Second last man standing !!!


Recently i took part in an event called Last man standing at SIBM pune...... I was shortlisted for the event from a hundred entires......... They were 17 of us in the final shortlist and we had to fight it out among ourselves to be the " Last Man Standing"........




Before i go ahead, let me tell u what this event is................. Its a three day event and as the organizers called "55 hours of continous torture ".......... It consits of 15 events, both formal and informal, and the guy with the maximum number of points at the end of three days was declared the winner.....



On the day of the event only 17 of us had turned up........ People were there from various colleges such as NMIMS, Great Lakes, SIBM, SCMHRD, Sydenam etc...... Now let us take each day at a time......



Day 1 :

It started off with an event called Radio Play, where two ppl had to talk over the radio for 5 min in a funny situation.......... I was a mud wrestler confessing to a priest over the crimes that i had done....... It got very vulgar but it was good fun.......

The next event was a press brief and questions thrown at u............ This was ok, wasnt really that intresting......

At the end of these two rounds .......... two ppl were elliminated both of which were hot babes from MICA and SCMHRD :( ........ I thought my luck had begun to run out then itself ;)

The next event was a really nice event called Euroclubs....... where u were a manager with some of money and u had to bid for players..... It involved a great deal of stratergy......

At the end of this we were asked to design a condom ad for the small man ( hope u get what i mean :)) ...... The best part was there was a hot girl from SIBM on the jury and trying to explain the ad to her got a lil intresting :) ............

We then had a corporate finance case study and considering my knowledge in fin u can guess urself on how well it went.......

We went back to our hostel thinking that it was the end of the day....... Thinking we might get some sleep after a hard days work .............. Our wish was shortlived as they came knocking at our door at 3 am in the morning ............. We just had two hours of sleep.......

We were given a fairy tale at 3am and we were asked to analyse it and find out the management fundas in it.............. MBA fart back to the rescue.... :)

At 5 am in the morning we were asked to come ready to do some physical excercises......... It involved doing 15 pushups and then going up and down 5 stairs with a carton containing 12 bottles of water............I did the whole excercise in flat two min after which i felt so exhausted that i thought that i would never get up............

That brought us to the end of day 1............ At the end of which two ppl withdrew from the event citing inablity to cope up with the pressure.............










the last man standing gang................................








Day 2 :

Day 2 started with a set of informal events such as SuDuKo , Crystal Maze , Sock matching and Lemon and spoon races.........

We then had to a fashion show for the entire SIBM............. The theme was south indian........ The audience made fun of us made us to dance and what not........... it was good fun..........

We then had a business quiz at which i luckily fared well..............

At the end of this another 5 of them were elliminated and for the final four rounds we had just 6 of us........

We then had a every nice event in which we had to design the cricket world cup trophy...... The best part was that we had to make a real live trophy with thermcol, fevicol, paper cutter......

We then had to sell the trophy to the ICC.............

My world cup trophy
Might look a lil shabby ..... But i sold it well :) ................

After which we went back to our rooms, trying to get some sleep....


At 1 am we were given a huge case study and asked to analyse it and submit it by 5 am........


After trying to mix some sleep and do the case.......... At 5 am we get shock when they said that they were just mocking us and the case is not going to be there for evaluvation....... The 6 of us felt like tearing our hair apart...........


The day still dint end when we were asked to run the pune marathon............ We had to then run three km....... after which we were allowed to sleep for an hour .............




Day 3:


Day 3 had just three formal events which were a HR case where u had to take a stand


The second was a tuncoat where u had to argue about the benifits of oragnized retail or Walmart......


The third one again was a collosal case study where u had to suggest on how a company called verbatium can beat a market leader 3M.......



To skip all the events, read from here :) .....................


We then waited for the results and for my dissapointment i did not win................After three days fo hard work they had just one prize of 40k and i came second................. i lost by 5 marks..........


From that day onwards i have been known as second last man standing :)


All and a all a great event and i had great fun taking part in it.........................

TOPA night valentines day party!!!!


I just came back from one of the most amazing parties that i have been to........ The valentines day party that was organized by a group in our college called TOPA ( Theatre of Performing Arts ) ......... One of the most raunchiest and 'sexplicit' parties i have ever been........ People cracking XXX jokes all over the place........ People digging out information from the personal lives of people and making fun of the same........

It started with a "nipple sucking contest"......... Before you get carried away........... I am talking about drinking from a milk bottle............ These baby milk bottles were filled with soft drinks and people were asked to suck and drink it through the nipple........ It was hilarious........ The 'chooza' of our batch won and proved his credibilty being the 'chooza'........... In the girls. the class CR took the top honors and both of them were crowned ' Mr and Ms chooza' ............

The next event was in which people were asked to do acts suggested by the audience........... There was raunchy dances, proposals and even smooches to the wall........ The raunchy dance by Brijesh was simply awesome....... The proposals from Alankar and Deepak were good........ Few people ran away when their names were called............ As Tau puts it " Uska Fat gayi"..........

Before we went on to the next event.........Two of them were given PPOs to join the TOPA group...... They were asked to do a raunchy dance and you can say it cant get more raunchier than this........... The guy took his shirt off and started dancing around the girl and to everyones suprise the girl responded matching the guys each move .............

The last thing on the agenda was the "Mr and Ms TOPA" ............ There were 5 girls and 5 guys.... Each of them were asked innermost secrets and who ever comes up with the most creative and wackhy answers.......... Two of them took the top honors for sheer presence of mind..... It was really hilarious..........

That bought to the end of a great party with some people taking it to the dance floor............ Most of us left after a couple of songs ( cos there is nt much fun dancing if u r nt drunk ;)) .........
One of the great parties that i had been too......

Valentine's day is here.........

Its still a week away but neways the prep for the same is on.............. The time for love ( archies wants you to beleive) ........... The time to show that you care for the people whom you love......... The time for romance suposedly..........

I in fact have never got the meaning or the reason for the same............ being a cynic , i feel that valentine's day is just a marketing gimmick that companies use to emotionally black mail people ( i fall into the trap too.......... ) so that they buy their stuff ( which are generally completely useless..... greeting cards, teddy bears, heart shaped ballons, flowers etc) .......

Now i begin to wonder why all men (committed or not ) fear this particular day.......... Committed men ( married or not ) fear this day as cos the people they love and care ( mainly girlfriends and wives ) expect them to do something special......... The worst part is, men being lazy and generally not creative end up doing the same thing...... Run at the last possible minute, to the nearest archies showroom and buy something really stupid such as gaint teddy bear or a heart shaped one and some flowers to give it to their loved ones........... I have no idea who benefits from this excercise.... is it women ( who get stuff they just like for a minute and then throw it away ) or archies ( gift shop ) gallery......... which makes a nice profit............

Women on the other hand have no comittment to do anything at all......... Some women again buy useless stuff for the guys ( photo frames, heart shaped key chains and this is even better - > pens with hearts on them) ........... I have never seen people buy something sensible for each other............ I mean u can buy ur loved ones stuff like clothes , shoes etc.......... They would at least use it or exchange it..........

Now for the people who r nt committed ............ This is the time pressure mounts on them......... people giving them weird stares as if they are losers of the first order.......... friends making fun of u and pairing with every single girl u know.......... Telling you the weirdest stuff like " Love is in the air" ............. and stuff like that......... My god !!!! please give us poor souls a break...........

The worst that can happen is when you have to take off from work on that day......... I had to last year as luck would have it.......... My IIML interview was on the exact same day.... As i went up to my TL for a leave........ A big notorious smile came on his face.......... People areound you start giving funny smiles .......... you somehow squeeze your way out of it and you think thank god thats the end of it............... But as if the curse would just not let go of you......... You get back to work on the day just after vaentine's day............ the curious and funny smiles are back staring at u........ people asking u what u did yesterday with a wink in their eyes..... the torture just doesnt seem to end..........

Finally my take is that......... valentines day, fathers day, mothers day, sisters day, brothers day, friendships day ....... this is the best one "Rose day" .......... are all good for gift shops and restaurants.......... we need to acknowledge people on this day and move on......... cos u cant show ur love for a person on just one day in the whole year........dont make too much of a big deal out of it............. chill and enjoy the day.........

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.........