Author: Ramkumar R

  • Musical Evening in Mumbai

    My brother, R. Shridhar will be giving a carnatic classical vocal concert today at Shanmukhananda Hall, Mumbai from 6PM to 8:30PM. In case you are in Mumbai and want to listen to some classical music, do check it out. News from here is that one of my quaddies has been…

  • 63 days to graduation

    Its just 63 more days to graduation …… yes …. 8th April is when the ceremony is scheduled to happen. Looking at it from a different angle, its just 64 more days of stay at the ISB and we were reminded of this fact by an email on the graduation…

  • Professor of the year – Core Terms

    Prof Krishna Kumar, who taught us Macroeconomics in the second term, was voted as the best professor of the year for the core terms by the student community. He had been voted the same last year too. Prof Anjani Jain (Decision Models & Optimization) and Prof Mark Finn (Financial Accounting)…

  • One more shortlist

    BCG shortlist came in day before yesterday. The list is almost a photocopy of the McKinsey shortlist except for a few names. Wishing lotsa luck to all batchmates shorlisted. They have been working really hard for this. Hope all of them get jobs with the top consulting firms. Key takeaway…

  • Resumes

    Companies that make products can be imagined to lie on a continuum that has two ends – one end where all products manufactured are the same (standardized) and the other where each product manufactured is customized to the specific needs of the customer for whom it is manufactured. I think…

  • Return of a married man

    Kamalesh got married in Chennai on Saturday and returned to ISB today. KR & Co had decorated Kamalesh’s apartment here and we all planned to get inside his apartment and surprise him when he arrived with his wife. As soon as news came that Kamalesh had arrived on campus, we…

  • AT Kearney Session

    Came back just now from AT Kearney’s PPT and the informal chat with ATK employees after that. On the whole, it was a very useful session. The PPT was done very professionally and we had a fruitful interaction with two of their employees, one of whom was an ISB alum…

  • More Thyagaraja Aradhanas

    Recordings of the Thyagaraja Aradhana organized by Jaya TV recently in Chennai were broadcast today morning. Many top artistes of the carnatic world were there. Some noted young vocalists were not present though. Three top mridangists – Umayalapuram K Sivaraman, Mannargudi Easwaran and Srimushnam Raja Rao led the percussionists. The…

  • A blog on learnings from ISB

    Alok has started a new blog on learnings from ISB. URL is http://alok.wordpress.com . The storehouse of knowledge that he is, I am sure this blog of his will be a good read and of help to many. Hope he keeps updating it regularly. McKinsey shortlist arrived yesterday. 35 people…

  • First few days @ ISB

    I was having dinner yesterday night with my quaddie Alok when we suddenly started recounting how we met each other and what transpired on the day we entered the campus. In my case, I remember landing on campus along with some 20-25 other people in a Swaraj Mazda van that…

  • The latest addiction

    Foosball is the latest addiction for many here on campus. Ever since the foosball table was set up in our student village (courtesy Condi, our sports club president), people of all ages have been flocking this place. I have even seen people playing at 3AM early morning (or late night…

  • Thayagaraja Aradhana

    Saint Thyagaraja was one of the greatest composers ever to have graced this planet. He lived in the 18th century and composed songs that are sung the most in carnatic classical concerts even today. Details on the saint and his life are available at this link and in many other…

  • PPTs

    Life these days is all about attending pre-placement talks (PPTs). One thing I have discovered after attending the talks that have happened till now is that sometimes there is no relation between the image one forms about a company by attending a presentation made by someone from the company and…

  • Kite Flying Competition

    We had a kite flying competition this Sunday. Teams of students and spouses with 2-5 members each participated. I was part of a team of four. Had a lot of fun. Here are a few snaps ……   The kites are here !!!! Condi: The man behind the show A…

  • Birthday celebration of a different kind

    It is my batchmate Aditya’s birthday today. The ISB tradition of dunking him in the swimming pool yesterday at midnight could not fulfilled as there was no water in the pool. Did he get spared? Not at all. The celebrations started with my quaddie Vikram preparing two bucket full of…