MindBytes

Lately I stopped blogging due to the busy schedule at the campus. Suddenly I realised that it has been months that I spent some time on my blog .This was after the  preaching given to all my colleagues at the campus , telling  everyone  that they should have a blog so as to bring out their experiences both professional and personal, if they think that they are worth sharing.

In December I was contemplating whether to go for my Six Months Executive Management Program at IIM Bangalore, as I had already completed my MBA in Marketing , not the full time one but the 3 year executive program at Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, New Delhi, which gave me adequate exposure to the concepts of the business management. But my experience here has been very fulfilling and enriching and I am sure i wont get this kind of exposure  in any of the b-schools other than IIM’s and ISB. I should say that Iam lucky to be a student of IIM Bangalore , atleast through this six months programme designed for all armed forces officers on the verge of retirement.

Many officers have visited this campus to take a feedback of this program , whether it would be useful to attend this course. I will say this with full confidence and so do my colleagues who will agree that this program will bring a real difference in their outlook towards the corporate life . Though it is challenging for everyone to get many business concepts right , within such a short span of the course, but it opens up many windows of thoughts for those who really want to jump in entrepreneurship roles.All the professors are very rich ,experienced most of them who have taught in the b-schools abroad after finishing their corporate stints. They bring with both the real life experiences and the theoretical knowledge  to teach us.  The campus has excellent resources of books,digital media,access to many research databases which cannot be easily available to individuals if they want it at their own expense. For those people who want to jump into entrepreneurship roles, there is a NSR Centre which incubates many startups in their initial stages , which means the institute provides funding and office space for an year or two , in case if the business plan gets approved by the institute. Most importantly we get to attend many seminars at National level on Corporate Strategy, Entrepreneurship Games, Industry Experts , Seminars which are so insightful and useful, where we get an exposure to what is happening in the Industry outside. We also get to meet very important people and in case if there is a will to start something , they would act as ur links, who can make your dreams come true  by mentoring and helping us to fulfil our dreams. We  are also very lucky for the fact that we will  get status of IIMB Alumni, which opens up a big network of friends with whom we can interact, share our dreams and discuss the wildest of the wild ideas.

Sometimes i feel that i should come back for the One year Executive Management Program …but not now….enough of studies. Now i really want to put to use what all i have already learnt.

Thank you IIM for making me a much more confident person today , wherein i feel i can go out and reach the top .  I promise that I will make you proud one day !!! very soon