wondering!!!

So I decide to write it on Schindler's list. The entire movie is about 186 minutes and Oskar Schindler is caught smoking 14 times in the movie. This is the extent to which u need to watch a movie for the review to be submitted here at IIMB. For the first time in my life , I had to take notes while watching a movie, made sure that the subtitles were in sync and really understood what the people on screen spoke...literally everyword...infact now I can quote few sentences from the movie ..in toto. So the review runs over 1600 words and 6 pages on MS-word with arial font and double spacing. Finally am done with it by 4 30 in the morning on 27th july 2009.
The same day, I get the next assignment. This time its a case analysis. The case runs to 6 pages with tables on net profits, gross margins, accounts payables, and sundry debtors....And this time thank god!! there was a word limit..max 1500 words....i started wondering whether this was really a limit or limit for name sake ....coz no one would be able to touch that...and I was wrong. I looked around. Many of them were infact trying to get it down to 1500 from 15000. this time I was really wondering ...inspite of so many of them..how come there is a dearth in the number of script writers in the country?..or is it that I am the dumbest around...So I call upon my friend to have a FRUITFUL discussion on the case...the discussion runs for 4 hours with snacks and dinner breaks in between. Now I have written down notes worth 4 ages.. Ooops!! pages.
Now,I open the second 'most used software' on campus..MS Word...(first being MS Excel).....I start writing on the basis of the vedas that we had developed..first I do the situational analysis of the case..the case is 6 pages long with 2 tables and and 1 balance sheet...next I had to define the problem...How should I go about this case?...following this was defining the criteria..I should be able to score something...and I start generating the options...should I stick to the conventional way of doing it or should think out of the box?..now I evaluate the options based on my criterion..I need to stick to the conventional way to get some marks...so the desicion that I take..I will analyse the case conventionally for IIMB and unconventionally for my BLOG..and here I am...and this time I am finally done with the case by 4 pm in the evening and my blog by 6pm the same day!!!

PS: Had to write something to relax myself.... Have a test tommorow.

As hectic as it could be...

Thus started my life at IIM-B. With three memorable weeks passing by, I wonder what makes every week so special here. Was it the memorable orientation in the first week or was it the week of club selections in the second? If getting into IIM was a dream come true, getting into a club was a dream much rosier. Why was this? Were people really interested?Were people after Resume-points? The answer could be both. Whatever it is , you get to face some of the toughest competition ever to prove your mettle. Nevertheless, a great experience. One that would last long.
Now into the third week, we have had 2 tests in two consecutive days and we have 3 more lined up for the next week. So what do we do here at IIMB? As a local saying goes, you can do only two out of these three: sleep, study or network. It absolutely depends on the person to choose the two. However both history and stats favor the first two.
Its not only tests and exams that keep people busy. The list is much bigger and includes live term projects, monopoly games, computer assignments, attending seminars, organising fests, etc. You like doing some and you are bound to do the others.
In all...it is as hectic as it could be..and lovable as it could get....

Will be back with more....

Disclaimer: Have been studying economics for some time, hence my english could have suffered.

18th Feb 2009, was the DAY.

This is my GD/PI experience with IIMB this year. It happened on 18th feb, 2009 at IIMB campus.

GD Topic:
It was about trade barriers and whether labour and environmental standards should be taken care when it comes to trade.
It was a decent discussion. I brought out points about WTO, African and american Corn trade barriers, Chinese toys and India's Ban on it due to lead content, etc. Infact the group of 8 (which is the size this year) fell short of points towards the end.

Interviewers: Mr.Nayak(N)(Economics prof) and Mrs.Chandra(C)(computer science prof, I guess)
Interviewee: VAMSI(V)

N: give me your experience certificate..
(Gave them)
N:Ok Vamsi, Tell me about yourself?
V: Expected question. Had prepared for it.
N:WHat do you do in XYZ?
V: Told him.Used some technical words. (N asked me to clarify and I did).
N: What do you want to do in the long run?
V: Again an expected question, I told him my long term goal!!--- setting up an non profit organisation in the long run!!!! :)
C: Link MBA and NPO?
V: I gave my Y MBA answer...and the good thing is they looked convinced... :) ...
C: You said you were interested and passionate about the work you do at XYZ ...y do you want to shift?...
V: Tried relating my long term goal to MBA and told him, though I work in XYZ , I do spend some time for constructive work towards my goal.
C: How does an NPO adopt a school?
V: Had read about it in some of the background study that I did.Took examples of organisations like NIRMAAn and YSF and how they go about it.
C: What are the various factors that one needs to look for inorder to quantify the impact of work an NPO does in the field of education?
V: Told him about increasing pass percentages, dropping DROPOUT rates, increasing moral and ethical behaviour among students, etc.
N: Suddenly, out of no where...tell me one state where the disparity between female and male litercay rates is huge?
V: (OB!!! I don't know)...Sir, If we consider states like Kerala and Tamil nadu which have better literacy rates than the national average, their disparity between male and female litercay rates should be less. So, we need to consider states which have a litercay rate which is less thn the national average.Like Bihar, orissa....
N:So, you don't know the exact values.. I thought you would be knowing it because you plan to start an NPO in the field of education....
V: Sir, I don't think litercay rates has anything to do with setting up of an NPO in that particular state...because even if you consider bangalore which has so many NPO's, the level of penetration is quite minimal......
C: When do you want to start an NPO?
V: 7-8 years after my MBA.
C: What immediately after MBA?
V:I want to get into client service in the field of Service sector consulting...
C: We don't have companies for that profile...
V: Told most companies like Mckinsey, Arthur D Little have service sector offices which do this...
C: Yes, But anyways they don't recruit for these posts...
V: Once I join one of these companies, I would move to that particular sector...Thats why I require those 7-8 years after my MBA....
(everyone laughs)
N: So, Vamsi it seems like you have planned your carrer well...
V: (Happy)..Yes SIR!!!
N: what other hobbies do you have?
V: Yoga and meditation.....
N: what do you do when you meditate and y do you meditate...
V: Meditation acts as a stress buster..and ...(continued with an answer that was convincing)...
C: so , Vamsi we are done with you...
V: smiles (which meant thank you).....

(Now everything else in the hands of GOD...)

So GUYS!!!!!! What do you think?.........Please pour in your responses..will help me know how i did.....:).....