SCMHRD - Spoiled For Life

Oooppppooooooos finally I get time to list down what all i did in scmhrd.The only college application i filled, while my preparation for MBA,with 100% confidence was our college. Right from written test, GD/PI I had some gut feeling that i will make it here.

I arrived in college first day. Meeting the roomates was first trist with outer world. Then started the stream of people coming into the college seeing people from all over India. I started feeling the country guy among everyone. The way people were behaving, potraying what they knew, what they are, what they could do. I was like at my best possible foolish mind then. Was just trying to analyze do I even stand a chance to compete with so many people and I was thinking of facing brightest minds in India some where far off in IIM's n rest of B schools.

First hua art of living shuru hua, I started seeing people crumbling like pack of cards slowly within the morning session. My physical fitness once again came to my rescue. I could withstand the pressure. The first class was of PPM Mr.Sane , he literally brought my spirits back when he started discussing abt the subject. I had strong foundation in general understanding of business. Then came budget session in front of director. I was the only non-commerce guy who had given his name for the team. They gave me a so called insignificant topic Export-Import policy. I was full gang ho about the topic, when my turn came I gave my best shot, to my surprise the prof ( Oke sir) as well as director were happy with my presentation. I then compared my work with others.

hahhahahhaah the husk started waning away from the grain, it was not how well I can talk or the image I have its the work I can show that mattered. Subjects just started. My first test stats paper I got 6 out og 20. I was bloody happy i atleast got some marks, then i meet our psycho our IIT saikat he scolds me like anything for gettin such marks, incidently he too scored 6 and i congratulated him. we had a tacit understanding we will screw all the buggers out there with our performance. Then we started our famed sessions on fifth floor. Daily discussin some topic on a regular basis. Things started falling in place. I could sense what my strength was n what i was not capable of. The cultural festival happenend, i was standing in every function like a kid not knowing what to do. Peole even knew english albums by heart ahhahah. I was standing between all this like an assssssssssss. One day I saw our CA babu he had a print out with lyrics of hotel california. I got some assurance I was not the only dumb ass around. All these incidents gave me courage little by little n confidence that I can make it big even here.

The only thing i used to think of all first semister was I shouldnt end up at the bottom of the batch, all efforts were to stay out of below average bracket. I never bothered abt top performers. I was very fortunate enough with people who were kind enough to share what they knew without feeling the J factor ( jealousy). I too started getting back to the group with some info in whichever way I could.
Then came the senior placement team notice asking for people who want to go to bangalore. I gave my name as appa was also going. I didnt even fancy my chances, went to the interview, i was my usaul self in what i spoke. I was selected to represent the college. This one incident gave me the much needed kick that i have something in me, i am after all not one country guy from remote place in andhra. I did some good work during that visit, we had good feedback form companies. That was the time when i started interacting with appa, learning from him how to deal with people what to speak, what not to speak. he too was kind enough to give me liberty to do things when i was with him.

During our regular humour shows of subbu's batch meets one day I raise my hands for taking the admission work up n take the biggest risk i took in SCMHRD till date. I become the Admission teams coordinator. I never kenw at that time what all learning will i get from this job n how happy will i end up due to my work. I slowly started feeling what responsibility is, what power is, people skills n last but not least humility. I was glad to get two trusted friends who never let me down all during our work Preethi n Midha. Though I had times when i had to set them right first but it was always fun working for admission. The late night work with the whole batch. small issues with batchmates weeping , crying fould , trying to lure with delicacies and many more naughty encounters. All in all convincing 20000 applicants all over India, my team and batchmates and our dear director. Every time I was able to help some applicant it gave me so much joy.

During this work one day adi(roma's crush) comes up to me at 1230 AM and tells you are leaving for blore for senior placement vist ( only two juniors me n appa were sent for it, rest all seniors) by 2 AM train. That day i realised i made my mark in the college. I was on equal footing with anyone in the college. I land up in blore on friday,do some work n saturday sunday i get the shock of my MBA. I am in IIMB festival Vista. our team had not even reached final stage in a single event. Any event we participated we were dismal last. That day i got to know what my Auquat is. Me n saurabh on that day decided next year we will make sure we screw people from IIM's it was more of a personal debacle for both of us when we lost all the events. I bought on IIMB ka T-shirt which i wear often, it always reminds me about my ability and what all i should do to compete with the best.

I finished my summers without much adu, had a very good time in office, home, delhi n also all the tirps i made during my two month stay. The learning i had in HCL was very useful in understanding where i fit myself. I realised my strength is my ability to crack people n get work done. So i was happy with my work, given the limited work company gave me. Exposure to delhi junta, culture n behaviour taught me couple of things about dealing with people.

Third semister came as a breather lots of chicks going around in college with juniors from all 3 college ahhahhahahah :-). Subjects which we took were much aligned to what i wanted to do. Me n saurabh got our focus on day one. Started to work on research paper. this was a good reward for all the pain we took to reach this stage. If i look back i feel i deserved the success which we both cherished. Placements happened later on. Not much to talk about them, just becuause of my research i got my job, i know it pretty well. I was able to convince the company only based upon my understanding of the industry n exposure i can give them. The joy was yet to come, everytime i could be of help to anyone from the batch for their job. The smile i see on their face gave me much kick than the day i got myjob.

Now i consider less worse in terms of the Ignorance scale than i was at the beginning of the course. If i look back on a scale of 10 I would rate my learnings in this campus as 100. I never thought I will be exposed to such good things, pushing myself harder, handling people across different backgrounds n not least made friends whom i can rely on. That gives me much more joy. While i leave this campus i will be one of the most happy souls walking out .
Last one month in college has been few bumpy rides with friends. Feeling of moving out of the campus is really setting in now. One more day to go for the convocation, i am then off this place for ever. Lets hope we make the most of it.

SCMHRD - Spoiled for Life.