll find no time to read them
1) U'll start thinking that there's nothing happening beyond the campus... basically there's no news outside campus