The PPTs have begun

Everyday there are atleast two firms talking to students. Right from retail giants, telecom service providers, and IT services firms - you name them and they are here. as they rightly put it in management terms, the size of the pie is getting biggger and better. and for obvious reasons the firms want the best share of the pie. so they are here with the best offers. with some level of confidence, i can say that with whats going right now, the average salary will increase from what was quoted in the press last year. the companies are excited about being here. they have chosen to be on campus to talk to us rather than visit a few IIMs. that sounded like a lot of motivation for most of us.

but still the funny characters never shy away from making their presence felt and yes, i can never stop writing about them. the only reason i go to the PPTs is to get these juicy yet stupid words from them onto this medium.

so, during the PPT from a retail company, one student asks - could you tell us what your roadmap for this country is? the guy who was answering questions was a director and he was absolutely stunned. here he was in front of 70 odd students answering questions about hiring and roles, and then one guys suddenly shoots this CEO level question out of the blue. he was smart. so he gave the best possible MBA reply to that. by the way, the recruiter had clearly mentioned that he was only looking for people with experience and then someone goes - do you have any roles for freshers, can freshers apply? blah blah blah.

if you ask me whats happening on the academic front - well no one is bothered about the courses. people hardly attend classes. most people are using their right to bunk two classes per course. now that the attendance policy has been relaxed - there will not be people with cameras filming our presence inside the classroom. the profs will decide how to go about with the attendance policy. i think thats a very good step that has been taken by the administration. i'd be more than happy if the next batch shows some more enthusiasm and removes the attendance policy completely.