Thursday 31 January 2013

Life in the last 2 years

Lot has happened in the last 2 years ..whether in terms of aspirations , priorities in life ..


When i started my preparation for MBA entrance exams , my objective is pretty clear. I want to land up in a job which pays me a Lakh per month and do some thing which is not technical ( some thing not related to programming, which i never got the hang of) and also for once study in a college of repute that i no longer need to explain the exact location of college for people to identify (@Vignan: i still love to say i studied in Vignan engineering college located near Duvvada railway station :P )

Now when i stand at this juncture almost at the end of my 2 years at TISS , where i achieved every thing i set out to do ,I am blank and clueless to say the least. Most probably this is my last formal education culminating when i am fast crossing 26 years . Ofcourse still there are plans of doing one more masters either in psychology/law/labour studies ...but nothing in immediate future

Placed with "Crompton Greaves" in final placements and hopefully and most probably will get a factory role ( which i had been romanticizing for quite some time) and so soon will come to know how much fun it is ...

One remarkable change i can observe over the last 2 years is the changing priorities with respect to life style and what kind of work i do ...Money has taken a backseat ( ofcourse still there are expectations but it is no longer a decision maker). I am sure of what kind of organizations i enjoy working with ( thanks to all the Fieldworks at TISS) and especially those i never want to work irrespective of what they pay 

Succesfully organized and concluded "Manthan" , been part of traditional senior-junior trek, danced for the first time in "Meghamudra", lived the dream of staying in a hostel ( Room no 17, Hostel 3 , Old campus..u will sure be missed ..), Made some really good friends, found true nature of some ..at the end i had grown ..hopefully more mature and confident than i started with 

Though this look like a farewell speech , there is still a long way to go : One NGO stint to complete, Research Thesis to be submitted and four exams to be cleared before i can proudly call myself an Alumnus of this great institute "TISS" which provided me more than what i achieved in 24 years of my life time

Saturday 12 January 2013

Chronicles of Life at TISS - 8



Some how today i feel like writing some thing in the blog  again and what better topic than happenings at TISS 

Last few days were few of the quite hectic days , we organised the first rounds for various events of Manthan(www.manthan2013.org) which is scheduled to happen from 25th to 27th Jan . Beyond that the heat of placements can be very much felt . 
Dinner conversations shifted quite comfortably to discussions on law and whereever 2-3 students meet , the discussion always surrounds around who has a chance of going to which company and dream companies :)

Tommorow marks an important day for the batch of 2011-13 as the next batch (2013-15) who are eager to oust us from the comfort of TISS campus and take our place :) are writing their written exam . best wishes for them 

Never realised how 2 years just went by .......hardly few days left for us in the campus but deadlines of research and the course on "Leadership" ( Mulla sir already shared a 800 page compendium beating his own record of ACB ;) ) sure gonna leave little time to feel nostalgic 

Now its all about placements for the next few days ...Situation looks quite optmistic and wish best things happen for the batch of 2011-13 :D