MBA Rankings

The FT rankings were out yesterday and it was cool to see JBS leap in to league of the Top 10 MBAs in the world. Pretty cool for us.

I hope this influences employer perceptions and rake in more opportunities and moolah for the JBS students/alumni :).

Here is a list of recent international MBA rankings :

FT 2008- (JBS rank - 10)
Economist 2007- (JBS rank -7)
Forbes 2007 - (JBS Rank - 3, among 1 year non-US schools)

It is now time to hit the bed. Today, as part of the Operations Management course, a few of us went to the Leyland Truck factory to view their production process and operations. It was a great learning exercise. I will post more about this visit later in the week.

The new learning group

The new term started out with a few reading marathons. There is so much pre and post session reading to do. Not that I'm complaining, just imagine reading about 100 odd pages every day before and after class (on top of all the other activities). Wow !!! Hope I can keep up with the reading.

This term seems much more interesting and engaging than the last term. The first term was more of a foundation and basic reinforcement term, this term is more about practice and current market learning(s).

I'm now part of a new learning group. We have a great diverse group.

1) Sandie from Singapore - she was a Tax consultant at E&Y
2) Will from UK - he was a Plastic Surgeon
3) Natalie from Russia - she was working for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
4) Johnny from China - he was working in the advertisement industry and was a presenter on MTV

I believe I can learn a lot from the experiences of the people in my learning group.

By the by, I'm back on my Salsa classes and enjoying the vibe.

The beginning of a new term (Lent Term)

We had the Michaelmas term final exams during the last week. The final exams are old fashioned closed book exams (quite an effort to write pages on pages of what is on our mind). Starting from Monday, we step in to the Lent term.

After the long Christmas break, I'm looking forward to be in class again and enjoy the company of my friends. By the by, the first round of interviews for this years MBA class will start on Monday. There are about 30 prospective students who will be interviewed on Monday in Cambridge.

From a careers perspective, this term will focus more on careers in consulting. As of now, we know that McKinsey, Bain, ATKearney, Accenture and Oliver Wyman are coming to the school for recruitment.

The holiday season

This holiday season was a wonderful one for Aidah and I. We had a great time with our new friends in Cambridge (especially Christmas and New Year's eve). Here are a few pictures from the Christmas day and New Year party.