Day Zero

17 June, 2013 - 09:00 AM. It was the first class at NITIE on a rainy day. Some 70 odd students of section A of the new batch were awaiting the Communication Skills class to begin. Mr Mehta, the faculty for the course, was on leave and a replacement meant our first lecture of management would be delivered by Dr Prasad, more popularly known as Dr Mandi – Our professor for the subject “Principles of Organization Management”. He came inside and took us by surprise with his unusual style. Took out toys & balls from his bag & distributed them to the students in the class. All of us were still figuring out what exactly was going on in the class when Dr saab started. “Mai poora desi aadmi hai”!!!After a quick intro, he stressed upon the use of technology in modern day education and persuaded us to write blogs on what we study, which will help spread the knowledge beyond the boundaries of the classroom.

Further, he made some precarious calculation (of which m still not convinced.. :-P) that each of us were spending about Rs 2500/- per day for our education here and it is high time we must earn whatever proportion of that amount we can within this student life. Soon the classroom was buzzing with the chants of “Aaj ki Roti Aaj Kamayenge”. By the time he left the classroom, I was sure his methodologies were certainly not “Desi” ;-)

After a class on marketing management, It was Dr Mandi again in the post lunch period. It started with Flloyd’s song “Another Brick in the Wall”. “Socho – Becho, Becho – Sikho, Sikho – Socho “ is his mantra for life and no doubt he has gained popularity for his practical approach towards leaning. No notes,no books but still learning – is how I can sum up his teaching techniques. All in all, a happening start to the subject and my stay here at NITIE...:-) :-)