My IIM Ahmedabad experience
My PGPX journey
Why PGPX?
Since the time I graduated, multiple bottlenecks had prevented me from preparing for CATand pursuing the two-year course. So I decided to focus on my CA exams. As things eventually stabilised on the economic front, I had to choose between a new residential apartment and an MBA. My daughter was just 10 months old and I was the only earning member in the family. There was a huge embedded financial risk of paying the Rs 21.50 lakhs course fee and take a sabbatical from work for one year , especially when I was doing reasonably well in my current job and would be promoted if I stayed on.
Yet, I chose MBA. It was now or never for me and thus I decided to go ahead and break out of my comfort zone.
Amongst options available in India, I chose IIM Ahmedabad because of the brand, the FT rankings and special emphasis this institute places on case study methodology. Also, Chartered Accountancy is a distance learning course and thus I always missed the classroom experience. Needless to say, staying on the beautiful 100 acre campus with my wife and my 1 year old daughter made it a very special experience.
On the admission process
I had scored 760/800 in GMAT, plus had a non-engineering background. So it was relatively easier to get shortlisted. In the interview, there were two IIMA professors, who made me feel relaxed. We were asked to randomly select a topic from a given list and speak impromptu for 15 minutes. It was really an abstract topic but I managed to collate my thoughts and put up a brave front. The discussion that ensued centred on the points I raised in my speech. They also wanted to probe into the real motivation of my decision to apply for PGPX. Was it about placements alone? What could I bring on the table? What were the special projects which led to the CA Young Achiever award etc?
After PGPX, I have re-joined my previous employer Aditya Birla Group in Kolkata as Senior Manager- Business Development. In the long run, I seek to pursue entrepreneurial opportunities in the human capital space.
The best part of PGPX is:
The first thing IIMA does to you is to make you humble. You enter this place with castles in the air, with this inflated sense of ego about your IQ and then realise that this place gives every outlier a run for his/her money. You eventually find our own place under the bell curve and become comfortable in your own skin.
Secondly, it is the academics - the interaction with professors, the Strategy, Marketing and Public Policy departments of IIMA are really amazing.
In terms of electives, the spread of the menu is simply remarkable. "Yognidra" and meditation on the banks of the Narmada/Gir Forest as part of one course on Managing Creativity and competition with students globally through Capstone Business Simulation game in the other.
Diverse Class - In the classroom, you share space with 84 amazing people, who like you, have conquered the corporate world. The list includes the likes of a sales guy, IT programmer, army officer and a data scientist. We had hundreds of those stormy classroom discussions on Harvard, Stanford and IIMA cases. You learn to appreciate diverse perspectives on the same issue as each has lived life his/her way.
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