Prashant Ivaturi

Ramappa Temple Two weeks ago, we decided to take a road trip from Hyderabad to Warangal - the place where I spent four of my unforgettable years of under-graduation. I really wanted to go visit the place during my one year stay at ISB Hyderabad and also wanted to show it to my wife and kid. It materialized as a sudden idea one fine day and things fell in place immediately after. Thousand Pillared Temple, Warangal While we went to the school late in the evening, during the day we visited the thousand pillared temple and Ramappa temple. We were treated to lovely sights at both places . Both these temples have such great architecture that you wonder how they managed to erect them in those days when technology was not as advanced as it is today. It is a shame that people in the country still don't value them enough and vandalise them in many ways. But, I am glad that the government is restoring them, so that people can see them in full grandeur. I guess,...

Just yesterday, I gave an interview to GyanCentral who published the story. Here it is... An applicant guide to Indian School of Business Hyderabad

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this blog are my own and not of the school's. Long before I had joined ISB, I had not thought about contesting elections to be on the Graduate Student Board, leave alone how to organize the flagship event of the school. Even when I came to ISB, I only wanted to join the Music Club as that is my hobby. However, when I spoke to a few friends of mine, they gave me the confidence and the rest, as they say is history. While winning the elections was a big achievement in itself, I was entrusted upon the job of organizing the school's flagship event - the ISB Leadership Summit (ILS). It boasted of some sterling speakers in the past, but this time it had to be different. It was the 10th year of the school and we wanted to differentiate ourselves. With that in mind, and with the objective of involving as many people as possible, I started on a journey. From thinking of the event's design to recruiting a bunch of people wh...

Nostalgia, fun, euphoria ... and much much more! That's what Goa is all about. The first time I went to Goa was with my college buddies - about a decade ago. Then again, when I was in Pune in 2006-07, I went there with colleagues and had equal amount of fun. This time, I went there with my wife on a vacation after a hectic 4 terms of MBA at ISB. After having seen some really good beaches in the USA, our expectations were not that high. But Goa never stops to amaze me. It was as good fun as it was in any other part of the world. Beach beds, massages, lovely beaches, lots of shopping... wow!

Countries and corporations credit ratings are being downgraded. Economies are shrinking. Companies are downsizing. Dollar, the ever so stable currency, seems to be deteriorating. Yuan is being talked about as an alternative. Are these signs of an economic downturn? While infrastructure industry seems to be doing well and sees the brighter side, banks and IT companies are being extremely cautious. It is a direct impact of the recent happenings in the global markets. How long will it last is a question that not even the best of our leaders can answer. Nobel prize winners, market predictors, PhDs have no clue. The common man is as confused as the people who run large organizations and national policy makers. Its scary to think of such lack of control. What kind of education is then required? There are only questions and no concrete answers yet!

Happy Teacher's Day! A day when we recognize the efforts of all our teachers - our mother, our school, college and any other teacher who taught us something in life. To a job, that is really thankless in this society, here's really wishing a Happy Teacher's Day!

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The year was 2006. I had just started on the new project (Margin Management) in Chicago and was catching up. It was our first meeting with Dan. Subodh, Emmanuel, Kavitha and I were there in the room with Dan. We had a lot of questions about the application. Dan brought in a cup full of colorful jelly beans and announced that we would get one or more jelly beans depending on how good our questions were. As we went ahead asking questions, he went on passing some jelly beans to the person who raised the questions. As it was a client meeting, we did not eat any of the jelly beans, but then Dan interrupted and asked us to go ahead and eat some. As soon as we put them in our mouth, we realized that we did not like those and they tasted real bad. We did not want to upset Dan and tried to put on a brave face (I am sure he would have made out that we did not like them). Kavitha just kept her mouth closed and did not chew on them. Dan asks each one of us “Did you like them”? Emman...