One of the wonderful prospects of coming to a business school is the inundating plethora of the biggies one gets to meet and interact with. CEOs, Directors, Deans and industry stalwarts! It was one of those special days for PGDSM-MIT 04 when the director of the MIT program in Virginia Tech flew down for his scheduled contact sessions. It was a wonderful fun-filled interaction for five days during which Dr. Tom Sheehan shared his experience on Unified Modelling Language using Rational Rose. It was but an innovative learning exercise wherein business analysis, estimation techniques, design principles were explored amidst heated debates and budding classroom discussions.
The last day saw the ritual interview session with the whole class and faculty members. Dr. Tom shared with us his views on the eminence of exchange programs and how different the students of MIT India were from those of the students on US. He appreciated the class diversity and profound knowledge of the students in the nitty-gritty of technological implementation which according to him would be the cutting edge we would have as business analysts and business development managers. When questioned about the present PGDSM-MIT04 batch, he remarked that, it gets more and more inquisitive a batch every year and more and more challenging for us to handle all the doubts! The session was followed by sumptuous tea.
Dr. Tom spoke to us about the relevance of the techno-managerial perspective in the US industry and its bent for such qualified professionals to take up the positions of business mangers in the challenging scenario. It was particularly endearing when he invited everyone of us to attend our convocation in the Virginia Tech. Alas, budgets are never concordantly generous! :) What followed was a brief discussion on the activities of the Virginia Tech alumni association and our responsibilities as HOKIEs (the students of Virginia Tech are known as Hokies) followed by an insight into his Indian experience. Five full days of enriching cross-cultural interface! You bet!
- Prathibha
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