I dont know whether it is still early days ..but still feel like sticking my neck out and saying that GIM seems to be in safe hands...
It is so nice to read these posts.. takes me back by 2 years when I started this thread sitting in the computer lab and in the over excitement messed up the first post itself :D
I would be meeting you guys in december I believe, when the current batch would have been placed..
Finally after getting back from summers.. It has been like a home coming to the hostel.. The life is still to get in full gear.. But it has started to get into the groove of normal "GIM life"..
IPs paging for group members, friends, looking for songs, photographs, videos, newspaper articles, birthday videos, the "CS on" have started making rounds in the campus.. And how can I forget the "Gtalk id game"...
Today found the notice also put for the "GIM way of celebration of Birthdays" of our batch-mates, which we had missed during our summers...The PGP1s can be found hanging at the "Famous" GIM hangouts like Casa de Cha, Jaggus, Kailash and Genes.. Did I say Genes!.. The juniors seem to be having a good time.. Because they already had a "Batch-party" at Genes and then they already rain-danced singing songs.. Already made a submission and as I write it already attended a GBM and a Ribandar Talk...
The Girls hostel has finally become cent percent ladies occupied.. And this year girls have tried to enter into the male territory with already taking one of the rooms which last year had been kept for Boys.. With the Gals breaking all previous records of sex-ratio.. Boys finally have to move out of Girls Hostel..
GIM now has a sex ratio of exactly 0.85:1 or should I say almost 46% of the batch of 2008-10 is girls.. I think this must be the best figures among business-schools all across the country.. Are the "Times of India" Guys listening???
@ Aspire Bhai -- Hello sir.
@Nitiksh -- Bhai there is lot more to life than boom boxes, eating maa ke haath ke laddu and sleeping like a log!!! UTH KE POST KAR!!!!
The other day there was a RIBANDAR TALK by a person who is intimately associated with India's Economic Policy making.
Dr Govind Rao told us what was good and what was bad in the current economic policies. He even described why the wrongs existed and how could they be tackled.
All in all his talk not only added to our existing knowledge but personally after listening to him, the doomsday and dismal picture of India's economic future in My mind improved a bit.
I was pretty worried about what will happe two years from now and had told my parents even though I am going to one of the finest B Schools in India, I do not know whats gonna happento this economy so make provisions for me...
But now I feel things are really not that bad.
Plus I was told by my faculty advisor that many companies simply could not qualify to come on campus, and many who were allowed to recruit went back empty handed!!!
So I think placements rock here at GIM. Now its not about making 100% placements here...Its about getting the finest profiles for the students...which I hope all of us find in the next...and ahem.....next to next year....
Watch this space...
hello snape here i m complately awake and fully protecting my bag of "maa ka pyar".......there has been many intrusion into my rooms for these laddoos and i hv even being warned tat if i dnt share then a mouse wud be let loose in my room......but i still maintain my stand,bhai log mere room me aao,ladoo khao and khub njoy karo bus apna assignment lete aana.............MLR assignments ke liye kuch bhi............
abt the Ribander talk well i missed it and after seeing the video which was loaded soon on gimvideo server,i seriously think sleeping like a log hurts ur knowledge............
i had a one to one meeting wid my faculty advisor 2day,althogh i went wid a thought of one hr of gyan,it turned out to be completely different.Bala sir was all ears for my future and advised me a lot of things..........his funda was clear,njoy as much as u can and study more than u can
............but now i m getting used to these things,all my ideas of a lazy afternoon on anjuna beach are dreams now,i m buried under a lot of assignments and seniors tell me,the worst is yet to come,in fact they say its just the begining................
But we do find time to njoy never the less,Sanjay aka matrixisback of PG has cleared the wait list and is my neighbour now,and wats more interesting he is into stocks,so snape we hv got company.............
but b4 i can think of ne more new contacts i hv to think of Indian contract Act of 1872..........tats my nxt assignement for MLR class.........
waiting for some help on IP messenger
well snape u mite hv left ur wand in mumbai,but u hvnt forgotten ur magic....................u almost saved my neck by correctly identifying jayanti lal....thanks for tat small timely bit of magic,it made me feel like harry potter for a moment :laugh:
Now this post is dedicated to our dear Jayanti Lal!!!!!!!!!!!
Arrey Nitiksh Bhai,
What was that small bit of magic for all the laddoos and the "beautiful and soulful" songs that you treat me to in your room literally rigged with hi-fi woofers!!!
This is our warm invitation to any PGite who might be referring to this thread that he must post ABSOLUTELY ANY querry that he has regarding life at GIM.
Even though it is a bit early to ask about admission procedures and other technicalities, for which obviously a fully dedicated thread will be put up just hours after the GIM Admissions 2009-2011 notification is out, you can simply shoot any questions that might come to your mind....
Meanwhile life at GIM is resembling an old motorcycle that has just hit a wide open newly constructed highway on a sunny sunday afternoon.
No matter how fast you go.....it never feels fast enough, you just think you are crawling along while the Skodas and the Civics zip past you like you are nothing...and then your bike makes funny noises...
Same here, workload is gradually piling up and to put it in Malyali star Mohanlall's style, yesterday when I made a to do list..."I WOSS SURRRPRISSED"....The bloody to do list ran into 6 or 7 items....and that didnt include posting on pagalguy....
So I and my roomie were up till 1:30 in the morn and finished off the tricky parts.....and then when we were done, we sat down to watch 21!!!!
By 3:10 when it was over we were given an offer for a bike ride and coffee at Fidalgos...thankfully it began to rain and the plan was shelved...but they did go after that!!!
So moral of the story if there is one thing thats most important after ur lappie in GIM its a watch!!! Because the activity buzzes so much that after sunset you cannot tell whether its 9 oclock or 2 am!! I often squint at my watch and lose faith in the Titan machinery....
So rest is fine. I have been a bit under the weather since the raindance revelry..read stupidity. I have been gurgling and stuff on the advice of our batch doctor Dr Ambuj, who incidentally is Bouncer aka Nitiksh's roomie...after all such an important man does need Z+ SECURITY!!!
C u soon!!!
Arrey Nitiksh Bhai,
What was that small bit of magic for all the laddoos and the "beautiful and soulful" songs that you treat me to in your room literally rigged with hi-fi woofers!!!
So rest is fine. I have been a bit under the weather since the raindance revelry..read stupidity. I have been gurgling and stuff on the advice of our batch doctor Dr Ambuj, who incidentally is Bouncer aka Nitiksh's roomie...after all such an important man does need Z+ SECURITY!!!
C u soon!!!
well i believe u really missed a gr8 time at fidalgo yesterday.........with seniors tr8ing us i was eating like a hippo.............seniors u guys rock............but snape do come to fidlago next time,we hv to give tr8 to seniors and will need a helping wallet...................
BTW fidalgo at 4am rocks:2gunfire:
FINALLY.. THE "KAPIL_JINX" IS BACK.. ON PAGALGUY..!!!!
Waah,
Treat lete wakhat tum wahan raho aur treat dete wakhat main....
Arrey but thats a quite a revelation to me that seniors give treats also.
As far as my treat is concerned....all my money got over giving treats to chicks back in Mumbai. So here I bloody dont even have money to open a bank account!!!! And what with all the books and softwares!!!
mesochistic as it may sound....being broke..(OF COURSE WHEN OTHER NEEDS ARE TAKEN CARE OF)...is a wierdly sweet experience...I was during my prep year, and it was strange, your mind is so peaceful (again, all my other needs provided by an END TO END solution providers called PARENTS)...the moment you have lotsa money, you make plas all the time...
And ironically, a time will come when we will have money and little time to enjoy it..and then we will miss these days in GIM...
Guys it really comes from the heart. College life...Broke or Spoilt...Broke anyday!!!
I mean what is a college life where you have all the money you want and finances are not tight...
Every day In GIM holds surprises. I am typing this post right now but I am not aware that half a hour later if I will be in a formal talk for a project or will be screaming my life away in front of the quad.....
Suddenly i have discovered a huge pile of laundry in my room that aparently is composed of clothes formerly in y possession...
So I m off...
@Hum sab ke pyaare Snape bhai,
Righteous thou art, when thou speakest about Nitiksh as the bouncer in our room......but then, there is another side to him, the ardent debater that he is!
Thanks to this analytical dude, our room is full of lively debates all the time.....And why just Nitx, it seems that almost every GIMian has a strong viewpoint of his own. What's more, he is additionally endowed with the remarkable urge to voice his views at the slightest provocation! This lethal combination of debating traits gives rise to some really spiced up conversations in our group assignments. I guess that's one beautiful way of learning management-constantly competing with the best!
Dr Ambuj Chaturvedi
GIM-class of 2k10.
Arrey Doctor Saheb,
Welcome to the thread and the Pagals family as a whole.
As you know I have done B Com...(Rendering me bekaam), and M Com (My roomie now knows this fact better than his own name as I remind him every 7 minutes or so)...I have learnt a principle called the principle of Empathy.
Empathy refers to the ability to sincerely see and feel what the other person might be experiencing. To put yourself in other persons shoes and understand his predicament. So when I put myself i your shoes, I not only have empathy....but sympathy, because whe it comes to analytical minds....the story of your room does not end with Bouncer, there is our resident accounts Guru Anish Sir also. You will not believe but often we drop into your room just for our daily fix of debate on everything ranging from Politix to governance to films to music (he he he he) to gender issues to what not.....and considering that the room itself is situated in Admin which is God Knows how many centuries old.....We are seriously considering cutting down on the heated discussions to ensure the safety of the walls!!!
Life has been a roller coaster ride as you very rightly mentioned in your Comm period speech (Yes we saw it). It is punctuated by feverish activities to periods of shameless Timepass.....one moment I am fully drenched in water singing Punjabi songs in front of the LH...Other moment i am in a crisp formal shirt making a presentation of business ethics in front of 57 people and an industry representative.....We had an amazing POM presentaion yesterday. Got the Top grade in the class...and we celebrated in Genes....and then made it back to the PLacecomm GBM in the nick of time!!!
Health has kept up till now. We have begun to gobble on the aawla that my roomie has and the resource is now depleting like world oil reserves. Very soon we will be in the market looking out to aquire some more. Locating a tree in the vicinity of GIM too is an option.
Aur main kya likhoon.....I hope you are not overburdened by ur CR duties. Arrey bhai jab MBBS niptaa diya toh mba vemba kya cheez hai...
Lekin Post karte rehna. Aur agar Bouncer aapko tang kare to batana, I have got Jayantilal to keep him under check!!!
Here comes my first post on PG as a part of GIM.............wow wat a feeling 😃 I'm seriously on seventh heaven...will post a detailed account of my stay here ....coming soon :2gunfire:
Hey Guys..
I am getting to read all those posts about how awesome GIM is..obviously we told ya so way back!!!!
It feels really bad not to be able to write about life@GIM wen we have actually graduated....feels like the throne has been passed on and its for the new guys to take over n make thr own...Depressin..really depressin...
Hell!! it doesnt matter..the main reason for my this post is...
The folks from batch have already started booking tickets to the grand alumni in august....so make way coz we are coming....(Mumbai guys are gonna get it done soon....if not dn we can easily take an overnight bus)...
Leaves have been planned....Plans have already been made....wait for the 14th of august continues..
You guys are doing a gr88 job....plzz keep this posts coming....keeps the GIM spirit alive and yes takes us back to our days..
rock on
aris bhai...
Tell you something.. one of the things.. I'm missing most is "THE BULLET" in the parking near the Jaggus.. Seniors sitting near morgue stairs.. gossiping a whole lot from the falling market to the best place to see in goa.. to the next days assignment...
But the tradition is still there.. the legacy continues.. we are following from where you people had left.. and trying to reach to your benchmarks..
About Campus.. The volley ball season and the football season is back.. Quad has finally become alive with the roars and cheers for respective teams.. The ips "CS On" "Start the server" keep on going rounds in the campus..
The "Midnight summers" has been planned for this friday and we looking forward to some scintillating performance by the Juniors..
Assignments are piling up.. and for me even weekends have become full time working days.. and the real fun begins.. so its 24X7 these days for me.. if you sum up the assignments, classes, group meetings, late night bike rides to panjim and especially Fidalgo..
The Freshers party will happen most probably on Sunday.. and it will be time to hit THE FLOOR...
But one thing is for sure, aris bhai.. we are missing you people a lot..
cheers
Finally I have got down to writing the post I've been longing to write since many days. Yes guys,I've reached Goa Institute of Management......A Paradise in true sense. Its been an amazing experience so far for me. We landed at Karmali station in a group of 5 people(me with my 5 suitcases!!!) and the most remarkable thing that we noticed was the calmness and soothing feeling that this place has. GIM is at a place called Ribandar that is just 4 kms from Panajim,capital of Goa. The river Mandovi flows by the length of the college,thats another privilege that I never had when in mumbai(oh yes I had a canal running across the length of my society in Chembur....breeding wid mosquitoes 😃 )
We hired a cab from the karmali station to our college. As soon as we landed at the place,initially the small size of this beautiful campus was something that struck us. But now with almost 2 weeks here I have realised the advantages of a small and well-connected Campus. You have everything that you require within arms reach. There is a bank,postoffice,gym,football court,basketball court, tennis room, laundry and wat not!!. Once inside I took on the challenging task of selecting a good room for myself(though I would have preferred a room overlooking the Mandovi....dat was already selected by the senior batch). Initially I thought of taking a double seater room in OT, i.e. the boys hostel(btw OT stands for Operation Theatre....d college was previously a 350 yr old hospital built during Portugese times) but eventually selected a 3 seater room (OT 217 A)since its one of the largest rooms in the entire college.
In all there are 4 hostels at GIM viz
Operation theatre(OT)
Admin
Morgue
Ladies Hostel:2gunfire:
Most of the guys stay at OT. Initial few days at the college and I was already in love with the place. There is an island across Mandovi river called as Divar Island thats approachable through ferry from the college,and its free of cost. Also the best part is that most of the beaches are near from the college and may take anywhere between 15 mins to an hour....depending on which part of Goa u wish to go to. When we all landed at the college it was an immediate bonding as each one knew what it took to be here or not to be here and was proud of the fact. It made me happy about the conviction that I had in my decision and standing by it. There are 2 doctors, one of whom is a neurosurgeon in my batch. Also one of the highlighted facts of this year is the male female ratio,which is almost 1:1 for our batch,which I suppose must be one of the highest in the country for B-schools.!!
Lectures have started and we have some very good lecturers for marketing and law,finance is yet to be taken. Already assignments have started raining and my body clock has adjusted such that 4 hrs of sleep seems bliss. Sleeping before 4 nowadays is sleeping early!! Yesterday there was a General body meeting of the junior and senior batch where the clubs for various discipline were presented viz,
SOFIA(Finance)
MECCA(Marketing)
I3(Industry Institute Interface)
Razzmatazz(Culture Club)
Kshitij(literary Club)
Ribandar Talks
PRAYAS
TOUCHE
Hriday
In all it was an interesting session and after that it was announced that we need to ask out people from our senior batch for a date before the freshers......hmmm!! dat was like a big shock nd den this has been a tradition of GIM since years and the senior girls or guys cannot refuse. This is simply done in order to know ur seniors better. There are lots of intro sessions that go on before the freshers party or the mid-summers,which helps in getting to know ppl from ur batch as well as senior batch.
With so many days gone by I just realised that its almost 2 weeks since I am here and it feels like I have been to be here forever.
There are lots of things to do over here and so little time.....u start enjoying late nite outs,group assignments, case studies,chai at Casa De cha, Gene's and wat not.
Am a bit late in posting but must say jha sahab,nitiksh and doc have been doing a good job by keeping d thread alive.....
gud post akki,waiting for more from ur side
Well the bucket party is over,all the "ghost" hv been beaten and all the assignments hv been done,so here i m riting after a long time..............
well life here is getting really tough.........assignments hv been falling like carpet bombings from a B-52 bomber.But 2day is quite,no assignment for 2mrow and the class timing also gives me a possibility of around 6hrs of sleep
Now tats a privilege these days...............:idea:
Seniors hv been just gr8,had a mecca event 2day and we were divided in groups of 6 and then we played few games,of course Snape's team won and got some hot cash as i was left high and completely dry........
now luking forward to the ET quiz on monday.............
gtg hv to prepare for the mid-summer nite.............btw i m laloo in it
must say thanks to d seniors for d awesome bucket party........whoosh!! what a party ......u have to witness it to believe the craziness. We were thinking it would be some sort of game of water splashing on each other nd wat not .....but wat awaited us was nothing short of a surprise....All kinds of lliquor in one single bucket along with coke.... .....now dats a true definition of cocktail.....d amazing thing is being a part of the party staying up late till 3:30 am ....being totally zonked out and still being able to attend the MLR classes d next day with full CP.....i believe dats how u learn how to manage time well .
Today every single person from our batch is preparing literally hard for d mid summers nite that will be happening tomorrow. Each one is trying their best to juggle through loads of assignments and still be able to take out time to practice singing,dancing,mimicry,skits and wat not. I'm sure its going to be a helluva party tommorow. To back it up we have a freshers party this sunday at one of the best discs in Goa,Butter lounge. So we are living by d slogan "STUDY HARD and party harder" nd believe me when I say study hard in bold cos if u think dat ppl in Goa only part den u should be here to look at d other side as well....watsay nitiksh and jha sahab?:new_ukliam2:
Teri Mehfil mein Kismat Aazma kar Hum bhi Ddekhenge........
Well folks this is my very first post on PagalGuy so no grudges if I don't write correctly but the matter of the fact is that I am at Goa Institute of Management.........one of those places where you get just about everything........a perfect mix I must say.........Studies,Faculty,Infrastructure and the superior location called GOA!
As my worthy friends Akshay,Nicks,Doc and Jha Saab have iterated,I'd say it umpteen times that this place has some unique things to itself like its old world charm what with the heritage building and the river by its side.......not to foeget that on first look the place looks like as if it was a hill resort destination(Believe me,at night if you stand in the Admin bloc and look at the HT,it'd remind you of a hill top resort)
As for me,I live in one of the best places........hee hee that's ADMIN my friends.......stone's throw from Mess Hall(Where we don't eat, we actually create a mess)Class Halls and the Quad too.
I thank my stars all over again that I have this opportunity to be at a place so great as this institution and meet so many interesting people from so diverse backgrounds.........
I guess gotta go..........preparing for MIDSUMMER Night.........
PRASENJIT CHOUDHURY
2008099
GOA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT
Hey Bagati..
We miss the place too dude...Gim is something that is still breathing inside US!!!
unfortunately its not a vacation that will get over and we will head to goa...neither it is Internship that after 2 months we wud b guided back...
So havta get used to it...
I miss morgue stairs like nething man....Morgue was the place to be in our batch!!!!(Coz of me living inside it).....I miss everything dude...specially the causeway..the quad and fidalgo and CCD..list is endless...
As I realise this time has passed us and we have done out time therefore my posts on this thread will go down and I may just become a silent reader to relive those days..
I shall leave this one by copy pasting a few lines that were circulated in PGP 06-08 batch mail......
"bas ek bar wapas lautne ka man karta hai
Aaj har wo din jeene ko man karta hai.
kuch buri batein jo ab acchi lagti hain
kuch batein jo kal ki hi batein lagti hain.
abki baar class attend karne ka man karta hai
Dopahar ki class mein aakhein band karne ko man karta hai.
Doston ke room ki wo baatein yaad aati hai
exam ke time pe wo hasi mazak yaad aati hai,
college ke saamne wali CASA ki chaai yaad aati hai
tab ki bekar lagne wali photos chehre pe hasi laati hai.
Apni galtiyon pe logon se daant khana yaad aata hai.
Par sabki galti dekhne ka ab bhi mann karta hai.
Ek aisi subah uthne ka mann karta hai
bas ek bar wapas lautne ka man karta hai.
bas ek bar aur wapas lautne ka man karta hai."
PS- I dont know where did these lines orginate from
(some previous batches dn ours I guess) but yes!!! they
really say wot everyone of us wants to say
Hi everyone...
Finally back on pagalguy after a long break...cant thank all the seniors enough, for the guidance they provided at those tensed times...the time when we all had no clue as to what we were were plunging into...
But seriously each and every word of what the seniors told about GIM is true...it is an amazing place...here its not just about theory but practical application of it...its not just about studies but also having fun while doing it...its a place of perfect balance...even our batch is perfectly balanced...for me being a fresher its a huge learning experince interacting with ppl with work ex and at the same time there are enough freshers out here too...so that i dont feel lost!!
Just wanna end my first post as a GIM student by thanking all you seniors...i know its a repetition...but without u guys i would have not taken such a wise decision to come here...so a big thanks again!!