Architecture, Weather and Water...

There are MBAs, and then there are IIMs and ..then there is IIM-A.

In the next few months, my life will change... along with me, there would around 250 others who too will share this experience.... We are PGP1.. the batch of IIM Ahmedabad 2010...

This is my story as it unfolds... The WIMWI reports...

I shall take try to make sense of the chaos that is ever prevalent here...

This year onwards , the syllabus is different... More on that -later..

Lets get this started..


The first thing that stikes one about IIM-A is the Architecture... (actually, it is the ridiculous heat and the humidity..but that kinda hits you at Ahmedabad station and remains with you all the time!)

The entire campus is divided into two parts - the old campus ( the one they show in magazine pics) and the New campus... There are 20 dorms in the old campus..and 8 new dorms in the new campus..

The entire IIM A is like a big city... it has schools, playgrounds, banks, tennis courts, fitness centres, gyms, residential blocks, offices , it has its own courier office!!

The first few days will go in exploring the campus, if the heat allows.. It is mindnumbingly hot and humid... so the heat will make you sweat...while the humidity will ensure that you remain sweaty all the time...
But trust me- I have not met a single person who has walked away unimpressed... This is the temple of learning..and the architecture never lets you forget that.. There is an awe when you look at these magnificent structures... It makes you WANT to come in...

The water here is queer... it tastes funny... Of course, a few ppl have no sense of taste ..and look at me when I tell them that the water tastes different.. They ask me - How would I know when water is tasteless to begin with??... duh...

The new campus rooms are bigger and more spacious... The old dorm rooms are more abt prestige and heritage...

Depending upon one's luck, one has to calculate the time taken to reach the classrooms... you would hate to be 7 minutes away ...esp when those 7 minutes could be used for sleep... more so when you know that for some people, classrooms are 30 seconds away!!...

I guess i have covered the architecture.. the weather...the water...
Next stop - the classes... the people... the return of Tuchas (second yearites..or the lucky people who had lost paradise...and regained it..)