Returned to Pune after Diwali vacation on 30th itself to make sure that we study for the Corporate Finance and Software Project Management exams on 1st. Well, study we did, but managed to mess up SPM

The rest of the week passed by with some good, some bad and some really really ugly papers. Well, January 3rd is the tentative date for the results.

Had originally planned on leaving for Mumbai on 10th itself. However, I had to attend a student interaction session by the NAAC team. Symbiosis International University is currently being accredited by NAAC.

Namrata and me set out for Mumbai by the 7.15am bus. The driver refused to take it through Parihar Chowk and insisted on taking the bypass route. The drivers can be really frustrating at times.

The MSRTC bus turned out to be full, which is rather suprising for a Tuesday morning. Anyway, got into the Neeta bus which got to Mumbair rather fast. Ended up watching Tashan on the bus. I really wonder how they allow some Bollywood movies to be made!

Got down at Santa Cruz and picked up my bike from Jana who studies in NMIMS. The bike runs well, but as usual I plan on getting it serviced tomorrow. Have a lot of riding to do this week.

Not sure when I’m heading back to Pune. I’ve got to start studying for my upcoming placements.

Lectures were normal, actually, they were a lot more hectic than before with even more hours. OSHE (Occupational Safety, Health and Environment) lectures are a pain, infact its eight hours of weekly crap.

But, didn’t we ask for a “holistic development”?

Haven’t been keeping too good this last week, with cold troubling me, possibly due to less sleep and not so great eating habits (??). However, still went out last night with seven others to celebrate Sneha having graduated. The place is a popular “hangout” of many SCMHRD students. Food was good, sunk my teeth into good juicy chicken after a long time.

They provide drops to and from the college as well … doesn’t take rocket science to figure out why, now does it?

We also have Freshers coming up on 2nd of August and as part of the process, the juniors ask the seniors out. Got Clinton to find me someone and he did just that. Now, we shall wait for the 2nd to see exactly what happens.

And, as is become my custom style of ending my posts… until next time.

A lot has happened since then, and I’ll just be summarizing a few of the main events in this post.

To begin with, we had our foundation course exams. Principles of Management is a sure flunk, and that’s the case of most of the batch.

My maths paper ended up with hundreds of silly mistakes and clearing this seems to be a bleak possibility.

The financial accounting paper was an objective one of which we got the results the same day. Passed!

The other papers seems to be a case of pass as of now, so lets see how that goes. Results are out any of these days.

Aditya wanted to pick up his laptop from his uncle’s place in Mumbai, so I accompanied him on a Monday. It was a quick stopover at my place to pick up more clothes. Our laundry guy is quite a pain in the neck and take a long time to give the clothes. I’ve started washing all my clothes including the shirts and pants by myself.

The next event on the list was Milaap. Milaap is the “welcoming” session that juniors throw for seniors. It is supposed to be a cultural event, something I keep my hands out of.
Was asked to design the online invitation and send it out to all the faculty and staff, which I did. Was then called on to bring the costumes from Pune. Akshat and Gunjan accompanied me on this journey. It was my first trip to Pune, though I didn’t see much of it. Got two whole years for that, though I prefer getting back to Mumbai if I have time.

Last week also saw our very first FCQ, which is a Fortnightly Conducted Quiz. All we are told is the date and timings of the FCQs. We come to know about the exam only when we sit for it.
The two exams were ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and Basics of Economics. Got the result for the first today, scored an 18 on 20, which is a good start.

The Lil’ Mouse dropped in to say hi to me over last weekend, which was rather cute, since I haven’t seen anybody in Mumbai since I came here, except for the quick Mumbai trip.

I’m also in the Website committee working to rebuild the SCMHRD Website.

SCMHRD Life continues now. Until next time. Do comment if you have any experiences.

Got a pathetic 118/200 score and a 95.13 percentile. There goes my hopes for any good MBA institute (

Guess I need to study better.

Check your results here.

For those who have given this before, how bad is my score?