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March 28, 2008, marked the end of my first year at IMT Nagpur. I have to admit one thing without using over-the-top adjectives that it was a very interesting year. During this past one year, I saw both ups and downs, happiness and sadness, both
personally and professionally. I have also learnt that MBA is not only about Finance or Marketing or HR. The two-year residential program at IMT has taught me lots of things, things which I wouldn't have learnt otherwise. Some of them are: -

Lesson No. 1: Too much stress is harmful.

Lesson No. 2: Do not be too nice to everyone. Not everybody deserves your time and effort; spend your time and effort only with people who are worth.

Lesson No. 3: Control your anger; or else you may end up hurting someone.

Lesson No. 4: Communicate; say whatever you want to say clearly and frankly. It is important to make yourself heard.

Lesson No. 5: Give up your ego, it is nothing but an illusion you have.

Lesson No. 6: Have patience, people will always find ways to irritate you, and do not take everything they say to your heart; it pays to be aloof sometimes.

Lesson No. 7: Take criticism with a pinch of salt. I realized one thing that when people criticize you, it means you are progressing, you are being noticed, isn't it? Nobody kicks a dead dog. And when it is constructive criticism, analyse it and work on it. It will help.

So much for the 1st Year lessons that I have learnt.

Now Second Year has gotten underway and specialization courses have also gotten underway. In about three months from now, placement week will commence. Campus will be buzzing with all sorts of companies coming for recruiting students, some students will have a good time, some won't, but it will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience for all.

On March 5, 2009, the batch of 2007-09 will graduate from IMT Nagpur, and life will never be the same for any one of us after that. Some will go abroad, some will go to their home-towns, some will get married, some will start their own business, but whatever it is that they do, nobody will ever forget the two 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 fights they had on trivial things, the affairs they had, the assignments they did at 2:00 AM, the night walks they took, the birthday bumps they got, the professors they adored, the places they visited, etc.

Probably twenty 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 down with our families for the meet, we will laugh at all the absurd things we did, we will meet the girl/guy whom we had crush on, and introduce them to our respective spouses, meet the professors who shaped our lives, the canteen guys who helped us stay awake at night by providing us tea and coffee, say hello to our once close pals and inquire about each other's lives, exchange contact numbers, and then go back home with a smile on our faces, by remembering those moments we all shared together, because moments become memories, and these will live with us foreverm because that's what make a journey called LIFE!!!

Concluded.

* Contributed by -
Jay N. Bathija is a Computer Engineer from Mumbai with two years work experience at ICICI Bank as Business Analyst. Currently, he is pursuing MBA from IMT Nagpur, and has finished his first year. The above-written article is his own personal experience at IMT Nagpur