Time really flying fast. 5th term exam for 2 weeks followed by a 10-day vacation and then the final term of academic life would be upon us. And before we realize it, it would be all over.
Random thoughts like these ran through my mind as I was walking to the computer centre to take a printout of my hall ticket.
Have begun working out to reduce my paunch and it seems to be working well. Six successive days of jogging on the BHEL road is pure bliss.
Looks like cyclone Thane is showing its mini-trailer here in Trichy. After days of cold nights (with temperatures dipping to 10 degrees on some days), the rains have come out again. Continuous rains means another trip to the flowing-in-full-force Cauvery river bridge.
Went to Samayapuram temple on my birthday. Bought some prasadam,stopped over at the Cauvery bridge in Srirangam on the way back, ate the prasadam atop the river. An experience to remember !
Had a wonderful New year celebrations,thanks to Kalaicom 28.... It was an awesome evening in the middle of excruciating 5th trimester end terms. Had a wonderful after a real long time.
Can't believe 2011 is done and dusted with and 2012 is here. Time has flown very fast. Lots of good things to look back at and hoping lots more will happen this year.
3 more exams and then it'll be Destination Homeward.
one more day to go.Tomo last exam IBE for 2nd years and CF-I for 1st years.Holidays start from tomo 7th Jan and it goes on till 17th 😃
Had a wonderful train journey to Chennai last evening with most of my friends travelling with me. A different experience considering that I usually travel alone in a bus. Hope for a rocking 10 days of vacation before the final term of college life sets upon me.
Vacation Time:-
Enjoying a lot with my loved ones while counting of days has already started.
Watching the Indian batting collapse 
in Perth is definitely not the right way to celebrate Pongal. But life goes on, we move on and am gearing up for the final 3 months of my academic life. Leaving to Trichy on 17th night in a multi-axle Volvo . Consumer Behaviour class first-up on 18th.
Athenaeum
Athenaeum is derived from the Greek word Athenion, meaning, the temple of Goddess Athena. Athena is the Goddess of Wisdom and of course civilization itself. The Athenion temple of ancient Greece also symbolized the place where scholars congregated to deliberate and nurture philosophy and thoughts. Welcome to the VI International Management Research Conference, Athenaeum 2012, at BIM. This conference is an endeavor where we plan a confluence of academicians, practitioners, researchers and students to discuss and deliberate topics on contemporary management issues. The theme for Athenaeum 2012 is Innovative Management Strategies for Global Competitiveness and Sustainability. Innovative management strategies are gaining tremendous importance in the era of managerial excellence. It has the potential for long-term maintenance of environmental, economic and social well being. Doing business the sustainable way in a competitive environment is the need of the hour and hence the time for academic and business research to include appropriate parameters in their research models. We, as one of the stakeholders, want to showcase the best business practices and ideas that have a bearing on this broad theme. This year, the VI International Management Research Conference of BIM, Athenaeum 2012, aims at achieving this. Athenaeum 2012 invites original papers from academia and practicing managers in various functional areas of management such as Marketing, Production and Operations, Finance, Human Resource, Systems and other relevant areas like Economics, Psychology, Political Science and others. We invite research papers that discuss best practices in the industry across the globe and (or) original ideas that can further contribute to the body of management research. Papers submitted will either fall under PhD Category or General Category as declared during online registration. Two best papers from each category chosen by a panel of experts will be awarded cash prizes at the Valedictory Function. Research papers from full time and part time research scholars pursuing doctorate degrees or which forms part of PhD thesis are eligible to be listed under PhD Category.
Athenaeum is derived from the Greek word Athenion, meaning, the temple of Goddess Athena. Athena is the Goddess of Wisdom and of course civilization itself. The Athenion temple of ancient Greece also symbolized the place where scholars congregated to deliberate and nurture philosophy and thoughts. Welcome to the VI International Management Research Conference, Athenaeum 2012, at BIM. This conference is an endeavor where we plan a confluence of academicians, practitioners, researchers and students to discuss and deliberate topics on contemporary management issues. The theme for Athenaeum 2012 is Innovative Management Strategies for Global Competitiveness and Sustainability. Innovative management strategies are gaining tremendous importance in the era of managerial excellence. It has the potential for long-term maintenance of environmental, economic and social well being. Doing business the sustainable way in a competitive environment is the need of the hour and hence the time for academic and business research to include appropriate parameters in their research models. We, as one of the stakeholders, want to showcase the best business practices and ideas that have a bearing on this broad theme. This year, the VI International Management Research Conference of BIM, Athenaeum 2012, aims at achieving this. Athenaeum 2012 invites original papers from academia and practicing managers in various functional areas of management such as Marketing, Production and Operations, Finance, Human Resource, Systems and other relevant areas like Economics, Psychology, Political Science and others. We invite research papers that discuss best practices in the industry across the globe and (or) original ideas that can further contribute to the body of management research. Papers submitted will either fall under PhD Category or General Category as declared during online registration. Two best papers from each category chosen by a panel of experts will be awarded cash prizes at the Valedictory Function. Research papers from full time and part time research scholars pursuing doctorate degrees or which forms part of PhD thesis are eligible to be listed under PhD Category.
11 more days to go!!!
Convocation and Sangam'12 beckons!!!
Lookin forward to goin back to BIm..sigh!! i've been BIM-sick!!
That time of the year when all the committees are busy working : : Kalaicom for Sangam, Messcomm for special convocation dinner, Sportscomm for cricket tournament with Bismarc and Finclub in tow.
Went through a 45-minute aerobic workout this evening. Doing the workout was hard and painful but feeling lighter in body and mind now.
SANGAM is the talk of the town. Eagerly looking forward to it. Can't wait.
Going to umpire in the Exhibition match between PGP1 and PGP2 this evening. Prelude to the upcoming cricket tournament, BIM Premier League. Pitch is relaid, rolled and looks like a great surface to bat on. Can't wait for the evening.
PGP2 won the exhibition match held earlier today. Had a great time umpiring in the match. Played a practice game after that in the new pitch with runs on all sides. In the meantime, did a small video shoot for Sangam.
"Colours" is the theme for Sangam this year. Tomorrow's theme is 'Red' and Kalaicom has asked everyone of us to wear red tomorrow. Just remembered that I'd been wearing red during the last three days and even yesterday while umpiring, I was wearing red.
Yesterday can be called a 'Red' Day with a majority of us wearing red to mark the colourful countdown to Sangam. Had a photoshoot with PGP1 and it has come out well thanks to Karthikeyan and his photography skills.
Today's theme colour is Blue and there's a good mix of both light and dark blue doing the rounds. PGP2 will have the photoshoot today.
Convocation and Sangam have come and gone. Was great meeting up with most of my immediate seniors. Been through a hectic week with classes happening in parallel but still managed to interact with some of my close senior friends.
Did the role of a king for a tribal dance in Sangam and surprisingly the audience liked it. Played the role of Raavan (Ra11, in fact) for my cricket team in the BPL jersey unveiling event the next day and received applause. Headed to Chennai immediately for some personal work and came back the next day, played the first match against the ThunderX which we won comfortably.
Today is a lean day with no classes scheduled, so relaxing 
My team Galacticos won the BIM Premier League cricket trophy. That makes it a flawless record of winning all 3 sports tournaments during the academic year. What's better is that we are the only team to have played in all 6 sports finals during these two years, winning 4 out of them.
Our opponents in the finals were our buddies, the Huntos, the strongest team in PGP1. We opted to field first and bowled out the Huntos for 36. We finished things off in 4 overs.
We won the award for the Best Team Mascot and I received an award for the Best Commentator in all 3 sporting events. Doing commentary in sports is one thing I would deeply miss in BIM.
All geared up for ATHENAEUM 2012, the annual management research conclave organized by CECMAR, the mgmt research club of BIM. K.Subburaj, chairman of Cethar Vessels is the chief guest for the inauguration ceremony tomorrow. Part of tomorrow's schedule is a special lecture by Dr. Prafulla Agnihotri, director of IIM Trichy.
Scheduled for the evening tomorrow is my Logistics project presentation. Have to study the logistics systems in place for the electrical appliances industry. Plan to start with it in the afternoon today.
Finished Round 1 of the Capstone strategy simulation game and doing round 2. Gives a real feel of business strategy.
This is my 8th month in BIM and it has been a hell of ride with new friends,different languages,new culture and most importantly the new way of education..:o..With sports tournaments going on the entire night and in the morning u have to give a presentation..:banghead:..U are on an outing and suddenly u get to know u got an assignment to be submitted tomorrow..:shock:..U wake up and oh my God tomorrow is ur exam..:banghead:..U go out to dine and in half an hour u r going on a trip..:cheers:..Ur friends teaching u tamil and u teaching them hindi..:clap:..cleaning ur cloths..making ur bed..email u missed and tomorrow morning u r fired by the faculty and group members..
..how can I miss the late night parties....and the list goes on..
Two thing apart from my academic knowledge which i learned here up till now are firstly people everywhere r the same its u who find the difference and secondly time management..
:cheers:..Cheers to my final 2 yrs of college life..:cheers:
Aditya Jain
BIM , Trichy