Lessons from Makeshift Infrastructure

AS A STUDENT OF ENGINEERING IN JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY, Arindam Lahiri was unaware of the world of IIMs, though familiar with IIM Calcutta. Lahiri and his peers were more interested in GRE for the purpose of going to the US. But a chance encounter piqued his curiosity. Making inquiries from school and college peers, he and a few others decided to give B-schools a try.

- By Meha Mathur

Relying on shared correspondence study material for preparation, Lahiri got calls from all the four IIMs that existed at that time, besides XLRI Jamshedpur and FMS Delhi. “While I personally felt that I did the best interview for IIM Ahmedabad, I eventually got a call from IIM Lucknow.”

First Impression

Reporting to IIM Lucknow a day before the session started, Lahiri wondered if he had made a wrong choice.