Life at NMiMS
- by Arun Anand *
We have all heard of B-schools
outside the city belts - with lush green campuses, serene lakes, deer, rabbits
and peaceful ambiences. But no B-school in India has the International Airport
on their right, Railway station in their front, a very happening Andheri West on
the left and the lane of Star-Hotels and Juhu Beach on the back. Welcome to
NMiMS, Mumbai.
The small, but neat campus, like
Bombay, maintains its speedy life-style. You can see students doing hurried
last-minute touch ups to their presentations. You can see Visiting Professors
and Guest Faculty from the industry rushing into the college in their cars.
Right outside the gates, one can often see Mercs stopping by to have "cutting-chai"
and "wada pav". In short, Mumbai life is blended into this B-school - NMiMS.
During the first three weeks, we
had an orientation program. The Non-engg were taught Maths and IT. Engineers
were taught accounting and so on. A right blend of subjects in the right
proportion enabled every student of the batch learning basics of the subjects
he/she never knew. The mantra at NMiMS is pretty simple - Live your Life. Study
hard. Play harder. Here, you can see the professors and the students having Tea
together. Our Dean is one among us. Our VC is one among us. Yet, no assignments
are delayed and no presentations are postponed. Work means work. Play means
play. And that's our USP - a healthy sense of freedom.
We have a mixed teaching style -
Theory + Presentations + Cases - form our curriculum. Subjects like Corporate
Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance are given utmost importance. Many
of our professors used to hold high positions in Industry. For instance, a
professor like Chandan Dasgupta, who knows an ocean in Banking, or a Professor
like R. P. Singh, who is a king of Operations, are the ones who we are all proud
of. Dr. Meena Galliara, whose knowledge in Social Responsibility & related
concepts is unmatched. The other part is, despite their busy schedule, they are
all very much accessible to us.
An awesome senior batch and a
fantastic alumni network is something worth mentioning. An efficient Students'
Council combined with cells like "Finomenon", "Not Just Marketing", "IT Cell", "HRuday",
etc., are responsible for organizing various events here. Virtually, every week
we have some activity going on by any of these cells. The campus is a buzzing
one. In addition to this, we are celebrating our Silver Jubilee year very soon.
Lots to come.
We are eagerly waiting by the
Juhu side...
