Hi All, Feels great to post here after a long while. Got my comp just yesterday and am surfing the net with a vengeance :: Found it pretty interesting going through the experiences of junta in other B-Schools. We too have had an interesting…
Hi All,
Feels great to post here after a long while. Got my comp just yesterday and am surfing the net with a vengeance 
Found it pretty interesting going through the experiences of junta in other B-Schools. We too have had an interesting experience so far, here at IIM Cal. The last few days have been pretty cool. Had a couple of parties till late in the night. Things wont stay cool for too long. We too have a few assignments/presentations/projects/quizzes coming up. Slowly getting used to B-School life and Hostel life (My first experience). Will try to post as often as possible. Ciao for now :-)
Bharath
PS : Met up with other PG-ites as well. You should be hearing from them soon as most of them have got their comps
(subject tag edited by anil..to continue the trend (!))
hi guys
sorry bout the dealy in emailing....but life has been busier than hell.....
well,,i touched down at cal city on 26th morning....came to the IIMC campus....the drive from cal airport to the campus made me realise why we def need capitalism:)....cal is supposed to be one of the bigger cities in india..but it reminded me a lot of a smal town..kinda like mangalore....as u can see..it hadnt started on a very positive note....till i reached IIMC....aha!!..now this place is something else.....
super scenery....hazaar trees...n dhed hazaar birds...only issue they might bomb u .so u gotta watch out for that.....
we have 3 hostels here..OH(old hostel),WH(white house-)and NH(new hostel)....
im in OH...and wat to say..its the hostel where the girls r staying too...so hell lot of guys r bigtim j!!...and good reason to be ...some mighty cute (n smart )women in the batch.....
we started classes on 1st....n have had 2 fin acc (thats financial accounting) and 2 stats quizzes already..like in 10 days....
any notion of IIMC being a cool lot.!!!..is very veryvery....ad infinitum..wrong......the course is damn rigorous...
but whats really good...is unlike IIMA where the focus in totally on acads..here they allow u sometime to do other stuf...so u have guys playing tennis,basketball,cricket..billiards...n some footer-volleyball(i forgot whats the thai name for it)..n to add to it..people r really nice here....
next..comes the blue board..the life of IIMC...its an online network...where messages for anything n everything can be posted....there is zero paper usage here..everything done thru network...an environmentalists dream!!!....this is tech at its max!!...we've got guys from texas instruments n accenture n the lot...n they say they havent seen anything like this..
but let me remind u...its not all fun n games hre....ive got 5 subjects...n the diff level is bad...n even worse is the competition level....as mentioned we ve got guys from accenture,sapient, a jee rank 60(whats he doing here???).....n guys like me cherishing dreams of mckinsey;)..but all in all a wonderful experience...mid terms in 3 weeks..n then we have the interhostel war..titled" world war"....wil write bout that later...
thats all for now...
cheers,lyndon
hi guys
we have 3 hostels here..OH(old hostel),WH(white house-)and NH(new hostel)....
im in OH...and wat to say..its the hostel where the girls r staying too...so hell lot of guys r bigtim j!!...and good reason to be ...some mighty cute (n smart )women in the batch.....
Lucky guy I must say... Well they have put me at the extreme cormer of the campus, the last dorm, topmost floor and the corner most room!!! .
we started classes on 1st....n have had 2 fin acc (thats financial accounting) and 2 stats quizzes already..like in 10 days....
Finacc, that is a nice name.. Here they have named it MANAC(Managarial Accounting - Shud have been named MANIAC)... But whatever the name is the essence is the same, pain for engineers, jolly time for CA's.
Whatever they debit , they credit also & the end result is ZERO. If this is the case , I dont understand why they are doing all these...
next..comes the blue board..the life of IIMC...its an online network...where messages for anything n everything can be posted....there is zero paper usage
Well pretty much like what we call Dbabble here. The most timeconsuming stuff in my PC. Hell, it is addictive and designed to eat into the limited time you have.
but let me remind u...its not all fun n games hre....ive got 5 subjects...n the diff level is bad...n even worse is the competition level....
Lyndon, u dont know what we guys are into... We have 8 and subjects like WAC operates in the weekends... And buddy we cant bunk classes also...
And about competition, myself, rakesh et al have found out the best solution for it... the best thing is not to compete... Atleast you will have a peaceful life...
Wow! Boy I am already getting *inspired* to get into the IIMS! the question is which is the easier hell?;) like they say," A b-school life is no beers and skittles"....but given a choice many would choose a beer anyday I guess!;) anway great posts..plz do keep updating it..there's nothing like hearing from the horse's mouth always!
Girish...!
So guys how was last week?... Or is it still not over???
philiptj SaysSo guys how was last week?... Or is it still not over???
Hmmm...Well, for starters, we don't have as many quizzes as the guys at A and B...And among the 'kweejes' that we had (in FinAcc), I managed to screw up a couple of them..So thank god we dont have too many of these
That probably explains why I'm not too averse to Micro Economics (in fact, I seem to be enjoying it, even though I dont necessarily agree with what the economists have to say :-))... But still last week was pretty hectic in terms of non academic activities..Recruitment for clubs went on in full swing..It was fun and pretty chilled out...Now the time has come to put the foot down and start studying in earnest (hopefully!) as we have our mid terms next week...So catch ya all after that =;
And the alumni is not doing a good job
This message from Ravi has spurred me on to post after a long time
To be frank, I have been visitng the site almost daily, but have been feeling reeaaallly lazy to post. Am coming out of my hibernation now Starting off with Mid-terms, it wasn't great (esp FinAcc and Behavioural Sciences), but kinda managed with the other subjects (MicroEco, Indian Economic and Political History and Statistics). Then we had ten days of 'World War', where the 3 hostels competed for each and everything under the sun. Basically it was a inter hostel sports event with quite a few other frills (in fact frills is a gross under-statement). It was total fun and a different experience. Our Lyndon bhai got injured when practising for the 'War' and is roaring like a wounded tiger these days
Then after the war, we got busy with preparations for our Management Fest (Intaglio 2003), of which I and Lyndon are a part. The site should be out soon. So lookout for it. In between we had music nites, party nites (after the end-terms of the 2nd years) and quite a few other happening dos. Life is on the move continuously here, with hardly any breathing space, especially if u r involved in a whole lot of extra-currics (Still I manage to sleep for 6 hrs a day ). But it's enjoyable and something that one will get used to.That's about it from me now. Will post after the end-terms are over. Ciao!
Regards,
Bharath
ok...now who's gonna brief abt the XL-IIMC Meet tat took place last week????
oye yaar bharath...end terms are over...then wat are u waiting for??
sorry to snatch the honors from bharat ram but,after witnessing THE MAGNITUDE OF TRAUMA tht xl went thru in the last 3 days,just cudnt resist the temptation to write abt IIMC XL MEET.well,i am gautam duggad and am in FIRST YEAR pgpdm at cal.i have been reading all the stuff but posting for the first time.so here is the account of massacre...
first of all..must say tht this meet was totally controvesy free and was played with amazing spirit from both sides...at the end of the meet both teams cheered for each other...so the purpose of the meet was served....
the meet cud not have been more one sided...the score line says it all....21 events iim c won 18 ....xl 3 ....women's baddy ,bridge and football....complete domination by iim c on the field as well as off it....in slogan shouting and cheering....the demoralised bunch cudnt realise what hit them.....they forgot to cheer there players....but then....in order to induce some competition into the meet ....iim c divided itself into 2 groups...one to cheer for xl and other for iim c ......tht shud suffice to portray the mindset the xl guys n gals were in.....
cricket...iim c scored 258 in 25 overs ..wasnt it Himalayan!!....xl were reduced to 190 in 25..tht too after some generousity from iim c which decided to give practise to its spinners and others who never bowl...it was a no match...u can call it was a joke.... 
basketball.......the domination cud not have been more explicit....iim c scored 100 points ...xl around 40-45......our captain left the field midway for apparent lack of motivation to play....does tht give u some picture of wht was happening in the cool surroundings of joka. 
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table tennis.....it was like the God of iim c tt...teaching "twinkle twinkle little star "to small little kids.....again the result was same... 😛
womens throwball and volleball......it was a final nail in xl coffin.....one of the girls single handedly scored 12 points in throwball...bringing the score from 3-6 in xl favour to point -6 in iimc favor.....volleyball....expression on the xl faces were worth treasurng for life time...it was like "Oh my God !!! what was that" 
lawn tennis....this was the game when we decided to make it fair for xl and divided ourselvs into two groups..1 for xl..1 for iim c....this game was waterloo for xl. 
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carrom,chess ,mens baddy,age of empires,ring hockey...needless to say..same thing happened with varying intensity....
iim c jnta was feeling sick of victories and was desperately wishing for some defeats....but iimc simply is unable to loose....we hope we get atleast some competition next year....or else its a sheer boredom to keep winning... 😃
this meet has registered our consecutive "i dunno know what number" of victory...but suffices to say tht we are invincible since the meet started some 30-35 yrs ago...
Victory is a tradition at IIM C ....thats it.... 😛
Well, Duggad da has summarised the meet in his own inimitable style. As he mentioned, the camaraderie between the teams was excellent. It was two and half days of total fun and masti. And the fact that it came immediately after our end terms made it even better.
From the PG forum, caught up with Suj, Xman and Gaurav Kathotia. It was nice to see them after a long time (In the case of Xman, for the 1st time). Gaurav was in his elements in TT but couldn't stop an IIMC win (It was played in a format similar to the Davis Cup). Suj seemed to be pretty popular with the fairer sex
But all in all, it was an experience to remember. Wish the meet takes place more than once a year. Pretty sad to note that I'll be experiencing it just once more in my life. It was THAT fun (and spirit)
I suppose that's it from my side. Will keep u all posted on all the upcoming events. Ciao!
Regards,
Bharath
Hi everyone 😃 ,
Term two has dawned at IIM C! Well, so far the pace hasn't been that tuff..well here, u have the freedom to do things ur own way!! Main news have been our results and upcoming summer placements.
Results.. ..well I guess I can't much about that. Passed in all!!! and got okie grades..so that leaves me Haaappy 
. Generally, grades are pretty high, lots of people have done well.
Summers are also rolling in. Looks like a very hectic season. We just finished our Student Recruiter Meet, the first of its kind in the country, at Taj Bengal. The list of companies included major heavyweights like IBM Global, Citibank, StanChart, AIG, HP, Nokia, P & G, ITC, Tata, PWC Global, and so on.,...in a long list! Majorly impressive to see country and int'l managers turn up to interact with us. No doubts that IIM C carries majooor clout with the recruiters. Then again, the food at the Taj didn't hurt either.
Lotsa companies coming down. CV submissions going on at a hectic pace. The first placements will start early in November.
Thatz about it for now. Yup, the BT Acumen B-School contest just got over. IIMC's teams won all the events on offer. And we have been putting on great shows at Gold Rush @ IIM B and the BBC's Univ. Challenge Quiz, but thatz part of life here. 
Ajay
~come_and_be_part _of_the_fun!!
its been 41/2months since i landed up at IIMC..n everyday has been a roller coaster ride....
managed to get thru term 1 ..doing reasonably well..till term 2 hit me BANGGG in the face...
time is a priceless commodity here....
n if ur not studying, ur generally involved in some of the "other" action thats happening
i chose to be involved with Intaglio-IIMC's annual business fest...(Bharath and i were part of the events team...awesome time working with him)....and then ,Dramatics Cell had its annual hindi play for the alumni reunion....not to forget INCA...omg...still got soo much more to do!!!!!!!!!!!...
Seriously, IIMC is theeee place if ur looking for all round development
summers was another experience,with tons of form filling.....had a number of slot 1..thats I banks shortlists.....and was atough day..getting rejected by JP Morgan chase in round 1, Deutsche bank in round 2, and made it to the final round of HSBC,London...till i managed to crack Lehman Brothers.!!!....trust me guys....its another feeling when u know ur out of the process....
as for the other alumni here:
bharath cracked HLL, ajay prasad got p&g;, gaurav bhatia got HP
CAT is jus round the corner...so all the very best to everyone...n hope to c u at IIMC...trust me....itll be the best days of ur life!!!
hi guys,gals ..and others...
been a long time since i posted anything here......
i see that none of the pgites here posted abt life at IIMC..
i have been having a very strange kind of experience wrt the other guys ..mihir..ronjan chandoo 😁 who posted .. guess what follows should explain
... abhi tak we have had about 1quiz(this was for pgdcm guys.. like me).. one assignment submission.. we have a case day after ..in which we discuss about a drunkard..oops..the son of a drunkard...who tries to commit suicide... the case finishes at the point where the individual realises his self worth ...blah blah..
in case u dint figure out..this has to do with behavioural sciences ..popularly referred to as human behaviour in organizations.. which is taken by prof leena chaterjee... sis of abha chaterjee whom lotsa guys encountered in their I interview... shes just as cool!!
but one thing thats both good and bad is the stupid 75% attendance rule they have enforced here.. i mean .. why should i take pains of going to class:(((btw i have attended 39/42 lectures .. 2 were missed when i slept one whole morning )
but again..i get to sleep in ac ..profs here are for most part cool with us sleeping in class... of course some profs have developed this habit of asking questions to people by picking up names randomly from the attendance sheet .. so this makes the idea of sleeping as well as proxy..potentially very dangerous
but some profs are seriously cool here.. our eco faculty ..prof alok ray has a very corny and leftist sense of humor.. one day when it was time to give a break..he says let me see if its the right time to give a break.. sees whether there is a rush at the tea shop .. and promptly rushes to the shop himself.. post mid sem our instructor will be prof anindya sen,.. the guy whose book is the textbook :)
nyways..enough abt profs ..courses etc ...... in the weekends we have events for most part.. initially it was freshers events where urs truly won the 3rd prize in quiz..
this weekend we had competetions organized by marketing cell..... some cases ads etc.. basically got convinced abt the idea of sticking to fin and sys after the fiasco there
shaam ko after classes .. i go to the gym.. take a walk around the campus.. (finally managed to locate all the seven lakes ) .. play pool for some time.. have my dinner.. watch yes minister.. play caesar .. check if there are any assignments on bulletinboard.. then sleep peacefully.. get up at 9 in the morning .. brush .. have a bath.. breakfast.. and enter the class by 9:40.. so that u can sit wherever u want.. abhi tak dealing only in first /last benches.. ..
baaki ... some other day .. waise i do realise why iim c is referred to as the max chilll one....
oh .. btw ....i forgot to mention about the three parties that we had so far .. one fresher . and two hostelwise .. which i learnt is a regular feature ... and yeah beer is available(so is whisky) in our canteens....
tada and take care folks
abhi
HI,
now we have all the IIM'S here..
cal really seems to be having fun...getting up for an 8:30 class in a place like bangalore (its literally cold in the morning ) is a real pain...i envy you guys for that...
keep posting guys...you guys ought to!
regards
mohit
will keep up.. for now.. i need to sleep.. really need it.. have a party from 12
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have prior commitment to booze at 11:59:59
stupid 75% attendance rule
Damn, we have 80% attendance compulsary!!
Hmm... A has 100% yes a complete 1-0-0-%
Bharathi.
Kewl. We have the representatives of all the IIMs here. :)
Everybody says their B-school rocks.. but gotta admit, C really seems to rock. Sounds real cool.. .especially after hearing all the trumpeting abt the rigour and work.
Keep posting! We'll get to know the schools better....
classes apparently start after 9.30 and then too u get the option to sit wherever u want.well,gotta say,the one thing i doan like abt bang.
and bharti,u serious abt 100% rule.we at bang jokingly say it's 99.99% but OH MY GOD.long live the guy who decided iam not fit for a.
regds,
balaji