30/03/2015

30/03/201; 15:55:

It’s been a busy weekend, with the PGP convocation and all!
27th morning began with the field trip to Unique Hospital where we were taken around the hospital- the Operation Theatre, the ICU, the general ward, the special wards and more. Once back, we walked down to the HRC to get ourselves some work which we very much did!
I was up at 7 a.m. on Saturday, 28th March i.e. Convocation Day. This, after sleeping only at 4:30 a.m., since work had been in progress.
5 IPM girls were to be dressed up in Indian or Western formals, to be ushers at the Convocation. This year, the Convocation was to happen at Brilliant Convention Centre. It’s a rather sophisticated place, with a couple of large halls and even outdoor space to hold events. So, there we were, at work, early in the morning; the ladies were all being decked up in sarees that were carefully draped. They set off for BCC at around 8:30. Soon after, the PGP/FPM/EPGP participants all took off for the venue.
At 9 a.m., I walked down to the MDC (that’s where all important people who’re on campus stay) to spend some time with Mr. Vinay Kamath of BusinessLine (The Hindu) fame. We spoke about the 5-year IPM Programme, their idea of launching a portal directed specifically at B-School students and more.

At 10:30, around 40 volunteers were to make their way to the venue, to help with robing the graduating students. I supervised as the kids got into 3 different buses, all excited, for the venue promised to have excellent food on offer.
Soon after, around 11:30, we met with the Transport Department. 26 buses had been arranged (the same ones which carted all the graduating students to the venue earlier in the morning) to transport almost 1200 parents who were staying on campus to BCC. By 1 p.m., most parents were on way to the venue, thanks to an efficient team that got people on the buses and the buses moving on time.

28th Night was a little relaxed- not too many people were moving in and out of campus; we sat at the HRC playing Monopoly and trying to get people to bet on the World Cup Final.
After morning class on 29th i.e. Sunday, we once again parked ourselves at the HRC. Later in the night, we walked around all the now-nearly empty hostel blocks, opening each door and getting out all the extra mattress and pillows that had been put in there for the guests.
We got back by 5 a.m., having gotten most of the mattresses out and collected.

We’ve had a few classes today; lined up is D’Battle- the British Parliamentary Debate & the MUN at 6:30p.m., today!
The SAC-T and SAC-C candidates have been hard at work, with the Convocation. We shall soon get to the interview stages for both processes.