Author: Ramkumar R

  • Happy Pongal/Lohri/Bihu !!

    Wishing you a Happy Pongal/Lohri/Bihu !!! Just came back after attending a Lohri Celebration organized by the Spouses & Family Association (SFA). The bonfire there brought back memories of Lohri celebrrations back home in Delhi. On my way to attend the BCG PPT. Will post more on the Ahobilam trip…

  • The Trip to Ahobilam – Part 2

    (Click here to access Part 1 of this thread) We reached “upper Ahobilam” after about driving for 8kms from “lower Ahobilam”. Once you reach this place, you cannot drive any further as the road reaches a dead end and there are only hills to be seen. The guide we had…

  • Photoblog on ISB

    “Vikki – The Clickie”, the official student photographer of our batch has just started a photo blog. It can be accessed at http://isb-snapshots.blogspot.com/ . The quality photographer that he is, I am sure you will enjoy the snaps he posts on the blog. Watch out for the dunking photos.

  • Interviews with pioneers of the semiconductor industry

    This one is for semicon enthusiasts ….. check out http://silicongenesis.stanford.edu . Got the link from a friend of mine yesterday. It contains video recordings and transcripts of interviews with a few pioneers of the semiconductor industry. Happy viewing/reading !!

  • Term 6 officially over

    Just finished the last assignment of Term 6 and mailed it to the prof. Term 6 is now over and I can now concentrate on making my resume readable. Last date for applications to a job posting by EDS is tomorrow. Pre-placement talks by companies will start along with Term…

  • Another ISB blog unearthed

    Found a new blog. URL is http://gibber.blogsome.com Check it out … looks like the ideal place to get all mirch masala laden news, especially for ISBians. There aren’t a lot of posts yet though.

  • (Bio) Diversity (@ ISB)

    Visitors outside one of the student villages One of the many frogs that came out during the rainy season This one isn’t a twig …. this is a grasshopper That’s my quaddie KP …. after a couple of drinks

  • Happy New Year 2006

    Wishing you a great year ahead !!!!!

  • Last class of Term 6

    Term 6 is over but for the exams and the submissions. Just two more terms to go before I graduate. Time just flies past. The subjects I had taken this term were Consumer Focused Product Development, Cause Marketing, Global Operations Management and Outsourcing & IT Based Businesses. The one professor…

  • Sleep – Where art thou?

    Yesterday was the first time in the past one week when I had been able to sleep for about 3 hours in a day. I could only manage a total of about 6 hours of sleep in the 4 days before that put together, courtesy assignments and ELP. Gone are…

  • GMAT score submission deadline extended for ISB R2

    GMAT score submission deadline has been extended for this year’s round two applicants. The last date of application remains the same as before – January 7,2006 but applicants may send in their GMAT scores by January 15, 2006.Please read on for more details ….. There is a substantial growth noticed…

  • KP’s birthday

    Today is my quadmate KP’s birthday. Keeping with the tradition, he was dunked in the campus swimming pool at 12 midnight. His week long excuses of having a bad throat, slight fever, headache etc couldn’t save him from landing in the pool. Here are a few snaps …… The “swinging”…

  • More on the music season

    Jaya TV organizes music concerts under the banner of “Margazhi Maha Utsavam” every year during the December Music Season in Chennai. These concerts are then broadcast on Jaya TV from Monday to Saturday, 6PM to 7PM and then a portion of each days broadcast is replayed again the next day…

  • 60 days to placements

    Its been a while since I posted. Life has been real busy with assignments, Poseidon and ELP occupying all the time. Enjoyed participating in the Poseidon music competition. Though our ISB team didn’t win, I am satisfied with the effort we put in given the limited time (2 days) we…

  • Surveys

    Have to post this here as a requirement for using an online survey ……. so here it goes ….. QuestionPro Online Survey Software employs an easy to use Wizard interface to author and deploy Web Based and Email Surveys. No knowledge of HTML or programming is required. A comprehensive suite…