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You know what one of the best things about this place is? Well, yeah, the professors are great, so is the infrastructure... but what truly amazes me are the people here!!! Yep, me talking about my batch mates. With the entire batch being divided into four sections, you really don't get to know everyone closely.
The people you interact with the most are your study group mates, your dorm mates and your section mates. In the first term, the study groups were formed by the PGP office. However, in further terms, one is free to choose the group one wanted to be part of. My group initially was a five member group including me, and in the second term, another guy joined us.

Let me start with the lady first. She also happens to be the CR of our class. A commerce graduate from Chennai. Worked for a couple of years before coming here. One of the few girls (or perhaps the only one) in the country to have converted all six IIMs' calls. A very confident and no-nonsense girl, who is never afraid to speak her mind. Being the CR is not an easy job and she has handled the post extremely well so far. A very caring person at heart and a great pal to hang around with, she is a great team player, always willing to shoulder responsibilities. In fact, she sorts of binds our group together when we at times get relaxed, and brings us back on track.

Next is a guy from IIIT Hyderabad. A 99.99 percentile with a keen knack in finance. I-Banks are where he belongs to and am so glad that's where he is heading for for his summers. A topper during his earlier years, he is one scholar with a high ambition and is certainly a person to go to when all the finance and accounts jargon goes above your head. A person who is always enthusiastic to discuss and debate about any topic under the sun and is also candid enough to accept views contrary to his.

Then comes this musical bond from IIT Kharagpur. An exceptional piano / guitar player, he sure set the stage alive by his performances during the T-Nites. And had he not been at WIMWI, I am sure some rock band or the other would have welcomed him with open arms. With his boyish charms and cool persona, he sure is one fun guy to hang out with. One of the toppers of the ABM course, but a very down to earth personality, he sure does rock. Someone you are always at ease with.

This other guy is one of those different and controversial persons you at times meet. A mechenical engineer, he is the senior-most person in the group with a 4-odd years experience at a huge automobile company. And the insight he brings into discussions because of this experience is immense. I said controversial as lots of his ideas and analysis are out-of-the-box and revolutionary that often create a stir and sound weird but are often very insightful. I am amazed by his GK, right from Metallica to Russian Revolution and none of us could match the number of hours he spends with books in the first term, he hardly slept, I guess.

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* Contributed by -
Vinamra Srivastava (Campus Associate),
PGP - 1,
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.