woh saat din ......
May 05, 2005- Blog 'http://enjoyingmyself.blogspot.com/' is incorporatedJuly 09, 2005- Blog hit counter touches the 4 digit mark
November 16, 2005- Blog hits touche the 5 digit mark
I m really thankful to all of u guys who really bore the incessant blabbering for the last few months n i hope to trouble u for some more time. Despite some of the long breaks tht i had to take, the blog have been able to survive n the no of visitors hv really grown. Thanks to all of u..... u all deserve a pat on ur back...:)
Meanwhile another major thing happened in ur's truly's life on 16th. The summer placement procedure was over and I got thru ITC. really lucky to make it thru one of top 3 marketing firms in the country and going by last 5 year trends the best marketing firm in the country. Had offers from a number of other firms from various sectors including finance, marketing as well as IT ones. now u wud be really wondering wht a non smoker like me wud be doing in primarily a tobacco company, but ITC hv really changed in last 5 years. from a 'cigratte' only company, they hv diversified into hotels, agro business n FMCG goods. n i may be placed in one of these growing sectors. The profile expected is sales n marketing. So please dont get surprised, if on a nice sunday morning in next summers, when u wud be watching a India- Pakistan thriller, with India requiring 9 runs of last 5 balls, Dhoni going great guns, suddenly u hear ur doorbell ringing. u open the gate in a really pissed off mood n u find a guy claiming to be an IIMA student working with ITC trying to get ur preferences over 'Aashirwaad Atta'...... Please dont beat up tht guy as tht guy may eventually turn out to be ur's truly....:)
The placements here hv been really wonderful this time. The placements here at A have been really gud always, just the fact that the no. of quality firms hv increased in recent years. Other IIMs are also making resolute efforts to catch on with us.Going by the placecom rules, i m not really allowed to disclose a lot of information about the placements here. But the quality as well as the quantity of offers hv increased a lot. The students hv become a lot choosy about the firms they want to join. Even big firms like McKinsey etc saw tht a major number of offers given by them were not accepted. The no. of day 0 offers increased to 73 with day 1 offers also touching 125. The whole batch got placed by the end of day 2 and a number of companies hv to go back with a sense of dejection as the students were not available.
As I mentioned in my last post tht summers provide u with an excellent opportunity to test waters in the profile which u want after u pass out from here. I also wanted to go towards marketing. My job was also made easier by the fact tht a lot of people here hv become finance oriented, sum due to the interest, sum due to the lucrative offers available but most due to the herd mentality.
Those seven days hv been really hectic. U cud see all kind of emotions of people's face on those days -anger, escatsy, frustration, despair, relaxed, depression....... People hving to attend 15 interviews in a single day n also still not making it in tht day n then hv to wait for their turn on the next day. This was really painful, but these experiences clearly shows how difficult and competitive the life can be. While sum of us converted the sole call of the day....... n cud see the expression of joy of making it. Lots of kudos to the placecom who deftly handled the show n avoided any major glitches. Finally everbody got placed by day2. n u cud see the smiling faces all around. I think these smiles were not merely due to the fact tht they got thru wonderful companies but also because of the fact tht the ordeal got over.
Chalo its the time to relax a bit this weekend. Classes hv started the work load again seems to hv increased a lot. This place doesn't give u an opportunity to relax, but as somebody rightly said ' Opportunities r not offered, they hv to be created'..... n i m busy thinking of doing somthinh different this weekend
amit
P.S: For all those guys who love singing the 'sutta na mila' song would now know whom to contact if they do not get their 'dose'.....just kidding....:)
posted by amit @ 9:12 PM
14 Comments:
hey congrats!!!!
bhery bhery happy for you!
ruchita
p.s. have changed base ...
hi man!
Congrats for getting into ITC!
Congratulations!!
Whole batch placed in 2 days flat.
Wow.
Congrats dude... I feel the day when ITC is gonna beat HLL & P&G is not very far off. Hope u get the PPO too. I also tried for ITC. couldnt get through although the interview was very good. Finally had to settle for Cadburys.
K Anand
NITIE
@ ruchi : Thanx yaar, noted the change in base
@ rohit : haan yaar doston ke liye sutte ka intezaam ho gaya.....
@ deb : when r u going to hv a update on ur blog. btw how did CAT go
@ shreyansh : yeah this is the premium which A commands. We had a reserve day as day 3 but we did not require to use tht
@ trulyparanoid : All the best fr making it thru cadbury....hv a lot of chocolates n bring sum fr us tooo......:) also going by last 5 year trends ITC is clearly showing signs tht it wud sooned upstage the HLL n Pn G
congratz man! cool blog...
Great yaar i am really happy 4 u !!
Yar mere ghar ke darwaaje tere liye hamesha open hai , ghar aana khana peena :), but plz plz , aata cigarette mat becha mereko...hahhaaa
Why do you think the IIMA placecom wants you to keep quiet about your summer placements on your blog? Because they know that IIMB students had better summer placements this year and they don't want the larger public to know what the IIMs do know.
@ naresh : thanx man
@ ajay : abe how did ur CAT go...... n when r u leaving delhi to join Oracle
@ anonymous : IIMB placements hv improved. But it is still very difficult fr any B school in India to even 'think' to match the placements at IIMA leave alone surpassing it. Placement data wud be shared after the official press release is sent to the media thru proper channels.....
mubarak ho sir!
Itne din baad kisi NSIT ke senior ko sir bola, dil khush ho gaya :P
Aur jo sutte bachein unhe turant IIML ki taraf bhejen :)
IIMA and IIMC placecom has never ever released the entire list of companies that gave summer or final offers - they only release the names of the top few offers as the last few offers are a huge embarrassment as they are always far worse than those at IIMB. Infact it took several weeks to place everyone for summers at IIMA and IIMC in the past two years unlike IIMB where in the last three years all students are placed within the first week. Do check out with your placecom. Making such tall claims about better placements without data rings false - stop living on past glory!
@ rohit : 'Sir'.......:)
haan nsit mein to yeh word sunane as well as kahne ki aadat si ho gayi thi..... aur bata kasia chal raha hai L mein
@ anon : dude, till last year we used to call companies only on weekends, not on weekdays so tht the academic schedule do not get disturbed. So day 0 fr one weekend, day 1 for next weekend, day 2 fr 3rd weekend. so in tht sense it used to take weeks. But this time whole scheduled was planned in a single week. n u can see the 'A' effect on the companies...... Abhi B ko bahut catch up karna hai A ke kareeb aane ke liye....
@ anon : also A does not hv to boast about its placements or hv to 'pitch' fr students to join it while comparing itself with various IIMs.....
Hey!
Chanced upon your blog...
Passed out of NSIT in 2002, now @IIMK and moi going to ITC for summers as well...
cya
AnkP
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