IIM Ahmedabad - First few days

I, along with family, landed up at Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad on a blistering hot afternoon, yesterday. Upon arrival, we were quickly checked into our MSH (married student housing) flat. After some initial disappointments related to the state of the unit, things are slowly getting to normalcy. We have been given a unit on the top floor, which surely is to get baked during the summer months.

I finished up my registration for the program earlier yesterday, and got my local banking needs taken care of as well. After getting some shopping for the household needfuls out of the way, I went and signed up for mobile phone service with Vodafone. Someone in our group orchestrated a group deal for the entire batch at quite an attractive rate, bringing smiles to all our faces.

I have met most of the partners in crime for the next one year. Having met so many people at once, I don't have proper recollection of their names but not too worried on that front since I practically will be living with them for the next one year. The collective mood is that of excitement, mixed with some minor anxiety related to the course rigor, and finally what sort of jobs we are to land thereafter. The placement statistics (quite unrevealing) have just been released for the batch preceding us and can be seen here. Naturally, a lot of discussions have revolved around reading in between the lines of this published info. Some additional statistics such as the min/max/median of the salary range, full list of recruiters, no. of indian placements vs. international placements have been omitted for reasons I am unaware of. Some information on this front will be obtained from the institute in the coming days.

The intense academic grind and the sleep deprivation that one is to face here is depicted in this video. Needless to say, there are sure to be memorable moments.

The message that the video portrayed was immediately confirmed when I was handed over an overwhelming collection of books (see photo) and other course materials that supposedly cover only the first term, two and a half months in length.