Highlights of Four Years at Indore

I saw Sholay again (in 3D this time). Not comparable to the 70 m.m. version, but good. Saw quite a few other films in our institute auditorium. Finding Fanny, Dhoom 3, Happy Bhag Jayegi were some of them. Went out and saw Bahubali and its sequel, and the Rajnikant film Kabali (I am a fan. He's magical on screen).
 I played some Golf at our greens.
 Looking down at the new complex (above) and Shweta (below).


Met a lot of new faculty at the mess, as they came in. Met a few old colleagues here from places past. Taught in a few MDPs (short term programs), designed a couple, and taught in a wide variety of programs, from doctoral to part-time MBA in Mumbai and Dubai. Apart from my staple Marketing Research, I tried Advertising/IMC, Retailing for FPM, and Digital Marketing. Also taught some German students.

Saw the brilliantly directed and performed plays staged here, directed by Shweta, a colleague, and acted in by Sanjana, Jasmine, Avik, Shrunga, Philip and Ayushi and Urvaksh in the first of those-The Importance of Being Earnest.

Advised (!!) a few students including some doctoral students, collaborated with IPM students Satchi, Ayushi and a couple of others for joint papers. Presented papers at international conferences in Japan, Indonesia, Colombo and Phnom Penh apart from a few in Indian conferences. Wrote a couple of cases like Euroflex and Ten Motion Arts.
 A road trip to Jaisalmer, Udaipur.
 My Japanese avatar.

 Veenus, the conference manager of our conference.

Was fortunate to have some good academic assistants like Abhishek, Saumya Sharma, Veenus and Sarada who helped out in Indore, and Aiman in Mumbai. Kritika Gupta topping the M.R. end term with a 100% score was a highlight this year. Another was a student team led by Kalaivani comprising Swathika, Sadhana, Akshaya, Madhan and Chandran winning the Google Online Marketing Challenge 2017 Asia Pacfic title under my mentorship.

A marketing conference we ran in July 2017 was a big hit.


2 comments:

Parul said...

That sounds like a well rounded, round up of 4 years :)

Rajendra said...

Thanks. My second longest innings at one location. Not as much Golf as in Nagpur, though.

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