All of a sudden there is a paradigm shift in the focus of the students from ‘Grades’ to ‘Placements’. Term-6 is going at ‘early morning breeze’ experience – I mean no hiccups and mad rush submissions. I really enjoyed the Mergers & Acquisitions course. What a wonderful analysis of each acquisition??? This is one of the best courses that I had enjoyed at ISB.

Also, one interesting thing is that the entire ‘Finance’ gravity is centered in Terms five and six. I had Options & Futures, Fixed Income, Adv.Corp Finance in Term-5; Financial Engineering, M&A in Term-6 – heavily loaded with finance fundas.

How far I can apply in real corporate world – time will decide..

Term-7 bidding was also over and luck played a devil’s game. I bid for 5 courses and got 2. Two courses – Capital Raising Strategies & Negotiation analysis are in the waiting bin, which I am very much interested in.

One interesting update is – one of my seniors, whom I admire and respect the most, Vijay, is leaving his consulting profession and joining corporate bank. Though there could be many obvious reasons, I think it was a very tough decision. Kudos.. Vijay...

We have the alumni meet this weekend, Solistice i.e. on 24^th. But I am not sure whether I will be in campus or not. My research paper got selected for presentation in Yale-Greatlakes International research conference, Chennai. Still thinking whether to go or stay back in Campus to attend the Alumni meet?

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