[OMPA] The OMPA Community/Meets Thread!

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Dear All, Welcome to the OMPA-only thread. What is this, you say? Well, PG has completed 7 years, and there are many of us who have spent a lot of that time alongwith the forums. Last year, an idea that took wings was OMPA, or Old Men Pu…

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Dear All,

Welcome to the OMPA-only thread. What is this, you say?

Well, PG has completed 7 years, and there are many of us who have spent a lot of that time alongwith the forums. Last year, an idea that took wings was OMPA, or Old Men Puys Association (We are not sexist, but OMPA sounds much better than OMPA-OWPA or OPPA)

The idea of OMPA was born during AIPGM 2009, and we stole the name from chuck_gopal's theme for Coolest Avatar 2009.

It gave rise to two major ideas that season:

http://www.pagalguy.com/discussions/pg-ompact-oldies-for-cat-2009-go-ompa-25040252
which was featured on the portal as well as: Old, wise and CAT veteran but still itching for CAT 2009 | PaGaLGuY.com - Indias biggest website for MBA in India, International MBA, CAT, XAT, SNAP, MAT

and

http://www.pagalguy.com/discussions/get-to-know-how-industry-works-invite-an-ompa-member-for-dinner-25043351
which was featured on the portal as well as: Take a CAT veteran out for dinner! | PaGaLGuY.com - Indias biggest website for MBA in India, International MBA, CAT, XAT, SNAP, MAT

This year, we plan to expand and formalize our relationship with PG on a grander level. We have many ideas under our hat which will bear fruition over the year.

We shall try to limit this thread to only substantial posts, and try avoiding the spam. We request all readers to do so as well.

The criteria, this year, to join OMPA has been limited to those who joined PG within or before 2007, or have completed their MBA during or before 2009. As we formalize the criteria, I shall add more to it.

Those who fulfill the miniscule amount of criteria described above, do post in with your details:

Name:
Year of joining PaGaLGuY.com:
Year of MBA completion (if applicable):
What are you up to nowadays:

Starting with me:

Name: Harshal Modi
Year of joining PaGaLGuY.com: 2006
Year of MBA completion (if applicable): 2008
What are you up to nowadays: Between jobs. Just quit my previous one, hunting the next one.

Regards,
Grondmaster

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Here's the first event of the season:

Party @ Pooja/Pendy's place, 12th June 2010.

Pooja (lehmanbrothershereicome) and Keerti (pendyal) are holding a party at their place for OMPA members in Mumbai. Every OMPA is invited.

PM me or Pendy for details.

Regards,
Grondmaster

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Name: Keerti Pendyal
Year of joining PaGaLGuY.com: 2004
Year of MBA completion (if applicable): 2008
What are you up to nowadays: Organising OMPA dinner at home.....all OMPAs invited

on a more serious note....working in IMS as product manager....

details of the OMPA dinner as follows: Saturday evening....pot lunch style....(pls confirm participation by 12:00 noon tomorrow).....and for ppl who :drinking: it is a BYOB

PM me for address once you confirm....party will start - dunno when....will go on till abt 12-1 at least
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Name: Deepak Gopalakrishnan
Year of joining PaGaLGuY.com: 2006
Year of MBA completion: MICA, 2009
What are you up to nowadays: I handle business development at a social media marketing agency, Windchimes. Apart from this I do a bit of random jazz, including the PG comics.

And where it all began:
1. The first post
2. The logo!

Geriatrically,
Chuck
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Name: Deep Agrawal
Year of joining PaGaLGuY.com: 2006
Year of MBA completion (if applicable): 2011
What are you up to nowadays: Completing my internship these days.

Won't be able to make it for the first party though. 😞
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Well, why should I be left behind?? ;)

Name: Nishant Rungta
Date of Joining PG: 2005
Completing MBA in: 2011
What are you up to nowadays: Completely busy 😐 Spending time back home doing nothing.. Done with internship

Wish I could have made it to the party..

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Am back :D


Name: Vamsi Krishna S.V.
Year of joining PaGaLGuY.com: April 2004
Year of MBA completion (if applicable): IIM Indore 2010
What are you up to nowadays: A month into my new job - BDM @ "a reputed IT Company in Bangalore"

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Name: Ashutosh Kumar Jha
Year of joining PaGaLGuY.com: 2007
Year of MBA completion (if applicable): IIM Lucknow 2010
What are you up to nowadays: Product Manager at IMS


May not be able to make it 😞
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Name: Allwin Agnel
Year of joining PaGaLGuY.com: 2002
Year of MBA completion (if applicable): 2008
What are you up to nowadays: Spamming

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Ah the meet was good. Thanks to the hosting family

Good food, hilarious conversations and general all round insanity


When is the next one? At HQ ?

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Name: Allwin Agnel
Year of joining PaGaLGuY.com: 2002
Year of MBA completion (if applicable): 2008
What are you up to nowadays: Spamming

the party wasss soooooooooooooooo nice

Name: Juhi Khanna
Year of joining PaGaLGuY.com: 2005
Year of MBA completion (if applicable): 2008
What are you up to nowadays: Just moved to Mumbai. Working with Nomura, Equity Research.
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the party wasss soooooooooooooooo nice


you bet it was fun....would love too give an aankhon dekha haal (at least for the time i was there....was kicked out for a while in between along with grondie to source more daroo for the peepal)......but me thinks it will lead to my getting banned from future meets (wud love to get banned from PG not PG meets )...so junta...pls do the honors urselves
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Name: Ravindra Kumar Singh
Year of joining PaGaLGuY.com: 2006
Year of MBA completion (if applicable): 2011
What are you up to nowadays: Done wid ma internship. Ma sis is getting married on 19th June so too much busy now a days
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Hola OMPA Puys

Here goes moi details:

Name: Siddharth Mishra
Year of joining PaGaLGuY.com: 2005
Year of MBA completion (if applicable): 2012 (Joining IIFT this year)
What are you up to nowadays: Enjoying the last few days of the corporate life before becoming a student again

Cheers!!!
Siddharth

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Name: Ashwin A
Year of joining PaGaLGuY.com: 2006
Year of MBA completion (if applicable): 2012
What are you up to nowadays: Watching Football, Basketball, Baseball. Travelling and waiting to Join TAPMI in a fortnight
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Ah the meet was good. Thanks to the hosting family

Good food, hilarious conversations and general all round insanity


When is the next one? At HQ ?

next one this saturday? at HQ....

all in favor of food and drinks on the house, say "Aye" and/or do bhangras
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next one this saturday? at HQ....

all in favor of food and drinks on the house, say "Aye" and/or do bhangras

:(

I propose Sunday 20th or the next weekend - Out of town on 19th :(

Regards,
Grondmaster
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yes yes, party n all. good job! Also, all the people who can finally tell us a good explanation of the current financial crisis are welcome by default ;)

Name: Newbie Lal Makhanwale
Year of joining PaGaLGuY.com: 2004
Year of MBA completion: 2007
What are you up to nowadays: watching VOMPA's protect their flowers 😁

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next one this saturday? at HQ....

all in favor of food and drinks on the house, say "Aye" and/or do bhangras

All OMPA meets in Mumbai only
wat abt Delhi