My first case study competition win !!!

It happend two days back ( jan 28th to be precise) ............. Me and a friend of mine had gone over to a B school called Nirma (yup its from the washing powder nirma fame :)) in ahemadabad..... We had written a white paper on "Emerging retail scenario in India " ( it was more of copy paste :)) .......... We happend to get shortlisted from over 60 entries (an achievement in itself as the students from top B schools such as IIMs , FMS, IIFT and from NITIE :) had participated for it).........

We were then invited to give a presentation in Nirma........ We went there more to enjoy the experience ( read babes ) and winning was one of the last things in our mind....... We started off with a video which i had made for the event........ As you would have it, the powerpoint versions did not match and the video failed to make its mark :( (one whole day of work went down the drain...) the presentation went on well.......... We waited till evening for the results.........Though everyone had told us that we had done well..... I wasnt sure of winning......

Then it happend..... the prof called out our names and for a moment i couldnt beleive it......... It was like a dream come true :)............ Dont think i will ever forget that day, when i met hot babes and ended up winning a case study competition.......... It somewhat had fairy tale sort of ending .....

NITIE - Best B school in India

You might smile at the above statement and say that i am making such a statement cos i am studying in NITIE. But i am saying this because it really is!!!!

This is one B school where you have freedom to do what you want ( and I mean it too).... It is a college where there isnt much work and all u do is attend classes(with great difficulty)..... sleep a lot , copy all the assignments and still end up doing pretty well in your acads and get decent jobs as well.....

I sometimes wonder on how does this actually work..... How come we do so much less than the other B schools and still do well or better than most of them....... Then it hits me, its the freedom and the time that we have........ Freedom to do what we want helps us in actually learning from real life situations..... Be it organizing fests, placements, talks , summits etc...... We learn by making mistakes........ We learn by not repeating mistakes that seniors commit....... This is the sort of learning that is maximum in NITIE compared to any other B school......

Secondly, its the free time that we get due to which we are able to take part in numerous competitions.... Working on real life case studies and events actually gives you learning which no amount of classroom teaching can..... We are always trying to find out the best stratergy for companies like Dabur, Brittania, Cognizant, Mindtree.......

This is why i say that NITIE is one of the best B schools in India........ Its because of its unique format........ Which ends up giving you a right mix of learning and hands on experience with real life situations.........

My first blog..... Had been planning to do this for some time now.... i have finally found some josh to start it :).........

I shall start off by wishing all of you a very happy new year.....

The new year has begun well for me..... Spent the first few days at home with family before i had to come back to mumbai .......... There is a nice feeling abt this new year....... Though i have no idea why........ It may be just the start of another new day..... But it is also something more...... It gives u an oppurtunity to look at things that happ in the previous year and look forward to the next.........

Today was the first day of the third module.......... It turned out to be a quiet affair as not many people have come back as yet and we ended up having just one class.......

Lets see how things go on.........