From the interview to first day at College, the journey to
NITIE was mesmerizing one .Resuming college life after 2 years of job
experience was a big task in itself.
From 9 to 6 working to 9 to 6 class, my mind was preoccupied with the
thought of boring power point presentations and lectures and i was trying to
prepare myself for that but Prof.Prasad took me by surprise .
As soon as he entered the class, he opened up his bag of
toys which include a balancing butterfly and softballs. He engaged students in
playing with this stuff. I thought it was his way to awake people but later he
told us to sell that butterfly at Rs 500 and elaborated that if road-side
vendor could sell this butterfly at Rs.70, a manager should be able to sell
that butterfly at Rs.500 by finding out its USP .Suddenly a thought struck in
my mind about why he is called “Prof Mandi”.
Later, he explained the importance of blog writing. He made
us to realize the fact that if every person of class would write a blog about
the subject there will be 80 blogs and if every person of a batch will write a
blog then there will be 300 blogs, which will become 4500 blogs if we multiply
it by total number of lectures in the course. The number
in itself was big enough and if every person could influence a follower then we
would be able to create knowledge revolution in India.
He also talked about the role of teachers in education
institutes. Referring to a song “another brick in the wall” by pink Floyd, he
explained that teachers nowadays creating bricks, a well carved brick which would
fit in a big wall. He wanted each student to be a like a wall that is stronger
in its fundamentals and could withstand the unfavourable conditions.
“Socho Becho,Becho
Sikho, Sikho Socho”
In his typical “Mandi” style, he influenced us to earn for
self. He told us to find out the opportunity cost for doing an MBA.I wondered
when I realized that my MBA education was costing me 2500+ rather than the
academic fee of Nitie. Putting this perspective forward, he gave examples of
the alumni of Nitie who created wonders in their field. He also encouraged
students to come up with their ideas of establishing a company and he expressed
his interest to help them.
Looking forward to more such lectures from Dr.Prasad in his
“Mandi” style.
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