Tuesday, January 9, 2007
Submitted my Loan application Today
I have submitted my loan application today to the Punjab and Sindh Bank in Delhi. I am hopeful that I should be getting the loan sanctioned by 15th Jan 2007. Once, I get the Loan sanction letter then I am all set to file my Visa papers.
Declined Cranfield Interview
I sent an email Informing Cranfield school of business that I will not be attending the Interview call as I have made it to Queen's.
So with this I have put rest to my applications processing stage.
So with this I have put rest to my applications processing stage.
Sunday, January 7, 2007
Meeting with ISB Yahoo group members
I attended the meeting held by the members of the ISB Hyd yahoo group. This group was started when I was in the application stage. Majority of the members in this group have been successful in getting through the ISB R1 admissions, barring myself and another applicant of similar experience as mine.
I felt very good and a welcome member in the group (after losing out in the admissions race). Really mature people around in the group considering majority of them are in the budding stages of their career.
I think I might explore the exchange program and come to ISB as an exchange student from Queens, as Queens has a tie up with ISB now. Let us see, where do we all land up.
One thing was very common in this meeting. Everybody wanted to be an entrepreneur at some or the other stage of their life. Guess, every body wants to come out of the rat race that we all have been part of since our childhood, thanks to the lack of vision or compelling circumstances of our parents (I am talking of middle class families, and not the rich class).
When I was in school, I was constantly told by my parents----Study, study, get a good job, settle down, marry, bring up your children, make them study and continue this cycle-infinite cycle. Is this not the mantra of a generation older to us. Do you think that this philosophy holds true in this jet age. I certainly do not think so.
One of the biggest foully of this philosophy is we end up paying huge taxes. Some times I really wonder do we earn to pay taxes to the Government.
I certainly want to come out of this rat race and become enterprising. Again, let us see where life takes me.
I felt very good and a welcome member in the group (after losing out in the admissions race). Really mature people around in the group considering majority of them are in the budding stages of their career.
I think I might explore the exchange program and come to ISB as an exchange student from Queens, as Queens has a tie up with ISB now. Let us see, where do we all land up.
One thing was very common in this meeting. Everybody wanted to be an entrepreneur at some or the other stage of their life. Guess, every body wants to come out of the rat race that we all have been part of since our childhood, thanks to the lack of vision or compelling circumstances of our parents (I am talking of middle class families, and not the rich class).
When I was in school, I was constantly told by my parents----Study, study, get a good job, settle down, marry, bring up your children, make them study and continue this cycle-infinite cycle. Is this not the mantra of a generation older to us. Do you think that this philosophy holds true in this jet age. I certainly do not think so.
One of the biggest foully of this philosophy is we end up paying huge taxes. Some times I really wonder do we earn to pay taxes to the Government.
I certainly want to come out of this rat race and become enterprising. Again, let us see where life takes me.
Cranfield Interview
I have been selected for the Interview by the adcom at Cranfield School of business. The Interview will be on 10th Jan. I have to write one short essay (500) words and send it to the Interview panel before the Interview.
Let us see how it goes.
Let us see how it goes.
Chicken soup for the MBA's soul
Chicken soup for MBA's soul
Queen's offers meditation, fitnessShannon Sutherland, Financial PostPublished:
Tuesday, March 14, 2006Craig Roberts, a Queen's-Cornell EMBA student and a director at Reed Construction Data, says the Fit to Lead program reminded him heneeded to sweat, laugh, eat and sleep.Trying to provide an MBA student with work/life balance might seem daunting, but Queen's University found a hook to attract MBAstudents with its Fit to Lead program, which teaches students toattend to their mental, spiritual, emotional and physical well-being.About two-thirds of students participate in the programs, covering everything from personal reflection, goal setting, fitness, and healthy eating to balancing personal and professional pursuits. At on-campus sessions they engage in activities ranging from rockclimbing to Pilates. From 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. daily during sessions, it is basically me-time.
"I'm not going to tell you doing your MBA isn't stressful, because it is, but this program at least addresses that and helps you find away to develop healthy habits that will help you now and long after you're finished your MBA," says Craig Roberts, a director of professional services with Reed Construction Data and an enrollee in the Queens-Cornell executive MBA program."For starters, they reminded me I need to sweat at least three times a week, I need to sleep and I need to remember to laugh. Somewhere along the way, I had forgotten those things."Queen's might be on to something: It seems work/life balance is a status symbol. Three in 10 Canadians claim it is the leading indicator of career success, according to a 2003 Ipsos-Reid poll.
Instead of MBA grads bragging about an 18-hour negotiating session,they may soon be boasting about their two-hour session with the psychotherapist, or three-hour lunch with their wife or a marathon pillow fight with their children. In the United States, the Wharton School at the University ofPennsylvania offers the Total Leadership program, while the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business teaches a course called Spirit of the New Workplace. While it's not surprising a program such as this is never going to get total buy-in, Queen's has been encouraged by student support thus far. About 65% of the students participate in the daily activity programs, and about 35% participate in the personalized fitness programs. Students receive a fitness assessment and participate in individual fitness consultations with a personal trainer to design a customized fitness plan. Queens has four MBA programs featuring Fit to Lead: the Queen's-Cornell executive MBA, the accelerated MBA for business graduates,the executive MBA and the executive MBA program in Ottawa. In May,the program will be in all Queen's programs [as the program launches in MBAst]."Many executive MBA students are looking at 20 to 25 extra hours of work a week," says Bill Blake, associate dean of MBA programs at Queen's. "For the average person, the stress level goes up while working on an MBA, but to the extent that it's possible, we want students to strive for work/life balance."Mr. Roberts says the program was a catalyst for him and he is thrilled with his weight loss and renewed energy.
© National Post 2006
Queen's offers meditation, fitnessShannon Sutherland, Financial PostPublished:
Tuesday, March 14, 2006Craig Roberts, a Queen's-Cornell EMBA student and a director at Reed Construction Data, says the Fit to Lead program reminded him heneeded to sweat, laugh, eat and sleep.Trying to provide an MBA student with work/life balance might seem daunting, but Queen's University found a hook to attract MBAstudents with its Fit to Lead program, which teaches students toattend to their mental, spiritual, emotional and physical well-being.About two-thirds of students participate in the programs, covering everything from personal reflection, goal setting, fitness, and healthy eating to balancing personal and professional pursuits. At on-campus sessions they engage in activities ranging from rockclimbing to Pilates. From 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. daily during sessions, it is basically me-time.
"I'm not going to tell you doing your MBA isn't stressful, because it is, but this program at least addresses that and helps you find away to develop healthy habits that will help you now and long after you're finished your MBA," says Craig Roberts, a director of professional services with Reed Construction Data and an enrollee in the Queens-Cornell executive MBA program."For starters, they reminded me I need to sweat at least three times a week, I need to sleep and I need to remember to laugh. Somewhere along the way, I had forgotten those things."Queen's might be on to something: It seems work/life balance is a status symbol. Three in 10 Canadians claim it is the leading indicator of career success, according to a 2003 Ipsos-Reid poll.
Instead of MBA grads bragging about an 18-hour negotiating session,they may soon be boasting about their two-hour session with the psychotherapist, or three-hour lunch with their wife or a marathon pillow fight with their children. In the United States, the Wharton School at the University ofPennsylvania offers the Total Leadership program, while the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business teaches a course called Spirit of the New Workplace. While it's not surprising a program such as this is never going to get total buy-in, Queen's has been encouraged by student support thus far. About 65% of the students participate in the daily activity programs, and about 35% participate in the personalized fitness programs. Students receive a fitness assessment and participate in individual fitness consultations with a personal trainer to design a customized fitness plan. Queens has four MBA programs featuring Fit to Lead: the Queen's-Cornell executive MBA, the accelerated MBA for business graduates,the executive MBA and the executive MBA program in Ottawa. In May,the program will be in all Queen's programs [as the program launches in MBAst]."Many executive MBA students are looking at 20 to 25 extra hours of work a week," says Bill Blake, associate dean of MBA programs at Queen's. "For the average person, the stress level goes up while working on an MBA, but to the extent that it's possible, we want students to strive for work/life balance."Mr. Roberts says the program was a catalyst for him and he is thrilled with his weight loss and renewed energy.
© National Post 2006
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