IIMs- Changing the Rules of the Game

The IIMs are in a transition phase from being an engineering college ( oops..the fact that almost 92 percent of the intake are engineers say so) to global MBA college. Coming up with 'glitch full' and some 'weird normalization' of online scores is giant leap in this direction. But even a small step to change does come with such issues ( but only problem in this case is that it came at  the cost of 2.41 lac of  IIM aspirants minus the ones who got atleast one call....oh..that's negligible compared to India's population). Making the entrance test online (at the mercy of Prometric) has made it 'Global' as aspirants from abroad can also appear for the test.. (wow thats 'cool' .. Indian Education system coming at par with Global standards)

Let's not get into the intricacy of the way the entrance exams has been conducted this year and raise eyebrows. Rather, let's focus on the big picture i.e the changes and impact of the surprised cutoff criteria, increased weightage to Xth ,XIIth and work-ex have brought this year. Definitely, unlike other reputed MBA 'Factories'  ( producing MBA grads) outside India having mix of students from various backgrounds, Indian "Factories" are dominated by 'engineering illiterates' ( may be that's why most of them directly joined MBA college after completing their engineering). When an engineer directly joins an MBA after completing his/her degree, how would he/she justify his/her contemporary engineering aspirants who might not have got as good a college or might even not got an engineering seat. I know there are still engineering colleges where the placement is not good and some students might not get placed and end up going to an MBA college.(But the question is whether they would have contributed to engineering field). Bringing work-ex as a selection criteria will surely close this loop hole in the education system.

Increasing the weightage in Xth and XIIth is just another measure is get hold of the students who are consistent through out their life. But there are states where its difficult to score high marks in these board exams. For this , IIMs are following some 'sensible' normalization process ( I guess so !!) to  bring all boards at par.

Getting hold of more undergrads from other field will still be a challenge for IIMs as engineering grads will keep appearing and getting through the selection process ( though with work-ex atleast)  whatsoever be the criteria. It might so happen in future that IIMs might start shortlisting students on the basis of fields (like technology,medical,journalism,art,etc) of work-ex rather than 'just' work-ex in their attempt to become a global college and meet the standards set by some of  the best business schools in the world.

But one thing is for sure.. IIMs have become more 'unpredictable' than before  and thereby reaching to higher standard of  "Uncertainty for Aspirants" .

Gender imbalance will lead to Third world war

It was August 1945 when atom bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki - the cities of Japan, during the Second World War. The whole world came to a stand still. Such was the devastation that the effect was felt for generations. Thousands of people lost their lives, many became crippled and many got infected with diseases and allergies capable of ruining generations. Though Japan has finally become as one of the most developed nations, the even thought of a "Third World War" shivers the whole body.


This is the age of “Technology” and technological advancements are happening in leaps and bounds. But still there are communities and societies where girl child is considered a taboo and is killed. Such killings is just the beginning of the end. The girl, if at all succeeded in surviving the first stage, enters the next stage where she is not given proper treatment and at par education with man which leads to her final stage of slavery in form of wife where is stuck for whole of her life. All these things have created ‘Gender Imbalance’ not only in terms of their decreasing population but also in terms of the being ill-treated for so long.


The gender bias and imbalance created will lead to a third world war where we might find the Women of the world fighting against the Men of the world for the equal rights of education, treatment, opportunities and above all, the equal right to live. There can be another possibility of this gender killing and bias that there would be one such day when all the women of this world will be extinct and the world will comprise only ‘Man’. The nature has been created in a way where everything is balanced. If there is day then there is night to balance it. If there is winter, then there exists summer too. If there is flood somewhere then there are times when there is draught. If there is rash and reckless man, then there is compassionate and patient woman to balance him. So if the ‘Woman’ doesn’t exist, the imbalance will lead to War, so fierce in nature, that never had such war been fought leading to complete destruction of life in any form.


In order to stop this menace, its important that the man should understand the importance of woman and let her avail the opportunities, education and treatment at par with his. The gender imbalance is corroding the roots of our existence and we must and should take immediate measures to curb this menace immediately else the day wouldn’t be far when there will be a ‘Third World War’.

Cisco @ Bangalore

Its has been long since I have blogged.So I got this idea of writing something about my stay in Cisco,Bangalore.


It has been almost 15 months in Bangalore. Cisco Systems, being my first step in the Corporate World, (though I had done full six months internship in Freescale Semiconductor,Noida)is completely different from what I have heard or seen before. I was mesmerized when I saw "Cisco Cessna Campus". Its was a huge campus with two blocks and the third one in making. You got to swipe your card everytime to go to the next room. The campus had a huge cafeteria serving foods ranging from North Indian, South Indian, Chinese, Tandoori , Juice-center and finally a Live-Kitchen where you could order from variety of yummy stuffs. Then I saw the club house with a Gym, pool tables, carrom boards, Fooseball tables, a basket ball court and an open ground where I saw people playing cricket. The initial one month in Cisco was fun. Parties,yummy foods,trips to Fun places filled with lot of interesting activities and of course day-long Induction presos for New College hires were common.


After the completion of Induction programmes, we moved to our Business Units (commonly called as BU's ,basically departments). I was moved in ARTG ( Access Routing Technology Group) as I had opted for VOIP (Voice/Video over IP). Within a week, I was moved from one team (SIP-TDM gateway) to another (Cisco Unified Border Element or in simple terms IP-IP gateway). The job was very interesting,say sixty percent of my time consisted of Lab testing and fifteen percent in preparing test plans and presenting them to India/US team and the fifteen percent in automating my testcases using Tcl.


Cisco Systems is full of oppurtunities/challenges. You get to know new technologies. Before the world can even think of , you are working on developing such technologies. The work might become sometimes so interesting that one might end up in becoming a "Workaholic" even before one realizes the transformation. And 'I' am one such person :) . Cisco has rightly kept its vision "To change the way the world works, lives, plays and learns."

Fun in Noida

Life was never so chill. This is my 8th sem of engineering and am doing my internship in Noida. And in Noida,I can say, I am spending one of my best part of my life.

There is no such tensions of Ws' (what where why which etc .). I met my old pals with whom I had studied 11-12th, with whom I had spent two years in the DPS hostel and with whom I shared the joys and sorrows of first two years of my hostel life. Most of them are working or in the last year of their completion of professional course and are ready to join some great industries.


Noida has changed a lot. The last time when i came here in 2004 it was not much developed. Atta market was there but there was no GIP ( Great India Mall). There were multiplexes but only Waves and PVR but you can see Adlabs , Jam etc. Nowadays Construction of metro going on through out the city.


After spending three and a half years in south , I am feeling very different here . I hear people conversing with each other in Hindi. I dont have any hesitation in expressing my self . I dont have the fear that the one listening to me wont be able to comprehend and I have to try to explain him in sign language or look for for someone who can convey my thoughts to the concerned party.


After all, this is what I wanted.


Thanks Noida.. Thanks Freescale for giving this wonderful opportunity