21/07/2015

21/07/15; 03:20:

Just when I thought campus life couldn’t get any more busy aka happening, the 2-year MBA happened to me!
It’s been just 24-hours since I was last on my laptop, writing, but, it really feels like atleast 3 days have gone by!
The morning began with 2 classes- Microeconomics followed by Critical Thinking. After lunch, we had some free time and since the weather’s continued to be beautiful, we headed out on a long walk. We headed out of gate 2, walking the perimeter of the campus on the outside and drinking copious amounts of chai on our nearly 4-hour long undertaking!
Once back on campus, we got ourselves ice-cream from the mess, pakodas from JAM and yet more chai from Poha Point!
Close to 5 p.m., we received an e-mail that of course we’d been expecting- the next task in the series of tasks that are lined up to select the JPC. The task seemed simple (just the way a lot of rather complicated things in life appear at first glance, or even a second perhaps!) We were to draft a ‘pitch mail’, inviting recruiters on campus, under different scenarios- IIM-Indore alumni work at the company/ the company’s been a past recruiter/ the head of the company’s been on campus for a well-received guest lecture/ we’d like them to visit campus.
We began thinking about the letter as we made our way to NC-2 for an IPM 2012 Batch meet, with the Director, the PGP Chair, the IPM Chair and the Chair, Placements. The meeting was about an hour long, and was mainly aimed at letting us know that we’re now grown up and things in PGP ought to work differently from the way they did in the last 3 years.
Right after, I got down to writing the aforementioned ‘Pitch Letter’; at 10 p.m., we headed to the Old Auditorium to participate in ‘Grey Matterz’, the rather fun Quiz conducted by the Consulting Club. It had three rounds- the first had a mixed bag of strategy/consultancy-related questions, the second had us classifying companies into categories based on the Delta model, the last round was a guesstimation- we were to make logical assumptions and come up with the closest estimate of the number of phone calls made in India, each day. The event was very enjoyable; it was a learning experience that I’ll definitely remember! Post the event, the Consulting Club members gave us a brief insight into what the consulting domain entails- it seems so fascinating; I ought to explore more!
Some Thums Up and a cake-cutting later, we were in NLT-12, as part of the JPC selection process. The main purpose of this was to get to eliminating people who hadn’t made the cut, as per the scores of the last few tasks gone by. Out of the original nearly 150 applicants, only 70 had stayed put, duly submitting in all the tasks. By 1:30 a.m., I was no longer part of the JPC hopefuls and headed to the Night Mess to get myself some food.
Meanwhile, the hunt for the JPC continues; perhaps the team will be selected by the end of this week.
The announcement for Section Wars was made today; the final event shall happen on the 2nd of August- each section will put together a bunch of dance/music/drama/stand-up comedy acts; of course, the best one wins bragging rights for the next 2 years! In the run up to the actual event, each section shall be up & about, promoting their section, replete with a tagline, posters, flash mobs and more!
It’s going to be an exciting two weeks!