2 years and a Lifetime of Education and Fun

When I think of IMT after graduating, there are host of emotions and memories which come to my mind. The 2 year stay at IMT was a big learning curve for me as a person. Apart from specializing in Finance, I also specialized in understanding of human nature.

I was cognizant of the fact that these 2 years wont come again in my life and these were indeed years of great learning, making friends and more importantly understanding one ownself.

On 24 June, 2007, 287 students came together from different parts of the country to form one big family which stayed together until March 2009. Everyone of us has some or the memory attached with this institute. If someone asks me what memories you will take home, it will be difficult to point one. Be it the first day of ragging, or the first time we got our results(1^st trimester results) or India winning the inaugural T20 world cup where every guy removed his Tshirt to celebrate(though I was too shy to do it), the Round Table Conference in Mumbai, the numerous booze parties we all had, night outs in girls hostel when rules were less stringent, the night walks which continued till early morning, the tussle with the managements or the mail which shocked the entire campus when all the commodities aka gold and silver wanderers came out, the placement fiasco due to economic downturn and egoistic Mr. Black or the final farewell, the list just continues to grow along.

During these 2 years I also learnt alot about how people behave, how they conduct and I was lucky to see some of the bright minds out here that had some serious talent. I did manage to learn a lot from them.

I also learnt that people will always find ways to bring you down by criticising you, by passing comments which are pugnacious or downright preposterous but the best way to deal with them is to ignore them else you will be hurting your ownself. I made some fantastic friends who I know will get busy in their own life sooner than later but the friendship will last forever.

Now that the batch of 2007-09 has graduated, life will never be the same for each and every one of us. Some will go abroad, some will get married, some will start their own business, but whatever it is nobody will ever forget the 2 years they spent at IMT Nagpur, the happiness they experienced, the friends they made, the girls/guys they had crush on, the lonely times they spent on campus, the fight they had on trivial things, the affairs they had, the assignments they did at 2 am, the night walks they took, the birthdaybumps they got, the professors they adored, the places they visited etc. Probably 20 years down the line, sitting in a balcony we all will be telling our families about all the things we did here at IMT.

After some years when we will have an alumni meet we might come with our family for the meet, we will laugh at absurd things we did, we will meet the girl/guy whom we had crush on and introduce them to our respective spouse, meet the professors who shaped our life, the canteen guys who helped us stay awake by providing us tea and coffee, say hello to our once close pals and inquire about each other’s life, exchange numbers and then go back home with a smile on our face, by remembering those moments we all shared together, because moments become memories and these will live with us forever because memories make a journey called LIFE!!!!!!

I had this dream of doing an MBA and 2 years of my dream has now come to an end. I have woken up, but some memories of this dream will be etched in my mind forever. So here Iam, logging off as a student and logging in as an Alumni of Batch of 2007-2009 of IMT Nagpur.