No nostalgia

A time comes when u know its time to leave. When I was leaving KGP, i never really felt sad. I really loved the place but it was time to move on.

Same is here, I want to leave IIM Indore now. Its really a bad time here and i am still not placed and I dont know at a situation like this where would i end up. I have no doubts that I am going to do well and love the place and job wherever I will go but still the things dont seem to end up as they were expected and a a lot of anxiety and tension is building up.

Probably, whenever I have to move on, the place doesnt want to leave me so easily and smoothly. The last day I had to leave KGP, I got an F in my grand viva ( in the last 5 yrs no one got an F in Grand Viva and only in my panel 5 students out of 14 got an F) and then had to stay there for 20 more days, gave a Re- GV and left.

When I was supposed to leave Tata Motors and join IIM Indore, again I did a stupidity and didnt pay the joining fees of IIM Indore, I tht my waiting at K would clear and then I will go to K. And probably the first time in the history of IIM k W/l 6 didnt get cleared. And now I was kind of stuck and then after a week I got a mail from IIM Indore that they are still waiting for my draft as my dad has already sent a fax of the draft. IIM Indore allowed me to deposit the fees and accepted my admission.

Now the placements, again I am stuck for few extra days. I cant really help it. Probably if things start happening a bit smoothly for me, there could be a bit of nostalgia while leaving but the prankster(no offence God) sitting above always has some funny plans :).

Keep faith

Placement season(2009)

For all the passing out this year from best of B schools in India.

I am one of you and I know that despite all the efforts you have put in last two years, despite all the competencies and capabilities you have it in you, most of you are facing the lowest time of your lives.
Many of you will end up confused and stranded without a job or with a job you would never think you would be doing. Most of you who studied with loans on your head will be facing a perpetual struggle every month if you still stand on your virtues by not going for a default.
I suggest the only thing you can do is be strong, prepare yourself mentally to do all the jobs with low salaries which you never thought of doing and keep ensuring that you create value consistently more than you are being paid for.
Go to those sectors which needed the best of talent to grow and were not being able to afford you. Show the world what you can achieve for them by being loyal and justifying every penny they are going to pay you. Keep faith, be courageous and be ready for the struggle you are going to put on. I am sure the things you will learn at these trying times will bring humbleness and the knowledge and efforts you can put will help you grow a long way and make you the brightest and smartest of leaders the world will ever see.

The most loosely used word in MBA

Strategy