TEDxIIMA 2013 featured four speaker sessions by Prakash Iyer (MD, Kimberly-Clark Lever), Avinash Pant (Marketing head of Nike India), Mehmood Khan (Former head of R&D; innovation at Hindustan Unilever) and Shantanu Prakash (CMD of Educomp Solutions). The unique aspect of the event was a special session by a current IIM Ahmedabad student, Narendra Yadav who founded the Fountainhead School in his village in UP. He illustrated the many challenges an individual faces in India and how he overcame them

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/IIM-Ahmedabad-holds-1st-TEDx-conference/articleshow/18094975.cms

Check out this FB Album: 50 years, 50 photos.
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.148583421947496.32939.144845782321260&type;=1

Might be nostalgic for some alumni and be a journey through the 50 years of IIMA for the rest!

@[167751:jove] Nope the view's still very much here Although the trees have grown a bit too much and blocked out most of it :D

BMW? Lol...good one...is this in the field adjoining the new campus classrooms? Ram Bhai would have survived even a hurricane. And Dorm 33!! That means the view from my room D2424 is long gone I guess :(

http://www.facebook.com/IIMA.Official

IIM Ahmedabad on Facebook !

@[167751:jove] Canteen is same but there is addition of one more food joint Called as BMW(Bhookh Mitane Wala) in the new campus.

Well, stumbled across the thread on a rare free day....posting for the first time in almost 2 years. Corporate life sure takes its toll on everything else.

T-Nite (or Talent Nite) is an inter-section rivalry within IIMA where 6 sections fight it out over 4 days in multiple cultural disciplines to establish their supremacy on campus. It is a long-standing tradition that often triggers fond memories among alums and draws them to the campus to witness the festivities. Passion runs high and sleep, low on these 4 most memorable nights of an IIMA student's life!

A poster for this year's T-Nite - Click on the link, like the pic and stay connected to IIMA's cultural scene!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=360126540722234&set;=a.360126447388910.76364.286239768110912&type;=1&theater;

Ever wondered how to avoid the cold calls in class? Ever wondered how the seniors managed to remain unscathed for a year given the professors' love for catching you unawares? Here's the MakhanC 7C framework to avoid Cold Calls in B-Schools !!

http://sgshrinivas.blogspot.in/2012/07/makhanc-7c-framework-to-avoid-cold.html

Is there anyone from PGPX programs current or past?

You step out of this place and you start realizing the worth of time you spent here.

The journey as a fachcha has nearly come to an end, with just a few exams to go.

From Kanpur Confectionery to Aravind Eye Care - the journey that PGP-1 at IIM-Ahmedabad has been.

Seven Point Someone: From Kanpur Confectionery to Aravind Eye Care ..

Five More Minutes:

A short movie on Life @ Wimwi :
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150463760517517&set;=vb.104244413030497&type;=2&theater;

Like it if you like it . . .

ANY help on this would be appreciated.

Thanks a ton in advance.:)

Call me...

Number in your PM box....

Hi all. I hope posting my query on this thread helps as I am a bit perplexed right now. And there doesn't seem to be a lot of info/help available on the web about it for, err, obvious reasons.
On being suggested to do so, I had applied to an IIM-A prof. (Marketing Dept.) last to last night. To my surprise, he replied yesterday morning itself saying that we'll set up a preliminary talk on phone. The date has been fixed as 10 Jan.
I am quite pleasantly surprised though, as I wasn't expecting any outcome. I am basically a 3rd year Engineering studentobviously with next to nothing knowledge about managerial studies (but obviously a lot of interest in the same.) Interning under a faculty's guidance, that too IIM-A, good enough, I hope?
Now I am slightly nervous. What will be asked on phone? What preparations do I make now for the same to ensure that it proves to be worthwhile? Will the phone call be the last step or there will be more of them to follow up? Does anybody have an idea about what an undergrad, that too a Software Engineering student, can be made to do during the internship period. I am very keen on availing this opportunity to learn in a *dream institution* (who knows if I can make it in there for MBA or not )
I tried going through his papers but the terminology...
WHAT are MDP courses, cases et al?
Do I sound like a noob? Yes I am. #noobexpert

ANY help on this would be appreciated.

Thanks a ton in advance.:)

MDP - management development pragramme.....

Seven Point Someone: The A to Z of Life at IIM-Ahmedabad

Blog update. The A to Z of Life at IIM-Ahmedabad.
Feedback welcome.

It all started with that line in the Operations Management Lecture.
"Shrinivas Sg, your handwriting is the complete opposite of your personality "

Blog Updated. Do read :-).

Seven Point Someone: The Preposterous Paunch Predicament

Here you go. Three months at IIM-A.

Seven Point Someone: After three months at IIM Ahmedabad ...

Five More Minutes - IIM Ahmedabad - Short Film - YouTube

worth watching

AlchemyOfHeartzs Channel - YouTube

Hi guys,

Now i know y they say its hard to find time in first year at IIM A. Slot-1 is over , with so hectic schedule of everything say it studies or extracurriculars.
I am getting used to the way to classify my needs and then execute them if i get time. Thats another thing that i have not got time for last 20 days to fullfil my basic desires. :P
So prepare yourself to study harder after CAt . Coz u just cant ignore things which are so important and going to make u perfectionist in future.
Also T-nights are over with lot of fun . our section( A) stood Second but we enjoyed more than anything.

@pussy; u are just showing ur unsatisfied character through ur posts . Anyhow i would be happy if u concentrate more on how to enter the institute and then make comments rather than doing mudslinging from outside.


C U soon

@all. can we stop this petty argument?

@pussy. what value did you add by posting this blog link in this particular thread?
you could have posted it here:-
Chit-Chat / Your Interests - PaGaLGuY.com - The Everything of MBA in India and Abroad, CAT 2011, GMAT, XAT, MAT
or may be here:-
Career Discussions - PaGaLGuY.com - The Everything of MBA in India and Abroad, CAT 2011, GMAT, XAT, MAT

please don't post irrelevant content in irrelevant threads.

this thread is not meant for criticism of IIMA.

I'm tired of this argument. That post is not nonsense.

That post compares iima with the best of the world and particularly the PGP programme. It defnitely means something. Go Figure.

Hey dj1, if u claim that post to be useless, why get wary of it.

C'mon, this is not a military intelligence website where links shouldn't be shown and most of information is classified.



Hey, I find this statement pretty contradictory. You claim that you know the writer and he is from iima, and then claim the sources are not credible enough. This is absurd.



Please, iima is good and it rocks, but the insight is that it is like bringing a knife to a machine gun fight when compared to the global giants.

Posting again...formatting errors...thanks..


I agree this is not military intelligence website. But this forum has some rules coz everybdy around i not "JOBLESS' and they need to access information correctly and succinctly.


I know that person and that is the reason I say its not credible enough. I don't find it absurd. You know someone is not knowledgable enough to comment on a thing, so you are confident. I hope you get it.

This is your opinion, which is based on a baseless blog. But you can believe on it, nobody really cares.

Cheers,
dj1

Hey dj1, if u claim that post to be useless, why get wary of it.

C'mon, this is not a military intelligence website where links shouldn't be shown and most of information is classified.

I agree this is not military intelligence website. But this forum has some rules coz everybdy around i not "JOBLESS' and they need to access information correctly and succinctly.


Hey, I find this statement pretty contradictory. You claim that you know the writer and he is from iima, and then claim the sources are not credible enough. This is absurd.

I know that person and that is the reason I say its not credible enough. I don't find it absurd. You know someone is not knowledgable enough to comment on a thing, so you are confident. I hope you get it.

Please, iima is good and it rocks, but the insight is that it is like bringing a knife to a machine gun fight when compared to the global giants.

This is your opinion, which is based on a baseless blog. But you can believe on it, nobody really cares.

Cheers,
dj1

Hey dj1, if u claim that post to be useless, why get wary of it.

C'mon, this is not a military intelligence website where links shouldn't be shown and most of information is classified.

. I agree with your opinion, and also with the writer to an extent. I know the writer very well, he is from dorm.

This forum is to share first hand experiences and not quote sources who are not credible enough to believe. A blog is an expression and no one can trust an individual expression.

Hey, I find this statement pretty contradictory. You claim that you know the writer and he is from iima, and then claim the sources are not credible enough. This is absurd.

And if you ask for my opinion. I not a blog and I am first hand experience-r. This place rocks and is incomparable to anything in the world (my opinion, please don't generalize). But I am sad only few people realize full potential from the place and those who don;t write such blogs in their free time.

Cheers,
dj1

Please, iima is good and it rocks, but the insight is that it is like bringing a knife to a machine gun fight when compared to the global giants.

I would also request the moderator to come out of their slumber and stop one more mud-slinging session by unknown sources and claimers.

Let sanity prevail.

Cheers,
dj1

Pussy Says

Relax Guys...those were not my views. The link provided is from a blog posted by iim a alumnus. The commment given was awesome so i posted it here.

Thanks for the input 'Pussy'. I agree with your opinion, and also with the writer to an extent. I know the writer very well, he is from dorm.

But I feel this is not the right forum to share links. Please go ahead and have a discussion on the appropriate forum. (There are many I am sure)

This forum is to share first hand experiences and not quote sources who are not credible enough to believe. A blog is an expression and no one can trust an individual expression.

This not a forum to compare. if you are too eager for comparison, please drop me a PM, I will see to it that you go back satisfied.

And if you ask for my opinion. I not a blog and I am first hand experience-r. This place rocks and is incomparable to anything in the world (my opinion, please don't generalize). But I am sad only few people realize full potential from the place and those who don;t write such blogs in their free time.

Cheers,
dj1

Relax Guys...those were not my views. The link provided is from a blog posted by iim a alumnus. The commment given was awesome so i posted it here.

IIMA absolutely sucks. Plz dont think i am from IIMC. Actually for my CAT score, A post from The Madness in the Method The Opinions Blog

Ain't you makinf the most of your joblessness

IIMA absolutely sucks. Plz dont think i am from IIMC. Actually for my CAT score, A post from The Madness in the Method The Opinions Blog
As fragile as your deluded and inflated egos may be, I wont hesitate to tell you that its nowhere close to the likes of HK Univ of Science and Tech, NUS, INSEAD etc.
In terms of Infrastructure and architecture, your drab and dull Louis Kahn constructions leave a lot to be desired. In fact, when searching in Google, the only glimpses of your campus one is likely to catch are the external snapshots of Kahns designs ersatz, wrongly portrayed, not in any way reflecting the true state of affairs. Its like judging all of Dubais interiors based only on the Burj Khalifa.
There are hardly any images of whats in and around the campus (the slum-like, undeveloped areas), the condition of the students rooms and class rooms (which are extremely modest by most Hong Kong and Singaporean standards) etc.
And have you ever noticed? When searching for life in b school/b school madness, you Indians studying in the IIMs are the vast majority blogging away, blowing your trumpets? Ive read many articles my students of different Bschools, but none have bragged about their achievements in the elitist way that you people do.
Show me a Harvard MBA grads article that talks about how exclusive they are, and how consummate their achievements have been?
And diversity? What diversity does a batch of 99.99% Indians, almost all from the middle-class strata of the Indian society have? Did you just say varying job roles and profiles? Rubbish. Diversity doesnt only imply that one person have experience in Marketing and the other in Aerospace Engineering. Well it does, to a certain extent, but a far more meaningful implication of diversity would be that the crowd comprises people of widely varying ethnicities, cultural beliefs, nationalities.
Where does your institute stand on that aspect?
Time to put your head down and think a little harder. Im more than sure that none of this will ever get past the delusions you carry, since they are so deeply imbibed into your already corrupted thought process.
IIM A/B/C/I/L are not nearly as good as you think. I know you know it already, but your pride doesnt let you admit it. Vanity, is that the right word to use here? I think so, yes.

Hello everyone,
Here I am to write my experiences of life at WIMWI. Its like dream come true to write on this thread.
So as of now I have spent one week at wimwi it is verygood life here, as we are just in preperatory course, no ultimate pressure of acads yet but going to increase in coming days as classes for maths and communication are going to start from monday.
mess is very good with all sort of dishes ranging from north indian parantha to south indian uthpam though they cook the latter one better.
Vikram Sarabhai library is the first choice for u to spend all ur hot after lunch sessions with fully airconditioned environment and co operative staff.
dorms are hot but comfortable with coolers, and perfact for party hosting. tuchhas are out for their intern and all fachhas are yet to come so quite empty yet.
classrooms are very well designed in new campus too.
Everything is here for the sports geeks.
I love it here..

On an intern and that too outside the country, one starts missing WIMWI like hell. Its just a month out of campus and I want to go back. Nothing in the world can replace the vibrant life there.

Few things I miss very much:

1) The kick-as dorm parties and birthday sessions.
2) The group study sessions with friends and wasting all time chating without studying a word.
3) The intensive group meets in the library basement to tackle a submission next day.
4) The night-outs just because one was not serious enough to front-slog for an assignment or maybe WIMWI never allowed you to front-slog.
5) Late night badminton sessions and maggi and coke after that.
6) Getting up 5 mins before the class and rushing to the class brushing your teeth just to find the dorr closing on your face.

Few things are priceless and for everything else there n-number of institutes in the world. :)

Cheers,
dj1

I would request not to ask questions on this thread. It is to share experiences. Experiences which you will also have and will never forget

dentrums Says

What about the basket ball court and GYM? Gym is commeon for All dorms?

There are basketball courts, volleyball courts, 7 or so badminton court, almost equal number of TT tables, 2 snooker & Billiards table, 1 Foosball, 2 GYMs (Air-conditioned in old campus and non-AC in new campus).
Rest all I guess have already been explained in the sports thread in the google group. Do check there.

What about the basket ball court and GYM? Gym is commeon for All dorms?

Only one?...Thats sad. Or is life so tough that people dont get time to play at all? Anyway, what surface is it?
Thanks!

lol.. lets see how many times you will go to play in first few months :D
just kiddin.. they are under renovation and will be ready by the time you come..

Only one?...Thats sad. Or is life so tough that people dont get time to play at all? Anyway, what surface is it?
Thanks!

There are two courts..dnt worry about that and they are going thru a face lift which should be over by time you join...hope you find time to play.

all the best,
dj1

akshu4u Says

there is one tennis court which is currently being renovated .. it will be ready by the time you guys reach campus

Only one?...Thats sad. Or is life so tough that people dont get time to play at all? Anyway, what surface is it?
Thanks!

there is one tennis court which is currently being renovated .. it will be ready by the time you guys reach campus

Hi,
I converted the call so am pretty excited...I wanted to know how many tennis courts do you have there at IIMA? And what is the surface? Thanks!

LIfe @ IIM-A is now running in the 6th Slot. The last thing between you and tucchadom. Tucchas(seniors) are moving out and it's nostalgia all around. Dorms are having their Corpo-Ds and the dunking season is back.

Everywhere you read g-talk status talking about the last exam..last assignment and a general acceptance that each one is gonna miss WIMWI like anything.

I don't know why but suddenly I feel we will be losing half of our family (tucchas..specially from the dorm) to make way for a new family...the incoming facchas but maybe this the way life goes on.

This place is having a season's effect...lot of sports and games form the agenda of the day. An important reason is that we have become accustomed to the fast paced life here and we find time for everything.

Signing off for this year before internship bidding a good-bye to the tucchas...we love you and will miss you....

cheers,
dj1

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r11gupta Says

WIMWI = Well-known Institute of Management in Western India...go figure !

Dude U got 99.85 in cat..way to go :wow:.. U dint get calls from IIM b, i, and K.. I know u got into A.. but just askin..

WIMWI = Well-known Institute of Management in Western India...go figure !

just a quick question for my GK.....

why is IIMA called WIMWI??

I am free for the first time in WIMWI. Placements over, friends have left for home. I didn't go as I was involved with a few conferences. Staying here I experienced a different side of WIMWI. Late night badminton sessions, inter-dorm Faccha tuccha cricket sessions, eating out, movies etc. Enjoyed a lot, seriously a life @IIMA :p

The placement season is a time to remember, believe me none of you would have seen something like this happening in your life. It is an experience of a lifetime.

Classes start from monday and I am feeling lazy to pick-up books. But no choice, acds are the first priority here.

Catch ya guys.

cheers,
dj1

Being away from IIMA on exchange is a perfect example of mixed feelings.

One gets to meet a lot of people - at the exchange school and while travelling. Depending on the exchange school, one might have a lot of free time. One gets to see places, travel a lot, budget expenses, plan, live an organized life, experience never-before stuff, look at girls.

To maintain sanctity of the thread, I'll reminisce two incidents. On a ferry ride in Norway, a lady from US went, "Whoa! You're from IIMA!" followed by a talk about her work at US/future plans, etc. and then at a rural bus stop, a doctor couple from South Africa gave somewhat similar reaction. These are just some instances that make you realize what an amazing institute you belong to.

On the flip side, however, one misses all the fun at the institute. The stuff gets rubbed in thanks to all the mails, facebook updates. There are some must-experience things happening back at the institute which make you feel like going back to campus right at that moment.

Life at WIMWI IS 3 Slots old and suddenly I feel I am having a new life, when I look back I have changed as a person so much, the usual cribber in me has taken a backseat. This place teaches you how to be 'HUMBLE'. Each one of us has been a topper, manipulated systems and always felt so strong, but this place teaches you how strong the system is and you bow to its power.

Summers are round the corner, and I have memories flashing of the last 3 slots. How this place taught to respect learning and not marks. My whole life I ran after marks, never thinking about what am I learning. When my marks dipped here, I was very depressed but soon realized the mistake which I have done all my life of manipulating marks(learning things which will get me marks), doesn't work in real life and WIMWI is real life, a life I will cherish forever.

Cheers,
dj1

Whoa...2 months without a post, and the thread languishing on Page 5 of this forum...:nono::nono: what are the juniors upto?

As for me, I'm just flowing along with the tides. No more nite-outs and early morning chai, no more waking up on mornings not knowing what surprise or shock awaits...life has settled into the corporate rhythm...and man, it gets soooo boring at times.

Went back to campus for the fachha summer ppt...felt strange being at the other end of the table, though interacting with the juniors in the dorm after that brought back a semblance of how things used to be not so long ago. Certain things have changed on campus...the increase in batch size has resulted in new buildings coming up...that uninterrupted view from my balcony I so loved is no more :-(....but well, thats the price we pay for government rules I guess.

College methinks is the last place where we really belong...right from school, undergrad to b-school, we have always had a place which was our own. Now with an organization you work for...well, its never your place...its just a place where you go and get the day over with. And after having left Wimwi, we are all looking for ways to continue our association with the place. This thread, especially to me, was one way of realizing the attachment. So IIMA puys, please do keep posting...for through your words, we still feel sometimes that we've never left.

Cheers to the good times...

Yep jove met you...saw you speaking...even took a lot of advice from you...

Life@iima is now 2 slots old...we are into the slot 3 of IIMA...the much dreaded slot....the slot for which IIMA is called IIM 'ACADS'....went home just before the slot...and it is just 3 days and i am energy sapped...flurry of deadlines(marketing)...and assignments.

We have come closer as a section and also as a dorm....really wen i came back to campus from home...it was a feeling that yes this is the place I belong.....nothing can be as fast...always used to miss the speed of teh place at home....you kind of get habituated to the pace of life here and then the world seems slow.

Lt of interesting courses on offer this slot...and GOD-level lectures have just started.....summers are lurking towards the end of teh slot...and we are all beefed up to start are life in the management world....

tuccha support and feedback is immennsely helpful and life is pretty cool(even under unbearable stress and competition)

cheers

Whoa...2 months without a post, and the thread languishing on Page 5 of this forum...:nono::nono: what are the juniors upto?

As for me, I'm just flowing along with the tides. No more nite-outs and early morning chai, no more waking up on mornings not knowing what surprise or shock awaits...life has settled into the corporate rhythm...and man, it gets soooo boring at times.

Went back to campus for the fachha summer ppt...felt strange being at the other end of the table, though interacting with the juniors in the dorm after that brought back a semblance of how things used to be not so long ago. Certain things have changed on campus...the increase in batch size has resulted in new buildings coming up...that uninterrupted view from my balcony I so loved is no more :-(....but well, thats the price we pay for government rules I guess.

College methinks is the last place where we really belong...right from school, undergrad to b-school, we have always had a place which was our own. Now with an organization you work for...well, its never your place...its just a place where you go and get the day over with. And after having left Wimwi, we are all looking for ways to continue our association with the place. This thread, especially to me, was one way of realizing the attachment. So IIMA puys, please do keep posting...for through your words, we still feel sometimes that we've never left.

Cheers to the good times...

While all of us Tuchchas are still busy welcoming the incoming fachchas, I received a late night call from a friend in D-14...

He: Hey Pushkar, a senior named Keerti is here.

Since I am half asleep and its that time of the night, first signals from my brain say Keerti is some hot babe who wants to meet me.
GULP
Then I come to senses and figure out it must be our very own Pendy
But still... Pendy didn't tell me about coming to the insti.

Another voice on the phone : Abe neeche aaja. We haven't had any breakfast, lunch or dinner so we can't climb the stairs.

It is Pendy.

And as I am still locking my room, they're already there - LBHIC and Pendy
We went to Joos and the couple had their first real meal of the day. As a principle, I finished off the leftovers.
ganeshiima also joined us and we had a great round of discussion about WIMWI - past, present and future. :)

It was simply great talking to both of them.

Hence the post. :|

Please please agar dubara aye tu mujhe bhi bulana. I dint get to meet them at PG meet too

This is the first time I am coming back to what had been my second home (pagalguy)...
Seriously things are turning so hectic.Specially when one starts lagging. U can not afford to lag, well one may but I certainly can not :P

Well now why I came here. Yesterday Harsha Bhogle and his wife came here. I contemplated whether I should do my assignments or go for the session. I am glad I made the right decision. Oh my my what a session it was.

Titled '12 truths beyond CAT' ,I wouldn't go into much details. People here need to believe it is the ultimate truth right now till they make it. Suffice it to say that it was nuggets lifted out from sports in general, which many of us know, as is true for almost everything but it was his insight that made it look like something else..

Well getting back to FARA and MC, its already piled up a lot.

The faccha(i)/tuccha(i) sports meet has kicked off.....its called YALGAAR....we had a facchi-tucchi gully cricket match yesterday...and as expected out facchis won...we lost out in basketball.....people were busy mugging and playing simultaneously....i was just enjoying some sexxxy shots(no pun intended)..:P

Woke up early...coz slept early....:P....saw the mail...and came to knw that I am not selected in the Consult Club(was in the secnd shortlist)...really wanted to be there....but out of 200 applicants only 7 were taken and you can understand the intensity with which club slections take place in IIMA....Descipline, Dedication ,Integrity and Excellence defines every activity at WIMWI.
Had a few quizzes...odn't go that well...but at the end of the day you feel....even if you are worst among the best...you are still better off...:P

Life i getting very busy here...no time to sleep...no time to do anythng other than studies...somehow i sneaked out time to have double decker sandwitches and ginger lemon at JOOS(for those who dnt know, it is a small restaurant-cum-juice parlour in IIMA).....deadlines deadlines and more deadlines....loads of assignments everyday...i go to sleep almost everyday holding my book in hand and specs on.....WIMWI....rocks...!!!

Finally..First WAC submission done and that too before 12:59:59...

As promised I made it a WAC night but was saved from WAC run and believe me not whole night was spend in writing report. There were many important things going on like Bakar, discussion about Life, about love life and ofcourse dancing with Tuchchas on Emotioanl Attayachar and that along with report took whole night.

Now two days of calm prevails for fuchchas and I will enjoy it fully by sleeping and watching I Hate Luv Stories...Against many prophecies and predictions there was no quiz this week and I am sure that from next week we will be bombarded by them so have to start doing FRA also from tommorow...

But before that today I will sleep like there is no tommorow and start studying from tommorw...


Till then Good Night and keep rocking...