05/05/15

05/05/15; 04:50:

Let’s get to the beginning of this month, before anything else.

The morning of 1st May began with an end term – the first of the total 7- ‘Introduction to Medicine’. We hadn’t managed to get any preparation done, but, the paper was fairly simple (being based on general facts about the human body/diseases that most people ought to know).
The afternoon paper was on Introduction to Business History. It was an open-book exam—that’s not usually a good thing- it only means more difficult, analytical questions. Of course, it also means that we get complacent with the preparation. The paper was fairly interesting. Right after the paper, I made my way to the IPM Office, to collect my internship documents- my offer letter, the internship guidelines and an evaluation form in a sealed envelope. My offer letter looks beautiful; the internship guidelines are very specific- a report has to be submitted about the internship and everything; the evaluation form has to be submitted to the mentor at the organization concerned, on the very first day at work- its contents are secret; it shall be duly sealed and returned, on the last working day- it must then be handed in to the IPM Office- I get to transport a form back and forth without getting so much as a peek at its contents!

Both the papers the next day were touted to be difficult- Game Theory and Development Economics. We attempted to hold interviews for the various vertical heads for i-Help, that evening; there was a movie scheduled to be screened, like every Saturday- fortunately, we did manage to hold the interviews even though we had to postpone them to later in the night! We then tried at hand at preparing for the two papers the next day.

A single A4 size sheet of notes was allowed to be carried to the examination hall, for the Social Media End Term- of course, the paper involved devising a Social Media Strategy for an Educational Board Games related start-up and the ‘cheat sheet’ was entirely useless. The PR paper later in the afternoon was a mix of theory-based questions and two case studies- one involving identifying the mistakes in a PR campaign undertaken by a company and the other involving picking out and detailing a PR campaign for a company. Right after the exam, I got to taking interviews for the Hospitality Vertical for Utkarsha- the Social Fest- the interviews had followed a short pre-process where in 275 words both the span of activities of the Hospitality vertical as well as operational difficulties (last year as well as anticipated) were to be detailed. As soon as the interviews ended, I got to the newly made, ready to be inaugurated IPM SAC Office in SR-07! We gloriously cut the pink ribbon to applause and merriment; everyone then entered the space and a perfectly-placed cake was then cut (and quickly eaten, of course!) 3rd May, 20:45- Inauguration of the IPM SAC Office- the moment ought to go down in IPM history!
The IPM 2012 Last ever Batch Party began at 9:30 p.m., with food, drink and excellent music! The dancing went on until late in the night- of course, many, many pictures were also clicked, all through the night!

4th May aka Monday was an Institute holiday and I slept until 4 p.m., very nicely missing my chance to sign the IPM SAC Registration documents as one of the three founding members. We walked around campus in the evening; elections for the various vertical heads for Utkarsha were held from around 8:30 to nearly 11 p.m.
I then spent the next few hours talking to my roommate, over countless bottles of Thums Up and food from the Night Mess. It was our last night as roommates and we made the most of it, indulging in good conversation, curious questions and some confessions!

There’s a paper that’s to happen at 9:30 (in a few hours!). Haven’t gotten any studying done, but, getting some sleep is important- being awake for the paper is obviously more important than having stuff to write in the paper; off to bed!