The first term is almost divided into two logical halves with some of the subjects getting over halfway through and new ones getting added. The new subjects that were added naturally had new professors. In the last few weeks, we have had two such subjects and the reason I am writing this blog is the professors that are teaching them. Even after one month of enjoying the great pedagogy, the professors still are managing to amaze us with their very special way of teaching.
The first one is strategic cost management and the professor impressed us so much that we are actually looking forward to the classes even with sleep deprivation and all that. To give an idea, he has worked in almost all the continents of the world in senior managerial roles, had been a gold medalist in his CFA and had left as a senior manager at Rolls Royce before quitting and joining IIMA. The examples and summaries that he gives in the class are so relevant and to the point that one of a fellow student was referring to them as a revelation.
The next is a new class on operations management. The professor has the capacity to wake up Rim Van Winkle from his slumber. He started a seemingly insipid subject saying that by the end of the fifteen sessions we are going to attain the nirvana that Buddha achieved. He also explained the various uses of the textbook such as a pillow, an exercising equipment and lastly as a tool for learning things that lesser mortals wanted to know. In short, he said that the case method to teach operations was being used in IIMA and this is probably the only instance in the entire country. As a result, no textbook could give us the knowledge and wherewithal to handle operations anytime in the future.
Well, even after all the rigor and torture that we have been subjected to, I would still give my good night's sleep to attend these enriching lectures - even from my orbit of Pluto.
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