Game begins at NITIE!!

17 June,2013, my first day for MBA program in a premier college called NITIE. The first class of every new course program is usually memorable. That day was no exception. This class was taken by Dr. T. Prasad. In between the class only we came to know that he was the ever popular Dr. Mandi, the convener of the nationally popular entrepreneurship event called “MANDI”. As soon as he entered the class and put the bag on table, he threw globe shaped rubber balls all over the class and, to our pleasant surprise, asked us to play freely. I then realized why many people say that MBA is fun. He also passed butterfly shaped plastic toys and ducks sliding on the rails.He also pulled off his shoes which reminded me of MF Hussain!Then started the highly interactive discussion with Dr Mandi about how much money we have sacrificed for pursuing this MBA program. He told us that every day of a person's life is important and that a person should earn his bread on the same day(Aaj ki roti aaj hi kamana!). He said that we are to sacrificing 2500 per day for MBA.He told us about the spirit of entrepreneurship and gave examples of his students who are successfully running their businesses. After this there was a small activity in the class where one student was asked to sell the butterfly shaped plastic toy to other student. It was rather funny, given the reasons one person gave to other for buying the product!

After this he came out with his non-conventional theory that “Teachers are not the only way of imparting education”. He explained in the context of Management education that if everyone wrote blogs after every class discussion, there will no use of books or management institutes because there will be a lot of diverse and relevant material on the internet free of cost.

His next class on the same day was even more interesting. He asked few students to come out and sing the Pink Floyd's epic song “We don't need no education”. He explained the beauty of this song saying that it urged the world to allow the students to have free thought. Kids and students are not just another brick in the wall, all of them have different talents and aspirations. He ended the class motivating us to write blogs on the topics which are discussed in the class.

So this was my first day in NITIE which infused in me a lot of positive energy for pursuing this exhaustive program. Keep watching my blog for more insightful and knowledgeable articles learned from Dr. Mandi.