This post has been long overdue and something or the other kept me away from this. I finally get a chance to write about a typical day at ISB and here goes the same:- 7:15 A:M – The alarm goes off and I immediately put it back to snooze. It’s just 4 hours and this cruel mechanical alarm wouldn’t understand the benefits of a sound sleep. I and my snooze played for 3 more rounds till it told me that this is last time it will snooze. The battle is over. Snooze wins and I wake up. Get ready speed... Read Full Story

Cam across this wonderful and inspiring blog post about Mr. Subroto Bagchi's speech at IIM- B. I have developed a deep interest in these speeches by great leader. Goes on a long way to put real things, especially for B-school grads, in right perspective. How can I not cover it on my blog. Here goes Mr. Bagchi....I was the last child of a small-time government servant, in a family of five brothers. My earliest memory of my father is as that of a District Employment Officer in Koraput, Orissa. ... Read Full Story

A close friend gave an amazing perspective and followed up with the amazing and insightful piece of adds by AVIS rental car. I generally speak about Law of Average and perhaps these adds help put the same thought in perspective. A connected thought shared by one of the professor "Your Biggest strength is your last failure and your biggest weakness is your last success" !! The No: 2 phenomena helps tie up this argument as well into a coherent story. So the moral is that continue to chase the N... Read Full Story

I finished up reading this amazing book by Richard Bach. As much I am awed by the story, I am ever further impressed by his unique writing style and insights. Some of the things I noted are: 1. The observer funda – Richard explains something and then prints what an observer, sitting on his shoulder and taking notes would have said at that time – Rates himself and notes the reactions of the situation. An insightful way to write the conflicting parts of yours.2. He frequently talks of things th... Read Full Story

They say, by this time, the worse is over. Dean’s projected happiness curve is set to rise and as Prof. Nerkar put across, with more than 33% done, you guys are good enough to run a business now. All sounds so glamorous and scary at the same time.Term 3 started with a buzz in the student body - with more assignments submissions than total number of days in the term, with three out of four subjects heavily quant oriented, with advice from Alumni that Term 3 is the peak of your MBA life. If I w... Read Full Story

According to Pramath Sinha, founding dean of the Hyderabad-based Indian School of Business (ISB), the single biggest challenge in starting a business school in India was "building a great reputation in a short period of time." So far, the gamble has paid off: In 2008, ISB became the first Indian institution to be included by the Financial Times in its global ranking of the top 20 business schools -- only seven years after the school was launched. Sinha, who served as dean of ISB from 2001 to ... Read Full Story

“You have to be risk averse to be a good entrepreneur” told my amazing professor of entrepreneurship. Sounds counter-intuitive but the real funda is that an entrepreneur thinks through everything, tried to cover himself for every aspect, and then implement his plan like hell. Same concept was reinforced in this amazing story of Mr. Sanjeev Bikhchandani, CEO of Naukri.com. Check his amazing story here. Waiting for hear directly from Mr. Bikhchandani in ISB’s Media Conclave….More to follow on t... Read Full Story

Emerging Market Club at ISB kicked off today with an interesting speaker series from Professor Ram. Prof Ram has an interest in entrepreneurship in emerging markets and he engaged the whole audience with his vivid description of anecdotes of his experiences in China and statistical data about China / India. He opened up the conversation by stating that he continues to consider himself a student of China since its nearly impossible to understand a complex country like China in couple of years ... Read Full Story

'PACIS conference was conducted for first time at ISB during July. Interesting set of events where Panel discussions were conducted among industry leaders from IT sector. I prepared a brief scribe of a panel discussion conducted by Mr. Bipin Paracha & Mr. Narsimha N'On the third and the final day of PACIS conference, Professor Nishtha opened up the panel discussion introducing Mr. Bipin Paracha from Wipro & Mr. Narsimha N from Infosys. Professor Nishtha laid down the background of linear grow... Read Full Story

Just thinking for a rare moment about the world outside ISB, especially about the aspirants who are eager to transition from the world outside to the universe inside ISB, I reflected on the Essays posted by ISB this time. I have taken a shot at analysis of these essays and hopefully will help some of the potential candidates.Here you go:Essay 1Give 3 reasons as to why you should be selected to the class of 2011. These reasons should ideally differentiate you from the applicant pool and should... Read Full Story