The ISB Experience :PART III

Well wait wait wait......
The story doesn't end here.....
During the evening of June 25th, we got a chance to have mone great masti.We got a free entry to Taj Krishna,The Taj hotel in Hyderabad.And what's more 25th was a Wednesday so that spells,a girl's night day....so at Ahala,the disc cum bar at the Taj,we all rocked for a while,had some good drinks(u can guess it,need I say more), and were back in the campus.

26th June was the day when all of us had to depart,though I had planned to be back on 27th,so I had a day extra. From 3 in the morning,people were streaming out of ISB slowly and gradually....

So what did I do alone, I went to the library,read a couple of guides on finance and stuff, and in the afternoon,I ventured out in the unknown of Hyderabad...something which I love to do..the benefit of venturing out alone are many.
First you don't have chatterboxes beside you who would actually eat your head and you are free to concentrate on the sight seeing and try and see new things in the already existing reminiscence of the great past....
Anyways so I went to the Charminar ,and boy the monument did look good. The surrounding was pathetic,rest was fine though. So I clicked some pics there,whatever angles I could judge to be the best. The best one was the the picture I took from the middle of the street. The divider was too thin to keep the traffic segregated. Yet I stood on it and went clicking click click click.
So after finishing with it,I went to the nearby Mecca Masjid. A Monumental place indeed,too bad a bomb blast had taken place her killing many. ... Yet the place looked magnificent.
Then it was time to move on. I went to Golconda Fort,the reason for the existence of the Hyderabad city. Here it was where Md. Tuli,kept the name of the Hyderabad city as Hyderabad city after the name of his wife....who first I don't remember had some Hindu name which she converted to Hydera,or something like that.......
I returned to the campus that day and the next day ie,the 27th of June I with bag and baggage,vacated ISB completely. I then went to the Nampalli station where I could get a bus to the Ramoji Film City. As usual,I arrived late. And all the buses had left by 10. So what were my options...reserve an auto or a taxi which would have cost me a bomb. While the bus trip(to and return) would have cost me a mere 150/- to reserve an ato meant shelling 400/- or a taxi 600/-... as if I was willing to shell so much. So I did some research,went and talked to a few locals in their style of broken Hindi with a South Indian touch, and they indeed helped me alot. ?They guieded me to Khotti Station form where I could get a local bus to Ramoji Film City for a mere 10/-...damn what a price,even cheaper thean the earlier option of reserving the bus. So took an auto went to the Khoti bus station,caught the bus and here I was at the Ramoji film city,.....

Ramoji Film City:
A magnificient place indeed.But the entry was 300/- but worth it. a 2000 acres(or hectares) I don't remember,spread amongst the beautiful plateau and a little jungle, Ramoji was indeed a place worth visiting.So from the entrance gate we sat on a bus that after a 15-20 min drive took us inside. And wow,what a plce magical indeed. I had never been to a Film City and indeed it was an great experience. We saw how the shooting is done,how sound mixing is done. A nice thrilling expereince in the Ramoji Tower. and then the sight seeing at the different sets. There was a polic station(shot in many movies), the Hospital(whereMunnabhai studied :-) )....the place where RGV's jungle was shot,duplicate Gateway of India,Taj Mahal, Mughal Garden,bus station, market...... to say the least it was an awesome experience......

So by the time I returned to the main city it was 7 and time tro return to Delhi......
Indeed a magnificient journey to Hyderabad,... it was fun as well as a learning experience.....I simpli loved these 4-5days there...

GOING TO ISB,HYDERABAD.... :)

Hey ppl,
Don't worry I am not going to ISB as a Management student.

Recently ISB had organised a wordsworth contest at the national level where in winners who would be selected would be called to ISB for a 2 days 1 night trip to the coveted campus at Hyderabad all expenses paid.
Here is the link do visit it to know about it more:
http://isb.edu/wordsworth/

Here I am sharing with you the essay that I had submitted in the contest. As a matter of fact only 2 Engineering students have been selected.The list would be given at the bottom.
My idea of sharing this is to encourage you people to participate in such things and look beyond the college learning. Some experiences are worth gaining. I hope you all understand.Participating in this contest has atleast vindicated my idea to be good with words thus if you too participate,it shall uncover your hidden talents.

Here is the essay

TOPIC:

Do high quality business schools provide nations with a competitive advantage?

The concept of schools imparting business education which is essentially learnt through variable experience is itself a revolutionary concept. Moreover the need of the corporate world that these schools fulfill and have been doing so for a couple of hundred years is amazing,not ignoring the fact that almost every country wih a proper functioning economy is very much focused on imparting business education through these schools.

India today is a rising nation economically.The economics of this country has undergone a sea change in the last decade or so.As the country progress towards its ancient status of being called ‘the ‘Golden Bird’ it has to face the upcoming complexity that would arise in today’s ways of doing business. As the world economy gets integrated like as if we were trading in a village,the concept though provokes a simplistic message is essentially a very complicated one behind this veil.Given the above mentioned facts the role of a business school becomes imperative so as to provide the necessary skills in this fast changing economic world. Business schools give the corporate a polished and finished gem which otherwise would take years to shine through the grinds of business experience. Also it prepares the cadre of business soldiers with the right dynamics to adjust swiftly in the overly volatile and changing economy. Not only that,the increased corporate and government sponsorship of projects in business schools suggest the important intellectual contribution that these schools give back in return. The Indian business scene ,which is very much dominated by family businesses have of sudden felt the tinge of shortened man power with an enterprising and entrepreneurial bent.Business schools, by making such a requisite curriculum can essentially fulfill this demand and have been doing so for a few years.India being a young player in this complicated world economy and thus for India to sustain its paced growth and to achieve a mammoth size,entrepreneurs who can deliver from the word ‘go’ are needed.Business schools not only help in educating such talents in its womb, but also teaching them the nitty gritty of business through case studies thus providing entrepreneurs with a manager’s bent of performance.

Business schools play a vital role by also providing requisite research and advisory services to pivotal bodies like the finance ministry and the planning commission. However of all the good endeavor that these schools take, a lot can be done especially with India as its focus.The economy of India is so regionally unbalanced that business school could help by taking initiatives keeping in focus the economically backward regions of the country.India being such a diverse country, if it would be possible that business education be brought to the grass root level so that MBAs who can work from that level are produced then I think nothing better could happen to India than this holistic growth pattern that it would follow rather progressing in such a way that the common Indian does not even feel the shine of the progress.

Thus Business Schools can play a vital role in changing the business scene of India and thus her economy for the better and the future.

Ravi Manoram

Roll no.: 2K5/IT/941

BE (IT)

Delhi College Of Engineering

Bawana Road,

New Delhi:85

Phone:09911103257

Here is the list of winners:

Submission ID	First name	Last name	College	Location
WWEC00419	Suharsh	Sinha	National Law School of India University	Bangalore
WWEC00282	Aayush	Madhogoria	St.Xavier’s College	Kolkata
WWEC00354	Diwakar	Kishore	National Law School of India University	Bangalore
WWEC00391	Swati	Ganapathi	St.Joseph’s College of Commerce	Bangalore
WWEC00274	Muneer	Ariff	Kasturbha Medical College	Manipal
WWEC00317	Swati	Kaul	Delhi University	Delhi
WWEC00335	Namrata	Chatterjee	South City College	Kolkata
WWEC00406	Ravi	Manoram	Delhi College of Engineering	Delhi
WWEC00368	Shoaib	Shirazi	St.Joseph’s College of Commerce	Bangalore
WWEC00306	Apurv	Mishra	NATIONAL LAW INSTITUTE UNIVERSITY	Mumbai
WWEC00374	Abhishek	Sanchety	Institute Of Technology, Banaras Hindu University	Banaras
WWEC00302	Sonam	Singh	Delhi University	New Delhi