A MOMENT OF PRIDE………..!!!!!!
Just happened to chat with an employee of IMaCS (ICRA Management & Consulting Services) during the “HAPPY HOURS”, an euphemism for the jobless moments in the company. He was an alumnus of SJMSOM, IIT-Bombay (joined IMaCS the same day I did for my Internship) and just started discussing about trivial matters of IITs, their system, vision and the teaching methodologies. Since I am currently put in IIT-Bombay the discussion started with the conveyance we take to reach office and the internal transportation of IIT-B.
Since he was the class representative of his batch and few other committees, he was pouring in new insights into how things happen at IIT-B in general and SJMSOM in particular. The first issue on the discussion was the “TUM TUM”, the electric bus equivalent of IIT-M used for internal transportation. It’s a pain commuting in the morning from IIT-B since we don’t get any mode of conveyance and have to either rely on some noble gentleman/woman offering us a lift or walk till the main gate where we can get an auto. And he was recalling how the Gen Sec contestants last year were promising about getting 3 additional TUM TUM and has overlooked the fact that the existing TUM TUMs are non-functional, forget about getting the new ones.
Then discussed about various other topics like overall Infrastructure, department labs, faculty, the interaction between the Management department & the Institute and so on and so forth….. Incidentally he is releasing a book on his experiences in IIT-B (sort of memoir+narrative+his stances on certain issues) very soon (he said about 200 pages). He had also coordinated with our DoMS, IIT-M faculty team for the interviews of prospective candidates this year and the previous year. He also happened to interact with our professors about DoMS and was very happy to know when the professors told him the long-term vision for DoMS and where they want to see our DoMS.
The discussion then shifted to the subsequent decrease in the number of faculty members at SJMSOM to the current strength of 12, the appointment of CSE dept prof as their HOD who never taught a subject to management students and the lack of faculty for important subject like SCM and the support of their profs in key issues. In this entire discussion I was comparing DoMS and narrating our system, our labs, our profs and the effort that the DoMSians and the prof together put in making things better ranging from getting big names for placement (United Airlines, Bloomberg, Goldman Sachs)…or forming clubs, forum, websites, blogs, making Samnavay better, ensuring DoMS get proper media coverage etc etc……
This discussion made me think, how long can an institution rest on its legacy? There surely needs to be a concerted effort from all the stakeholders, the faculty, the students, the management to evolve better system and practices. Its always more important to have a bigger slope than a bigger intercept to ensure good future. All the activities that happen in DoMS gave me a lot of comfort that we are not just ensuring that the feasible conditions for an MBA program exist but somehow we are continuously pushing that feasibility to optimality. Still we have miles to go and promises to keep….but that discussion was surely a moment of pride………!!!!!
Since he was the class representative of his batch and few other committees, he was pouring in new insights into how things happen at IIT-B in general and SJMSOM in particular. The first issue on the discussion was the “TUM TUM”, the electric bus equivalent of IIT-M used for internal transportation. It’s a pain commuting in the morning from IIT-B since we don’t get any mode of conveyance and have to either rely on some noble gentleman/woman offering us a lift or walk till the main gate where we can get an auto. And he was recalling how the Gen Sec contestants last year were promising about getting 3 additional TUM TUM and has overlooked the fact that the existing TUM TUMs are non-functional, forget about getting the new ones.
Then discussed about various other topics like overall Infrastructure, department labs, faculty, the interaction between the Management department & the Institute and so on and so forth….. Incidentally he is releasing a book on his experiences in IIT-B (sort of memoir+narrative+his stances on certain issues) very soon (he said about 200 pages). He had also coordinated with our DoMS, IIT-M faculty team for the interviews of prospective candidates this year and the previous year. He also happened to interact with our professors about DoMS and was very happy to know when the professors told him the long-term vision for DoMS and where they want to see our DoMS.
The discussion then shifted to the subsequent decrease in the number of faculty members at SJMSOM to the current strength of 12, the appointment of CSE dept prof as their HOD who never taught a subject to management students and the lack of faculty for important subject like SCM and the support of their profs in key issues. In this entire discussion I was comparing DoMS and narrating our system, our labs, our profs and the effort that the DoMSians and the prof together put in making things better ranging from getting big names for placement (United Airlines, Bloomberg, Goldman Sachs)…or forming clubs, forum, websites, blogs, making Samnavay better, ensuring DoMS get proper media coverage etc etc……
This discussion made me think, how long can an institution rest on its legacy? There surely needs to be a concerted effort from all the stakeholders, the faculty, the students, the management to evolve better system and practices. Its always more important to have a bigger slope than a bigger intercept to ensure good future. All the activities that happen in DoMS gave me a lot of comfort that we are not just ensuring that the feasible conditions for an MBA program exist but somehow we are continuously pushing that feasibility to optimality. Still we have miles to go and promises to keep….but that discussion was surely a moment of pride………!!!!!
posted by Rajeev @ 9:58 PM
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