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1000 years of history

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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,...

An applicant guide to Indian School of Business Hyderabad

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

ISB Leadership Summit 2011, AACSB and ISB@10

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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...