KNOWLEDGE SESSIONS: NOTHING MORE?

One of the most important aspect of the induction programe was the knowledge session conducted by the various societies. The days started and the nights ended meeting the deadlines .
Ranging from the finesse society which discussed topics ranging from basics of microcredit, IPOs, vat, hedging, futures, options, swaps etc. to the persona society hitting all abstract topics, the journey was indeed long and tiring !! The students made presentations on books such as the liars poker, “The Mc Kinsey way”, “fortune at the bottom of the pyramid “and “the fountainhead”. Some even got abstract topics such as only the paranoid survive, managing existentialism and empty spaces make little sense.The other interesting topics included “the art of peace” and “The road ahead after Bill Gates”.
Written assignments not only aimed to help the students learn about the important issues,such as the sarbanes – oxley act, the bric report, or on core concepts such as marketing myopia, but they also served to help improve their writing skills.

Adding feather to the cap was the session on “the art of making presentations”, given by an alumnus, Maneesh Pherwani. Apart from the direct knowledge building sessions , the induction aimed at development of individuality and team working skills of the person. It aimed at considerable improvement in soft skills of the entire batch and the aim has well been achieved. Numerous presentations that the students were required to make during the induction, be it a presentation on themselves, or on a conceptual topic, helped them to learn the art of making presentations. At the same time it helped them to get accustomed to and be comfortable with making presentations. The feedback given to each, by the seniors,on their presentation skills was invaluable. To summarise, the knowledge sessions however they may be cursed were really informative. Words will fall short to appreciate the tireless zeal with which the seniors went about conducting it.
FMS gives enough reasons to party !!!

PS: Couldn't have thought of a better paradox than the topic :)