The ISB Experience: PART II

Well after a nice 24th June,and a half sleep at 3 oclock,the next that was evident was to get up on 25th June....he he he he he ..crap i guess...
Well the thing is,as ususal I have this tendency to be late at class so here to happened. It was scheduled that we we would be attending Dr. Prashant Kale's class,an eminent prof... from the Univ of Michigan,who had flown down to teach at ISB,cool na...the ISB ppl say the corporate world would give anything to attend his class and that we were lucky to be attending his class at an undergrad level....Wow the first thing comes to your mind..is this...I must have done something good in my life to achieve this.....
Well then in order to not to miss his class,I skipped breakfast and rushed in to the class with others...As it was expected,a very nice personality greeted us and we took seats in the corner,with a strict warning not to disturb the class...I mean we were children as compared to these oldies at ISB..he he he...
Anyways the class beagn and I simply loved it,with a right mixture of interaction,slide show and blackboard(actually not blackboard but a whiteboard)....he took the class wonderfully through the two hours......there is this system of 30% of your marks for class interaction and ppl were jumping off their seats to answer...and this does result into crap answers.....anyways..barring a few the class was indeed lovely....it was about competitive strategy in the international scene...with case studies of Domino's and the Wine industry....at the end of the day it was all use of brains that mattered more rather than the stacked up knowledge in your head.

So the class finished off......then at 2 we had to give a presentation about our expeirence and stuff,then the certis distributed.....and finally..we were free,.....

What I really cherished about ISB was the interaction with students,attending class and the Hospitality. The student community was diverse,with ppl having had completed their MD in medicine and stuff who had come to attend the MBA program.....the DCE fraternity was large...but couldn't catch them....some were there even after having completed their MBA from places like FMS....foreigners and the female community constituted a good number and the engineers dominated the scene here too....damn,we are too bright for everything...we dominate almost 90% of the population at the IIMs...

The ISB Experience

Wow I must begin with,the visit to the ISB was truly amazing.
After arriving on the 23rd night at around 10, I didn't really expect that all the aarrangements would be done,and after having had my light dinner,and being tired from the journey,I planned to hit the bed.

THE HOSTELS:
Well the Hostels here are called Student Villages and each flat has around four rooms, coupled with two bathrooms and a nice kitchen.In all they can't be called a hostel......
wach room had a AC,a bed a nice table and everything else was cool....after all it was a nice experience staying with the student community.

24th June:
The day started with 24th June,some more people of the wordsworth gang arrived in the morning and in all we were 10,where in 2 could not make it to the campus.They had their personal problems.The spouses of a few students were assigned to guide us and they took us to to the dining centre for the breakfast. The food was good,had a lot of variety the coffee strong to wake me up. After the breakfast we went to the classrooms or should I say the lecture theatre to have a tete with a finance prof.....Indeed the experience was marvellous. Got to solve alot of queries regarding different aspects of finance.....
Then after the lunch we attended a class on competitive strategy,which was by Prof. Dishant and I really found it very impressive. How we lack in our psychological state of thinking and how things could be improved was covered here. How we assume and presume something,how we take statistics for granted,how we don't look at things from a different perspective,man I must say,I really got a feel of what business studies is all about and how much a good faculty and a world class system matters,the bigger he player yo want to be,the bigger u ought to think.....

during the evening we went to Hussain sagar lake and Lumbini Park, wading through a chaotic traffic,we reached the spot but alas! too late. It was getting dark and couldn't enjoy much. We then went to Hyderabad House and had a sumptuous meal of the Hyderabadi delicacies of Kebabs and Biryani....
We returned to the campus after that went to the library and stuff,did some net stuff,had some chit chat till the morning 3 o clock,and went to sleep at the devil's time...

ISB visit is on 24th and 25th July

Hiii friends,
I am sorry I am not able to keep you people updated with my latest posts. The only reason being a very busy schedule that does not allow me for the moment to post here. Very soon I shall be back.

Moreover my ISB visit has been confirmed on 24th and 25th June. When I return I shall keep you updated with the latest happenings.