My First Week at ISPAT Industries Limited

After completing my first year in Globsyn Business School, I joined ISPAT Industries Limited, on 22nd April, for doing my Summer Internship Programme (SIP) in Finance. My project topic is Working Capital Management. I was both nervous and excited before joining the Company, since I did not have any prior experience of the corporate world.

My first day at office would always be a special one for me, because that day itself I realized the importance of Globsyn Business School, at every step. Gradually I began understanding the office environment and its culture and felt at home within a short span of time. I still remember my nervousness when I met my boss. And after he explained the project topic to me, I realized that my boss, is a very knowledgeable person, and with every passing day I am getting to learn something new from him.

Globsyn Business School has played a very significant role in making me what I am today and every time I learn something new at office, I remember my days at GBS (especially HR and Finance classes). My boss is more like a mentor than a project guide to me and it’s needless to say that, what I am getting from ISPAT is absolutely priceless.

Poulami Pal
PGDM 06

Globsyn Business School

My First Week at ISPAT Industries Limited

Training at Mumbai (Reliance Money)

After graduating from GBS, I joined Reliance Money. My first day was scheduled at the Reliance Money office in Mumbai, where I along with my new colleagues went through a series of training on different financial products, mostly to do with Equity Market, Share Market and the Commodity Market.
My journey to Mumbai was a memorable one. Nineteen others from GBS including (Amit Mukherjee, Susovan Saha, Avishek Saha, Ritendra Nath Mukherjee, Arindam Ghosh, Sudipta Mitra, Barnini Sengupta, Avishek Mukherjee, Piyasha Ganguly, Pushpita Maitra, Sweta Singh, Vinayak Mitra, Richa Khemka, Rajdeep Baran Das, Sourav Mitra, Sudipto Chatterjee, Sukalpo Sarkar, Poulami Dutta) were part of the same trip.

We reached the Business Capital in the early hours of the 7th (April). Our training started on the very same day and by the end of our first session we were all very Tired. The next few days were very hectic, but at every step it reminded us of the things we learnt at GBS (specially in JNM Sir’s classes).

Despite our busy schedule, some of us found time to visit a few tourist spots in Mumbai. Places like Gateway of India, Nariman Point, Juhu Beach, Marine Drive, Haji Ali, Siddhi Vinayak Temple are example of a few that we visited.

I am attaching a picture of some of the GBS students from the trip, hope you like it!

All in all it was trip that I will cherish in years to come.

Regards,
Anubrata Saha (PGDM -5)
Reliance Money

Training at Mumbai (Reliance Money)

My First Week At Work…

A business school graduate, believing himself to be an exclusive breed of specially trained professional, exuding an air of exclusivity and superior knowledge, is often faced with a paradox. He is the object of spite and is sneered at by skeptics and cynics (especially non-MBA people) for being too didactic – for being too hung up on theory. ‘Theory does not prepare you for real life’, they say! ‘Manager are born and not made – experience begets competence, not trimesters’! Well, I beg to differ!

Although I must confess that my first day at office was a trifle unnerving. I suddenly found myself in an alien environment and couldn’t make sense of anything. I despaired. I panicked. All I wanted to do was to get out of that place which seemed to be mocking my ignorance. I even thought I saw contempt in the peon’s eyes.

Probably I was imagining things. I had to calm down. I was a premier B-school graduate after all. Wait! Did I just hear a familiar refrain? Hey, someone out there is talking supply chain and logistics. Comprehension dawned. I know all about that! One term and a full credit paper! I could tell them a thing or two about supply chain. I felt elated! Suddenly I saw my B-school in an entirely different light. No longer was it just a passport to the corporate world. It had actually equipped me to survive in this world as well. Somewhere it had brought about a transformation without me being aware of the process. I had made the transition. I was suddenly at peace with myself. It may be that experience cannot be substituted, but it doesn’t hurt to have a head start either – right?

Avijit Dutta (PGDM 5)
Director
Quatro Travel & Cargo (P) Ltd.

My First Week At Work…