Diary 26th April 2005
One of the ISB’s flagship course, as part of PGP, is the Leadership Development Programme [shortly called as LDP]. LDP spans 3 terms and will cover all aspects of soft skills like Personality analysis, Listening, Group Dynamics, Presentation Skills, Meeting skills etc., The group discussions will be recorded in video and will be used for improvement and identifying areas of improvement. The course started off with MBTI personality type analysis. I had already blogged about MBTI.
Coming to the academics front, the number of students this year is 27 higher than expected. According to official explanation, the yield has been higher this year [up from 75% to 77%]. Which means, the classroom needs to be fitted with extra seats. A lecture theatre here can hold 80 students. The seating arrangements are also fixed for those 80 students. Due to the increase in strength, around 6-7 extra seats needs to be fitted in each classroom. These seats will not have LAN slots and power slots. In an effort to comfort the students, management has come up with a smart idea. To give away Rs.10,000 to students who volunteer to take those seats. If many people volunteer, the allocation will be done on lot basis! Now there is demand for those seats 
..If I get Rs.10,000 per term extra, then why not opt for those seats!!!
Slowly the sense of community is building among ISB students. There will be strong bonding as the Terms progress.
Nothing much to blog now-a-days..You can follow the fellow blogger’s post to get more details of day-to-day happenings in ISB. We are planning to have a blogger’s meet in ISB. We will brainstorm as to how to effectively channelize the energy and enthusiasm of ISB bloggers, towards increasing the awareness of ISB in India.
innovative idea
.. Dont u have Wi-Fi on the campus??? No lan slots wont be such a prob then…
Comment by ash — April 27, 2005, Wednesday @ 4:39 am
Hi… whats the av GMAT ? i heard soemwhere 695 ?
Comment by KK — April 27, 2005, Wednesday @ 5:33 am
Yes Ash, most of the places are either wired or have a wi-fi hotspot. So, connecting from anywhere is not an issue.
& btw, Bharani.. when was this blogger’s meet planned..
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Comment by amit — April 27, 2005, Wednesday @ 5:34 am
Ash, yes we do have Wi-Fi in campus. LAN slots will not be a problem. But the problem is the seats will not have desk to keep the laptops, it will be a chair with foldable arms! Anyway, things will iron out..
Avg GMAT this year is 690 I believe..Another interesting thing is 50% of the class is 700+ (172 students!!!)
Amit, we are planning to have a meet, nothing is finalised yet
Comment by Administrator — April 27, 2005, Wednesday @ 6:09 am
I think this idea of giving 10,000 rupees etc to compensate for a lack of infrastructure is not a smart thing. Just my opinion.
Comment by Indianblogger — April 27, 2005, Wednesday @ 7:00 am
MIB, Sure there’s a lot of inconvenience caused due to lack of space. But the way mgmt has made some students to volunteer for those seats is good in pure marketing ways..It’s good or bad is a different debate..Infact, we have mixed opinions about this in campus.
Comment by Administrator — April 27, 2005, Wednesday @ 7:17 am
Bharani, it is 17 and not 27. And if 320 is 75% yield, then extra 17 would add to 79% yield.
Comment by Sandeep — April 27, 2005, Wednesday @ 10:01 am
Sandeep, I forgot the exact figures. I didn’t bother to calculate again
..Anyway the message is clear, the increase in strength is due to increase in yield 
Comment by Administrator — April 27, 2005, Wednesday @ 10:59 am
Yep! you are right. And today’s mail says that you were correct - it’s 27
and thus the yield is 81% 
Comment by Sandeep — April 27, 2005, Wednesday @ 2:58 pm
u know these blogs give a 360 degree view for someone who is not part of ISB but wud luv to know more
Comment by Anonymous — April 29, 2005, Friday @ 11:22 am