The Late Entrant to Blogging

I am back...

2008-05-22T18:52:00.003Z

It's been a long long time since I touched this blog. Life took some interesting twists and turns preventing me to devote time to this blog. But now is the time that I start putting the missing pieces together and move on.

Harry Potter and my SCP Hallow

2007-07-21T00:53:00.000Z

Harry Potter began its final retail journey as the clock struck midnight with the excitement and rush to be the first to receive the final chapter of Harry Potter saga went skyrocketing. Live from the Cornmarket Street in Oxford, UK I saw kids, teens, adults all standing outside the book stores to buy the much awaited book. I cannot express in words the vibe and excitement of all those

Week 8: Trinity goes into history

2007-06-21T23:48:00.000Z

This was the final week of my formal classes. It was only nine months ago when I was looking forward to an exciting MBA course up ahead of me and now here I am with all the three formal course term getting over. And yes, I enjoyed every minute of it. This week we had three parties/get-together and an equal number of assignments.The week began with the restructuring and implementation class

Week 7: The Week in Silence...

2007-06-21T22:26:00.000Z

This week was probably the quietest amongst all in the Trinity. Not much happening on study front and neither there was much on the parties side. The classes were the usual ones and nothing much interesting happened. Though we did get invited to the dinner meal at the Christ Church College where we had the pleasure of eating in the same dining hall where Professor Dumbledore, faculty and Harry

Week 6: More parties than assignments

2007-06-03T23:59:00.000Z

This week had more number of activities planned that were beyond the boundaries of class and the business school. After the flurry of assignments we had last week, this week was bit relaxing with just two assignments in line to be submitted.Week began with the Restructuring class where we discussed about the companies in bankruptcy, status of financial & economic distress. Eurofood and United

Week 5: Assignments, Assignments and....

2007-05-31T21:45:00.000Z

Did I say assignments...??? Yes, this week was devoted to the assignments for different subjects we are reading in Trinity. Here I am providing a very brief about the various assignments I completed. 1) Managing Project Portfolio (Individual - Due on Mon) - In 2000 words, write a set of 20 questions that can help an organization decide on whether it would be beneficial for them to implement the

Week 4: I passed my Hilary Term

2007-05-26T23:13:00.000Z

The week as I mentioned in my early post was supposed to be really tough and hectic one for me. It indeed started the very same way. A couple of interviews with different companies were lined up. They did go fine but still the luck did not favor me and the DTC project was awarded to other team.But the biggest event of this week for me came from Hilary term. I got through in all my subjects in

Week 3: SCP presentations and Mr. Stelios Haji Ioannou

2007-05-16T23:30:00.000Z

This week was bit relaxed in terms of classes but still we had two formal coursework to be submitted at the examination school alongwith attending number of SCP presentations by various companies, some of which were quite interesting. The assignment due this week included one for Airbus as to whether Airbus should proceed with its investment in building the A3XX jumbo to cater more number of

Week 2: May Day and Malhaar

2007-05-12T01:52:00.000Z

For the Monday, it was the usual except the Branding & Communication class that really had my interest in it. The case discussed was about Snapple, where we discussed about the comparisons between conventional models of branding and cultural branding. Further the discussion went into the fundamental weaknesses of conventional models, which motivate the demand for a new approach to branding.

Week 1: Oxford - Cambridge Varsity Day and other events

2007-05-05T23:56:00.000Z

Week one is when our classes officially begin though this term a couple of classes were held last week to adjust for the classes that will not take place during the MBAT weekend. MBAT is the sports tournament organized by HEC Paris business school for the students from international business schools.I have three classes scheduled every Monday from morning 9 AM till evening 8 PM. But the subjects

Week 0: Trinity Term begins...

2007-04-29T23:12:00.000Z

Week Zero marked the beginning of the final term of our MBA course before we get going with our Summer Consulting Project in July. Well, during the initial two days of this week I was traveling in India and reached Oxford only on Wednesday night just to attend the only class of "Corporate Valuation" for week zero. It is quite an interesting class where we get to learn more about value creation &

Easter Break...

2007-04-29T22:48:00.000Z

Back from the hiatus... Many apologies for being away from my blog for more than a month and not keeping it updated. The easter break was amazing and it is always great being back at home. I cannot put in words the joy of my parents (especially mom) on seeing me home after a long time. A 18 day break at home was not so much of vacation to relax because had a lot of catching up to do with my

Take-off to India...

2007-03-29T15:04:00.000Z

Yes... The time has come when I am all set to leave for my motherland. Parents waiting anxiously for my arrival while I write this post from the Terminal-3 of Heathrow International Airport in London, UK. Well, I hope to have an amazing term break in India and wish you all the very best in whatever you guys are busy in.Ciao...

Week 10: Exams, Exams, and Exams....

2007-03-26T01:56:00.000Z

Finally the exams are over...!!! Dressed in our batman outfit (Sorry, I meant Subfusc) we went to University of Oxford - Examination Schools for our Hilary term papers. Four days (with a break for some of us) and six exams almost made some people reach the verge of nervous breakdown. Quite contrary to the trends setup from last term (Michaelmas) and the way our mock exams were held, these final

Week 9: Revise the subjects over and again

2007-03-19T00:15:00.000Z

That is right... This week was devoted completely to revision of the six subjects and the EP presentation. After a number of reshuffles, we finally managed to change the EP presentation time for our group from Thursday to Wednesday because one of our group member was flying to India for the Oxford-India Business Forum held in Mumbai on March 15, 2007. The presentation of our group went really

Week 8: Hilary Lectures got over...

2007-03-12T23:45:00.000Z

It is over... Yes, the final lecture week of Hilary term just got over. This term went by so fast and we are now into the preparation week towards our exams. You can already see that the exam pressure is building up with this post being a day late.Last week was more of a wrap up one for different subjects with final few tips towards the impending exams and the most important of all was - "ANSWER

Week 7: Less than 3 weeks to the Hilary D-Day

2007-03-05T00:51:00.000Z

Yes, the time is fast approaching for our Hilary term exams. This was the penultimate week of lectures in this term and each subject has reached a stage from where the next week classes will be more of the revision classes along with a few final concepts. This week had nothing much going on except working on EP project for which the schedule of presentations due in the 9th week of Hilary was

Week 6: Less Assignment, More Applications

2007-02-26T02:59:00.000Z

As I write this post, across the Pacific Ocean at the Kodak Theater in the city of Los Angeles, California. The latest I have read is that Alan Arkin hit the jackpot for best actor in a supporting role for "Little Miss Sunshine" and "Pan's Labyrinth" got the award for best art direction and best makeup. The make up indeed was bit different than usual (<---Decide for yourself).This week we had not

India Calling...

2007-02-19T02:05:00.000Z

This week the Telecom Industry in India saw one of the biggest deals taking place with Vodafone set to acquire 67% in the Hutch-Essar company. Probably this will fuel the already going on price-war in cellular service market in India. In words of Arun Sarin (CEO Vodafone), "We will drive prices down,". Mobile customers in India be ready to enjoy more goodies from the cellular operators on top of

Week 5: Hell-ary

2007-02-19T00:45:00.000Z

Yes... Hell-ary, that is how we call our second term amongst us. In reality, it is Hilary term. Many people question as to how your terms are named. Well, here is a short version I picked up from Wiki. The term is one of four into which the legal year is divided by the Courts of England and Wales, with Michaelmas being the first, followed by Hilary, Easter and Trinity. From Hilary, we straightway

Events for the remaining week 5...

2007-02-14T01:47:00.000Z

This is really fast... An hours into the starting of my blog and already two posts. May be I am not able to sleep at this odd hour of the night listening to the Tower clock striking one or as you might have rightly guessed it to be the enthusiasm of a beginner.It's the middle of the fifth week in Hillary term and already we are through with 55% of our regular classes during this term. Not taking

So it begins...

2007-02-14T00:48:00.001Z

I know very well that I am a laggard in joining the ever growing world commu- nity of bloggers but may be I was too much procrastinating or may be not... Once I thought of starting my blog in the year 2004 but then realised may be still it is not the time for me to let the world know what's happening. Then I thought of it with my MBA career shaping up in Oxford but the 'Back to school' thing