well after long i really thought to write in details about my XIMB RM gd pi experience..it was 1st bschool gd pi in life i faced and was literally tensed..my basic profile goes like this-
10-89%,12-75%(kolkata) B.E- Mechanical engg final semster student Nagpur university..61 % only aggr till nw( bad engg marks tho markes level r less here) XAT -86%le IRMA-106 applied for PGDM RM thro XAT..
extra curricular good(they dint looked after that anyways during d process..lol)
i had gd pi at kolkata 26 february 11 am slot..
gd topic was Food security is a myth..only 5 min given
made entry twice spoke sumwhat .. initially frankly telling i did not had any idea info much abt info... soon got it from others already chattering...
wanted to apeak more suddenly panelists said its over..
pi -3 panelists..later found one faculty was from rural marketing other an erudite professor in fin....so it started-
so sanmoy ur a B.TECH'' - no sir im ino BE mechanical domain
fin sir-whats diff BE n BTECH ....told...they checked my xat score in own records... asked Y RURAL...in d mean time odr panelist(marktng sir) bombed at me askin CAN I C D NICE FILE UR CARRYING...containing crap engg semester markseets inside.. i gave
started wd ans y rural.. tellin concoctation of some real passionate facts n also gyans..blah blah.. my ideas..knowledge.. y i think rural is big oppurtunity.. my native place..how it changed... microfinance my interest n all.
tell abt rural bengal'' some persons who r workin for its developed''
fumbled some names...
what is bargadari system in rural bengal''dint knew.. said sumthng which was partly true only..
who is land reform minister of bengal'' struggled at moment bt thought n answered right
so sanmoy u wanna go 4 development policies so go for research later y RM.. sanmoy u told abt ur engg campus near baba amte rural project.. wts dt,.. i told.. healthcare vision in which they r workin n all..
other panelist started now.. how many law of thermodynamics r there.. told.. missed to state laws tho i knew..
sanmoy ur engg marks r poor y... lol straight 4m 3 idiots''
my instantaneous ans was sir i did not studied what was needed...
started tellin y i dint studied.. dint liked sum papers.. struggled..
ratrace in engg studiess.. got bsy wd college activities...programmes(my file which he saw contained 10-15 quiz debate certificates ) got bsy wd friends... gf.. chattin n all too much festering marks in sem..huh they looked as if i did some criminal offence..lol.. bt i was true.. only sum minor jargons n gyans i added..
now,d marketng sir came to full form started sanmoy ur credentials are not sumthing directly matching wd rural.. so y it again..
tell some rural organisations u know... told SKS, basix, spandana
no sanmoy they are micofinance.. tell any corporates u know''
huh..atlast gt relief..started ITC e choupal TAta kisan sansar
godrej agrovet , their products name n areas, HUL annapurna ,also airtel,hero hondas new initiatives..
asked abt some ppl name- i previously told p.sainaths name.. they asked wt i know abt hime.. told
final time.. so sanmoy u have good communication skill et al. u shd go for normal mba ,y rural asked wdr i gave cat,. i said yes.. they told to aim iim(lol iims will kick me away seing my grads marks even if i score 99.9)
finally i told them sum resource factors of ximb y i really want to be there,..they told at ximb also pgdm ppl gets 10 avg rural 4-5 salary...
answered ds in gd way... told abt some seniors passed from ximb nw in higher profiles.. they started wd low packages .
finally they said okk sanmoy thankss.. i too thanked them n asked for 1 min.. said finally how i really would like to contribute into Rm programme... sum points... one was that im into quizzing.. bt would like to start special quizzes at ximb Rural Quiz n all..( i gues already such things r there)
left d pi room...that was it overall
verdict-selected for PGDM RM... M happy.... wt i aspired to get it
n a final thing before pi i was at washroom, that place and was chattin in bengali wd some(close)frnds..silly issues... next day was holi actually...the panelist marketing sir came there during n saw me..he was listening actually.. i didnt knew he was ximb professor that time.. n he was bengali too.. which i later saw in ximb brochure...lol
cheers to all mates who aspired really n converted RM calls.. those who dint got final call... don feel bad yaroo mayb better s awaiting u..like they said me aim iim.. during pi...
adios for now
~Sanmoy:-o