ISB wins T-20 in style

Hey

This is a GREAT moment in the history of Indian education. My school - the INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS - ISB, HYDERABAD has been ranked Top 20 in the Global MBA rankings 2008 by Financial Times. Just proves what a combination of Faculty, Students and Administration this place has.... The youngest school to leapfrog into the Top 20 of the World.

Am personally thrilled to see that ISB has been ranked higher than Darden, McDonough and Smith!!! It is ISB's T-20 victory. And we, the students are proud of this school, its faculty and the educational environment and impact that has been created. We will celebrate this T20 victory with dignity, humility and sensitivity.

This is a historical and proud moment for ISB in particular and Indian education as a whole. CELEBRATIONS Galore.

NDTV Video

Rediff News

Photos show the official announcement by Deputy Dean Ajit & the celebrating students!!




Ciao..

everything has a price

Hey..

(obviously adapted from the obvious ad)

A new car to roam in Hyderabad - Rs. 4.1 lakhs
A quick caffeine - 5 Rupee coin
Finishing the MarkStrat - 12 coffee cups
Clearing the Statistics exam - 2 hours of sleep on exam night
Cost of the MBA - Rs 16+ lakhs
Stay awake in class after a sleepless night - Cardamom Tea
Cost of a laptop - Rs. 40,000
Listen to eminent speakers - an evening date with the wife
Group meeting at 4:15 PM - 2 Samosas at Rs 10.50
100% attendance - flying back in 1 hour after sis' wedding
Weekend homework - Missing Sivaji first day, first show
Term end project - 4 pizzas
Hyderabad life - 2 burning hot months
Crashing the MBA - no blogs for 10 months
Pushing life every day - 140/90 Blood pressure

the overall ISB experience - PRICELESS.......

the journey resumes

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I am finally back at school again !!

Traveling by the Charminar Express to the Cyber city, we (I and my better half) decided to be in the hot-spot one day early. As we negotiated with the porters and the cabs, I realized that I had to put use some of the management skills even before I had a chance to acquire them. Finally dumped the huge bags in the trunk of a cab (Don't worry if it doesn't fit in. I will tie the car with a rope.. it is much stronger than the lock of the trunk - the reassurance from a friendly cab driver) and took the 45 minute journey to the Indian School of Business (ISB) campus at Gachibowli - crisscrossing the maze of what is called the city of Hyderabad.

The campus itself is awesome. Took the Executive Housing for the first day and had a good walk all evening. One cannot believe that there exists such a beautiful, serene, calm and romantic place in a crazy city. On the April 14th, the D-Day, the actual registration commenced. It is being followed by a week long orientation program and the regular classes start on April 23.

Putting the real faces from those who established friendships via Orkut or the forums was interesting. The last 72 hours have gone in either saying or hearing "Hi.. We haven't met. I am xxxxxx from yyyyyy.. and You ?" . Parties have started already and we managed to have 2 in 2 days... I guess the nearby wine shop really doesn't need any marketing help.

Somewhere in the middle of this beautiful campus and non-stop partying we expect to have a roasting schedule to study. I will keep this blog updated (but apparently that is what everybody says in the first term of the school.. then they forget they have a blog and then they forget they have a life !)..

and so the school journey resumes again!!

Ciao..

nostalgic notions

Hey..

For some reason all of us always love to go back to "good old days". For some it is the school, for some it is their college, for some it is the bachelorhood, love life, the days when the daughter was still a kid etc etc., The drive stems from our preference for familiarity and our comfort factor in familiar grounds. We can sit and talk about Who moved my cheese and discuss Alvin Toffler for hours - talk about the need for change, insist that the only constant thing in the world is change; but the unchangeable truth is that all of us like familiar grounds. Given a chance, we would like to rewind our life for a few hours or days or years and live the golden life again.

Maybe that is why I am so excited to go back to school again !

I have been accepted for the Post Graduate Program at Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad. I am so excited to go back to full time school. I am so thankful to everyone who has made this possible for me, giving me a chance to re-live the college life to some extent.

It is of course true that it will never be the same again. It can never compare to my undergraduate college life. Maybe I will be in a hurry to come back to the world of paychecks and make money and spend it without guilt. But it doesn't matter. For just the sheer excitement of going back to school has pumped enough energy into my blood.


Yes, change is good. And when coupled with little bit of nostalgia, it tastes wonderful !.

Ciao..