Seeking@IMI

The path I chose and the road we have to travel…

I can still remember the day when I first came to IMI to deposit my fees. That day I came to know what amazing feats can be achieved by photography. Being from HBTI I was used to a very green and vast campus spread in hundreds of acres. So when I had deposited my fees I decided to check out the campus. I asked Mr. Ravi Sharma,”where is the basketball court?” .He gave me an annoying gaze and said, “It’s in front of you”. At that moment I felt a sense of ambiguity as to whether praise the photographer for clicking a picture of people playing basketball in air (this picture is shown on the website) or curse myself for assuming a full-fledged basketball court just by seeing two guys and a basketball in mid air. Nonetheless I asked Ravi again.”Where are the hostels?” He gave be a bewildered look and said,” Lad, it’s in front of you”. I said,”I can see that but where are other hostels like for girls and faculty residence?” He said, “Well . . . that’s about it”. I couldn’t imagine how could boys and girls hostel and faculty residence can be housed in one building (that was until I saw the claustrophobic rooms of boys hostel).but I guess that was it. Optimistic as I am and unfazed by my disappointment I asked the final question,”I have heard and read so much about the amazing amphitheatre of the college, which is the centre of all student life here, I have to see it!!!”. “Son”, replied Ravi, now displaying a serene smile on his face,” You are standing on it”.

Not to mention that I was utterly disappointed by taking an admission into a college , the campus of which ends as soon as it starts, which is claustrophobic and did not have a basketball court( basketball =oxygen for me). I joined the college with one hope and that is to study with an amazingly talented peer group.

And I must say that I am not disappointed. Each individual in our batch is amazingly talented. Now four months into the program I am convinced the only thing our college lags is a culture. So let’s start to work towards it with the same zeal and passion we prepared for CAT. Let’s start thinking out of the box . . . let’s encourage new ideas . . . let’s channel our amazing talents into something constructive and worthwhile . . . let’s start nurturing a CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE . . . . so that this college gets the class of alumni it really deserves !!!