Friday, April 29, 2005

Stress and time management required :)

Orientation week coming to an end and we have alum party tonight.Also we have a session on stress management, which i think most of us @ISB need to learn.I was just trying to keep up with the required reading for next weeks classes and for the study group meetings.

My feeling right before the start of classes....The guys who will do well in this course are only those who manage their time extremely well. This is would be attributed to the compressed format of these courses and myriad of diversions in the form of parties and extra-curricular appointments (which are by no means counterproductive).

All set for the start of course.....Fingers crossed and taking the plunge....more later

Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Orientation week and the Leadership development program

This week we started our orientation week and it has been hectic so far.We had the First session of the leadership development program yesterday and had our welcome dinner and orientation from Alums today.

The leadership development program was conducted by Prof.Rajeshwar Upadhyaya and i was really impressed by the class.We were asked to take a Myerly-brears type indicator test before we went to class o get our respective profiles.I was was classified as E(Extrovert), S(Sensing), T(Thinking), Judjing.I was initally not convinced witht this test.During the class he asked for a volunteer to to verify the test and i volunteered.He asked me to narrate any typical incident and the entire class judjed my profile.I was reallly amazed when each of them got it right and so was the class.Tommorow we have a class on listening and team bulilding and some classes on meeting etc are scheduled for the rest of the week.

I really enjoyed Dr.Upadhyaya`s class and i think this is one of the unique programs at ISB.Also we had a career perspectives forum today, where a group of top CEO`s cam in and shared their B-school experiences and their veiw on the future markets and career opportunity.It was conducted in a debate format with questions at the end and it was an enjoyable experience.

Overall...this is going to be a busy week leading upto the start of term 1. Have a couple of case studies to prepare before the class, and iam jsut getting started.

Also had a some decent sessions with the alums to get their perspectives on the career oportuntiies and the type of roles offered.

more later.

Friday, April 22, 2005

First parties @ISB

Pre-terms are coming to an end and orientation starts next week.In the last two days i attended a couple of parties and both were fun in their own ways.One was a typical bachelors drinking party and the other a typical sober spouses party....even though booze was there also.I think thats like a common string i all ISB parties ;)

Got to meet a lot of people and had a lot of interesting discussions.Most of the folks out here have gone to the opening of a Pub called Liquids in town, but i wasnt really keen.I think we will have a mega startup party this weekend before the term starts, befoe we get into the seious stuff.

cheers

Thursday, April 21, 2005

Sports galore

Over the last few days, I have started playing a host of sports like Tennis, Basketball, badminton etc and my evenings are really full.Anywhere you go there is someone to play with....man have i missed this over the past two years at bangalore!!!

Our pre-term in accounting got over today and overall, i think it went pretty well for our section.We got through our topics smoothly and i think we have a pretty decent understanding of the topic now.

See.....the diversity @ISB is realy useful.There always an expert around the corner.Yesterday i had a concern in the accounts class and i got to know a CA who very kindly helped us out.I guess as engineers will be able to help out later on.Te student body here itself is so diverse that it helps in the entire learning process.To add to that list, we have a host of entrepreneurs etc who can give the common folk an entirely different perspective.

Inter-stats starts tommorow and i need to get sleep now...more later

Monday, April 18, 2005

Sports, meal plans and over ambitious students!!

Today was an interesting mix.Had my classes in the afternoon and after that went to the cafe to pick up a quick snack.The WI-FI network here is so cool that i was able to eat , check email and have a conversation at the same time ;)then i went to the rec..played basetbal for a while, then ran for a while in the GYM.Plan to start tennis also from tomorow.Hopefully, i will be able to increase my level of activity in the coming months.I have sorely missed it in the past 2 yrs and it shows ;)

we got the info about the meal plans and looks like the cheapest meal will be about 4500 per month...sometimes i feel so guilty paying 70-80 bucks for a meal..no doubt, the stuff is pretty tasty.This cost is still within budget so should be OK i guess.

SPAM mails to the entire student have started just like our seniors had warned.People keep sending useless mails to the entire group and trying to display leadership and get visibility with the entire group.Sometimes its ffunny, but if i decide to run, I may also have to start doing stff like this.

will come back with much more interesting snipets in the days to come.

Pre-term starts today

Yesterday we had an introductory speech from asst dean savitha mahajan at the khemka auditorium.She had very liitle to say but mostly a lot of questions to answer.She indicated that this years batch would be around 340 approx.

Today, i have been trying to get into the mood of studying and so...iam in the library ;)Lets see how this continues.

got a class now..so later

Saturday, April 16, 2005

First day @ISB

Just completed registration today and pretty much nothing else to do.found out who my study group mates are and made first contact.turns out one of them is actually a person with whom i had a major tiff with in the yahoo groups last month....Oh well..i guess we all have to forgive and forget....Its just a lesson not to get overly aggressive with anyone;)

tommorow is the india Pak cricket match and we will get togeter as a big gang to watch the match i guess.Wild drinking parties have already started, but iam realy not into any of that now. Preterm classes in accounting and statistics start next week and things should be pretty relaxed till the main term starts early next month.

more tommorow

Tuesday, April 12, 2005

Iam Here at HOT HOT HYDERABAD !!!!!

Just got into hyderabad today and its reeealy HOT.Iam coming from chennai though so i should not be complaining.Got very little ISB work done today except for the Bank loan.

The placements for last years season is up and its been really very encouraging.I think this has settled most of our jitters and all set for the course.I think this years Average salary has moved up to 10 Lacs...consistently 1 Lakh up every yr from its inception.

Our batch should ideally do even better given the profile.Looks like even a 273 student batch has not deterred the recruiters...still at 100 % and quite a few multiple offers.

Will be reporting @ISB on the 15th.More from there.

Ciao