Ladies and Gentlemen you are about cross the threshold of opportunities.. but before you do that lets have a look at the glorious 2 years we have shared at IMT, Ghaziabad. The battle began much before you set foot on our beautiful campus, even before the day you bought IMT's form, even before you decided to give CAT... It began the day you told yourself I am made for doing bigger and better things... Congratulations to you all for winning that battle, now its time to win the war, as you set sail around the world, hope you vanquish all the demons ahead...
Well you can’t blame me for being nostalgic… it’s in the air. Let’s start then … the last 2 yrs at IMT have been much more than what I had imagined. After getting through to IMT the only thoughts that I had were whether the crowd will be really intellectual snobs or just snobs. Boy did I have the wrong idea.
I have met some gems at campus. You could say an eclectic collection of highly talented individuals each having a specialty of their own. Innumerable arguments later, I still feel I should have had few more, as each one left me more enriched than the other. I have had the opportunity to crib and bitch about all the things possible and wasn’t that fun.
Lemme take you through a few memorable incidents with my batch mates, I remember meeting this calm and confident guy sitting next to me on first class he confidently said that he is targeting a CGPA of 9. I thought screwed yaar what will I do with such ambitious fellows. Two years later my dear friend not only had the reputation of being part of the crème de la crème of the Marketing batch, he also landed one of the best jobs on campus. That’s what you admire dream high and achieve even higher. In the following weeks met people with amazing experiences those who had pay packages that would give you second thoughts before quitting but then they were here and they had no attitude because of it. Day 1 of Summer placements and people kept on messaging me facts about the company I was about to give the interview of, Guys that’s the camaraderie we had. Well being part of B2 was an experience of a life time… "a group of special people, who never competed with each other they just competed with the rest of the college", never brought any one of their classmates down during presentations. Most memorable moment would be Chakravyuh 2009 when everyone in the campus had one name on their mind Tapan Baba 24 Chor . I met some creative genius koi gane main rockstar to koi brilliant cartoonist aur koi itna creative ki poster ho ya tshirt he rocks it all….
We have our share of sharp shooters even if they kill on the server.. how could I pay a tribute to IMT without hailing our brilliant quizzers guys u ROCK!!!!!
Ask any B2 member and he or she would tell you we have had our share of characters… whether there was this gentleman whose vocab could only be understood by using a thesaurus and more so because when he was in full flow words just flew past us. The B2 symbol was my very sweet project mate he became answer to any question asked.. Then came, the manager who could just land up before the presentation started and give you an introduction which made you feel gosh can he hold fort…. How about our very own sweet lady CR, well I don’t think anyone could ever get angry on her…Waise aap logon ne ye sab to pehle padh hi liya ho ga… kyun kyun nahi padha….
Let’s talk about the gifted souls who taught us.
- The Mother of marketing said “Marketing makes selling superfluous”.
- Then came the man who said “Please revisit your organization and bring out some critical example”
- One creature in Technicolor said “Yes class why are you talking”
- The suave gentlemen made sure ki koi bhi unka ek bhi baal banka na kar sake
- Then came the “Woman” in man’s skin (Ladies I know you are not like him but didn’t have a better way to introduce this celeb) “ Aapki galati nahi aap ko to jinhone padhaya hai unhe bhi case solve karna nahi ata he he he” (he will shake his belly like bag full of jelly)
- Good things come in small packages “Worker kya karega wo to shaft ko mar mar ke fit kar dega “
- Who can forget the lady in boots she made the entire exam hall go "takar takar".
- The Economics man said “Friends will you study tomorrow (day before his exam) or not” more like pleaded.
- My most memorable achievement one find day I said “yaar is ka naam DRONA hona chahiye kyun ki ye samaya rok deta hai” and next thing u know everyones calling him that.
- Then we had the follower of the mahatama she took us to the field, made us watch muvis but could not teach us ethics.
- The finance guru who was hell bent to screw the tatas “bhai tu ne jaguar kyon li”
- Then I heard these special words “These F@#$ing A#@#$&* have no clues about business” and "these Bloody Bull shitters come out and say crap" this was used for the elite Indian entrepreneurs. Well this dude had the class mesmerized and I joined in the fan following in a few months.
- Who could forget our own little mayawati…..
- As far as I know Keller came and told her in her dreams how brands are made…Ya right!!!
- Well how can you forget this gentleman after the lady above… common yaar be serious…
- Then came the lady who was confused between whose your customer and consumer. “Sachein jyota wali maata teri saadayi jai”.. well my mates would know
- “Hey lady you are completely safe… I am only after these gande bois” didn’t this guy touch nearly half the men in my class. See the game beta or ye teri game baja dega.
- FCUK!!!!!!! hey remember our very own david dhavan… 100 ads bas 100 ads hain mere paas …
- Hyper sonic sounds were how we read the retail business….
- Then I met the ceiling staring mahashay who never looked down on us mere mortals.
- Ashoka hole ka password bina type kiya to apko IMT ka diploma nahi milskata hai Ji
- Arre baba koro na koro … nahi to shaar aajayenge
- Last but not least to a great human being, “Oho ab to jag jao ye sawal exam main ayega”.
- IMT main koi official khabar chaiye to Lalji se puchiye…
Someone asked Oho sir aap ppt kyun bhej te ho jab case study hi to aani hai paper main… sir said during exam “Oho kuch to likho baaki main dekh lunga”
Further there were many more characters, further if u refer to my previous slides you will knw them and in case you have any theoretical concepts you are most welcome to add them…
Before I sign off a special thanks to my juniors for a memorable farewell.. Guys and Gals you added much needed color to IMT… hope u keep it up…
My very best wishes to each and every one of you… may you achieve what your heart desires…
Till we meet again…..
