So here I am, @ MDI Gurgaon one of the premier colleges.... ooops B-Schools in India right now. And frankly, I am loving every moment of it. This despite the fact that some things will never ever change including the fact that I slept through my Micro-economics class yesterday (1.5 hrs to be precise). So what is it that makes MDI tick? Well as we managers would say (lolzzz I know!), MDI has many core competencies. I guess I have fallen in love with the red brick campus here. There are very few campuses in India that are completely red brick ones. At 40 acres, MDI isn't exactly gigantic but its quite big. The best part is that it is very well maintained, it has to be the cleanest campus in India. There is a football ground WITH GRASS :) and a six hole golf-course to boot. Its really so green here, you have to see it to beliveve it.
The mess food is, well frankly its quite good and by far the best mess food you'll get at any management campus across India. Also there is Sharmaji's if you need garam garam Aloo or Gobi Paranthas, Samosas and Ice-cream. But the crowning glory is the all night canteen called Arcus. It starts around 6 pm and shuts shop at 6 am. And it spoils you for choice, all kinds of rolls you want, all types of kulchas and curries, soft drinks, sutta, everything. I have eaten chole kulcha at 4:30 am at Arcus and nothing tastes better after a good game of volleyball! Sports, name it and you have it, including a full fledged gym and yoga centre.
As far as the acads go, initially it is quite hectic and you require a lot of effort to pull through your induction week. But after a week, 4 hours of sleep becomes a luxury. Not that there's so much studies to do but there's too much stuff to do here. As an example, today, i'll go to my basement and Jam @ about 10:00pm and then go play badminton @ 12:30 am. Go to arcus after that, have something to eat, come back to the room do time pass, study a bit and go to bed by 3:30 - 4:00 am. I have a lecture @ 10:15 am tomorrow so I can lie in.
The profs here are killer! We have a marketing prof who has actually handled the recent South African Presidential elections. He is also one of the highest paid consultants in India. Our stats prof is an ISI, Kolkatta graduate and he is mad as a coot, but also a genius! His style of teaching is kickass! The thing is that all profs here are PhDs so they are basically knowledgable and very experienced. One prof teaches all management concepts by writing poems on the board. There is a huge amount of flexibility, students can change the syllabus if they wish to. Students can give bad feedback about a prof and he/she will be removed after the mid-term exams.
As far as what I have been upto, well I drank so much on freshers, I passed out after puking a bucketfull! Have been thoroughly enjoying, making loads of new friends, sleeping in class, reading chapters before going for a lecture, discussing cases till dawn, eating north-indian food, starting a small band as well! So you see, life is quite eventful as of now.
Before I sign off, few notices
@Raj: congrats for your selection dude, but wish you were here
@Chillar: Stick to it brother, I know some shit in life is hard!! and soon you'll be getting the first tapes from Gurgaon
@Opium: fuckah, if you ever read this please courier me GUNDA and SHAPATH man! please!
@Everyone in Francis who thought my jokes sucked: This one is from Shubhayan my roomie, from BITS Pilani
There are n people standing in a queue, the first waits for a minute and tells a story, the second for 2 mins and the nth person for n minutes! Now all the stories are different but to a person listening to them they all sound same why??
Answer: Since the stories are not continuous, they cannot be differentiated!!! :P
PS: If you need more, call me.
PPS: My new no should be out in a day or two... watch out for it.
ciao guys, me off to have chicken curry in the mess..... yummy!
cheers,
moksha
