Bombay I

Well, a quick Dos and Donts in "Bombay" as understood by me in my few days here
1. its not Bombay, its mumbai
2. Dont take a vodafone connection, they dont want new customers here
3. Dont take a tikona net connection, they do not have anything called a service
4. Do go to tgif and ask the waiter what is the cheapest snacks u have got - which is nachos btw an its awesome
5. Do Crash a private party in Tote at mahalaxmi
6. Do go to indiana cafe in mahalaxmi by mistake (psst..its not a cafe after all)
7. Do eat at timbuctoo and order hukka flavour tsunami (its mind blowing) in mulund - ya they do have a mall there surprisingly
8. do play antakshari loudly on marine drive at 12 in the night so everyone stares at you
9. Do watch IPL final bombay vs chennai in the stadium. the atmosphere is electric
10. Do book a cab for after the match however expensive that is, else it will take 3 hours to reach home
11. Dont ever in your life board a churchgate fast local from borivali at andheri. you will be crushed and thrown on the tracks otherwise
12. Dont eat at Oh Calcutta on your first day here, especially if you are veg
14. Dont have a 13th point as it is considered unlucky

My Top Indian B Schools

Nowadays every magazine or publication(from Financial Times to India Today) or website (from US News to Pagalguy) releases a B School Ranking now and then. These publications supposedly follow a very meticulous and detailed methodology and they rate various parameters from the infrastructure to the faculty to research to student life to demographics to what not. Eventually by some more complex procedure, they collate the ratings and release the overall rankings where IIPM comes first in Global Exposure in India :O


So without following any methodology and going by my gut feel ( which is like based on a market survey(to use some heavy words)of present MBA students, prospective students and general junta), I have also jumped on the bandwagon( chalti gaadi me chadhna i suppose) and have come out with the "Anupam Arya Indian B School Rankings" :P

1. IIM A (I cant dare to put any other B School above this)
2. IIM B (Logical 2nd)
3. IIM C (and Logical 3rd)
4. ISB (Fashion to put it 4th I guess given its international collaborations with Wharton, Harvard etc)
5. IIM L ( Because I doubt ppl will leave it for XL or FMS)
6. FMS (Highest ROI for an MBA - 15 Lakh package for a 40K MBA)
7. XLRI (Arguably the best HR course in Asia, and people dont "usually" leave it for K or I)
8. IIM K ( Bias over I :P. No, Seriously, half my batch had converted I and they left it to come here. Awesome campus)
9. IIM I ( Hmm :P No hard feelings. The IIM brand name matters)
10. Sp Jain ( Supposed to have a diverse batch and locational advantage)
11. NITIE (Surprising pick but its the best at what it does - Operations)
12. MDI (The foreign exchange potential is an advantage. I would have ranked it lower personally, but prospective candidates ( including me at a time) ranked it quite high)
13. IIFT ( The best in interantional trade apparently)
14. SJMSOM IIT B (Loses out on diversity, but vibrant Entrepreneurship culture)
15. MICA ( The best in advertising, ideal sex ratio and Prof Mathew - one of my favourite profteaches there :P)
16. IRMA (The best in rural management)
17. IIM S (Very young, but growing fast as the 7th IIM)
18. Jamnalal Bajaj ( Biased towards only Maharashtra Students, losing out slowly)
19. SIBM Pune ( For want of a better B School )
20. SCMHRD (It might surpass SIBM in a couple of years)
21. NMIMS (Location advantage i guess)
22. XIMB (am running out of reasons now)
23. IMT ( struggling to maintain its place)
24. DOMS IIT D ( 2nd best IIT MBA)
25. IBS hyd (the flagship ICFAI)

Just missed the list are TAPMI and Nirma

Disclaimers:
1. These are just the personal opinions of the writer who is in no way responsible for the consequences.
2. The writer is not aiming to belittle any B School and apologizes in anticipation for doing so in the process of giving his awesome reasons.

PS: Oh i forgot, Rank 1000: IIPM ( for trying to be what its not and for the founder being a pain in all the body parts)