Vignettes

Time to get psenti! After all, it is the done thing on pass out.

So, what are your lasting images of the 2.5 years at IIMB that defined the experience for you? (Abhinav, I meant mental images!)

Mine:

- Shyamal Roy bursting Dinesh's bubble by labelling his question "Incomprehensibly Intelligent"
- For some wierd question from Subabrato Das (trust me, you dont want to know) which had the class & our group stumped, Harish piped up and launched into a "one tail/ two tail" explanation. I still dont know what transpired but Das was very happy!
- Ramnath Narayanswamy setting expectations (Unacheivably high, IMO) by destroying Nishit in the inaugral lecture
- Actually preparing for cases before the JR's SM class (Oh, the innocence of youth!)
- Ramnath again: starting each class in Spirituality with "Harish, what did we learn in the last class" and Harish coming up with 10 different ways of saying "ego"

Go on, let us know what defined it for you.

The end of project presentations

Last weekend (24th and 25th of Nov) was the project presentations for some of the people from 2003 and earlier batches. I would say it finally went well. Some of us showed up dressed up in ties and all.

Hopefully external examiner and project guide also share my views about the project.

Feb 2004 Photos - Marketing end term I think. Can't be sure though. Would have to look up the test schedule and then look at the photo date to find out. That's too much work! As you can see, some are happy, some are tense, some are laidback, some are hunched-over, some are dozing, while some are staring.

The small size of the uploaded photo will make it difficult to identify individuals, but for those interested, Dinesh and Harish in the far corner are looking at me, bemused. Ramya is plain amused, while Jagan has his hand over his head. Shivam is peering over the case. The case itself was an unpublished case on value based analysis. A couple of quarters later, when some of us took the elective on BMS (Business Market Strategy) by Prof DVR we had the opportunity of dissecting the case in greater detail.

I wanted to caption this as 'Buddha-under-the-tree', but didn't.

This could be the morning of the stats or the SPO end term. Don't know for sure. The photo time-stamp reads Feb 8 2004, 11AM.

As far as the QMM core course went (that would Quantitative Methods for Management, aka Statistics), my knowledge as about as bare as this tree. Well... I was really looking for an excuse to post this photo... 

The last mile

For quite of few of us, this weekend i.e. 25th & 26th of November, 2005, would be the end of a journey that we started almost two and half years ago (some even earlier). Unless we end up flunking our project presentation, we would have completed all the requirements for getting the PGSEM diploma.

I would say, barring the bannerghatta road, it has been a great and fulfilling journey. Met some new people from the same industry and learnt quite a few things. Also figured out what all these IIM's are all about.

A lesson in negotiations from Prof Thiru. Feb 6 2004. Q3 of academic year 2003-04. A two page case in price negotiations between a supplier and a manufacturer. That's prof Thiru with his back to the photo. Phani and Amit are representing the vendor I believe. Wonder how many from section A of the 2003 batch remember this. Or Prof Thiru's anecdotes, especially the one where he went, "kabhi aap puchte hai, kabhi poochtach karte hai". I tried to get him to take an elective on business negotitations for us, but he had gone into semi-retirement... Maybe the next batches will have more success.