My IIM C GD PI 2006

Hi ,
well I could not get any help from this forum as no one from calcuttaa bothered to post his/her experience. So here is mine:
Profile: 99.52 (BLACKIE) IIT KGP dual degree electrical fresher
X 86.2 XII 84.66 (MP state Board)
Well I did not appear for first three interviews viz L,K,I. So this was my first interview.it was on 15th march at IIMC itself - panel 7.
There were 10 people in our panel.There were 4 iitians including me.
our GD topic was a real shit "Indian IIT industry can't compete only on the cost advantage."
We were given 3 minutes to think.As soon as prof said u can start now ,the guy siiting next to me jumped without any niceties(Must have attended lot of TIME session). Now he clubbed hardware with IT and got away ewith it and kept on giving useless facts without broaching the topic.Well I tried to interject at some points but was not heard,but I took a different approach from group which was all escatic about Large english speaking population and large pool of engineers.I pointedto them that most of them are not employable and IT industry often complains about their lack of skills.I also named phillipines and east asia as reasons from where India could face stiff competition in fututre.This opened a flodd gate and everybody tried to come up with name of some countries.One guy came up with Liberia and two or three people blindly repeated that thing.I don't know whether prof noticed this or not. I had a minor scuffle with this initiater who always kept on harping let me finish first friens but could not get the support of group.
(Later in interview they asked everybody about GD being aggressive but not to me and the devil I mentioned.)
Well the good part was that they asked us to give a summary of 1 minute after GD and i was the second one to be called(random)>nad here I made most of it.I summarised putting the topic ,all the views those cropped up and finally my own views but ran out of time as one of the profs was sitting with wrist watch.
Overall leaving that scuffle my performance was above average of group as I toed a different line and only one other person summarised the toic properly besides me ,all other were repeating their own points throughout in summary.
PI:
Well profs were pretty exhausted from the morning session so they made it clear inthe beginning that interview wil last only 15 minutes and the were not interested in seeing extracurricullar certificates besides our marksheets.
Mine was 6th.To all earlier people they did not ask any acads or current affairs.Just hobbies,about yuorself and why MBA.

SO here comes the big moment.
I enter.Now they had a semicircular group pf chairs for GD. after that they were sitting across a table with a chair in front of the.Now instead of approching after the semicircle I tried to make my way throught the semicircle( I realised after being halfway through it but that is my old hbit .In school also I used to climb on stage instead of using stairs as I alwaysl ocated them pretty late).
Now there were three profs L,M,R.
L: time keeper and took my file checked all the certis.
M: most "khadoos" .bearded with strange look.
R: I don't remmeber his face he did not speak anything at all.
M: Anshul ,tell us about ur self
I: blah blah ,my hometown Indore city of Devi Ahlya(They did ntot pick up the bait), from middle class Marwari community(once again they failed me)
blah blah. In my free time I sleep a lot
L&M: what?
I: sleep a lot and gossip with my friends.I was also involved with a youth organisation at IIT KGP.told the name.
M: what is that?
I: told them about various personalities we invited for guest lecture or how we got dustbins installed in our campus and my failed attempt to teach local kid basics of computer.( but I could not tell all things in the proper way).
M:(al of a sudden): Is astrology a science
I: yes
M: justify
I : well it depende on your perception.How do you define science
M: how do you?
I: blah blah
M: so do you have some sort of mathematicla formulation in astrology?
I: why you isit on employing rigid definitons everywhere.Phyis has maths as its language.Astrology has its own lanugage.It might be differnet from our vconventions but it follows a logical pattern.
M: Okay So them make all boxes and write position of stars
I: yes, grahs and chakras
M: yes.So tel me do you get same result in astrology for sam e input?
I: for that you need to pinpoit exact location which is not possible.
M: Okay so assume in bombay thousands of children are obrn at an instant
I: But still you are not exact
M: Now city is the smallest unit.It is like that.
I: (rather forcefully) No it is not like that.When my horscope was made Indore was divided into 10 regions and blah blah
M: okay assume thoeretically you have all data ,the does a person's life follow same patern as they claim
I: well even with same setup in an experiment you get different results again and agin.Moreove they never claim that these are the perfect things.They only predict broad contours of life.
M: So oit is not an exact science.
I: Well you go to a psychiatrist.he also makes predictions.Various kind of counsellers.If tey can be called science then why not astrology.
( M is visibly frust with me he aske L to take on me)
L: now you have written some unusual thing reserach in humanities after 10 yrs.Which field?
I: well I have skill set of engineer.So I don't have chances of entering in humanires at any Indian university like JNU>Only IIM can give me admission to PHd but i want to have feel of real world before go on mking theories .Wnat ot be in thick of things and blah blah
L: which field you would liek to research
I: I havenot decided the subjectyet.It could be economice,olitical sc, or history or a combination of these or interdisiciplinary.e.g. I come fro mMarwari community( I am proud of it.) so how has marwari succeeded intheir business or comparison betwenn twwo moneyl enders Jews and marwaris or FDI in defense cestor,after all most of things we buy fro mforeign companies blah blah
(L seems visibly impressed while M has a scornful look,I could not get time to notice reactions of R)
L: well since you have mentioned Marwari commnity then you write these are the papers by ( some tim tomton) on Marwari commnuity
( I brought out my pen from pocket and looked for a ppaer but in vain ,pretended to listen to him carefully.)
L: so you are form Kharagpur
I: yes sir, dual degree blah blah
L" you must have got a job
I : yeas sir, L&T
L: so why don't you join it?
I: ( i coul ont her him) sir larsen and tubro ,mumbai
L: yes I know that .but you said you want to have feel of real world .Now L&T is a godd company with very gud training programme and equal opportunities for all so why don't you go over thr?
I: ( well I myslef don't subscribe to idea of freshers doing MBA, so I had no readymade answer and lacked conviction while answering it)
Well now I would enter at middle or lowere manageemnt level.After management skill I wil enter at higher level so more ( i was about to say power) responsibilites, better perspective, blah blah. Moreover middlelevel experience won't fit in my schem of things of reserch later( This was my biggest mistake.)
L: okay .( asks M & R to ask anything and gives them my form.
M : refuses outrightly
R: refuses politely
I am about to leave.
M: so does your horoacope predict that you wil get into IIM?
I: well the chap who amde my horoscope probably did not know that something like IIM exist on earth but he did predict that I will make big in life.( I was elated to give such a witty reply)
All of them smile.M for the first time., and noe I come out.