kapilsood
10-01-2004, 06:42 PM
Hi All,
I am in the second year of my PGPM course at MDI Gurgaon.
I am starting this thread so that the discussions that follow may lead us all to the doors that we want to open, through this long and winding road...
Okay that was not a good one..but I am sure you got a better one...so don't wait and start typing out your thoughts and reply...
Regards,
Kapil Sood
P.S.: Just to give a glimpse of what life at MDI is all about; I am posting an article that I and one of my friend wrote sometime ago for ET.
“I love deadlines. I especially love the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.” – Douglas Adams
This quote by Adams is the one that seems the most apt considering the fact that at Management Development Institute, everything has a deadline except of course unimportant things like sleeping, eating and catching up on a movie. Decisions have to be made in a split second and life is a trade off. So are you interested in a game of tennis or would it be better to go to the library and do some research on that pending report? They say good managers thrive on adversity. Two years here gives you a share of that. I think I forgot to mention that fun is something that we Mandevians don’t compromise on. Every weekend is a party and the weekdays are filled with classes and work and work and classes and the glint in your eye as Friday comes near.
When I walked in the campus for the first time, I was delighted to the see the excellent facilities available. After all how many institutes in India can boast of a six hole golf course? It’s another matter though that I have never had enough time to try my hands at it.
Since Gurgaon is the land of Guru Dronacharya, MDI serves as an excellent platform for learning. With the best of faculty and academic resources at our hand we learn to aim at the sparrow’s eye like Arjuna. Faculty functions chiefly as facilitators encouraging us to brainstorm over cases and contemporary issues. Also, surprise quizzes and assignments make sure that we are on our toes all the time. The industry interaction in the form of Business Thought Leadership lecture series helps us gain insights into the thought process of leading CEO’s and business stalwarts. Industry tours help in understanding how managerial decisions affect the working of an organization. Various live-projects help students get a first hand perspective of problems at the workplace and how quick solutions can be arrived at.
Learning isn’t confined within the classrooms. One learns a lot outside the classrooms too. You will learn about JIT not so much from your Operations textbooks, as from submitting reports just a minute before the deadline. You will learn time management by having breakfast in just 2-3 minutes and reaching the class just in time before the professor shuts the door. The knack of analyzing investment decisions comes when we have to choose between watching a movie at DT or going out for dinner. Also, discussions about the Indian fiscal policy or Porters five forces at 3 am over piping hot paranthas is de rigueur. Most importantly, at MDI you learn to live your life to the fullest, to value every moment and squeeze the best out of it!
More than a third of the students get a chance to spend one term at B-schools in Europe as a part of the student exchange programme at MDI. Students from European B-schools also come to MDI. Such an interaction gives us an international perspective that is required from all managers in this world of globalization. Incidentally it also gives us a chance to see all the beautiful places in Europe.
With all the extracurricular activities happening at MDI, one always has something to do. Some of the student initiatives like the student managed investment portfolio are unique to MDI. The special interest groups like marketing and finance clubs are extremely active in organizing various events and guest lectures. Students also organize a market research fair and a national level convention on current business dilemmas. So by the end of your experience at MDI, you are not only well versed in theoretical concepts, but also have enough organizing and co-coordinating skills to put you at advantage in the corporate arena.
To sum up, MDI is an experience. One has to live it to feel it. It is a journey towards becoming what you are. And as the Chinese proverb goes- The journey is the reward.
Kapil Sood
Siddhartha Tripathi
I am in the second year of my PGPM course at MDI Gurgaon.
I am starting this thread so that the discussions that follow may lead us all to the doors that we want to open, through this long and winding road...
Okay that was not a good one..but I am sure you got a better one...so don't wait and start typing out your thoughts and reply...
Regards,
Kapil Sood
P.S.: Just to give a glimpse of what life at MDI is all about; I am posting an article that I and one of my friend wrote sometime ago for ET.
“I love deadlines. I especially love the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.” – Douglas Adams
This quote by Adams is the one that seems the most apt considering the fact that at Management Development Institute, everything has a deadline except of course unimportant things like sleeping, eating and catching up on a movie. Decisions have to be made in a split second and life is a trade off. So are you interested in a game of tennis or would it be better to go to the library and do some research on that pending report? They say good managers thrive on adversity. Two years here gives you a share of that. I think I forgot to mention that fun is something that we Mandevians don’t compromise on. Every weekend is a party and the weekdays are filled with classes and work and work and classes and the glint in your eye as Friday comes near.
When I walked in the campus for the first time, I was delighted to the see the excellent facilities available. After all how many institutes in India can boast of a six hole golf course? It’s another matter though that I have never had enough time to try my hands at it.
Since Gurgaon is the land of Guru Dronacharya, MDI serves as an excellent platform for learning. With the best of faculty and academic resources at our hand we learn to aim at the sparrow’s eye like Arjuna. Faculty functions chiefly as facilitators encouraging us to brainstorm over cases and contemporary issues. Also, surprise quizzes and assignments make sure that we are on our toes all the time. The industry interaction in the form of Business Thought Leadership lecture series helps us gain insights into the thought process of leading CEO’s and business stalwarts. Industry tours help in understanding how managerial decisions affect the working of an organization. Various live-projects help students get a first hand perspective of problems at the workplace and how quick solutions can be arrived at.
Learning isn’t confined within the classrooms. One learns a lot outside the classrooms too. You will learn about JIT not so much from your Operations textbooks, as from submitting reports just a minute before the deadline. You will learn time management by having breakfast in just 2-3 minutes and reaching the class just in time before the professor shuts the door. The knack of analyzing investment decisions comes when we have to choose between watching a movie at DT or going out for dinner. Also, discussions about the Indian fiscal policy or Porters five forces at 3 am over piping hot paranthas is de rigueur. Most importantly, at MDI you learn to live your life to the fullest, to value every moment and squeeze the best out of it!
More than a third of the students get a chance to spend one term at B-schools in Europe as a part of the student exchange programme at MDI. Students from European B-schools also come to MDI. Such an interaction gives us an international perspective that is required from all managers in this world of globalization. Incidentally it also gives us a chance to see all the beautiful places in Europe.
With all the extracurricular activities happening at MDI, one always has something to do. Some of the student initiatives like the student managed investment portfolio are unique to MDI. The special interest groups like marketing and finance clubs are extremely active in organizing various events and guest lectures. Students also organize a market research fair and a national level convention on current business dilemmas. So by the end of your experience at MDI, you are not only well versed in theoretical concepts, but also have enough organizing and co-coordinating skills to put you at advantage in the corporate arena.
To sum up, MDI is an experience. One has to live it to feel it. It is a journey towards becoming what you are. And as the Chinese proverb goes- The journey is the reward.
Kapil Sood
Siddhartha Tripathi