Category: ISB

  • ISB ranked no. 12 in FT’s Global B-School Rankings!

    The Indian School of Business (ISB), my alma mater, has been ranked no. 12 in the latest Financial Times (London) global B-School rankings! Way to go! Here is a link to the rankings: http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/global-mba-rankings The official press release from ISB can be found at http://www.isb.edu/media/UsrNewsMgmt.aspx?topicID=138 and a portion of it…

  • Another milestone for ISB!

    My alma mater, Indian School of Business (ISB), has been ranked 15th in the latest annual ranking of B-Schools worldwide by Financial Times (click here for details). As our dean put it, “To be so young and to achieve such heights is no ordinary feat”. What ISB has achieved in…

  • ISB Information Sessions

    This one is for prospective ISB (Indian School of Business) applicants. This year, the admissions department plans to conduct over 50 information sessions across India. Details of the same and the procedure for registration are available at http://www.isb.edu/pgp/AdmissionEvents.Shtml?menuid=109 The list of venues and dates are given below for convenience. City…

  • ISB in Global Top 20 !!!!!

    I was greeted by some very exciting news when I woke up this morning. Indian School of Business (ISB), my alma mater, has been ranked 20th in the latest Financial Times global ranking of full-time MBA programs. Three things make this a very significant achievement: This is the first time…

  • Entrepreneurs from Indian B-Schools

    The September issue of Outlook magazine has an article on entrepreneurs from Indian B-Schools (the article can be read here). Among those featured are Nitin Vyakaranam and Suparna Chopra, my batch mates at ISB. Way to go !!!!!! (Thanks to Amit Sharma for the link)

  • ISB Info Sessions – Class of 2009

    Indian School of Business (ISB) info sessions are in full swing. Click here for city-wise details in India and other countries and for registration. Details of sessions scheduled for the next few months are being posted below; please keep checking the link on the ISB site for updates: India Locations…

  • ISB placement stats out

    Indian School of Business (ISB), my alma mater, declared placement results for the recently graduated Class of 2007. Details can be found here. What pleases me more than the records that ISB continues to break every year is the following statement made by the Dean in the announcement: “We need…

  • Happy Holi !!!!!!

      Wishing you all a Happy Holi !!!!!   Leaving you with one of my favorite snaps from my ISB batch’s Holi celebrations …… love the expression on the child’s face …… arreeey … miyaaan … soorma bhopali … kaun hain yeh log …. yeh baapu ne kaise logon ke…

  • Back at ISB

    Wow !!!! Feels great to visit the ISB campus after a long gap. In fact on entering the campus I felt as though I was just living there till about a few days back. Went to almost all the hangout spots. Visited the DVD library where I have spent sufficient…

  • ISB – The Power of Five

    ISB is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year. In a very short span of time, it has emerged as one of the finest management institutes in the country and I would say it is well on its way to become one of the finest in the world in due course…

  • ISB Alumni Meet

    ISB alumni in Bangalore met over lunch on Sunday. The alumni from our batch outnumbered the alumni from all the other batches. We primarily exchanged contact information with alumni from the earlier batches and came to know a bit more about those who were present there. I think the interactions…

  • First day of work post-MBA

    Nothing special .. just the typical formalities and a few presentations. Arrived in Bangalore yesterday … found the city real crowded with lot of traffic problems and pollution ….. yet to explore it much though I did roam around with Ramki and Rajani, my batchmates from ISB who are also…

  • Kaun hai woh karorpati?

    I had ordered an external hard disk from a Hyderabad dealer just a few days before the orientation week for the new batch came to an end. This is how the initial part of the conversation with the guy (HDDwala) who came to deliver the hard disk went (just imagine…

  • Snaps from outbound activity

    A group of students from our batch (including me) went for an outbound activity at the beginning of last week to Greenfields, located at the outskirts of Hyderabad, near the Usman Sagar lake. We had two full days of fun, fun and just fun. We played a lot of games,…

  • Sample gyaan

    Here is a sample gyaan given by one of my batchmates during orientation: “Your mobile phones should be switched off when you come to class. Else you can use your vibrators” 🙂 🙂 Most activities planned for the orientation week have been completed. Some of us left yesterday to go…