04 Nov
It was with a pang that we realised that the course at ASCI was really meandering towards an end. All good things come to an end. Today we were in class with Prof Sachendra. The agenda of the day was boats - Paper Boats. Not the Advertisement of the juices that they are showing on the Television nowadays but actual paper boats that we as children, used to put on streams of rain water as kids. The idea was that with a single window for provision of raw material and purchase of the finished product, we had to produce as many boats as possible in the given time to make a profit. as an entrepreneur we were the ones who estimated our capability, made the boats, carried out quality control, and sold the boats. Based on our estimate and the the final production we made profit or lost heavily depending whether we were able to fulfill our obligations as far as the final estimation went or lost heavily if we fell below the estimate.
There were lessons to be learnt . These were brought home rather forcefully by Prof Sachindra. He spared no pains in telling us that we fell woefully short , where thinking out of the box was concerned. He did warn us that there were many things left unsaid which we had to deduce to ensure maximum profits. While one of us did get the title of entrepreneur of the day, all others fell short of the given targets and incurred heavy losses. The reason for this was - he expounded - we did nt think out of the box. we could have formed Joint ventures and probably doubled or tripled our production and hence improved our profits exponentially. at no point of time - he thundered - did I tell you not to form conglomerates , co-operatives or joint ventures"; Your ability to do so was clouded by your need to meet your estimations little thinking that any such link up would help you in the long run....
When we thought about it we realised that what he said was right. Cut throat competition and fresh minds in the civil world were going to kill our entrepreneurship unless we adapted to newer and different ways of thinking... I think that was the most important lesson we learnt today.
Our classes with Prof Sachendra started on a high and ended today on a high note.
Right from his first class on 07 august we were hooked to his way of teaching. And then there was a lull in proceedings. We re-started our classes with Prof Sachindra somewhere around the end of september. The most important thing about the classes was that in addition to our learning new things it also forced us to think about the improvements and different methods of doing things.. And now finally the classes have concluded. We are indeed thankful to prof Sachendra for teaching us.
At the end of the class today the parting was rather emotional . I suppose that there were other factors in addition to his teaching which made the classes enjoyable like - free exchange of Ideas,discussion of things happening in the country and relating it to our subject and the thing we remembered most was the stories which Prof Sachendra told us to make a point under discussion clear to us . We learnt and he taught.... But unlike paper boats we hope that our interactions continue long beyond the course...
And Like Prof Sachendra says "Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna....."
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| At the end of the Class |
There were lessons to be learnt . These were brought home rather forcefully by Prof Sachindra. He spared no pains in telling us that we fell woefully short , where thinking out of the box was concerned. He did warn us that there were many things left unsaid which we had to deduce to ensure maximum profits. While one of us did get the title of entrepreneur of the day, all others fell short of the given targets and incurred heavy losses. The reason for this was - he expounded - we did nt think out of the box. we could have formed Joint ventures and probably doubled or tripled our production and hence improved our profits exponentially. at no point of time - he thundered - did I tell you not to form conglomerates , co-operatives or joint ventures"; Your ability to do so was clouded by your need to meet your estimations little thinking that any such link up would help you in the long run....
When we thought about it we realised that what he said was right. Cut throat competition and fresh minds in the civil world were going to kill our entrepreneurship unless we adapted to newer and different ways of thinking... I think that was the most important lesson we learnt today.
Our classes with Prof Sachendra started on a high and ended today on a high note.
Right from his first class on 07 august we were hooked to his way of teaching. And then there was a lull in proceedings. We re-started our classes with Prof Sachindra somewhere around the end of september. The most important thing about the classes was that in addition to our learning new things it also forced us to think about the improvements and different methods of doing things.. And now finally the classes have concluded. We are indeed thankful to prof Sachendra for teaching us.
At the end of the class today the parting was rather emotional . I suppose that there were other factors in addition to his teaching which made the classes enjoyable like - free exchange of Ideas,discussion of things happening in the country and relating it to our subject and the thing we remembered most was the stories which Prof Sachendra told us to make a point under discussion clear to us . We learnt and he taught.... But unlike paper boats we hope that our interactions continue long beyond the course...
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| He Goes Home |
One could never imagine there can be so much learning in as an innocuous exercise as making paper boats. Hats off to Prof Sachendra for designing and executing the stuff and very skillfully diverteing attention (for emphasising the importance of focusing) and lessons drawn- and, of course, to Ravi, without whom all this would have been a hazy memory in a couple of days.
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