IIFT GD/PI EXperience

Venue- IIFT Delhi
Time/Date- 9:30 AM , 17'th feb 2009
Name- Indrajoy Bhattacharya

I was already exhausted from IMT's GD/PI the previous day ....but neways got up early morning and the cab waala was right on time......reached IIFt at 9:00......said that at 9:10 they will start the proceedings ...though nothing started before 9:40 ( Indian Standard Time )....
At 9:40 started with the essay writing

Topic- "Global Warming- Challenges and responses"
Wrote whatever I knew, Ozone hole , kyoto, IPCC, carbon credit blah blah phateeeee

Neways staright after that went in for the GD. Before that I went in the washroom, when I came back to the GD room, I was walking to my seat very casually..... dekha sab serious hoke baithe hai, so saw that kisi kone mein already ek panelist aa chuka tha .......hehehe acha hua I didnt murmur nething....signed on a sheet, and the process starts...

The topic was- "Political Mandate in Recent Elections: Is there an emergence of an assertive electorate ?"
( Ye kya tha,,,,,pehle to sar ke upar se hi nikal gayaa ....phir socha calm down calm down baby,,,,,think ....and somehow connected and I guess connected gud enuf)....so everyone started with the 2 min intro to the topic....i was 7'th to speak ( Thank god, the 6 before me told som gud points which reinforced that i was on the right track on the topic )Then it was an open house discussion,,, pretty decent , everybody chipped in( ab 40 minute mein to koi naa chah ke bhi bol hi lega yaar ) I entered almost 9-10 times, with decent points ..When I was the moderator, I rang the bell and said that we have already discussed many issues on the national front, lets discuss on the interanational fronts as well. Neways khatam hua finally GD....then long time for PI...

Started with the 1'st guy in our group,,,then 2'nd then 3'rd and so on....
And jo bhi aa rahaa tha, everybody was saying , bus yaar WTO pe poocha, someone said bus Recession mein ghus gaye the yaar, someone mentioned stock markets pe hi hota rahaa,,,,,,wohh!!! Man!!!! is it a PI on economics????? I was bound to be screwed......( baksh do yaar, 4 saal engineering kari hai,,,jaan loge bache ki kya )

Neways my turn comes

1'st prof- A fair and handsome guy ( FH )
2'nd prof- Sardaar Sirji ( S)
3'rd prof - looked like my old maths teacher ( T)
Me myself and only me- (M)

As I was enetring, S was leaving( Kya yaar, itni buri shakal bhi nahi hai sirji ), I guess he went to washroom, neways

T- Haan Bhattacharya Ji, Aaiye, baithiye
M- Thank You sir

FH- So introduce urself to the board
M- Blah blah blah ( duniyabhar ki achi achi baatein about me )

FH- U have done ur engineering in Mechanical, then why IT?
M- Sir , I decided to go for a career in mgmt beforehand, so whatever best option I could get , I went for it, etc etc ..

T- Okay, tell me about globalization ?
( Kahi mere CV mein dikh gayaa hoga pakka )
M- told in length about opening of trade and cultural boundaries etc etc..
T- When did liberalisation start in India ?
M- In 90's, basically in 1992.
FH-Who was the finance minister then?
M- Dr Manmohan Singh
FH--smiling --- pakka naa?
( are bhai, stress dena chahte ho kya , main nahi hounga stressed )
M- yes sir I am sure.
( abhi tak S gaayab hai bhaio )

Now comes S...hehehe
S- Hello Indrajoy, so what do you know about derivatives?
M- Sir, I know this this this,,,and I honestly said that I have this much knowledge only, not beyond it.....( aage badne se pehle hi soch lena sir, kuch nahi bataa paaunga )
FH- Ohkay, Have u seen balance sheet ever?
M- Sir I have seen my company's BS which they publish it on intranet
S- Where do revenues fit in?
M- Sir most probably its in profit and loss account
S- most probably nahi , its in it for sure

T- So what effect will it be on India if we close down our economy today ? Is competition gud for us?
M- yes sir, but it has to be in check. Unrestarined competetition can lead to bad results like what happnd in recession
(oh my god,,, did I say recession)
Chalo thankfully recession pe gaye nahi

FH- S whats this book about?( The Kite Runner- Khalid Hosseini)
M- Its about a boy who repents his mistake in the past and pays back in some form

FH- What gud thing comes out of the story?
M- It shows that Its never too late for anything. You always have a chance to amend ur mistakes .

T- What all calls do you have ?
M- Sir , named few of them, saare nahi bole yaar

T-Which one will u join?
M- Sir When I was filling the form, I aimed for the top B schools and a general MBA. That was my first priority. And evry B school has an USP.Now secondly I want to concentrate on the second stage process at the B chools, so that I know whether I am capable to be a part of them. After that I will do individual research on each, and find the best option for me....

S- Okay Indrajoy, Thank you
M- Thank You sirs...

Hmmm,,,Thats it, ,,,,, kahi se sutte ki dukaan dhundi ( ye dilli hai mere yaar , smoking banned , so bahut mushkil se mili, then cae back to noida ......home sweet home )

Best of luck to all for the results ...
Cheerz!
TBA!