Soon, I rush back towards our academic bloc. My academic group had already started debating on how we would present our Financial Accounting project tomorrow. We deliberate for some time and finally fixate on the quirkiest idea. The setup would be of a group of elderly, retired friends who are fretting about their savings and consider investing in one of the two top FMCG firms. All of this while they do yoga in a park! Convinced that it’ll work we start stitching our financial analysis and recommendations into the dialogues. After completing our practice (and proving to onlookers that we had gone total bonkers) I set out to join my co-participants for an eminent corporate competition. Our ideation, primary research and initial draft were done. What we needed to do was polish our work by incorporating the insights of our professor who was working closely with us despite her demanding schedule. We prodded each other on and strove to make the submission that we could be proud of.
Content, I return to my room. It’s 3 am in the morning. I have my visit for Abhyudaya (again one unique initiative by SPJIMR where we students get the opportunity to coach and learn from bright underprivileged kids whom we call Sitaras) later in the day. I prepare for this session for a while and finally hit the sack.
But before I doze off, a fleeting thought runs through my mind: despite these overtly long hours, the constant sleep deprivation, the thrust to multi-task, the hustle and the grind, all I can feel, is grateful. Grateful, for the chance to learn from the best. Grateful, for the myriad of opportunities that I am provided with every day. Grateful, for the joy of collaborating with friends and toiling together. I realized that I never minded this throb, this tug and this disquiet— it gave me a sense of achievement, a sense of contentment. For it is only through the window of challenge and perseverance that growth trickles in. And I know for a fact that every day here, I grow. I know for a fact that every day here, I go to bed richer.
Nihar Mehta
PGDM Candidate 2018-20
SPJIMR, Mumbai
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Karthik Panjanatham Ramaswamy
Dodged by the premier Indian institutions, I decided to enhance my business and leadership skills from the prestigious Asian Institute of Management, Manila, Philippines. An engineering graduate from College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai. I am an equity investor, chess player, volunteer, foodie, movie buff, and fitness freak.
Nice write-up, Nihar Mehta :)
28 Dec 2018, 12.29 PM