Tag Archives: B-School Life

The Last Lecture – Redux

The last lectures are always highly anticipated. Some become blockbusters, some taper into damp squibs. Some, however, become stuff legends are made of and told to generations. That happens if your name is a certain Randy Pausch or in this … Continue reading

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Coming together…

There’s a lot of activity at the G1G room…or the GiG room as we call it. A small bunch of people move in and out in a clandestine fashion locking the doors behind them. As they move out, they carry … Continue reading

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Living at the Riot House…

For me, and many others, this was the first time we’re living in a hostel. Now, one is sufficiently educated about the etiquette one is expected to follow while at a hostel. Rules handed down from elder brothers which if … Continue reading

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Can I have some fries to go with that order please?

Looks like this is the real deal. A taste of things to come. If we thought things were tough so far, I think we were all fooling ourselves. As of this week, the batch has been quite graciously welcomed by … Continue reading

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Ideas Galore!

Now that we are on a lean period here at Great Lakes, everyone has found something or the other to keep themselves engaged. The latest craze doing the rounds is entering b-plan contests. (Its got an even bigger boost since … Continue reading

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A Fortnight After the PGPM Degree.

Its been a fortnight, since we the batch of 08, were conferred our PGPM degree. It suddenly feels eerie and lonely to get out of the student life mode. Gone are the days we chatted galore over special tea at … Continue reading

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Racing to the Finish Line

You know its not going to be a podium finish, but you still run the race like mad, just because you need to be ackowledged that you ran the race. Here I am 5 45 in the morning, doing my … Continue reading

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Life at Great Lakes-The past year!

Life in the past year has been a roller coaster ride at Great Lakes. Life has seen the joys, the moments of exhilaration, the darker moments and disappointments also. When one comes to a B school, every body comes with … Continue reading

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Whats Cooking at Great Lakes?

Sessions of Carrom, in between classes Last doses of Assignment tension and Tensionless sleeping Desperate measures to copy all important files-presentations done over the year Fin Guys ruminating over the absolutely bad health of the financial sector. The page talks … Continue reading

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Placement Week!

Placement week started on the 28th, and went till the 29th. This was organised at Shelters resorts near Mahabalipuram, and went off very well. Just as the case is with every growing B school, since there is a huge diversity … Continue reading

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72 Hours to Placement Season! Whats Cooking up?

Even I have started to visit the library, as I need to get some gnyaan on Marketing. After Nihit did his internship at Fashion Networks, he seems to have learnt to pose like a model Akash Vaze, seems to be … Continue reading

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Whom Do You Want to be Today?

” I am walking on Dalal street for  6 months and spend the next 6 months in New york crunching numbers. I ski in the alps on weekends after working 20 hours a day 5 days a week, catch the flight … Continue reading

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Phew! Respite? Not Really

The last 2 weeks have seen me sleeping very less, averaging between 3-4 hours every day due to heavy workload and actually not-so-good efficiency of working. A tiring mind, always takes that much longer to charge up and work full … Continue reading

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Surveys Season at Great Lakes

I have been swamped with friend’s requests to fill up a survey. It’s that time of our course, where we arrive at the 3rd stage of our empirical research and the research calls for some primary data on people’s perception, … Continue reading

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