I took so much time deciding to-go-or-not for the WMP (Working Managers Program) at Noida campus of IIM Lucknow - had I met the class earlier - I would have taken a decision really early. It is a phenomenal class of people - great enthusiasts, great talent and certainly with lot of courage & energy.!
The program is being attended with a mix of managers who make "ends" (NCR ends) meet for the course. (Some of them travel almost 150 kms a day!). And I almost fainted when I heard one of the seniors flies from Hyderabad to do this prestigious course!
The first semester at IIM Lucknow - Noida campus started with a bang. All firsts! - Be it induction / first visit to library / computer database search to do Bansal Sir's assignment / reading Company Reports / getting scolded when the case-study was not read before attending the class & lastly preparing for the exams while working fulltime. It was all an experience.!
In the first semester (Jul-Sep '10) we studied interesting subjects such as Operations Management, Organizational Behavior, Management Accounting and Managerial Economics. It was also tough because most of us were engineers one had not studied any of these. We:
- Read so many books (for the first time in the last decade)
- Behaved like a student (first time in the last decade)
- Experienced squirms in the stomach when we didn't do the homework (officework for some:)
Preparation for the exams was a real nightmare - so many sleepless nights with lots of office work to do. But the good part was - The semester ended in a jiffy - highly compact - with full of new learning.!
Fresher's Party 10
Noida Campus
