IPMX @ IIM Lucknow

Time Flies. I have been experiencing the same, since the day i joined IIML on 1st April. I look back and realize that i am already 10% MBA without knowing. 1 month has passed at a lightening speed bringing along with it various experiences,highs and lows…..
There are new friends, new bonds are being formed, new aspects being discovered about one’s personality, interests,strengths and weaknesses…..The evergrowing pressure of studies, case studies, assignments and quizzes needs to be balanced out by drinking binges and entertainment unlimited. Sports is always the saviour specially playing tennis under the floodlights or sweating it out on the treadmill and weight training…
Elections are the norm of the curriculum with the class voting for the candidates electing the Class Representative, Events Committee, Industrial Interaction committee…and now Placement Committee in a couple of days( Yours truly is vying for a place in the placecom)
The Mess committee is working hard to ensure that the food is of top quality and the students are fit and fine to take on the rigour of the program. Mailbox is overflowing with flow of information.
The results of the quiz ( Management Accounting and Marketing) have also been revealed, with Mixed emotions for the class. Some have really gone into a shell and are slogging it hard to maintain the grades, and some have become relaxed and think they have figured out ways to manage the grades. The poor souls ( including me) dont know that the smart professors always have a card up their sleeve to fox us, ensuring that we never relax and the rigour is maintained.
On a personal front it was satisfying to get good grades both in MAN-AC and MKTG.Hope the trend continues. I have rediscoverd my passion for Table Tennis and tend to play a game or two whenever there is an opportunity. The New found love of hiiting the GYM is intoxicating. Pumping up iron and sweating on the treadmill is very satisfying..The late nights have come back and am always trying to find time to catch up on sleep.
All in all the experience has been very enriching.Just waiting for our IIML Tshirts ( designed by yours truly in tandem with a Friend) before we can proudly wear them to various occasions. The Leadership Talk series would start very soon and it would get even more difficult to find time beyond classes, but as they say Live life to the fullest.Thats what am doing, soaking in pressure and improving my time management skills. Hope by the end of the year i would be a Readymade MANAGER, rearing to get back to the industry with renewed skills and weapons…unleashing the knowledge learnt at this Mecca of Management- IIML

Many say it would have been a tough decision for me forgoing admission to Dual Degree MBA from Hong Kong University & London Business School ( Ranked No 1 in the world) and Singapore in favour of IIM Lucknow, but i guess the decision was very simple. I have grown up in a family where education is of paramount importance, and for any middle class boy there are no names bigger than IIT & IIM, so when i got the coveted seat at IIM Lucknow ( i am born and brought up in Lucknow) it was a dream come true. Also apart from the dream coming true, there are various merits in choosing Lucknow.

The 1 year Program ( IPMX) is basically an International Management program and is covered at various locations.

1/ Lucknow Campus
2/ Newly established satellite campus at Noida
3/ International Immersion -which would be in Europe this year. Prior batches had gone to McGill university Canada.

There are various advantages of studying at various locations. The Noida/NCR chapter brings us closer to the industry and leverages the Delhi advantage. CEO conclave, HR summits, Leadership Talk series, Guest lectures by eminent faculty and industry people really add value to the curriculum. The Lucknow chapter instills the rigour and knowledge base in the students, and the International chapter brings cross cultural skills and international exposure for the batch. Though 80% of the batch has international exposure, collective learning internationally would be an add on advantage, not to forget the fun element.

The faculty have thought deeply about the program and have made all the possible efforts to make this program truly International, in line with the name- International Program in Management.

I am glad i made the choice, and now i am a proud student at IIML and would be an IIML alumni for life. I hope i would be able to make seizable contributions to my alma mater in future..!!!