It happens only in IIM-I
Some time back a few students from France were there in the campus. They were here for a term as part of the student exchange program. In one of the lectures that they attended this thing is supposed to have happened. The following is a simplified version of a true story.
It was early in the morning. Lets say 11:30 Am. A section of PGP2 had a class conducted by our beloved prof X. One of the exchange students from France had an urge to sneeze and let go without following up with an excuse. I wasn't there in that class but I guess the incident must have been followed up with a noisy nose clean up job, if anything. But nothing justifies what followed. Prof X, being the mercurial personality that he is, asked the student to leave the class. I don't know why he did this..lets take it at face value and move forward.
Apparently the French guy thought that it is not okay to sneeze and not apologize in Here. He assumed that he broke some sanctimonious protocol of India. He wrote to the consulate of France to help him out. He thought that the Prof had barred him from the subject altogether. The French embassy followed up with the Indian government which lobbed the issue to the HRD ministry who get back to the institute to reinstate the student.
Will I get in touch with Obama if I burp in the US of A?
Sorry I don't want to see Obama. I could do with a certain Carla Bruni's personal attention.
Showing posts with label Indore. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Indore. Show all posts
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Familiar Feeling
Last night I was preparing for some quiz. One of those quizzes that happened with an announcement. Being the procrastinator that I am, I postponed preparing for it till 1 am. There were about 100 pages of bland HR stuff to read. All of a sudden feeling became one that's very familiar. The one where one is tired but still has loads of things to finish. Those rare moments where even the most notorious of the nocturnal tissues of the eyes give up. The only option is to crash in bed feeling depressed and unhappy with oneself. Damn when it happens.
This is another in the same lines. There are no submissions to make tomorrow. Time was available in plenty. And lots of long term work pending. One and the most prominent was studying Finance 2. Exams were near and Fin had grown to become a huge Demon. I was very good in Fin 1 but Fin 2 was a different ball game all together. It is like a snake that throws venom the moment you try to go near it. So the plan was to somehow try studying when I had a slight temptation to play a game of cricket in the F block courtyard for 20 mins under the newly attached flodlights. So I called some friends who at first gave a sensible reponse of turning down my offer. I should have stopped then..but no I didnt. Finally we started what was supposed to be a 20 minutes game.
It went on and on and on. When I finally stopped it was 12:20 AM. I lost most of the games, lost the Pepsi bet. Lost energy. Lost the enthusiasm to study fin. Thats when I login to my blog and continue writing from a boring piece that I had left in draft. It is a pity that you had to read it. Sigh.
Last night I was preparing for some quiz. One of those quizzes that happened with an announcement. Being the procrastinator that I am, I postponed preparing for it till 1 am. There were about 100 pages of bland HR stuff to read. All of a sudden feeling became one that's very familiar. The one where one is tired but still has loads of things to finish. Those rare moments where even the most notorious of the nocturnal tissues of the eyes give up. The only option is to crash in bed feeling depressed and unhappy with oneself. Damn when it happens.
This is another in the same lines. There are no submissions to make tomorrow. Time was available in plenty. And lots of long term work pending. One and the most prominent was studying Finance 2. Exams were near and Fin had grown to become a huge Demon. I was very good in Fin 1 but Fin 2 was a different ball game all together. It is like a snake that throws venom the moment you try to go near it. So the plan was to somehow try studying when I had a slight temptation to play a game of cricket in the F block courtyard for 20 mins under the newly attached flodlights. So I called some friends who at first gave a sensible reponse of turning down my offer. I should have stopped then..but no I didnt. Finally we started what was supposed to be a 20 minutes game.
It went on and on and on. When I finally stopped it was 12:20 AM. I lost most of the games, lost the Pepsi bet. Lost energy. Lost the enthusiasm to study fin. Thats when I login to my blog and continue writing from a boring piece that I had left in draft. It is a pity that you had to read it. Sigh.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Start of Term 3
What do people do when the are bored, they write blogs. This is precisely what I am doing. Why am I doing this? other than the already hinted reason, I want to write about the new feel of IIM I that I have been sensing for a few days now. I will look back at this after a while to see if I was right. Thus there is a dual purpose. Kill current boredom and future boredom. Hurray.
Prof. Ravichandran of IIM A took over recently as the new Director of IIM Indore. He made quite an impression in his first very address to the students. He was sharp, witty and articulate. But then he was among the sharpEST, wittiEST among people whom I have heard to recently.He emphasised on the importance of the PGP course which gladened me.
He had mentioned about the National Youth Conference that he intended to hold, back then. Given the time frame of the event I was not sure about the feasibility, but then it turned out to be a great success. I was impressed by the quality of the lectures, particularly one on Safe India by Dr. Karthikeyan - ex director of CBI. It made it a good start for the 3rd term.
Then it was time for classes. We were in for a surprise in this front too. We had Prof K K Choudary from the Indian Stastical Institute to take up QT. To be frank, I had settled for what we had earlier and in the process became cynical. In this light, it was great to see the change that was on offer. Then it was time for Operations Management. We had Prof A H Kalro (served as Prof at IIMA and Director of IIMK) to handle the subject. That puts an end to the Goldrads Goal that we were at earlier (Good for you if you aren't from my class and still understand what I mean).
So all this means something to look forward to. Let us see. Let us see if the good times are for real or an India Shining.
What do people do when the are bored, they write blogs. This is precisely what I am doing. Why am I doing this? other than the already hinted reason, I want to write about the new feel of IIM I that I have been sensing for a few days now. I will look back at this after a while to see if I was right. Thus there is a dual purpose. Kill current boredom and future boredom. Hurray.
Prof. Ravichandran of IIM A took over recently as the new Director of IIM Indore. He made quite an impression in his first very address to the students. He was sharp, witty and articulate. But then he was among the sharpEST, wittiEST among people whom I have heard to recently.He emphasised on the importance of the PGP course which gladened me.
He had mentioned about the National Youth Conference that he intended to hold, back then. Given the time frame of the event I was not sure about the feasibility, but then it turned out to be a great success. I was impressed by the quality of the lectures, particularly one on Safe India by Dr. Karthikeyan - ex director of CBI. It made it a good start for the 3rd term.
Then it was time for classes. We were in for a surprise in this front too. We had Prof K K Choudary from the Indian Stastical Institute to take up QT. To be frank, I had settled for what we had earlier and in the process became cynical. In this light, it was great to see the change that was on offer. Then it was time for Operations Management. We had Prof A H Kalro (served as Prof at IIMA and Director of IIMK) to handle the subject. That puts an end to the Goldrads Goal that we were at earlier (Good for you if you aren't from my class and still understand what I mean).
So all this means something to look forward to. Let us see. Let us see if the good times are for real or an India Shining.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
IIM Indore Group discussion and PI Experiance
I am a compt Engg. 29months exp. 99.01 in Cat. IIM Indore call.
GD
Case.. Transport company meeting. Company in some issues due to recession.
2 proposals with the company:-
1. To go for a new client in existing business, investment need 8-9 lacs
2. to go into a new business area for an existing client, investment needed 5 lacs.
GD was relatively good. everyone had the opportunity to participate. I felt I did well.
After the GD I was asked for the photocopies of the marklists, I had left that at home. I had to let them know about it as it was asked in the GD hall itself... embarrasing. Since I had already called someone, it reached soon. So no fatal damage... I hope.
PI
There were 2 panelists, lets say p1 and p2.
P2: Who is infy CFO
Me: I am unable to recollect the name sir. Mohandas Pai handed it over to this person.
P2: His name is similar to yours
Me: I remember now, It is Balakrishnan.
P2: U r guessing based on the hint.
Me: No Sir, now I remember seeing the name in a quaterly results presentation.
p1: You have written that "Listening and Analysing AR Rahman music" is an interest. What do you men by analysing. Have you ever worked with a synthesiser.
Me: Said about how I feel Rahmans music has been evolving for Raw and electronic kinda music to more classical , Live orchestra music. And how unlike his earlier days it takes few listenings to like his music.
P1: Fav subjects
Me: OS, C programming
P1: What is shell
Me: Said
P1: Whats is kernel
Me: Said
P1: Data warehouse
Me: Said what I know.
P1: What is Queuing System
Me: Guessed. Told something about Queues in batch processing systems.
Thats the end of Acads. Thank God.
P1: What is Capital Expenditure
Me: (I had mentioned CAPEX in the GD and the summary). Said what I know.
Long silence. Then P1 walks away, switches on something and adjusts some GD seats.
P2: You have mentioned Investing in stocks is your interest. Tell me abouyt the current crisis.
Me: Subprime, Slight cool off in Asia, Flight of FII capital, Possible US recession.
P2: Tell about subprime crisis
Me: Done. (I had collected some info about it. I was happy about it being asked)
P2: No No . Tell me what the word Sub Prime Means
Me: Did
P2: Then what is "Prime"
Me: Some guesing. Should be right
P2: How is prime lending rates decided in India
Me: RBI fixes after Credit Policy review every quarter (eeeeh.... shouldnt have been so naively incorrect).
P2: Seems like you are just guessing and dont know exacltly
ME: Sir, Although I am not very well versed with this topic, I know some facts.
P2: What is Bank Rate
Me: Interest rate given to banks on their deposits with RBI.
(This is wrong. It is the interst charged on RBI lending to banks... another mistake. Got confused btn Repo rates and Bank Rate)
P2: Avg PE ratio of sensex stocks
Me: Said
P2: Chairman of US federal reserve.
Me: I know the name, But am not able to recollect.
(He gave hints, still couldnt recollect.)
P2: Previous
ME: Alan Greenspan
P2: RBI Deputy Governor
Me: I dont know Sir.
P2: RBI Gov
Me: Y V Reddy
P2: Planning commision Deputy Chairperson
Me: I dont know, Sir
P2: Chairperson
Me: Ahluwalia.
p2 mentions He is the deputy.
(I guess PM is the chairperson)
P2: Any extra curricular that u want us to note
Me: Used to assemble and sell computers
P1: That is not very technical. Something else
Me: I agree it is not that technical. I was interested in programming.
P1: Any achievements, Country, Dist or col level.
Me: Wont 2nd price in open softwarte inter collegiate contest orgnsd by my col.
(The frowning look in P1's face doesn't change)
P1: You may leave
Me: Sir, I am unable to recollect the name of the US federal reserve, But I know he tutored under the current head of the central Bank of Israel.
P2: One more hint, His first name is Ben
Me: Ben Bernanke
Me: Thanks you sir.
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Update: This interview has been good enough. Will be a member of Class of 2010, IIM Indore.
I am a compt Engg. 29months exp. 99.01 in Cat. IIM Indore call.
GD
Case.. Transport company meeting. Company in some issues due to recession.
2 proposals with the company:-
1. To go for a new client in existing business, investment need 8-9 lacs
2. to go into a new business area for an existing client, investment needed 5 lacs.
GD was relatively good. everyone had the opportunity to participate. I felt I did well.
After the GD I was asked for the photocopies of the marklists, I had left that at home. I had to let them know about it as it was asked in the GD hall itself... embarrasing. Since I had already called someone, it reached soon. So no fatal damage... I hope.
PI
There were 2 panelists, lets say p1 and p2.
P2: Who is infy CFO
Me: I am unable to recollect the name sir. Mohandas Pai handed it over to this person.
P2: His name is similar to yours
Me: I remember now, It is Balakrishnan.
P2: U r guessing based on the hint.
Me: No Sir, now I remember seeing the name in a quaterly results presentation.
p1: You have written that "Listening and Analysing AR Rahman music" is an interest. What do you men by analysing. Have you ever worked with a synthesiser.
Me: Said about how I feel Rahmans music has been evolving for Raw and electronic kinda music to more classical , Live orchestra music. And how unlike his earlier days it takes few listenings to like his music.
P1: Fav subjects
Me: OS, C programming
P1: What is shell
Me: Said
P1: Whats is kernel
Me: Said
P1: Data warehouse
Me: Said what I know.
P1: What is Queuing System
Me: Guessed. Told something about Queues in batch processing systems.
Thats the end of Acads. Thank God.
P1: What is Capital Expenditure
Me: (I had mentioned CAPEX in the GD and the summary). Said what I know.
Long silence. Then P1 walks away, switches on something and adjusts some GD seats.
P2: You have mentioned Investing in stocks is your interest. Tell me abouyt the current crisis.
Me: Subprime, Slight cool off in Asia, Flight of FII capital, Possible US recession.
P2: Tell about subprime crisis
Me: Done. (I had collected some info about it. I was happy about it being asked)
P2: No No . Tell me what the word Sub Prime Means
Me: Did
P2: Then what is "Prime"
Me: Some guesing. Should be right
P2: How is prime lending rates decided in India
Me: RBI fixes after Credit Policy review every quarter (eeeeh.... shouldnt have been so naively incorrect).
P2: Seems like you are just guessing and dont know exacltly
ME: Sir, Although I am not very well versed with this topic, I know some facts.
P2: What is Bank Rate
Me: Interest rate given to banks on their deposits with RBI.
(This is wrong. It is the interst charged on RBI lending to banks... another mistake. Got confused btn Repo rates and Bank Rate)
P2: Avg PE ratio of sensex stocks
Me: Said
P2: Chairman of US federal reserve.
Me: I know the name, But am not able to recollect.
(He gave hints, still couldnt recollect.)
P2: Previous
ME: Alan Greenspan
P2: RBI Deputy Governor
Me: I dont know Sir.
P2: RBI Gov
Me: Y V Reddy
P2: Planning commision Deputy Chairperson
Me: I dont know, Sir
P2: Chairperson
Me: Ahluwalia.
p2 mentions He is the deputy.
(I guess PM is the chairperson)
P2: Any extra curricular that u want us to note
Me: Used to assemble and sell computers
P1: That is not very technical. Something else
Me: I agree it is not that technical. I was interested in programming.
P1: Any achievements, Country, Dist or col level.
Me: Wont 2nd price in open softwarte inter collegiate contest orgnsd by my col.
(The frowning look in P1's face doesn't change)
P1: You may leave
Me: Sir, I am unable to recollect the name of the US federal reserve, But I know he tutored under the current head of the central Bank of Israel.
P2: One more hint, His first name is Ben
Me: Ben Bernanke
Me: Thanks you sir.
----------------------
Update: This interview has been good enough. Will be a member of Class of 2010, IIM Indore.
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