Its all about the money

Business Environment from a student's perspective.

As professionals, we look forward to working in the best organisations which offer us the maximum potential for growth and learning. From such a perspective, for a true professional, all things considered, geographical location shouldn't be a problem. That meaning, he/she has to find that place adaptable.

My recent visits to Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai have set me thinking as to how we at MHROD are looking towards adapting. We have an alumni strength of about 320 and we have at best only around 25 people working in these cities. Straight up, the reason for this imbalance, can be explained to be that most of our students come from across North India. But these three cities, the IT triangle, is where the action is happening. Can we afford to miss the bus? And moreover what do these cities have to offer for us MHRODians?

Hyderabad, for one is one of the cheapest cities to live in. It has got everything to offer in terms of modern urban amenities-movie plazas, malls, posh apartment blocks etc but still is the cheapest of the IT cities to live in. Bangalore, for long having enjoyed the status of being the city to live in, is now under the cloud of "crumbling" infrastructre.It also has a problem with rising vehicular pollution. But, nevertheless,is furiously working towards regaining its pre-eminince. Chennai, the other end of this triangle, has a big problem for the non-Hindi speaking population but is ramping up infrastructure pretty fast too.

These three cities are pulling ahead very fast and offer companies a huge cost saving if they invest here. Hence, even these companies don't seem to mind the minor inconvenience as long as they work gets done.Its all about the money...

ok Mr./hopefully Ms. Anonymous!

i had an entry from an anonymous person asking me to guess who he/hopefully she was! problem is how do i get in touch with the gentleman/ hopefully lady?

I'm currently in Chennai after a short stop at Hyderabad, again as part of my extended PlaceCom trip. At the end of two years, if i last in the placecom im sure well qualified to be a Head Hunter....Presentations, Negotiations, Deals....you name it...PlaceCom does it!!

It better be as well coz im not getting any live projects which the other students in class are getting right now. This is so seriously bad!!!...no regrets so far. Enjoying it.

Man never ask people in Hyderabad for directions. Its seriously sad. They wouldn't know the place but wud say seedha jaakar right maro while pointing towards the left!!... always find the nearest landmark to the location u want to go to. Mere address will not get you there.

I did have hyderabadi biryani...not in the old city but still it was very good. Much better than any other ive had. Rohan George and his fave Shameerpet Dabha stand forgiven!!

We had a good Alumni dinner for 5 at Hyderabad and one of em was a friend i was meeting after 5 years. What can i say...A Real Pleasure! And i also couldnt help thinking...you gotta be a hopeless loser in life to remain unemployed after getting out of MHROD!!!