A New Beginning

I always had a penchant for pursing higher education and that too from a renowned institution. This dream is fulfilled now as I am now a part of "NITIE PGDIM XX 2013-2015" batch :)

NITIE located in Mumbai is mecca of Supply Chain Management in India.

Prior  joining NITIE I watched movie "Guru" which I believe is must watch for aspiring entrepreneurs. I also saw certain videos on you tube related to my institute. I saw a video in which  NITIE's exemplary "Mandi" event was broadcasted by UTVi. 

Here is that video

Source:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2R8hzI8jXA

After seeing this video I was very enthusiastic to be a part of "Mandi" & learn these lessons from Dr. Prasad Teegalapelly (commonly known as Dr. Mandi in NITIE) who conceptualized this idea. This dream came true on 17 June 2013 at ~9:10 AM when Prof. Mandi entered our class. A very simple teacher with a very unique way of teaching. I guarantee you that nobody will sleep in his interactive sessions.

To be frank I never wrote blogs but Mandi sir taught us that "Nothing is better than sharing education".

Without wasting much of your time let me take you through whatever happened in that class:

1. You would have noticed a slogan recited by Dr. T Prasad in video posted above. Here are the lines:

"Socho Becho, 

  Becho Sikho,

  Sikho Socho"

A very important learning from this slogan is that any item can be sold for Rs.50/100/1000. It all boils down to your thought process & the way with which you sell it.

Let's take an example-

Q1:  For how much amount a plastic Butterfly toy can be sold ?

Ans: At one go we said Rs 50. Prof. Mandi then taught us that always give a thought to the numerous applications of any item that you want to sell. In this case, this toy apart from keeping on desk can be kept over a pen & it can rotate without falling down.

Another example of a 'hen & plank' was given in which the hen could oscillate as well as slide down the inclined plane. 

One thing common between them is physics. The concept behind these were COG, balancing, rotation, etc. Now we were sure that these items can be sold for minimum of Rs. 500/-

2.   Another slogan

"Aaj kha roti - Aaj hee khamaenghe ! !"

Let me tell you my Per Day Cost (PDC) here is Rs 2500/- . Through this slogan Prof Mandi taught me that I shall earn this much money daily & sponsor my education myself. At least earn 10% or 20% of this amount by doing any work.

Other activities that we did in class including 2 pm lecture are:

a) Singing Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall song in the class.

    This song has got a important meaning that we shouldn't be just another brick in the wall rather

    change the system.

b) Talks about some illustrious NITIE alumni who have made it big in the world, like Mrunmay

    Chakraborty of IM6, the CEO of the globally famous Cyprus Semiconductors. 

Now comes the main question why this blog ?

This blog is dedicated to course titled "Principles Of Organization And Management. I will keep posting whatever I learn in lectures, forums about this subject. 

Through this way I would be very happy & satisfied if I could teach this subject to even one person.

Sharing some pics of campus & my first class:

Special thanks to Prof. Mandi for encouraging me to write blogs and spread the learning.

Ajit Yadav
NITIE, PGDIM XX
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