'MastishK'- the brain game and the 'Ranking'- rat race..

Had lotsa things to post but very less time to organise and actually post all these days......was quite busy suddenly after my first module exams. Have recently been involved with too many things that leave increasingly too little time for myself...!

'MastishK' has been on the minds of too many people nowadays........just what is this thing 'MastishK'??? yup, lemme explain-
1. Its the first online gaming event launched by any B-school in India!
2. Last year, being the inception year......we had close to 20,000 hits in just 15 days....
3. This year in just 2 days have more than 5,000 hits and more than 800 registrations.....

Boy, isn't that gooood.....so, if you have'nt registered yet, do it NOW!

Have been involved in the Informalz section here, do try out all the quizzes.., some cool prizes to be won....all the different strategy games will go live on 2 Oct, 05. Take care not to miss any of those.....;)

Also, as part of the media relations, have been majorly involved with rankings(BW, AIMA, CFORE surveys....). Most of these rankings have come up with some surprises(as always.....). Most of the rankings have given quite favourable ratings to NITIE.
1. AIMA has given the niche A+ rating....if one adds up the points for all the B-schools, NITIE tops with respect to overall scores!.....tat sounds real cool, after all the trouble reaching out to these rankings its good to find us right on top.
2. BW gives a top 10 rating again....they have not given rankings to those within the top 10 though...
3. CFORE gives a 6th position to NITIE in terms of score, but just screws up some parts with the launch of new sectoral B-schools funda(whoever thought that IIFT gives a general management degree!!)

That quite sums up my activity for the past week.......life is moving pretty fast these days.

Ciao till next time...Harsha

Have I gone into hibernation....

This has probably been one of the few time i have not posted on my blog for a week.....since i became a regular blogger. Yeah....having major module exams going on....hoping to clear with decent scores(the way its going, seriously startin to doubt tat!).

It reminds me of my engineering days at RVCE, not soo long ago(lol....its just been a year i'm outta engineering....though it somehow seems like eternity).......anand, arun, kiran, chetan, ganesh, deva, pradeep......how we used to do some serious last minute reading(read kramming)!! Where the hell have most of these ppl gone?? Strange, i have lost touch with some of these ppl now.

Its strange, how fast we lose touch of gud frienz and move along as if nothing has happened at all.... Is this wat's usually expected of us?? well, donno......well, if by chance any of u guyz are readin this stuff(tut tut....) plz respond!

Yeah now, i'm going back to my world.....have a marketing test today. The cycle continues.....but can i be a little different this time?

Well time will tell..
Ciao till next time...Harsha

PS: Oh....my my....noticed just recently, am constantly getting regular hitz on my blog(atleast 7-10 a day!)......but sadly no comments. Is it just passing interest?, or no interest at all!!.... in what i write tat does not motivate or should i say encourage the reader to leave any comments;)

Ganguly- "A paper tiger?"

Was just watching the first test match between India and Zimbabwe at Bulawayo. Ganguly laboured away to his 16th century from 262 balls. It was a pain to see him score his runs in an 'un-gangulish' fashion. One really felt if it is the same Ganguly who scored back-to-back test hundreds in his test debut, one who created the record for getting the most number of back-to-back 'Man of match' awards(5).....
The once feared Ganguly is no longer feared by most of the teams, except for Zimbabwe and Bangladesh! His only centuries have been against teams like Kenya and Zimbabwe in the recent past... The only notable aberation being the one against Australia, and that too 2 years back.

It seems a pain to watch him trudge back towards the pavilion every so often getting out to silly shots which even our "galli" cricketers are averse to play.......

So, all that people like me can do is... hope the man retires early enough to maintain some sort of credibility and remain in our memories as a daring captain and a very good batsman in the One-day format.

PS: For stats about Ganguly please visit these sites:
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Stadium/6820/ganguly.html
http://www.yehhaicricket.com/india/Sganguly/sganguly.html
http://content.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/28779.html

Ciao till next time...Harsha

Yeh NCFM kya hai??

There's this craze among some of our ppl at NITIE to take up certifications in finance to add to the CV's. To get into a finance job, some certifications might help.....generally since that is the view, i followed too...

Yeah, promptly went to NSE applied for one of the basic modules.......(yeah, had to shell out 1000 bucks too). The initial enthusiasm somehow did not translate into hardwork or real interest in finance! Somehow, may be because of summers and other pressures had no time to prepare for side events like certifications....

So, started preparin for the NCFM test yesterday night(yeah, today was the test...) did get a lot of insight into finance from the nice booklet the NSE people handover during registration, but i guess studying for one night is not enough to pass the exams........oh yeah, flunked...by a whisker! Pass marks was 60, and i got 59.25....was hoping against hope that i would somehow get through! well, as fate would have it somethings are bound to happen....

But the stranger thing is, went out to have a party with IMPRESS teammates...(lemme give u the background--i am part of a committee called as IMPRESS, which does media management work at NITIE....we had a successful event called 'Media Samiksha', a panel discussion organised today, with some big shots from media coming down to our campus...).... No, doubt the party was to celebrate the success!

So, the moral of the whole episode is: "In a B-school, you can flunk in some things and still have parties", or....... am i wrong??

Ciao till next time...Harsha

Take my quiz.....better call me if you are flunking in this!

For all you quiz buffs(no no...no big quiz this one)....have made one for u all, better score well in this:

I made a Quiz for you!

Am waiting for all your scores!

Ciao till next time...Harsha

Summer placements.....blow hot, blow cold...

Summers as we call it, is a 5 week project carried out in Module 4 of the MBA course at NITIE(starts usually around April...) Usually all B-schools have this concept, so wats great or special about it?? Lemme give a peek into what it means for a first yr B-school student and my general funda.....

Summer placements in a B-school are mixed with a lot of feelings- anxiety, frustration, desperation, hope, anger, happiness, relief, satisfaction...... All these are faced for the entire period of day or two during which the placements take place...it comes all over again and again couple them with GD's and interviews. One has a feeling that after coming to a B-school its a full stop to GD's, Interviews, etc. But the problem is it only gets worse and worse...

I faced the same set of emotions for the last few days....its frustrating to see some things just not going right and some other things simply clicking even without trying. I find these placements just as a game of cards. The connoisseur at the game will always win. All that matters is how you position yourself....how you sell youself to the companies, donno if its good or bad...

Well coming back, summers are always an opportunity for ppl to try out different fields....say a guy with experience in manufacturing will want to do his summers in an IT firm or vice versa....they also are an opportunity to get into the company through the PPO route....so guys are damn serious when it comes to competing for the best jobs....

I had some very bitter-sweet experiences for past few days, will be a good reading if i write down my experiences......but again, where's the time? and why bore everyone with funny and frustrating experiences......

Yeah the main thing is, i made it to Wipro-Marketing.....lets see wat's in store....!

Ciao till nest time...Harsha

Some general info about 'Insurance' :)

Was reading some stuff on insurance....finance is a very booky(well....did'nt get a better word!) subject. If i could sum it up in short, this is what it would be:










Ciao till nest time...Harsha

Poetic sense....

Well....donno, generally was feeling low today, so will bore u all with a stupid poem taken from William Wordsworth's poem : 'Daffodils'


I WANDER'D lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.


Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the Milky Way,
They stretch'd in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils!

Why are we always so much caught up in the future!....we always visualise that in future i need to do this, be like this, want to make so much money, reach the top....the list goes on.

In the midst of all this are we not losing out something?... Well sure we are! losing out our present, may be i'm in an argumentive mood today (what with all the heady discussions and summers tension for the past few days!), but still somehow got the thought- ' Lets enjoi today, its a beautiful day!'

Think i'll catch up some sleep today...Ciao till next time...Harsha

Summers placements!!

Well attended the first summers presentation today. P&G was the first one....though the presentation was for over an hour......still managed to stay awake for the simple reason that it was the first ppt for summers this time!

What with being in full formals for the ppt( blazers and all..) it was a difficult task to sit for 2 hours in stuffy clothing. It was also funny doing a trips on the bike(Shreyas, Puneet and me) all the the way up to the placement office.....still wondering how a photo of that would have looked like!!!

All said about that, the test that followed for the selection was pretty commonplace, an aptitude test for an hour(thought CAT would be the last aptitude test I would be writin...). Any person with patience should ideally make through..

Atlast....I have really entered a B-School.....tie, blazer and me!!

Ciao till next time....Harsha

Well cricket is the world's best game!

Yeah...i seriously think that cricket is the world's best game...it uses the complete body and mind in every sense....well was having an argument with a friend of mine just now, thought i will jot that down.

1. Football is a rough game, Criket is a gentlemen sport: I totally disagree on 2 counts- 1. Criket is played for atleast 8 hours(equivalent to 1 days play..) whereas football is played for 2 hours only.... more entertainment to the viewer and more value for time and money!. 2. It demands more of a player than any other game...a bowler not only bowls, but also fields and bats! do you see that in any other sport??

2. It is a mind game too....not for fun do we see the field changes and bowling changes every so often in the game....all planned right from what tactics one employs to what would be the venue selected by home team to suit its players best!!

Well.....gotta run now..hav some urgent stuff to omplete....but the argument continues.

Ciao till next time...Harsha