Day One and Here you Go..

So after much of fun and frolic the guys and back to work. The guys who took the preterm already have there feet wet but for others it is like plunging into an Ice cold pond. But there is no other way than to take the plunge.

After the first two lecturers I have some confessions to make. Here I discover myself amongst a batch of achievers and I feel I am and the least proficient of the lot. But one thing which impresses me is the pedagogy. It is not like anything which I have come across till now. Here the emphasis is on practical aspect of subject and how it is applied in the real world rather than emphasizing on formulas and its application. I think that the education here resembles more closely to the American education system. We have some very good professors from Wharton and Kellog teaching us and some excellent resident faculties from ISB too.

I have two classes tomorrow and lots of pre reading to do...So Bye for now..

Orientation week..

So Finally I am back to studies at ISB. Landed in H'Bad on 13th and stayed with my Cousin. They drove me to ISB on 14th. I am put up in Student village 3 (SV3).

Here in ISB the last 1 week was all about orientation. There were lots of games and pranks being organised by alums from 2007 Batch. I got to meet a diverse bunch of people. We have around 4 ortho..surgeons in our batch, All India service officers (IAS, IPS and IFS..). There are quite a few Armed forces veterans in the Batch too. Some of most interesting personalities in the Batch that I now know are (I would use the short form since I want them to be anonymous..) RN, PY, VJ etc..

RN in itself is an amazing story of resilience and willpower. I will follow his progress on this blog.

PY is an example of What a genius can be. Among the people whom I met till today I consider him to be most accomplished of the batch.

VJ is an Army veteran who has taken part in many operations during his stint in the army.

And Dr. K has been of amazing help. This ortho surgeon was instrumental in getting one of my colleague to the Apollo and help us out with his contacts..

I truly feel proud to be the member of the batch.

Last week as a Free Bird

Now I am eagerly awaiting what would turn out to be one more exciting year in my life. I was trying hard for last so many weeks to set my pririties right before joining ISB. I have to admit that I have failed in that attempt. But one thing is very clear to me..

In this one year I should try to mould my thinking and approach to problem solving (specifically management) in the lines of the great professors who teach at ISB. I believe that this is the most important thing which an education can bring in students. If the student is able to do that then the motive can be considered as achieved. One of the best things which the IIT education also embedded in me is this th

Last two weeks

Got a Second Hand copy of "The Goal" from the Road Side vendor. The Book is interesting. Goldart has described a typical manufacturing unit in a novel way. Wish I could write like that too, Noted in the ISB Class of 2008 Blogs that many people have already left their Jobs. I am still working. My last day turns out to be March 29. So I have Long way to go. Life is in for really exciting times. If I can mould my thinking atleast half way to the extent the great profs at ISB do then I think that My decision to go in for ISB is fullfilled. Now I have to arrange for loans. have to Call up HDFC on Monday. Already talked to Andhra Bank. Eventhough their interest rate is attractive it is floating. With Bank rate going up I think that it can increase any day.

Current State

Has been a long time since I blogged.

I am currently in a state of relief and despair. Despair because of uncertainity facing me for next one year.In ISB Classes starts on April 14.

Jayan's journey

First few months of 2006

It has been some time since I have blogged. Nothing much has happenend in the mean time. There are few developments in my office which I feel is keeping me busy these days. The developments in the office are with respect to the project change which I am trying to make.
I have two options with me. One is to move into the consulting group and the other optionis to move into a Minneapolis based porject.
The group leader who is in charge of Minneapolis based project tried his best to hard sellhis case. The option seems to be good. It helps me in making some moneyand explore a few schools in the comming month.
But the Consulting group is also interesting. Even though I have been a part of the few consulting assignments in my career a full scle involvement in consulting has always been my dream. More over it is in alignment with one of my career goal of becoming a consultant after my MBA. The option of consulting also helps me to differentiate myselfwhen I apply to MBA schools.
At the moment my mind is there is consulting group but it is still wavering. I am not sureas to what decision I will finally take.

Jayan's journey

Events Last week

Last week I did not try many things for my MBA admission. The reason was I was having a feverish feeling all the days. More over these days they have assigned me with the task of providing strategic direction for some blah..blah.. project. I do not know what directions I will provide..

Jayan's journey

My MBA journey

My journey for acquiring an US MBA began in July-2005. Initially I started off studying the OG and Kaplan. I had initially fixed my exam for Oct 19 but could not take it due to heavy work pressure. My office work started getting hot in mid august and continued till novembr. You wont beleive me if I say that I could not even touch any preperation material during the above period. So after some deliberation postponed my Exam date to decembr 21st.
I completed my office work by November 21st and then had some support work for two weeks. SO by december 1st I was done with my work and my rescheduled GMAT date was 21 st december. So I took three weeks off from office. I gave a test on Ist and My score in kaplan was 550. I was thoroughly disappointed. But decided to give my best shot. Started doing the OG SC again. Now my main intention was to think in the way the OG was analysing. Then slowly My Kaplan score strted to improve. By the second week it was 610. Then I gave the Power prep test and the score came to 750+. I was not impressed with this score because all the questions were from O.G. I dont know why they really have something like power prep if they cannot provide varitey. I took My GMAT on 21st
Now MY aim in life is clear. I want to do MBA from a top 10 US B-School.I will apply to some US B-Schools Ranked 5-10.I am not sure whether the score is enough..Let me see if any one can guide me..

Jayan's journey

Jayan's journey
I went to Chennai Book fair on 7th. There were lot of stalls. I bought couple of books from there. Monk Who sold his ferari, Fountainhead, Davinci Code and autobiography of Lance Armstrong.
This Autobiography was always on my list, Because I admire his achievements on the field. He has shown again and again that there is nothing in this world that can stop the human will. As the old saying goes..If you have a will you have a way..I will keep you posted about the reviews once I complete reading these books..

My First Blog

I always wanted to create a blog but some how or other did not find time to create one. It is not that I have time today but just sat in front of My PC and created this one. let us see how it proceeds.