GMBA at SPJCM – The VROOM MBA

10 months.

10 months it all took to change the career path, the suffix hunted by men/women in their quarters or so to look for something sizzling and better in their professional life, to get into more business oriented debates in Monday morning (than changing a piece of code , at an outsourcing hub), yeah it just took 10 months to earn a MBA degree.

So now as I stand in the trails of time and look back I find tectonic shift from what I was. And I might not have done that in style. I was the last to get clearance from our dean to leave the campus officially, but that's a lesser acknowledged credit.

I am surprised by pace of GMBA and the ferocity through which we went through – truly it had been a rigorous and enlightening program. At same time I feel that we could shape the program better in ways more than one.

I would love to see the following changes in GMBA

• The College Board has intellectuals but it would be good to have people from industry, example CEO / CFO / Regional Head in it. These people from industry would be a cushion in case the placements get a shock as we did last time.
  

• Also these people should be spread out, from offices in India, Singapore, Kula Lampur, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sydney
  
• We could start even with smaller companies but ensure that placements are distributed. The more it is, the less it is polarized, and lesser is impact of shocks in industry.
  
• The college lacks a synergy between two batches spread across either sides of India. There should be a time, may be 7 days when we should have interaction with one another. Why can't we organize an event over the web – to stimulate collaboration?
  
• We lack an event, which would enhance our reputation across different colleges. Events like MeX-Z should be promoted in a bigger scale.
  
• Have more interaction with colleges in Singapore and Dubai – may be monthly event where in we pull in participation from both these cities to our college.
  
• Organize a social program through our college. A community service based program to gain appreciation of locals. We have done nothing for locals so far.
  
• Have more international faculty and students- Students from Malaysia , Philippines , Indonesia, SAARC countries could absorb placements in Dubai which come in volumes and get rejected by lot many of us since most of us feel culturally unfit for that place. Also this would spur placements from South Asia region.
  
• Have more diversity among students and observe group dynamics.
  
• Maintain strong alumni contacts
  
• Have more practicality in courses. Instead of teaching Supply Chain management over slides and letting us know more about crates and trolleys, students could get more knowledge if an industry visit is made to offices of Cosco and PSA.
  

The sweet sour moments

For last few days I had been trying to feed my eyes a little more, capturing the soon to be history for me .. I want to relive these moments again when I "think about it" some day in future ... for these are precious. I am going to miss the people around me, with whom I had this "fight for and fight with" relationship , but most importantly tied together for 10 months of HELL ( well I would call it a easy MBA some day in future.. but when you go through that process , it was like ajourney through the Black Hole).

And now as I see these days sweeping by calenedars, I am afraid to lose the company I had in the campus. I would miss the classes, the antics that were played, the huge bunch of friends who accpeted my antics with smile.. I would surely miss the abuses that were showered upon me, they were such a part of my life.. I would miss to hear 5 or 6 voices screaming at me .. but who really missed the same bugging antics of mine when I was down ..

I would miss the assignment pace and the bondage that we shared when we were part of group.. We might have been the best of enemies but I was amazed to see voices of support from the same block when I was in their team..Isnt that cute ??

I wont be scampering and pulling some onez hair at a cafetria, at the Reliance office , nor would I have the liberty of forcing people to appreciate my deadly PJ's...

On the same breath, the volley of assignments would no longer ruin my smile and I hope not to digg for metal pieces to pay for the bill at resturants.....

I could only capture the footprints of these times and wish to have a look and reflect upon some time soon