The Old n New of Sampark Sachdeva

In one of my earlier blogs my last line was something like the Sampark who flew out on 16th of January 09 would not be the one who would fly in on 11th of May. And 3 months after coming back i can feel that i have changed.... Its not the old Sampark any more...

I never believed in the funda of bookish knowledge and this feeling has got reinforced there. My life has become a blend of shuttling between MBA, friends, likings and learnings and at times it feels like i have bit on too much than i can chew.

Co-op is something i love being a part off but that requires time daily. But with all the things i have and am taking up it becomes very difficult to manage. With the great trouble Pepsi seems to be giving i dont have time to follow up on them.. If i had i actually would have got together with my services prof and done what he had suggested... tarnish the image of Pepsi in Nagpur. I still am in the mood of writing a case study on it.(New Sam)

One day I was walking alone near the mess when an idea struck me, juniors had been constantly pestering me to join their team when it finally struck. Why not make a team of my own, I know my friend circle was making a team, The Urja Team and i know i could have easily been a part of it. My team....why.... i wanted to test myself.... at the end of almost 3/4th of my MBA i wanted to give myself a test of what all i had gained at IMT.. Did i actually gain something paying those 6 lacs.... 2 days later it was done... my team was on (New Sam) .... The underdog team... with 11 juniors and 7 seniors... Seniors are like: r u mad u playing with such a team and i have only one answer for them... MS Dhoni led a similar team to T20 World Cup 2007 and the rest is history.... Milestone 34 is still a week away... I am still cracking my brains in the team composition and team details.... and all i can say is that running a team is no way an easy task... 18 brains, 18 thought processes and aligning all of them together is no joke... Over that my mom has given me a great challenge...Play through the whole without losing your cool....The fight is still on... At the moment we are going through the various stages of group formation and hopefully we will soon reach the stage where we perform and win (New Sam)

Coming down to MBA. Its the final year, work pressure has increased. I still dont believe in marks but i try making an effort in places where i feel i will learn something. For the first time i actually went to the journal sections in the library, though i dont get much time for it (New Sam) I realised 2 yrs late that the projects that we get, if done well, can be put in the CV as very important parts. So now, if time permits, i would like to do a lot of things in them which i wouldnt have earlier (New Sam). A few friends would raise objections here, saying i am a free rider. BAVFS i agree bcoz thats the only finance subject i have taken and i dont understand a shit of it. God knows what i was thinking when i took that subject. As far others are concerned, guys there would surely be a reason behind me not working. BAVFS is intentional, others situational free riding.

Marque- The Marketing Forum: I had left the forum when i came but on second thoughts i went back into it, planning to change what got me out. I wanted to do some serious stuff which actually added to my knowledge. Thats why i decided to get along with Viraj and help him with the journal. I am a little bad at writing articles so am helping him with the International Department. Mailing all my contacts from France and around the world for articles. As of now have got responses from 1 in Indonesia/France and 1 from Morocco/France. Hopefully may get more. And this year i am planning to use these contacts to circulate the journal in International B-Schools as well (New Sam)

Now coming to a very important point. My friends here at IMT. Time and again i have said no on various things to them, Be it the trip to Ramtek, Goa or making my own team at Milestone. Guys, I am really sorry, I know it gives a feeling that I am ignoring you or staying away. Just one thing, i will compensate this some day. Sorry guys... I just hope that in my progress on the Highway i dont lose out on important along the way....I hope u will forgive me...


Lets see where the new Sam reaches in his search of destiny...