The world has changed around me ….
A lot has happened since I penned my last blog. While writing my last blog post, I was towards the end of my College life. I was running a newspaper than and had become kind of anti-system. 20 Months have passed since then and life has changed considerably. This post tries to capture the changes that have happened in my life:
Weight: I have gained a whopping 22 kilograms weight. Now this is a stellar achievement. I was 59-60 kgs when I had left kharagpur. One can imagine how desperate a man would be to gain weight at 183 cms height and 60 kg weight. However, the concern now is to check this rising weight as I can see that my tummy has started bulging out.
Location: We at Kharagpur never liked the location. Kharagpur was almost like a village. No good restaurants around, no places to roam around, basically no glamour in the city. Post Kharagpur, life is getting better year by year. I joined Evalueserve in Gurgaon and then joined JP Morgan in Mumbai. And if I am to believe my senior analyst, I have a very good probability of going to an international location (for a short duration stint).
Academics: I had a hard time at kgp in terms of academics. Listening to the professors was a great torture. And many of my professors thought that having me was a torture for them as well. As a result my grades suffered. Post kgp I am into my own world. No further technology for me. I am into Equity Research now and I am happy with whatever I am doing. Academically, these last 20 months have pumped in a lot of confidence in me. I cleared CFA level 1, scored 99.7 and 99.3 percentiles respectively in CAT 2007 and 2006, A paper was published on my B.Tech project in an international journal.
IIMs looked to be dream, have almost achieved it. Though the pain of adding an “almost” will always remain in my heart. The Big three have been eluding me because of one or the other reasons. Other IIMs have been kind enough on me and I can say that I had final calls from IIMs.
Others: Had a fantastic stay at Gurgaon with my dear flatmates..I am thankful to my ex-flatmates Jitin, Varun, Pawan, Dheeraj, Harsh, Ravi, and Rishabh for making my stay at Gurgaon fun. Gurgaon was a luxury as It provided me with an opportunity to run away home almost every weekend (mock CATs were a spoiler here).
My life in Mumbai has begun on a much more happening note. My academics pursuits have taken a back seat and I am roaming around the city every weekend. My new flatmates Aashish, Vipul, and Sadde(Gurmeet) look like interesting chaps with each one having a flavour of their own(:P)
Looking back at 20 months from now, life is much happier and happening now. Lately, the job life has become much more hectic and has been spending 13-14 hrs a day in the office, quite frequently.
I hope to be frequent blogger now... :)
Weight: I have gained a whopping 22 kilograms weight. Now this is a stellar achievement. I was 59-60 kgs when I had left kharagpur. One can imagine how desperate a man would be to gain weight at 183 cms height and 60 kg weight. However, the concern now is to check this rising weight as I can see that my tummy has started bulging out.
Location: We at Kharagpur never liked the location. Kharagpur was almost like a village. No good restaurants around, no places to roam around, basically no glamour in the city. Post Kharagpur, life is getting better year by year. I joined Evalueserve in Gurgaon and then joined JP Morgan in Mumbai. And if I am to believe my senior analyst, I have a very good probability of going to an international location (for a short duration stint).
Academics: I had a hard time at kgp in terms of academics. Listening to the professors was a great torture. And many of my professors thought that having me was a torture for them as well. As a result my grades suffered. Post kgp I am into my own world. No further technology for me. I am into Equity Research now and I am happy with whatever I am doing. Academically, these last 20 months have pumped in a lot of confidence in me. I cleared CFA level 1, scored 99.7 and 99.3 percentiles respectively in CAT 2007 and 2006, A paper was published on my B.Tech project in an international journal.
IIMs looked to be dream, have almost achieved it. Though the pain of adding an “almost” will always remain in my heart. The Big three have been eluding me because of one or the other reasons. Other IIMs have been kind enough on me and I can say that I had final calls from IIMs.
Others: Had a fantastic stay at Gurgaon with my dear flatmates..I am thankful to my ex-flatmates Jitin, Varun, Pawan, Dheeraj, Harsh, Ravi, and Rishabh for making my stay at Gurgaon fun. Gurgaon was a luxury as It provided me with an opportunity to run away home almost every weekend (mock CATs were a spoiler here).
My life in Mumbai has begun on a much more happening note. My academics pursuits have taken a back seat and I am roaming around the city every weekend. My new flatmates Aashish, Vipul, and Sadde(Gurmeet) look like interesting chaps with each one having a flavour of their own(:P)
Looking back at 20 months from now, life is much happier and happening now. Lately, the job life has become much more hectic and has been spending 13-14 hrs a day in the office, quite frequently.
I hope to be frequent blogger now... :)
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