IIM v/s ISB

Just read this in DNA .Could not resist keeping a copy on my blog
This was written by R.Jagganath

The Hyderabad-based Indian School of Business (ISB) has done the country proud by figuring in the Top 20 of the Financial Times ranking of B-schools.
The surprise is not that the ISB made it in just about six years of existence, but that the much-hyped Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are nowhere in the pecking order. Perhaps, they didn’t participate; perhaps they couldn’t care less; but it’s a shame.
The broad reason for this is clear: being owned by the government is like the kiss of death. The IIMs are dying a slow death, though this is not apparent from the numbers still dying to get in every year.
There is little innovation or research coming from the IIMs despite 45 and more years of existence. I wouldn’t expect much from them unless they manage to get the government off their backs.
The ISB, on the other hand, could go one-up precisely because it’s a free agent. It is not accredited to the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) — which tells you a lot about the council’s competence.
In recent years, the council has approved hundreds of B-schools that ought not to be allowed to exist. It is neither equipped nor eligible to undertake the task of judging B-schools and their curricula.
It is at best another manifestation of the licence-permit raj in education. It needs to be scrapped. B-schools would probably be better off letting the market decide which ones perform a useful function and which ones don’t.
The ISB is succeeding because, unlike the IIMs, it actually has to compete for students. Especially given its high fee structure (annual costs of Rs17-20 lakh). The ISB did two or three things that are unconventional. One, it placed a premium on work experience, with the average work experience of its students being five years.
At the IIMs, most students wouldn’t even have seen the insides of an office before enrolling. How can you teach management to someone who hasn’t managed one single person in his life?
Two, by making the course a 12-month affair, the ISB opened up an entirely new market for experienced professionals who can’t afford to hang around campuses for two years.
The IIMs are now scurrying to fill this gap in the market. Three, the school deliberately chose autonomy by rejecting the AICTE’s accreditation. It took some courage to cock a snook at the babus, but it also made sense: the AICTE brings no value to the institutions it approves. Its dhobi-mark is no guarantee of quality education.
As for the IIMs, they are unlikely to hit the big time — never mind their larger-than-life presence in India — as long as they have to kow-tow to babus and visionless bosses like Murli Manohar Joshi (HRD minister in the NDA government), and Arjun Singh (the present incumbent).
The IIMs still produce hundreds of MBAs who get picked up by the corporate sector for mouth-watering salaries, but this has little to do with what the IIMs themselves do.
The IIMs, and the IITs, to a lesser extent, produce great alumni because they have developed a fantastic sieving process to keep out all but the extremely gifted. After selecting the best among the best, it would take a really lousy institution to subtract value from them. Put another way, it is the students who add value to the IIMs, and not the other way round.
If I were an Indian (or multinational) business house, I would recruit people immediately after they pass their CAT exams; what the IIM does to their job market value after CAT is minimal. By recruiting after CAT, companies would not only get cheaper products, but also less inflated egos.

Kaipoche!

Three days of kite flying has never been done in my life,and it was a lot of fun.
It was rather painful flying this time,because there was intermittent wind and my kites did not fly high due to lack of flowing air.

What is left is a darker me,a paining arm and more learning to fly in no wind conditions.
Gobbled a lot of "Chikki" and more delicious foods.

I am ARMed

Development on the ARM is chugging ahead..Looks like I am gonna be ARM-Literate in months to come..
Pretty much excited.
This blog is going to tranform from a personal one to a techie blog...
And yes..I am heading to Murud-Janjira for my 31..
Happy new year to you..

Belling The CAT!

It is over! Finally I can see the horizon in front of me without the restraint of time.Although it wasn't that bad after all and I managed to clear the sectionals in Quant and DI,but couldn't reach the mark in English.
Well my idea is that this isn't the end of road,and it is the journey actually that was filled with a lot of learning.Met new pals,learnt a lot about managing time and this journey has left me resilient for the future.It really doesn't matter if I couldn't make it,I have had enough of learning from this attempt.

JMET is the next exam!

For the CAT Aspirant!

Dedh so minute.
Dedh so minute hain tumhare paas.
Shayad tumhari zindagi ke sabse khaas Dedh so minute.
Aaj tum accha solve karo ya bura,
Yeh Dedh so minute tumhe zindagi bhar yaad rahenge.
Toh kaise solve karna hai, aaj main tumhe nahi bataunga.
Bas itna kahunga ki jaao,
Aur yeh Dedh so minute jee bhar kar ke solve karo
Kyunki iske baad aane wali zindagi mein
Chahe kucch sahi ho, ya na ho,
Chahe kucch rahe, ya na rahe,
Tum haaro ya jeeto,
Lekin yeh Dedh so minute tumse koi nahi cheen sakta, Koi Nahin
To, maine socha ki iss test mein kaisa solve karna hai,
Main tumhe nahin bataunga, balki tum mujhe bataoge. Test dekar.
Kyunki main jaanta hun ki agar yeh Dedh so minute,tum
Apni zindagi ki sabse badhiya CAT solve kar gaya
To yeh Dedh so minute khuda bhi tumse wapas nahi maang sakta.
Toh Jaao . Jaao aur aur apne aap se, iss zindagi se, apne khuda se, aur har uss insaan se, Jisne tumhe – tumpar – bharosa nahi kiya, apne Dedh so minute chheen lo.

A year later....

The most daring journey of my life started this day....My life as well as my job at TCS.
As of now both have been pretty well....

And one more thing happened last year on this very day..My cellphone came to life this same day..
As of today my cell is old by 9000+ meessages and a shade above 83 minutes in airtime.


Had a normal day tday..just like any other day at office...a lot of calls and messages and people asking for the most hilarious treats....


The best learning today..

My mom wished me "Happy Birthday" and I said "thank you".She said you should have wished me too.
I realize today what I mean to her....

Hats of to You! Madame

I think this has been the moment that has definitely moved me,bearing the fact that it was a sight that has been particularly unique and has changed my perception towards women in general.
There isnt a ray of doubt that I respect them as individuals and not as members of the opposite sex,but this one leaves an impressions of what women really are.

I happened to see a lady bus conductor.I am not sure whether it was a shock of life or just plain awe towards her,but the feeling was something different and I was constantly looking at her,
as was the entire set of people sitting in the bus.

I visited the exam center to attend my exam,and was more than happy to experience the
learning altogether.

A learning that be it any job, if "he" can,"she" definitely can.