“Kya kar rahe ho aaj kal”……
“Ji mai IIT se MBA kar raha hun”….
“Acha IIT me MBA hota hai”….
After about 2.5 million such conversations I thought its high time I post my frustrations on a blog. It has become highly imperative for me to tell people about why MBA in IIT is not only important but necessary for India.
If you are a student from any A,B,C business school then you would be jealous to know that IIT MBA programs follow a semester system each one including 7-8 subjects. Looks cool aint it. Less pressure and stuff like that. I know looked cool to me too until I joined IIT Delhi for my MBA degree.
You know in terms of number of subjects covered in two years I agree we are not that brilliant as many of the “Brilliant” B-schools of India. But sometimes I wonder that why are there three different papers in Finance in those “Brilliant” schools when we cover all the three in a single semester in one subject. I haven’t yet got any satisfying answer.
I sometimes again wonder why is it that we are supposed to slog ourselves for three – four months in preparing some original knowledge for the Management as a practice as a whole in form of Term Papers in each subject. HAHAHAHA….. This time I do have an answer to this.
It is this thrust on developing some original knowledge in Management systems here that can open your minds to perspectives you could have only achieved 6 years down the line slogging yourself for those complete 6 years in an industry just like you would in any of the “Brilliant” B-schools.
Another aspect of IIT s which I personally appreciate and I am not sure how many old men like me will agree (I am 24 years but in IIT with 18-19 years b tech students in hostel I do feel old sometimes J ) is the energy which these young undergraduate students from b-tech stream fill in each individual in Hostel.
I can not think of a b-school where I would have woken up at 5:00 AM in the morning going for a football practice for my hostel team and then realizing the second oldest person in the team is 3 years younger to me. Though if you are as optimistic as me you would still go and compete against them and this kept my whole day energized thinking of how to beat these young turks. And all this, after you have slept at 3:30 AM finishing your marketing assignment (After all this is a b-school guys).
These young guys infuse in you an energy which you would surely find missing in any of the “Brilliant” b-schools where at 24 too you feel like a 17 year old just because every one else is so much experienced (I am calling them old you fools).
Now let me come to the disadvantages of IIT MBA. One being that at current IIT Delhi 09-11 batch there are only 53 students. Though this assures you of some surety with respect to the placements as IITs can any day bring companies for 53 students BUT guys L You ll not be able to socialize with 300-400 people that you do in the most “ Brilliant” b-schools (What percent of them the students get placed in a recession is again a gigantic topic of discussion and I am no lawyer of any particular institute).
Another disadvantage particular to Delhi is that IIT Delhi being situated in heart of the city provides a lot of distraction to even the most saintly fellows like me. South Delhi is not an easy place to study, believe you me. Though from other perspectives it is a truly truly awesome place to be in. I am away from all the bad habits like drinking in sexy pubs and roaming around the most glamorous of markets so I don’t enjoy this much you know.
Well, I think I tried to explain how lonely it is in IIT with my football team, my classmates, my foreign exchange student friends, my local friends and my hostel friends especially if you are enrolling for an MBA.
Also if you are a spiritual person unlike me then there is one more reason for you to hate IIT ‘s MBA program, it brings a materialistic attitude in all the students (MBA fee currently for two years will hardly touch Rs 2 lacs ) in a view that they all start feeling happy with the Return on their Investment (even 2 lac for 2 years is an investment). This may not be the situation in other “Brilliant” b-schools so again they beat IIT MBA programs with 10-12 lakhs in fees.
Urggggggghhhhhhh I am damn disappointed.
I think to cool down my temper I ll be going for a lawn tennis session its just 11:30 PM right now. Will update you guys on any other difficulty I am facing in IITs.
P.S. : I still have no idea how many of the “Brilliant” b-schools have Tennis courts.
