06/09/2015

06/09/2015; 13:13:

It’s been an eventful week, just like every other! 1st morning began with a few classes- we had an in-class Accounts Quiz which was rather interesting; I then put my brother on a cab, to get him to the airport. Post-lunch, we had our last IV session for the term- perhaps the actual Industrial Visits will start next term; each group has been allotted a faculty mentor and a meeting with them has been scheduled for 8th of September.

We’re going over understanding financial statements in the FAC classes. We’ve picked up a balance sheet for 2015/2014 and are trying a bunch of ratios on it- solvency ratios, liquidity ratios, activity ratios- all of which give different, relevant information about the company’s performance. Meanwhile, we discussed the Product Life Cycle theory in Marketing class; products have life cycles, just like everything else on the planet! And, now with the growing climate change, the planet has a shortened one too.

3rd September began at mid-night with someone sending out an e-mail to the whole PGP1 batch, wishing someone a Happy Birthday, and asking for everyone else to join in the celebration. While everyone was invited to ‘join in’, the sender managed to forget to mention the venue! This of course resulted in a series of replies to the e-mail, replete with memes and jokes. Then, morning began with OM Quiz papers being shown; surprisingly, I scored good marks! After a few classes, we then had a QT quiz at 4:50 p.m. A guest lecture titled ‘Are you a Dreamer?’ was conducted by Zephyr- the Psychology Interest Group, at 11 a.m. The title sure was misleading- the talk was about actual dreams & goals and how to go about achieving them and not about interpreting dreams, as I’d construed! Right after the QT Quiz, we got ourselves momos at JAM, and then some burgers from Burger Planet! As part of Janmashtami celebrations, some rangoli-making, matki-painting, matki phod and tug-of-war competitions were organized by the Cultural Committee, on the football field, around 8:30 p.m.
Later in the night, we got to making video rèsumès- different strategies were adopted by people in this regard- some sat, poker straight in front of their laptops, a desk lamp being used to light up their faces while they read text out from a word document; others got friends to record them talking, with a whiteboard in the background with some text; I thought about writing stuff down in a notebook and eventually just stood in front of a lady with a phone camera and began talking! All done, and in one take!

4th morning began with some classes; in the Business Communication class, we wrote out a report, in groups! Group tasks are always fun! The OM Professor has decided to conduct surprise quizzes in every other class! Faasos was on campus and we got ourselves some nice rolls and food.There was then a Marketing Mid-term to be studied for- cases, the textbook and some PPT’s.

5th morning- Teacher’s Day- and Marketing MidTerm day too. The MidTerm was rather okay- the marketing class right after was a lot more interesting. The current case deals with an innovation in the Shower business that has somehow really caught my fancy. Meanwhile, we’re working on getting a Mall Partner on board for IRIS, this year. In the evening, extended Janmashtami celebrations were held at the Radha-Krishna mandir, including a procession, games and matki phod. It ended with mid-night aarti.

Today morning began with nothing and still feels a lot like nothing; there are a couple of assignments to be done, and, that’s about it! The PGP-2’s meanwhile are returning from their term-breaks.
A couple of the exchange programme students have begun to arrive on campus- the Student Exchange Committee people are attempting to show them around campus. Over lunch at Mess 2, one of these days, I happened to spend a considerable amount of time watching one of them trying to demonstrate the ‘right’ way to eat chicken curry and rotis to a French guy. Now, the French guy managed to get it perfectly right, but, the varied attempts at demonstration were just hilarious!