XLRI (PMIR) GD/PI Experience

Venue: Hotel Ashoka, Delhi, 4'th March, 2009, afternoon slot.
Course applied for (BM or PMIR): PMIR

Educational Profile:
X: 86.8 CBSE
XII: 83.2% CBSE
Undergrad Major - GPA/%age: B.Tech.(Mechanical) 8.92/10 NIT Bhopal.
Any other professional certification or course undertaken: None
XAT percentile: 99.08 %

Work profile (if applicable):
Number of years: 21 months as of now
Sector/Industry: CSC, Noida
Special achievements at work: None to be mentioned as such

Other differentiating factors (anything great that you have done in life, that's out of the ordinary): A decent profile, consistent acads, organized few national level events, won some blah blah.

GD Topic: The problem of " multiparty " system in India is causing troubles in all fronts. 8 possible solutions were given, which were to be prioritized.
Number of participants: 12
Panelists' intro (if possible):
Duration: 15-20 minutes
Brief snapshot of discussion: The discussion went good at times, went bad at times. I thought the pitch of voice of few of us were almost same, so it became a mess sometimes. But overall it was ohk kinda. After the GD, the panelists said, we said 120 times together , so dont know really how much we will get out of the GD.

PI Questions:
prof 1(p1), prof 2(p2), prof 3(p3), me myself and only me(m)

p1- haan ji, Indrajoy, thats a cool name, isnt it , p2? Wats the meaning Indrajoy?
m- kya yaar, ek hi sawaal, ek hi sawaal ,,,sir blah blah.....

p2- ohk, do you know that u share ur name with Hiranyakashyap's evil form name?
m-No Sir, I didnt know that. Moreso I am not the one resembling the evil (yaar, pataa nahi kya ho gayaa tha mujhe, I was on full swing of delivering big time fatta's)

p3- Ohk Indrajoy, You have experience in Manufacturing side as well as IT side, so you are well acquainted with HR in both fields , isnt it?
m- yes sir ..(Kya baat hai, u only gave my ans to why HR ..hehehehe)
p3- So wats the difference in the working of the two?
m- Sir ji, blah blah, It hiring consultancies quite a few times, manfu's not doing it regularly etc etc...
p2-Ohk, I will give you two cases . one where in an industry, people have to compulsarily wear safety shoes given by the company, but wat the employees do is that they wear normal shoes and sell the safety ones at higher price in the market. Another case - A company gives dal, atta etc at subsidized rates to an employee. He gets 20 kilos of them( given he needs only 5 kilos as necessity ), he sells the rest 15 kilos at market price.....wat to do to stop these malpractices?
me- Sir, let me think for a moment,,,,,after thinking a bit, I stated somethings, held a long discussion with p2..
p1- Hey Indrajoy, there's one term for it?
m- Sorry Sir, I cant recollcet it rite now.
p1- aisa ho hi nahi sakta ki tumhe malum naa hi???bolo bolo
m- Sir,,,Rationing
p1- yessshhhh
p3- Indrajoy U r mechie , rite? In this room , thers this curtain and the door, tell wats the mechanism involved?
M- sir blah blah,,,,
p3- Ohk rapid fire round for u...wats the name of the mecahnism in curtain
m- Pulley
p3- in door?
m- Lever
p3- in wall?
m- nothing( it was kinda tota ud, maina ud game we played in childhood)
all laughing
P1- okay Indrajoy, U mentioned in ur online form that , u r patient while listening to others, wer u patient in GD, did u let others speak well?
m- yes sir, I tried my level best, U could have seen that I actually was asking the person in the last to speak his viewpoint . But sue to shortage in time and maybe his hesitant nature, he could not utter his point.
p1- u dont remember his name ?
m- naa sirji...
p1- u are the most experienced among the interviewees today, didnt u have an informal chat before the GD/PI?
m-(shocked, kya baat kar rahe ho, me the most experienced )
Yes sir, we had an informal chat, but maybe we were in a state of anxiousness due to which we actually couldn't know our names well...

all smiling- kya yaar Indrajoy, XLRI mein naam jaana thode naa sikhaayenge
m- Sir, it wil come with experience surely.
P1- wats the proof?
m- Sir I can give this same interview after 5 years , and then ask me the same question, I will give u all the names ( Itna confidence,,,gabbar khush hua )
p2 taking my file now, skimming through my certi's, after reading, Okay Indrajoy Thank you
m- ....itni jaldi ,,,,,bhagaa rahe ho sir kya ???


Now after leaving the place, while I was driving, a message came in my mobile-
"Its professor Rajkumar from XL interview panel , u forgot to sign on the attendance sheet, can u please come and sign it again. OMG!!!!!! phir nikal padaa main XL ki rah pe .....signed it, came back by 7 PM....too tired, a beer willl do,,,,hmmmm no actually 2 beer cans will do ....