There is always so much happening on campus – academic/career/social events. Attending these events is just one side of the coin. What about all that goes into organizing and conducting the events? Many of these are managed and run completely by students, either through clubs …
Winter flowers? Nah…..Fixed Income Warriors sound solid!!!
Yes it a demanding elective, yes it is highly computational, yes the math involved is tedious, yes it takes hours to finish the assignments (as much as 10-15 hours on a specific assignment 3), yes it is a challenging course, yet not impossibly so. Prof …
Interviews, Internships; and Emotions?
The ongoing search for internships/jobs, the required interview preparations and the emotional investment going into all this is clearly palpable. It is so much of hard work and dedication, almost involving perspiration. Networking is so critical, especially in cases of career shifts. The last four months …
An Exam of Case Studies or a Case Study of an Exam?!
Can accounting relate to something other than journal entries, trial balance and final accounts? Can it ever not relate to a share capital a/c, a goodwill a/c, a sinking fund reserve a/c, a redemption reserve a/c or the saving grace, a ‘suspense a/c’? Well, Financial …
Career Goals: Is it natural for a possible change in orientation?!
There are three types of people – those who are focused, those who think they are focused and those who are open to options from the start. Though it’s commendable to have focus, it’s no way a crime to be open to options or to …
Devon: A beautiful county that gave me a shocking wake up call
Momentary insanity made me register for the Dartmoor Vale Half 2012 at Devon, a good 5 hours by bus from London, saving grace being a classmate of mine, Pritish Ray, for company. What I expected was a half marathon like any other. What I expected …
MiFs: Dancing Away to Glory @ Diwali Party 2012
Diwali is an Indian festival of lights and is one that is celebrated across the nation with unwavering spirits. Last Saturday was the Diwali party hosted by the India club. It was grander than any that I’ve attended so far – mouth watering food, incredible …
MiFs & Financial Accounting – Whats so special?!
Accounting as a subject causes undue distress to mostly those without a background, while those with one know it’s more common sense than a carefully engineered complication! We’d already had a prep course of 6 sessions prior to the commencement of our regular accounting class. …
A Study Group after my own heart
For all the core courses at LBS the class is split into groups of six (depending on the class/stream strength) and no two individuals are from the same nationality. The flavor of “diversity” that the school specializes in offering, permeates to such a micro level! My study group consists …
A Heaven of Opportunities
There are innumerable opportunities to contribute to the student’s community at LBS. This realization hit me not when I nominated myself for the post of the Academic Rep of my class, but after I lost the elections for the same! Clubs: There are around 80 …