Part - I

Life, for me, was simply awesome at Symbiosis Law College, till I understood that it was not law that I want to take up as a career. It was then I decided to move on, and joined MHROD, at Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi.

Rumours had it that it was the mistake.

Master of Human Resource & Organisational Development, or MHROD, as they call it at D'School! I'm sure many of the readers would amuse, "Now, What the hell is that?" A small building, quite unlike the ubiquitously magnanimous B-school towers, a chotu sa computer lab, university-run hostels, a small bunch of 40 students per batch, a student body called SPHERE (which, as I later came to know, is the acronym for Society for Productive Human Enterprise & Resource Enhancement) and not to forget the Babudom of a university.

Then, the Life@MHROD began, and it began in full speed. There was so much to do. More so outside the classroom. Teams were the buzzword - Alumni, Student Development, Convention, Journals, and Placements. All were working under the aegis of SPHERE. And the trouble was, all wanted to have their say in all that we do! I remember telling myself: "Tough, man!" However, I joined the Placement Team.

"Oh! My God!" used to be my daily sigh, every evening, if not night! There were deadlines, and again, more so outside the classroom - make corporate presentations, run to printers to get the placement brochure out, run to the Vice-Chancellor for his message, edit and re-edit the texts, plan for outstation corporate trips - life was all but relaxation for the eight of us. And the same was true for the other teams. Alumni team was finding it hard to keep themselves sane while keeping the alumni database updated - alumni seem to shift their corporate loyalties in weeks, if not days! The Student Development Cell (SDC) was fixing guest lectures and workshops, not to forget the debates, quizzes, et al. The Convention guys were having more troubles - from deciding the venue for the national event to getting the speakers on the dais. Truly speaking, it seemed that I was actually a manager in a MNC, trying to strike a balance between many things at a time. And then, there were acads - with Professors so fastidious, threatening rather than encouraging was the season for the first few days. And why they wouldn't have been so, after all they were the D'School Profs, the same D'School, which is world famous for its academia.

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* Contributed by -
Rishi Raj Gupta,
Class of 2005,
Master of Human Resource & Organisational Development,
Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi.