[mufasa]

A new batch is in with new expectations and dreams..and within this first week in MDI, I would be lying if I say that I have experienced something similar before...
Assignments, classes, quit etc are part of a B School. But the kind of culture present here, especially the first week of induction is something that sets MDI apart...

I know there is a thread called "My Dream Institute", but I felt that we needed to have a Life @ MDI thread to maintain the consistency with other schools....
Anyway, I hope this thread will continue to grow as we find and learn more from MDI... From my end I will be posting more about what MDI is about other than projects,assigments etc....And I hope my batchmates and current seniors and alumni too join...

[vishalchopda]

Good intitative mufasa.. Amazin 1st week at MDI.. A freshers party is abt start in few hrs now which will end when the sun rises..
Requesting all MDI students and alumni to post here..

[ashishyahoo]

Rightly said Mufasa - the well-planned and well-coordinated induction definitely sets MDI apart as a B skool...

I guess da PGites shud watch out this space for MORE !!! As of now I am thinking of dozing off doin a last bit of pre-reading for tomm's first lecture of the year...

Welcome to Life at MDI

Ashish

[mufasa]

The weekend was as relaxed as the week was hectic.... they were absolutely in contrast..the junta was getting bored and wanted some of the games of the induction week..
but they had to settle with a booze party on Sat evening... for the non-alcoholics like me ;-) there were other options...people danced and drank till 5 am, and then slept like logs.... Sat for me passed in trying to get the much needed sleep....Sunday was no different... eat and sleep was the schedule for me for that day...this reminds me, the food at MDI is amazing - the warden believes in keeping the students happy - where else do you get paneer parathas and pav bhajis in mess.... atleast I dont know of such hostels.... Sunday evening was spent in a hour of football...it was a nice game with the 2 years taking on the 1st years.... and ya the bacchas won 4-2, with yours truly scoring a goal...
Monday started with a refershing bath much before the anticipated time ;-)
Just a lines on the faculty here... whether it's a course on Quantative methods or Accounting or Legal Aspects of Business, the professors try to make it as enjoyable as possible.... and after each class you feel you have learnt something in the 1 1/2 hours.... In our quantative methods class we had examples ranging from Bollywood to the theory of relativity.... and it was a prep class.....:satisfie:

Anyway I am signing off now...got to get sleep and then eat to the fullest at lunch...

[mufasa]

One of the things that we do at MDI..... :-)

[arorasid]

well adding to what u all said
MDI is one institute which belives in overall development and brand name and hence is one institute which spends lavishly to provide best facilities and Faculties in addition to consultants and life is hectic but it really worth being here
its all about fun and learning here

[ashishyahoo]

Here's probably wat Krishanu was waitin for :

MDI - the description:

37 acres - but its not just the magnitude - the campus itself tells a lot of tales - its one BIYOOTIFUL campus - about da same size as dat of IIMB - though IIMB was covered almost entirely with trees - the campus here is maintained with the utmost decorum - seriously clean to say the least !!!

The buildings are named after great educational institutions - Gurukul, Nalanda, Parthenon etc. The hostel is named Change Masters - and is one of the most happening places in town. The boys and da gals mess is connected via the 1st floor mess - and well there is another mess on the ground floor (yep Mandevians - thats the main one )... The mess serves great food, fabulous breakfast (my fav part), but a small prob for non-veggies like me as its only non-veg thrice a week - one day of which I am veg - so core non-veggies life me suffer a bit - though the veg food is of more than decent quality

The campus is sexy for a nice stroll late in the evenings (not mornings as u dont want to bake ureself out - the climate is EXTRA-SUPER HOTTT )... the library is one of the best in Asia - its been one week and I am yet to see it properly - there is a computer center running around 20 hours per day - and of course the other things like AC classrooms, an AC audi etc... There are coffee stalls like Nescafe, Jhaji etc besides a canteen called Sharmaji which remain open very late into the nite and are great social spots. Besides all these there is a football ground, lots of greens where there is a small golf course, a badminton court, a lawn tennis court, a basketball field (unused though), a gym, and well a NEW gym being inaugrated now, a TT room and so on.

More about the class and my life here in the posts to come

Ashish

[mufasa]

Things are on a roll here.... Elections for the placement committe, and the various other clubs viz Marquity(marketing), Monetrix(finance),ITerations(IT) etc are about to begin. Also look out for a bigger and better Illumina(a marketing survey) this year.... the junta out here is more excited about these events than the studies ;-) Some are trying to get in terms with the pre-reads before going to the class...for engineers like me, it's definitely a novel experience...we are not used to reading post a class and here they expect us to be prepared before coming to the class!!!
Jokes apart, there are a lot of avenues that are available for growth...it finally boils down to one's interest.... Unnati (a mutual fund) run in-house by the students is in great demand..almost everyone in campus wants to be a part of.....
Another factor is the now increased batch size of 185....This has caused a few butterflies in some stomachs here.... Summers will be here soon, and people are eyeing a project in a area of their interest.... Lets see what the future holds.... getting into MDI was the easy part...competing with guys out here and emerging a winner is gonna be the real test..... anyway, I've got to go, can't keep ignoring the accounts book for ever :-)

[ashishyahoo]

Well the first week of induction was where we learnt a lot about time management, and taking up responsibility of your own self at MDI - that too only from the seniors - the faculty was yet to be seen. In the last two weeks I have made dozens of new friends here - and so many among the seniors, though I am yet to interact a lot with them. Most of us actually came to know about them after the 'facchaa' party which kicked off at eleven at nite and stretched will 5 in the morning

By now classes have already begun here, and I must say its been real tough for me to get back to study life. In the first two to three days it wasnt easy to know evryone from the class - but gradually towards the weekend, most of the people eased in. The stack of books received by the PGHR students towered above those of the PGPM students - came to know that the HR students have to put in a lot more effort than their PM counterparts .

Needless the say, a majority of the faculty is awesome. The classes are just facilitators, most of the study needs to be done by the student on his or her own - the class is more of a discussion where new facets in HR, current affairs, doubts and new terminologies are discussed. Along with me, no one has been used to pre-reading etc, especially the engineers... - so its definitely tough... Also as the seniors have said, the initial josh is great, and it soon dies down.

Stats of our class - 22 boys and 36 gals - speaks for itself rite? The PGPM students mite bite their nails and tear their hair at this one - and so mite the IIMK studs ... Most of the gals are from Delhi and the NCR region - there is a gal from Google, one from IIT Roorkee, and also, a guy with a workex of 8 years in Merchant Navy ...

Bout the latest happenings in the class - I had stood for the CR elections, but guess the girly groups proved otherwise - its a female CR for us finally - hope the responsibilities are well taken... we are now awaiting the membership of scores of the other clubs here, whose procedures are soon to begin (all these normally happen ONLY at nite - after 11 pm )

Wat am I lookin at now? A nice walk of the campus every nite (this part always rocks) - and it rocks even more when the gang is huge - normally the 'walks' end at 2 am or so - and we crash eventually at 3 after a lot of josh into singing and interactions - study - woh kya hai bhai? - though all are apprehensive of quizzes comin up this week - so now I am off to hit the books...

[Salil Returns]

moi ashish's(aka yahoo at MDI) batchmate here at MDI and will be taking forward the legacy of extra special PGHR07 batch along with him....it's going to be a different experience here when whole of ur life u see urself alongside the majority(read males) and suddenly u find tht u r being shoved off in groups formed here as a minority soul cuz at the end of the day u have to balance the gender ratio in groups,ironically this time girls ruling the roost..now ppl mite say why am i cribbing??..but i guess u have to be here in PGHR07 class to experience it...u have beautiful dames talking jst about anything in response a simple question frm any prof...man u feel like tearing ur hair apart at tht moment,but i guess this is wht we will have to bear for next 2 years now..hopefully sooner i get acclimitized to this better it is..

otherwise life is absolute chill here...with booze parties happening for jst about any reason at weekends at the new wonder of the world THE DOME at change masters:grab:..moi still on with the hangover of last night's party signing off for now as i see ashish getting apprehensive about the quizzes..common man they are surprise quizzes so why the hell prepare for it..

Salil
MDI-PGHR07