Manipal is okay as an Edu place , but internet here sux. I mean outside TAPMI. Net cafes hre are still in the dial up age. But u have DVD parlours, couple of them around here.. Yes, mini theater types, where DVDs are played. As expected, the fairer of the sex is mthg that is available in quality and quantity well. As Murphy said, all the good ones are taken...
TAPMI- started off with a 45 mins or so presentation on what TAPMI stands for,vision etc...
10:30 Case Study- Case was like a guy who is employed had in unable to control people under him, so had to do either leave the job(he was poor) , make the workers alright or ....
If there is sometheing more than a Fish Market GD, it is what I was part of today. Sick it was. 6 of 15 people said Good Morning to all of you at the same time. I was like, oh Gosh!!! Even theough evry one had the same idea and soln for the issue, no one let the others speak. I too added to the chaos. People trying to moderate in between, it would have been fun for the faculties who watched the GD.
Then we were asked to write a review of the GD(not what the consensus)...
Then came an extempore. I was the second person. When the guy before u speak for 3 mins, u can open ur chit and prepare ur speech. Very tuff as u get disturbed by the guy before u(he is spkg when u r preparing).
I had 3 options, Space Travel, Narayana Murthy, and Fav food.
Chose Space travel, spoke some crap.
Then Panel Interview:
The same panel as the GD(Case):
Asked me to intro?
Any breaks in career?
How may supplied(ATKTs)?
Fav part of Elc Engg?
What Control System to a layman, used in common world(i said Control System to the earlier question)
3 strenghts?
Why call center?
Draw a Multi Vibrator ckt?
Draw a square wave?
Rate ur Case Study review(we were asked to review the GD, so now to rate my wrinting)...
All the best... and bye
*******Lunch at some restau near KMC********
1:30, made to write 350 words on why MBA, other career options that were available... etc..
Dir Interview:
Dir + some 4 other guys.. all of them relaxed.
Where are u from?
Where engg...?
Any breaks in career?
How may supplies(ATKTS)- they were like how do people fail in engg... i dint waste my time trying to convince that a supple in no big deal...
Why marks low? Were u a Naxal? (i gave an emphatic no, for the second part, for which he smiled).
Other calls? told the truth as I had to show them that I was decent...
In both the interviews at TAPMI , I told them that in CAT 2002 , I had 97.18 and had a TAPMI GD/PI call which I could not attend(truth is that I dint care to!) I told that I am not gonna take CAT again as m,y percentiles have been falling from then....
Funniest part I noticed, the library had a Notice saying, "No Group Discussions here", that was the place where the GD was conducted...
Not hopeful, thats the verdict. Am I going back to same old square one that is always there for me????
As Murphy said, all the good ones are taken...
vittukalayadey, arana oodiyal veli potholam ennu kettittille... how far can ur missing rib run man ... atlast, she'll 've no other way, but to present herself to u ... its a matter of time .. and how much of it ... hmm... well ..... u've been waiting for some 24+ yrs, na... u'll never 've to wait that much anymore ... 've my word on that ....
MOONSTRUCK SaysNot hopeful, thats the verdict. Am I going back to same old square one that is always there for me????
athevida....... space for one more soul .. ??
and how was ur first flying xp? me still to 've it !! poor soul me ...
Oh God, Oh God,
I Cannot See,
My Eyes Are Blind,
Am I Still Me .. ??
Rick.
hi guys..
one of my friends mentioned that there was a second list for tapmi gd/pi calls..
i dont think there is any such list, but just double checking?
hey hi guys....
most of the posts that i have come across have been rather good........
i mean regarding the experience and the discipline......
But i have an incident to say exactly the opposite........
hey guys i had my interview on 22nd of Feb and was given a number of 12 on my gd group.....
but inside the hall i was assigned number 14 in the group(my mistake or what)........
so i just happened to confirm with this guy who was wearing 14 in the group whether he had consistency in the numbers given......(pointed towards the door outside ) as the original numbers were there only....
This act was taken as some violent act on my side and i was literally screamed on by a faculty who happened to take our morning presentation............
he was just not ready to hear me out as to what was i clarifying with this person........
he thought i am the culprit throughout and was told how can u throw a person outside the gd......:wow: 
And rite at the beginning of the presentation we were told that the students are given enuf opportunity to challenge the professors........
Anyways does not look like that......
This professor also seem to keep a track of the posts and the reputation of tapmi at pg....
Guys i am not looking at joining this place irrespective of what happens but was i at fault by asking for some clarification??????????
Rahul
so i just happened to confirm with this guy who was wearing 14 in the group whether he had consistency in the numbers given......(pointed towards the door outside ) as the original numbers were there only....
he was just not ready to hear me out as to what was i clarifying with this person........
he thought i am the culprit throughout and was told how can u throw a person outside the gd......:wow:
And rite at the beginning of the presentation we were told that the students are given enuf opportunity to challenge the professors........
This professor also seem to keep a track of the posts and the reputation of tapmi at pg....
Guys i am not looking at joining this place irrespective of what happens but was i at fault by asking for some clarification??????????
Rahul
dear Rahul,
as u might know, there's a usage in the english language 'Show the way out'. it was originated frm the very deed u've simulated in the GD hall -pointed towards the door outside - in ur own words. its one of the worst offense in a gathering, and i'm sure that u r aware of ur own activity as u urself has mentioned it in brackets. prolly that was a natural gesture at that time, but might've realized its darker side in a re-thinking process at a later time, rt ? dont worry dude, past is history. try to 've a conscious control over ur gestures. being polite in ur body language is as vital as being polite in ur thots and words. so, try to work on it. and as v know, to err is ...
"he was just not ready to hear me" - and i think he was not against what u 'said' to #14 but he was taking care of what u 'did'. in that aspect, he might've seen what u'd done, so no explanation was needed. intentions dont justify the actions, especially wrong ones.
challenge the professors........afaik, u can challenge the faculty in the intellectual play ground. but in the matters of discipline, it'll b suicidal to compromise. yes, i understand u dint 'mean' anything wrong, but unfortunately u 'did'.
seem to keep a track of the posts and the reputation of tapmi at pg.... what induced this opinion in u is vague, still its quite expected. consider the very example of urs, u dint 've a say there, but here u r all free to speak out. any open forum like pg is one of the best methods for self evaluation and brand imaging. and i just wonder y Jasprit and frens r not officially representing TAPMI. they volunteered to help us, but no official student PR committee so far.
was i at fault by asking for some clarification?????????? - no Rahul, wat u 'wanted to do' was perfectly awrit, but there was some prob in the execution part.
Rahul, one more doubt - what was that other #14 doing while all these were happening ? did that person try to clarify ? or just kept watching ... !!
cheer up mate, dwbh,
Rick.
hey rick
ur post has actually gone a long way in clarifying my position.........
i come to understand that the fundamanetal mistake mite have been that i pointed outside but i meant no harm to anybody ...........
And i made that PG reference because he seemed to stress that they have not recd. any bad review which i think is very acceptable because their whole process went on as smoothly as it goes......
And yes that #14 was not aware that there was something wrong.........he indeed confided to me latr that if i would not have told him at that time we mite have taken wrong numbers..........
so i think in the long run it only did more benefit than harm.........
Anyways i agree that i did the wrong thing by pointing outwards but it came naturally to me......
no offence was ever meant to happen.....
Rahul
hi..........
i had my interview on 24th.....
i was in panel 3 with 18 other candidates...
CASE STUDY: manipal is a small city with around 10000 students and 5000 localites and 5000 faculty members of diff colleges......this city has 4 banks........a survey was done by some students on banks and they gave marks on 9 different to each bank like security, time, place.......and there are also 3 existing customer each of a different background and has choosen different banks................................now u have to suggest which bank is best for each of them..........
it was a good gd.........spoke 3- 4 times....
Written summary: asked to write about how did the GD went ie its summary.........i could not complete it wrote only 1/2 of it.........
Extempore: topics i got: 1) dont remember
2) Fortune favours the brave
3) Indian Exports
i spoke on 2nd topic.......spoke about how succesful r ppl who dare to dream and fight their destiny.........gave example of Dhirubhai ambani and beethoven.......spoke for complete 3 mins...
then had my PI;-
-so u r from jaipur
yes sir
- tell me sthg sp. about jaipur
blah blah
- so what ur father does
manufacturer
-what his father
trader
-what his father
farmer
-what his father did
i dont know ( actually i had mentioned in hobby that i have made a family tree)
-whats ur favorite subject?
accountancy and maths
-what is marginal cost
-what is incrimental cost
-what is break even point
-can u draw a break even chart
-can u draw a difference curve
-what is balance of trade
-what did u study in business maths ( i am from commerce)
-did u study calculas?
-what is percentile
-what is median percentile
-what other calls u have
-why tapmi
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then my Directors interview;-
-where r u from
-why u took commerce
-why should we select you
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well it was good exp...i hope i make it after crash at imi and amity too
yest was the final day of gd/pi and its time to start the countdown ...
keep ur fingers crossed ...
hope 'n pray ....
atb ....
Rick.
finally the process is over,
thnx dude rxn 4 da gud news... best of luck to all of u guys n gals
as far as what i hear about rahul's case... i dont find anything offensive about what u did...
plus i think the faculty u r talkin about is prof. ---------, is it? the one with moustache?... he was the one who gave the beginning lec...and he behaved in a similar manner with a guy in our group too... and if i may give my verdict... that guy was also not at fault
but wht u r sayin buddy regarding the excahnge of numbers... it might work wonders for u... good 4 u
njoy...luv u all
plus i think the faculty u r talkin about is prof. ********, is it? the one with moustache?... he was the one who gave the beginning lec...and he behaved in a similar manner with a guy in our group too... and if i may give my verdict... that guy was also not at fault
pls dont make personal references mate ...
Rick.
aye aye sir...
Hi mates
The long process came to an end. I feel that the selection process in Tapmi is the most elaborate and detailed. Now that the whole paraphernelia is over, it is time for all of us who aspire to get admission in Tapmi to wait for the final calls. I am sure to evaluate 5 or 6 stages of testing needs a reasonably long time, at least a couple of weeks. Maybe we can expect the results by mid march. The next 2-3 weeks are going to be crucial as we have to take decisions on which school to seleact among the various options we have. It is relatively easy for those who got final calls in the top 10, but it is not so easy for guys like me who failed to get into the top 10 gravy train but got a whole lot of choices - Tapmi, IMI (WL), Fore, UBS, NIrma, KJS, NMIMS, GIM, BIM, XIME, IFMR.... (already chucked out LBSIM in the hope that I will get into one of the better institutes!).
By the way Tapmi seniors, how many seats are there in Tapmi? I learn it is around 120-130. As there is not going to be any waitlist, how many candidates are going to selected in the list. If the final admission count has to be 120-130, will they be releasing a list of at least about 200-220? Will apprecaite if you can kinldy throw us some light.
Karthik
finally the process is over,
thnx dude rxn 4 da gud news... best of luck to all of u guys n gals
as far as what i hear about rahul's case... i dont find anything offensive about what u did...
plus i think the faculty u r talkin about is prof. ---------, is it? the one with moustache?... he was the one who gave the beginning lec...and he behaved in a similar manner with a guy in our group too... and if i may give my verdict... that guy was also not at fault
but wht u r sayin buddy regarding the excahnge of numbers... it might work wonders for u... good 4 u
njoy...luv u all
hey mate thanks for the comforting sign........
and without using the names i can confirm that he is the same person whom u are referring to and i may be the same group also u are referring to
was in the 6th panel........
Rahul
no buddy u r nt da same
was in panel 4 and tht guys case was a bit different...
sazeal
Hi everybody,
As said by one of the faculty members there during presentation the results will b out by March 1st week, so we can expect the results by comin monday, the countdown has already begun we r on 7 tommorow 6 and day after tommorow -1 so on and so forth, All the best guys and gals, But 1 thing TAPMI is a gr8 institute and i liked the place very much and wen i talked 2 few of the seniors there they told in another year TAPMI would b shifted to new campus wherein there r excellent Infrastructure, Wi-Fi, and even the place where the new campus is being constucted seems 2 b GREAT, but as of now its in some controversy from NGO's livin there as they feel the students and others might pollute the environment around so they r objecting the construction but as TAPMI has some collaboration or affiliation or ties with MAHE univ, the MAHE univ is helping TAPMI fight all these issues. anyways ALL THE BEST junta.
Friends the jist of GEETA is ' Put in all ur efforts, and the rest(result) will follow. This is all I can say at this point of time.
once again ALL THE BEST
byee
hi every buddy!!!
i had called TAPMI this mornin' .. they said that the GD/PI results would be out on the 5th of march.. So ATB to all guys....
hey thanks dude...now we know wen will our misery end...(or start ...)
regards
pls pls pls .............
atb frens,
Rick.
sorry became irrelevant......:x
Rahul
........rahul, i'm afraid that its me who's gone mad .....
haaahaa....
hope its ok now, rt ...
ps: cld u pls reduce the 'big quote' 😉 .... unless ppl 'll curse me over it !!
who thot u r this agile
... by the time i corrected the post, u put it up .... 
Rick.