Day1
And finally, the day arrived!! Yes, it was 4th January 2016. We were supposed to report at 8.45 am. I got up early feeling excited and nervous.
My PG room being just a few minutes away, I started from home at 8.15 (just not to be late on the first day). I reached the main gate and showed the security guard a printout of my "Joining Instructions" letter (though probably not required). The guard told me to go to a particular building. After walking for around 2 minutes, I reached the entrance of the building, and then a few minutes walk took me to the classroom.
Few students had already reached the classroom. Our places were preassigned, in the ascending order of our First Name, mine being the last :). At our seats were kept some books, a folder with a schedule for the first week and details of the professors, an IIM-B pen and an IIM-B bag.
At sharp 9.00am, by sharp I mean really sharp, course directors profs. S Raghunath and Chetan Subramanian gave us a brief about the course, what is expected from us and how much effort would be required from our side. He also mentioned that punctuality is to the "p" and time to the "t" at IIM-B, and latecomers are not entertained by some professors. Also, he mentioned that assignments are not to be copied as that was a serious "sin" in IIM-B.
After some minutes, we went for a photo session. The photographer was pretty funny, shifting people from one row to the another for about 5-10 mins. Then finally, he took some photos.
After the photo session, we had our first breakfast at IIM-B. Needless to mention, the breakfast was awesome. Eating more helps you sleep during the lectures (though I do not recommend overeating since the lectures are pretty interesting).
After breakfast, we had our first session, by prof SK. He was awesome simply awesome. The examples he gave were like diamonds that you should wear all along your life. His lectures continued till before the lunch break.
We had an awesome lunch (with a sweet dish) every day and lots of things on the menu.
After lunch, we had one session each on Stress Management and Relaxation Techniques. The main thing that I could remember was that people of my age group can afford to get a complete sleep in 6 hours. Only after an age of 60 or something, you need 7 hours of sleep.
And the day ended awesome, with making new acquaintances!!
Day2-5
Rest of the week was almost a similar routine, with only the sessions taught being different.
I used to reach at around 7.45 to have morning breakfast, after which the classes used to start at 9 am(sharp). Then we used to have 1 session for 75 minutes followed by a tea/coffee break. After that another session for 75 mins, followed by juice break. Then another 75 minutes session with lunch to follow. Then after lunch another 75 mins session after which we had tea/coffee break with something to eat. Then the last session would be for 75 mins and that was the end of the day.
The subjects that were taught in the first week were:-
1. General Commercial Knowledge
2. Financial Accounting
3. Macro Economics
All the professors were good, with some being simply excellent. The subjects are taught at a high level and students are expected to read thoroughly by themselves.
We had few group activities done in the week and it was a good experience.
Also, we got our IIM-B email id and access to the institute's WiFi.
Next.. sessions on Fridays.
And finally, the day arrived!! Yes, it was 4th January 2016. We were supposed to report at 8.45 am. I got up early feeling excited and nervous.
My PG room being just a few minutes away, I started from home at 8.15 (just not to be late on the first day). I reached the main gate and showed the security guard a printout of my "Joining Instructions" letter (though probably not required). The guard told me to go to a particular building. After walking for around 2 minutes, I reached the entrance of the building, and then a few minutes walk took me to the classroom.
Few students had already reached the classroom. Our places were preassigned, in the ascending order of our First Name, mine being the last :). At our seats were kept some books, a folder with a schedule for the first week and details of the professors, an IIM-B pen and an IIM-B bag.
At sharp 9.00am, by sharp I mean really sharp, course directors profs. S Raghunath and Chetan Subramanian gave us a brief about the course, what is expected from us and how much effort would be required from our side. He also mentioned that punctuality is to the "p" and time to the "t" at IIM-B, and latecomers are not entertained by some professors. Also, he mentioned that assignments are not to be copied as that was a serious "sin" in IIM-B.
After some minutes, we went for a photo session. The photographer was pretty funny, shifting people from one row to the another for about 5-10 mins. Then finally, he took some photos.
After the photo session, we had our first breakfast at IIM-B. Needless to mention, the breakfast was awesome. Eating more helps you sleep during the lectures (though I do not recommend overeating since the lectures are pretty interesting).
After breakfast, we had our first session, by prof SK. He was awesome simply awesome. The examples he gave were like diamonds that you should wear all along your life. His lectures continued till before the lunch break.
We had an awesome lunch (with a sweet dish) every day and lots of things on the menu.
After lunch, we had one session each on Stress Management and Relaxation Techniques. The main thing that I could remember was that people of my age group can afford to get a complete sleep in 6 hours. Only after an age of 60 or something, you need 7 hours of sleep.
And the day ended awesome, with making new acquaintances!!
Day2-5
Rest of the week was almost a similar routine, with only the sessions taught being different.
I used to reach at around 7.45 to have morning breakfast, after which the classes used to start at 9 am(sharp). Then we used to have 1 session for 75 minutes followed by a tea/coffee break. After that another session for 75 mins, followed by juice break. Then another 75 minutes session with lunch to follow. Then after lunch another 75 mins session after which we had tea/coffee break with something to eat. Then the last session would be for 75 mins and that was the end of the day.
The subjects that were taught in the first week were:-
1. General Commercial Knowledge
2. Financial Accounting
3. Macro Economics
All the professors were good, with some being simply excellent. The subjects are taught at a high level and students are expected to read thoroughly by themselves.
We had few group activities done in the week and it was a good experience.
Also, we got our IIM-B email id and access to the institute's WiFi.
Next.. sessions on Fridays.
