@vijaygb No...not at all...!!
Still be ready to explain your case to the panel...you might get some questions on the same...!!

The official thread for the discussions is http://www.pagalguy.com/forums/xat-snap-iift-and-others/iift-2013-15-gdpi-discussions-t-92079/p-3619298

Heartiest congrats to those who made it to the next round.

10th marks :89.67
12th marks :75.20
Graduation marks/Stream/College : 8.35/B.Tech/Kiit Bhubaneswar
IIFT marks :50.18
Work ex :Fresher
Extra curricular :almost nil:oops:

Interview Centre:-Lucknow(there was only 1 group of students..so same panel 4 interview n gd)

Essay topic:-Conflict between "development" & "environment"....(Yeah lucky me..:biggrin:)

Comments about your performance : wud rate it average...!!!

GD topic and a description:- Euro zone crisis an opportunity or threat for Indian business.

not at all satisfied by fellow members(few of dem were trying to moderate throughout the gd...was irritating)...did good in individual time...entered 1-2 times in open round better than averageno fish market.!!!!

Personal Interview:-
P1: 45+ age group...cheerful man

P2: 45+ age group mostly silent and observer

P3:30-35 age lady (humanities background)

Entered room after an hour of wait...was 5th in my group....

P3:So,what did the already interviewed students tell you outside...???
Me:Told that they were questioned on academics...(they actuall were)

P3:wat r u doing...
Me:engg

P3:from where
Me:bhubaneswar..n told some stuff about my college...!!!

P3:so why did u come to lucknow..cud have gone to kolkata for iift gd..
Me:told that lko is my hometime..so prefered it..
(meanwhile,who had been observing my app. form all this while...turned to the page with my address on it...and read my colony name which is 'chitragupt nagar')

P1:who was chiragupt
Me:gave a surprised smile then answered...(smiles all around)

P1:so wat r ur hobbies
Me:told them about books...mentioned few names...including 'the monk who sold his ferrari'

P1:tell about the book in a nutshell
Me:told
(P1 looked towards P3 as if asking her to take over)

P3:what is PPP
Me:told them Purchasing Power Parity...(absolutely forgot about public-private partnership:banghead:).

P3:a few questions on same.Ok.what all humanities subject do u have in engg.
Me:(yeh kahan se aa gaya) Told her Hrm n Eco.

P3:what is hrm n how is it done..??
Me:told

P2:who had been observing all along....'piyush,i would ask you only 1 question,why mba'
Me:told

All panelist looked at each other and asked me to leave...!!!!

Verdict:converted

Have done several posts on pagalguy but never used ...saved it 4 this day....
I'm in 4 iift new delhi...!!!!!!!

Hello seniors,I have the criteria pdf for IIM RANCHI where it says that "sports/social sector/arts/music/literature/others" are co-curricular activities...so I m confused....!!!
I have participated in my college tech fest....so where should I tick in the application form )i.e. in xtra-curricular or co-curricular)...???? (I want to avoid any goof up as there are marks awarded straight for these.)

"Hello seniors,I have the criteria pdf for IIM RANCHI where it says that "sports/social sector /arts /music//literature/others" are co-curricular activities...so I m confused....!!!
I have participated in my college tech fest....so where should I tick in the application form (i.e. in xtra-curricular or co-curricular...???? (I want to avoid any goof up as there are marks awarded straight for these)

@ashishIIMR-Firstly, Thankyou for patiently listening to all our queries and answering them...!!!!
I also have a doubt..I have particiaption certificates for 2 events in my college tech fest n 1 certificate for being volunteer in the same fest...!!!!

Fest can have different colleges so,i think it should be in inter-college category n will volunteer thing be ok to say that it was a post of responsibility...???

where shud I tick in the form...????

Check it

http://mdi.ac.in/images/pdf/GD-PI-Shortlist-2012.pdf
Few old threads:
http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/cat-and-related-discussion/62922-mdi-call-list-out-2011-a.html
http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/cat-and-related-discussion/64139-2011-2013-mdi-gd-pi.html
http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/cat-and-related-discussion/62922-mdi-call-list-out-2011-a.html
http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/cat-and-related-discussion/51921-2010-2012-mdi-gurgaon-gd.html
This yr thread:
http://www.pagalguy.com/forum/cat-and-related-discussion/71122-mdi-gurgaon-pgp-2012-14-a-65.html

Add a poll which would have the cat percentile range of call getterz...so that we can have a better idea...!!!