One year in a B-school

I will never forget the day I left my home for coming to BIM, it was a day before my parents 25th marriage anniversary. Anyways I was among the few early birds to land here, as most of the guys were comimg from nearby places, so they applied JIT. The first person I met here was our warden mam Mrs. Josephene, a really nice lady. Then I met a few crazy guys who came from Kolkotta, 'well guys from the nearest of places, from my home'. Well the autowala didnt had change so Mr. Hemant C paid him. Since that day Mr. C has became a bigger C. Kankarson was really a guy who seemed a 'class apart' , Anju well wat to say abt this little kid n Tau was another noticable personality.

The next day everyone was their in the campus, ie- the entire BIM21 was there. Immediately after the admission formalities got over, we were handed a DM case (Barbarian Ball Bearing) to analyse. Five of us Keema, Nishad, Abhi, Sandy n me sat together n analysed the case. Well it was fun, more then we analysing the case we were trying to know each other.

The first few weeks were really difficult, whole day class n then some assignments, we all were mostly short of sleep n I had never imagined life will be like this. Well MARWAR was something which was real fun, be it EZZEE or be it Eyebloom, I really enjoyed it n got to make some real good friends. My roomies were real fun, Chittapa the grand old guy, Tatha even older then him n Oli, well a real pain, but fun.
One day in the class Divya noticed my six rings n that day I got my first nick name 'Ringy', since then have got several nick names- Santhanam, Stud,....... Mid-term was the first time when we got some free time to interact with our batchmates. Anyways first trim was the only trimester in BIM when I studied, infact the only time when I used to think abt studies. My room used to be the head quarter of erstwhile OAP, where some 10-15 of us used to study. 'The quizzer' Tatha's exploits used to be amazing,- the scientist who came out of his bathroom shouting Eureka eureka- (guess who) Newton. To which Oli asks well how an apple can fall on the head inside the bathroom.

Second trim nothing much to write abt as I dont know much as to what happened, as I was mostly absent minded, didnt study at all, realised that u really need to make a great effort to flunk in a B-school. Anyways got some real good friends who cared n helped me a lot- Brahma, Himanshu, Amar, Kavitha, Sumasani, infact quite a few people in BIM whose little little contribution made a lot of difference.

Third trim I was back the same old Shantanu who was always playing, making fun n ofcourse not at all interested in academics, well I think it happened after 4 and a half years of some studious avtar. I used to play so much as if I had got placed n not my seniors. The cricket tournament was a great time, formed a wonderful team 'USB', we played for fun n esp. not to win.
Holi was one thing when we had some real good fun, I think we were the first batch in BIM to celebrate it. The open air theater was something really amazing n the TT, Badminton were a must.

Now it was time for us to say godbye to our seniors n I will never forget two of the best people I have met in my life- Varun n Angela. They had a great influence on me.
How time has flown I dont know, it seems it was only yesterday when we all came here, but I changed from a SYS+HR guy to a FIN+SYS guy.

Well lastly I would like to thank everyone in BIM, without their support n help I wouldnt have survived the 1st year. Lets have a great summers.