Category: ISB

  • Aish ko bindi lagao

  • Drawings/paintings by spouses, kids et. al.

  • Sarovar team

  • Independence Day Celebrations @ ISB

    We had a flag hoisting ceremony today morning. The Spouses & Family Association (SFA) is organizing “Sawan Mela” today from 4PM onwards. Proposed attractions at the mela are handmade art & craft items by spouses, game stalls, food stalls by spouses and Sarovar, mehndi maker, Moods at ISB competition cum…

  • Security Staff salute

  • The National Flag

  • A visit to the city

    Went to the city yesterday along with a batchmate of mine who wanted to buy a blazer … went to a place called Paradise which I am told is famous for hyderabadi biryani. Bought a few classical music albums of the singer T.M.Krishna whose music I am mad after these…

  • Harakiri

    Now thats not another word from the Toyota Production System we have been learning or hearing of in our Operations Management class. Harakiri is precisely what I have committed in the OM mid-term paper yesterday … messed up everything even when I precisely knew what was the right way to…

  • Mid-terms today

    We have 2 mid-term exams today … the drill will start at 10AM and should end at 4PM. Would have completed 2.5 terms by then. Meanwhile, here is some real good stuff I got in my e-mail …. it is in Hindi (written in English) and translation to any other…

  • Hey Bhagwan ….. (read title in typical hindi style)

    Prof Bhagwan Chowdhary is teaching us the 2nd part of Corporate Finance this term. The first one was taken by Prof. Rangarajan Sundaram. In his first few lines on the subject in the class, Prof. Bhagwan told us that in the total of five classes that we have, the first…

  • Farewell to N……

    One of my section-mates “N” is leaving for London Business School (LBS) and we had a small farewell party for him on Monday. We gave him an ISB T-shirt signed by everyone in our section with lots of funny comments. He also got a special round of bumps from all…

  • Visa Mata & Pressure Cooker Baba

    Wondering what are these ? They are the names of temples … read on ……. Prof. Rajeshwar Upadhyay tells us that there is a temple in Hyderabad called the Visa Mata Temple which is thronged by people who have to go to the embassy (US) to get visa stamped. Legend…

  • Leadership at 20000 feet

    This was the title of the talk given by Capt. Raghu Raman, CEO, Mahindra Special Services Group. You can see Capt. Raghu Raman’s brief profile here and here. I had heard that this was probably one of the best, most well-received and most inspirational talks of last year and after…