MBA 'Gyaan' Givers
Friday, January 23, 2004Latest@NMIMS
The placement week (3 days actually) kicked off on 5 th jan at NMIMS. After the initial flow of companies that recruited the seniors, the process went on to be like a rolling one. Till date around 85% of the batch is placed and the the salaries have gone higher than the last years by 10-15% or so. Even now, everyday there is some company or other on campus to recruit people. There have been some good lateral placements also for the people with work experience.
Nowadays the stress is on summer placements since around 3/4 of the batch gets its summers during these months and yours truely is keeping his fingers crossed as well. Some good companies (including one offering postings abroad in singapore) have sent their requirements and would be in campus sometime soon.
Academic term has started 2 weeks back. We have 9 courses in this term as usual. Spanish and german language classes would start in this term in addition to fench classes that are going on since last term for those interested. Four of my batchmates would be leaving soon for France and Hungary for their respective exchange programs.
The winner of the GE scholarship (I didnt apply for it) would be announced soon and the person would get to spend a week or so at Jack Welch research center in banglore along with GE paying the entire tution fees and living expenses...kool na.
Euphoria, the annual inter-Business School event would be organised on 27-28 feb and the preparations are in full swing. I would add the link to the site as soon as its put up.
I have been adding a lot many things to my blog like writing about what i learn everyday in classes here..and when i say everyday, I am doing it for almost every class I attend. Please Click on my name here to visit and pour in your suggestions.
Rajat Khungar
Manfest 2004 @ IIM Lucknow kicks off today! There are a lot of participants from all over the country. Today's main event includes a bizz quiz by Sid Basu; and we also have Kapil Dev visiting the event, spread over the next two days! L is currently: ROCKING!!!
Happy New Year
I am just 7 days late in wishing you all but I am sure you guys wont mind it :)
Exams and following holidays and the trip back home took me off this site for sometime but now I would be more regular. I would be starting off this year's blog with some inputs for CAT/other MBA exams preparation. I have written about my experience in the earlier blog and would be giving some sites and links that should help the people preparing this year....
www.pagalguy.com/cat There are discussion forums here where almost everything you want to know about B schools is discussed...from SIMCATs of IMS to GD/PI of SCMHRD you can find it all there...A MUST VISIT
www.coolavenues.com A popular generic site about b schools and life there.
www.indiainfoline.com also has a link for b schools.
I would be posting some of the last year's important observations regarding B schools and their entrance exams etc.
There are many yahoogroups like CAT2003 / CAT2004 / mbaprep that one should join. If anyone of u doesnt know about yahoogroups or how to join them just drop me a mail at rajatkhungar@yahoo.com..
Rajat
www.rajatkhungar.rediffblogs.com
Happy New Year
Wishing a very happy and prosperous new year to everybody!!
January signals the start of the "Final Lap" or the final term for the first year when we have to grin(?) and bear the compulsory subjects thrust on us. During the next year, we choose the courses that we can take, and finally this decides the area in which we specialize. But, even next year there are one or two compulsory courses which everybody has to take.
January also means the height of winter in Kolkata. Joka is much colder than Kolkata. Pack a lot of warm clothing if you get an admit here next year. :-o)
It is long since the blog is updated. But for the enthu shown by Aravind, I think the blog would have been dead. I came across a very nice 'joke'. Am posting it here.
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A shepherd was herding his flock in a remote pasture when suddenly a brand-new BMW advanced out of a dust cloud towards him. The driver, young man in a Broni suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and YSL tie, leans out the window and asks the shepherd, "If I tell you exactly how many sheep you have in your flock, will you give me one?"
The shepherd looks at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looks at his peacefully grazing flock and calmly answers, "Sure. Why not?"
The yuppie parks his car, whips out his Dell notebook computer, connects it to his cell phone, surfs to a NASA page on the internet, where he calls up a GPS satellite navigation system to get an exact fix on his location which he then feeds to another NASA satellite that scans the area in an ultra-high-resolution photo. They young man then opens the digital photo in Adobe Photoshop and exports it to an image processing facility in Hamburg,Germany.
Within seconds, he receives an email on his Palm Pilot that the image has been processed and the data stored. He then accesses a MS-SQL database through an ODBC connected Excel spreadsheet with hundreds of complex formulas. He uploads all of this data via an email on his Blackberry and, after a few minutes, receives a response. Finally, he prints out a full-colour, 150-page report on his hi-tech, miniaturized HP LaserJet printer and finally turns to the shepherd and says, "You have exactly 1586 sheep."
"That's right. Well, I guess you can take one of my sheep." says the shepherd.
He watches the young man select one of the animals and looks on amused as the young man stuffs it into the boot of his car.
Then the shepherd says to the young man, "Hey, if I can tell you exactly what your business is, will you give me back my sheep?"
The young man thinks about it for a second and then says, "Okay, why not?"
"You're a consultant." says the shepherd.
"Wow! That's correct," says the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?"
"No guessing required." answered the shepherd. "You showed up here even though nobody called you; you want to get paid for an answer I already knew; to a question I never asked; and you don't know crap about my business... Now give me back my dog."
