Friend

An exceptionally tall Chinese girl to whom all of us Indians looked alike! This is what our first impression of Yan Yan was. But in no time, she has become one of us; a Friend. Here are some of her thoughts ...

Friend

One day morning

I sit under the sunshine

Have a cup of tea

And close my eyes try to listen to my heart

Think about an old topic

What is friend?

Friend is the one

Who sits next to you when you feel lonely

Friend is the one

Who can read your eyes when you feel down

Friend is the one

Who can give you a will to go through when you feel desperate

Friend is the one

Who can give you an umbrella when you are in the rain of tears

Friend

Could be anywhere

No language barriers

Because a smile from heart is the best communication

No culture block

Because understanding is the best way to bridge differences

No national borders

Because no matter how far the geographical distance is

You can still find the one

Who have the same feeling, same value, and the same personality

This even surprised me

Everyday,

I learn from my friends

Moved by my friends

And share with my friends

When the weather cold enough

I can play with snows

When the sky dark enough

I can see the stars

When the ice is thick enough

I can cross the river

And also,

When the days are tough enough

I can find the real friends

Thanks to my friends

My life has became colorful than ever

What is friend?

Friend is ……

Everything

Yan Yan

(Emily Jain)

Batch of GNOV'10

The Business Side of Things

I started to write this with a mixed thought –particularly to write on which side of the business? J

Probably the same was when I started for Dubai with no idea of what lies down the road. A time filled with anticipation, some anxiety, but now realized wonderful discoveries.

Losing on the opportunity cost, plus paying a huge one wasn’t an easy decision for most of us. But this (set of 48) India’s most exclusive & daring collection of people-were always confident and glad enough to be part of something which they always wanted to be. Believe me I never met such a set of enthusiastic and energetic people. All plans in play, amidst this killer schedule which nearly drained every bit of our energy.

Equally I understood that this College is going to be a lot different than my previous ones. Living away from home in a new country. What can you expect as you head off into the wonderful world of higher education?  On a foreign land, in a new world, Wide enough for our ambitions.

The first thing we noticed was the workload much heavier and more intense than what we experienced before. Large volumes of reading and deadlines, seemingly endless nights of studying. Public speaking, presentations and what not. Each day heavy dosages of innovations, motivations, leadership, Goal, strategy. Away from the comforts of our land quickly we got assimilated into our surroundings and adopted new routines to replace the old ones we left behind. Figuring out how to prioritize amongst innumerous list of Clubs, teams, parties, volunteer activities, lectures, movies, celebrations, and late nights and getting swamped before exam periods. We’ll probably be never again surrounded by these many peers on a full-time basis.Thus being part of this college is as much about finding out what we really are as it is about getting this degree. Here we will be, having fun, playing and still challenging ourselves, having a great time and the satisfaction of knowing we never wasted a chance.

I pray for all of us that Life gets pretty much stable after oscillating wildly outside comfort zone for a year and takes the best side of the Business.

Adieu till next

Neha Trivedi

GMBANOV’10

Young at 68

We are the 68^th best business school in the World and the 7^th best Asian business school (2011 FT Business School Ranking).

Incidentally, 7 and 68 are happy numbers also. Search Wikipedia. Square the individual digits and add them up, till you get one. And no, not every number on the shelf is a happy number. There are unhappy or sad numbers also like the number 2 or 3.

So is our ranking to be happy about? Are we so, “UP in the AIR”, that we don’t realize that we are actually at the bottom 40% of the table? So, surrounded by fuzzy goodness of realization that to be called “Below Average” in this prestigious FT Business School ranking doesn’t sour our moment of glory?

You bet your damn 2 cents that we ARE!

Get this.

To be eligible for FT rankings the institute needs to complete a minimum 5 years of running (we are in our 7^th) besides meeting a host of criteria. We have debuted at HAPPY 68, in the same list as grand old LBS, Harvard and Stanford. This makes SPJCM the youngest toddler in the list. For an institute in its inceptive years to be on par with Boston University or Thunderbird school of Global Management and ahead of the Universities like Ohio state and Indiana is nothing short of monumental achievement.

And if you were the geek who actually calculated how happy 7 is, you will realize to get to 1 there are lot more steps involved. Leaving aside the metaphysical connotations, this only shows rank is tough to get but extremely hard to keep. If it weren’t for the arduous commitment of SPJCM management in the last 6 years, we would not have achieved this glorious distinction. Now the cliché that the only way forward is UP holds true in our case also, but we rather be a below average baby than an average adult anywhere.

2011 journey has started. Looking forward to average childhood, above average teen and par excellence adult life.

Himanshu Prasad

Batch of GNOV'10