Tag Archives: IIM Calcutta

High customer orientation in the classroom

Posted on November 18, 2014 by indogermanican

Just a short example of how professors at IIMC understand their subjects. Student: What’s the deadline for our final project, Sir? Prof. Mishra: What would you like it to be? Student: December 14. Prof. Mishra: Fine, December 14 it is. … Continue reading →

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Food, Music & Love at SUBWAY – The bizarre Indian marriage proposal

Posted on November 9, 2014 by indogermanican

She: Are you married?
Me: No. [smiling]
She [smiles]: Will you marry me?
Me, slightly confused, just smiling back. In the meantime a quite old-looking priest fully covered in white enters the shop.

Male employee [laughs and forms a plane out of his hand to show how she’ll fly with me to Germany]: Very good, Sir.
Me, just keeping the smile. Continue reading →

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Music changes the world, even in Fast Food Restaurants

Posted on November 8, 2014 by indogermanican

Entered a Subway: Kinda tense atmosphere. While having my meal I requested to turn on some music. After enjoying Backstreet Boys, I asked for some Bengali/Hindi tunes. By the time I was leaving the staff was singing, laughing & smiling. … Continue reading →

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10 Quotes to grasp India’s leading B-School spirit

Posted on October 30, 2014 by indogermanican

“Average is a fiction created by statistics which does not exist.”
(Prof. Rajan Das, Industry & Competitive Analysis)

So in that sense, let us be outliers, and accept as many advices as we can from our profs to embrace the #JOKAspirit and take it to into the business world beyond the local borders. Continue reading →

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The genesis of the legends

Posted on September 2, 2014 by indogermanican

The semester hasn’t picked up full speed yet, but the tales of legends have been started to spread. It has been a quite calm, peaceful campus so far, but the drumbeats are getting faster and louder. The first questions about … Continue reading →

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Things I love about the IIM Calcutta #1-6 (to be continued)

Posted on August 30, 2014 by indogermanican

I am currently enrolled at the fantastic IIM (Indian Institute of Management) Calcutta, the first established IIM and one of the best business schools not only in India, but also in Asia and recently also consistently mentioned globally. While I can … Continue reading →

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