EDITION #4 THE VOICE OF CBS MONDAY | AUGUST 31ST 2020

The CBS Post

The Official Newsletter of Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies

IN THIS ISSUE

EXCLUSIVE Insights from the

CBS ALUMNUS CBS TEAM
INTERVIEW which represented
India at the
RAHUL AGARWAL WORLD ASIAN
CEO AND MD CASE COMP
LENOVO INDIA Read More
TURN TO PAGE 6 on Page 3

Humanitarian SOCIAL MEDIA

Crisis in Yemen
Page 5
AND POLITICS
ON PAGE 5

A Brief History of

LGBTQ+
in India PAGE 10

EIA’20 & DISSENT EDITORIAL

ARCTIC WILDFIRES • Genocide in
China as the
CAUSES OF CONCERN World watches
• Sports and
Camaraderie
• IPR in Sports
READ AT PAGE 4 Page 8
2 COLLEGE NEWS
PANCHAM GUPTA: many works of the publishing house aimed at providing
a platform for aspiring writers to present their work to a
CBS ALUMNUS, NOW A large base.

FEATURED AUTHOR Amidst tales of sweet romantic love and melancholic

memories, CBS alumnus Pancham Gupta (BMS’20)
brings to light the tale of a father who, amidst the
The book, titled, “WHISPERS OF THE NEW RAIN”, struggles of the household, sees his son growing up to be
is an anthology of poems and short stories. The anthology the man he was supposed to be. With the details painting
brings together 40 distinct writers from all over India, an almost palpable picture, the emotions the book stirs
bound not by the commonality of a theme, but by the are hopeful and gut wrenching all at the same time.
free flow of emotions, and a deep passion for writing. An
initiative by the Alcove Publishers, the book is among the GRAB YOUR COPY HERE.

BUSINESS SCHOOL ADMISSIONS FROM CBS BATCH OF 2020

Every year, students in the third-year struggle to figure out the next big leap for themselves and go the extra mile to achieve their dreams and
ambitions. The journey of getting into the next orbit towards achieving their aspirations has just begun. It is a matter of pride and happiness for
the teachers and CBS. Our inability to meet and see their smiling faces shouldn’t interfere with this celebration of grand success. The beginning of
the new phase is a testimony of their hard work and dedication. The CBS Post congratulates all the students for getting offers from the top business
schools and raising the standards of our college.

Aakash Bhatnagar got a call from IIM-Kozhikode. He has joined IIFT-Delhi.

Aastha Mittal received offers from IIM-Rohtak and MDI Gurgaon. She has joined MDI Gurgaon.
Abhishek Sachdeva got offers from IIM-Indore, IIM-Shilong and other new IIMs. He will be going to IIM-Indore.
Advika Gupta got calls from IIM-Calcutta and IIM-Indore. She has joined IIM-Calcutta.
Akul Jindal got into Kellogg School of Management.
Aman Gupta got calls from Trinity College, Dublin and University College, Dublin. He has joined Trinity College.
Arshi Gupta has joined SPJIMR. She also got a call from XLRI Jamshedpur.
Bhoomika Rustagi got offers from IIM-Shillong and IIFT and she’ll be joining IIM-Indore.
Chinmay Garg got into London Business School.
Disha Goel has got an offer from Indian School of Business, Hyderabad. She also got a call from IIM-Indore.
Divya Vaid received offers from IIM-Lucknow, MDI-Gurgaon and new IIMS. She has joined IIM-Ahmedabad.
Harsh Vardhan Goyal got into London School of Economics and Political Science.
Harshita Thapar got offers from MDI Gurgaon, IIM-Shilong , IMT Ghaziabad, IMI and all new IIMs and IITs. She has joined MDI, Gurgaon.
Kamya got calls from new IIMs. She has joined IIM-Kashipur.
Khyati Masaun received an offer from IIM, Indore and she has joined IIM, Lucknow.
Kshitij Bansal got offers from IIM-Lucknow, IIM-Indore, IIM-Shilong, IIM-Kozhikode, SPJIMR and other new IIMs. He has joined IIM-Ahmedabad.
Lakshya Kumar got calls from IIM-Lucknow, IIM-Indore, IIM-Kozhikode, FMS, SPJIMR and from all other new IIMs. He has joined IIM, Calcutta.
Madhav Malhotra will be going to IIM, Kozhikode.
Muskan Maheshwari got offers from MDI-Gurgaon, SPJIMR and she has joined IIM-Calcutta.
Nandan Goel received an offer from IIFT Delhi but he will be going for a job.
Neha Sood received an offer from IIM-Kozhikode but she will be going for a job at BCG.
Pancham Gupta received offers from IIM-Calcutta, IIM-Lucknow, IIM-Indore and IIM-Kozhikode. He has joined IIM-Ahmedabad.
Prabal Gupta will be going to IIM, Calcutta.
Prachi Singh received offers from IIFT-Delhi and MICA. She has joined IIM-Indore.
Prakriti Jain received offers from all new IIMs and she has joined IIM-Kashipur.
Raghav Agarwal plans to join London Business School, with offers from ISB, Duke University, Babson College and NorthEastern University.
Rishabh Goel got into SP Jain Institute of Management and Research and he plans to join MDI, Gurgaon.
Ria Gupta received offers from IIM-Kozhikode and other new IIMs. She has joined IIM-Lucknow.
Sakshi Kumari will be going to IIM, Ahmedabad.
Sanya Monga got calls from all new IIMs but she plans to go for a job.
Satviek Goel got calls from IIM-Kozhikode and MDI-Gurgaon. He has joined IIM, Lucknow.
Saumya Bhatia will be going to XLRI Jamshedpur.
Shivan Gulati will be going to IIM, Ahmedabad.
Shreya Ghogar will be going to XLRI Jamshedpur.
Sonal Gupta received offers from MDI-Gurgaon and other new IIMs. She’ll be joining XLRI Jamshedpur.
Sudhanshu Jain has joined IIM-Indore.
Tanya Agarwal will be going to IIM-Calcutta. She got offers from XLRI-Jamshedpur, MDI-Gurgaon, IIM-Kozhikode, IIM-Indore and new IIMs.
Teestaa Saha got offers from Indian School of Business and Ashoka University. She will be going for a job at KPMG.
Uday Sharma will be going to IIM, Ahmedabad.
Upshant Saini got an offer from IIM-Indore, but he is still preparing for government exams.
Vidushi Verma received offers from all new IIMs and she has joined IIM-Udaipur.
Vishnu has joined Institute of Rural Management Anand, Gujarat. He also got a call from Institute of Management Technology, Hyderabad.
Yash Tiwari received offers from London Business School, Imperial College London, and Essec Business School and plans to join Cornell University.

On behalf of the college, The CBS Post wishes the batch of 2020 all the good luck as they embark on this journey.
COLLEGE NEWS 3
ENACTUS SSCBS Today, the Enactus mission is more crucial
than ever: to engage the next generation of
Enactus India held the first virtual national
competition from 1st-8th August, 2020. It
entrepreneurial leaders to use innovation witnessed participation from 86 Enactus
REACHES TOP 8 and business principles to improve the
world. Enactus national competitions come
teams from colleges all over India, making it
the largest Enactus competition of all times.

AT NATIONALS with positive energy while impacting the

society and bringing prosperity to life. Enactus SSCBS presented two of its projects:
Project Avya and Project Pravaah. While
the former aims at providing potable water
solutions to urban slum communities by
developing low cost customised household
filtration systems through a community-
based approach, the latter aims at providing
holistic preventive and curative air purification
solutions at affordable prices along with
employment to the skilled underprivileged
youth. After an intense competition in front
of an esteemed panel of judges, we are proud
to announce that Enactus SSCBS made it to
the top 8 teams; along with SRCC, Hansraj,
HR College of Commerce and Economics,
CVS, SGGSCC, JMC and Ramjas. After the
week long event, Hansraj College came out at
the top and will proceed to the Enactus World
Cup 2020.

CBS TEAM RUNNERS-UP AT WORLD ASIAN CASE COMPETITION

competitions at Harvard and it is about skimming through the financials
other colleges to winning or analyzing which business decision went
one himself. As he said wrong.
that this journey has been Summing-up his entire experience he said it
nothing but that of practice was fruitful and rewarding. Back in March,
and the desire to get better Ananya Gupta and Jahnvi Vig had asked him
and improvised everytime and Manpreet Malik to team up with them for
through self evaluation and this “Seoul based Case Comp”. The timeline of
guidance from seniors. the event was well spread. They worked hard
and became the first UG team from India to
Just one month into the first qualify for the finals which previously saw
semester he realized that participation from the likes of Wharton,
these case competitions don’t Imperial College of London, NUS, IIMs, etc.
just cover the spectacles of On 8th August, they were awarded the silver
Ivy leagues but are also very cup after 10 presentations and a tricky Q&A.
popular in the DU circuit
and around. The idea of the This activity gave a lot to him. Not just the
kind of hands-on learning push to learn more and be consistent, but also
that he could potentially the best of friends and a niche group of people
derive out of these motivated with similar goals in life.
him to give them a try since
they would also help him Utilizing the above rewards, in an attempt
with his academics and to make things simpler for others he and his
The results of the World Asian Case would add to his resume in friends came up with the Case Connect Club,
Competition were announced recently in which case he did well. a platform for learning and networking, which
Team India represented by the four-member aims to eliminate information asymmetry.
team from Delhi University, comprising of But as he said, it was not an easy ride because With Chief Mentors carrying remarkable
Madhav Chadha and Manpreet Malik from the preparation demands commitment and case victories and well-positioned Industry
Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies consistency. Beginnings can be uncertain, Professionals, it aims to foster mutual-
was placed 2nd globally, thereby lifting the covered in layers of confusion, but again, one growth catalyzed by continually engaging
Silver Cup, under the mentorship of College needs to give some time and you eventually fall with this activity through well-planned
Principal, Dr. Poonam Verma, and Faculty in love with the process which at least he did. learning mechanisms. Readers can check it at
teacher, Mrs. Madhu Totla, thus becoming the He had to miss 90% of the weekend outings his caseconnectclub.com.
first Indian undergraduate college team to not friends planned because of a case competition
only qualify for the International finals but or a debate but he labels it as a tangible cost In the words of Madhav Chadha “Learning
also finish at the podium. which comes attached. case solving and being reasonably good at it is
a long journey, but it’s totally worth the time
One of the proud winners, Madhav Chadha Sharing his learnings he said that it’s all about spent, as you’re rewarded proportionately.”
shared his entire experience from being an problem solving, as he believes he learned a lot, Happy learning!
inquisitive first year, charmed by the case and still continues to learn that skill, whether
4 NEWS EXPLAINED
EIA’20 & DISSENT draft and the steps taken to deal with them.
One would expect the centre to take into
account the problems raised by experts and
impacting the GDP. The report called
Greenpeace a “threat to national economic
security.” Greenpeace in Australia has also
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and environmentalists but the government decided campaigned against a multi-billion dollar coal
Climate Change’s redraft of the Environment to take a different path. mining project in Queensland, proposed by
Impact Assessment norms, in order to make the Adani Group, a conglomerate headed by
them “more transparent and expedient”, on On July 13, the websites of three environmental Gautam Adani, an Indian businessman who
12th March 2020 was met with great criticism advocacy groups, Let India Breathe, Fridays has continued to prosper since Modi’s time as
from the public, experts and environmental For Future and There Is No Earth B, which were the chief minister of Gujarat.
activists alike. opposing the draft notification and running
an online campaign against it, were blocked. In September 2015, the Ministry of Home
They argued that some of the most significant The move came after the aforementioned Affairs cancelled Greenpeace’s FCRA license
changes to the draft, including the new online campaign led to Environment Minister claiming that the organisation had violated
provisions for project post-facto clearance, Prakash Javadekar’s inbox being flooded with Foreign Contributions Regulation Act (FCRA)
abandonment of the doctrine of public trust mass emails seeking wider consultations and norms by not disclosing “the movement
and allowing projects already working in scrapping of the proposed dilution to EIA and of money properly”, eventually forcing the
violation of the EPA to seek clearance, resulted the Minister filed a complaint with the Delhi organisation to close two of its regional offices
in the draft being anti-environment and in turn Police, post which the Cyber Crime Unit issued and “considerably” reduce its staff in India.
anti-people and rather than aligning itself to the a notice on July 8 to Fridays For Future India,
cause of environmental protection it allowed under the anti-terror law UAPA, reiterating As of January 2019, the government has
industries to easily exploit natural resources it’s draconian nature and attracting even more presided over a crackdown on civil society
without allowing necessary precaution and public attention and backlash. Although, the groups, cancelling the licenses, under the
scope of scrutiny. The EIA is supposed to police eventually claimed inadvertent error FCRA, of at least 20,000 NGOs.
prevent or mitigate the damage from industrial and withdrew the notice, with fresh ones being
disaster but repeated dilutions to the act and sent under the Information Technology Act, The continued disregard to issues raised by
poor implementation of regulations make the 2000, the case is just another addition to the and the harassment of environmental groups
job tough. The apprehensions to the draft were long list of instances where environmental as well as stakeholders like tribal groups and
fortified in May 2020 by the gas leak at the LG protection groups have been harassed by the labour unions in India poses serious questions
Polymers chemical plant in Visakhapatnam. BJP-government. on the government’s priorities and whether
it is willing to ignore the destruction of the
While the changes to the draft are a cause In June 2014, the Intelligence Bureau country’s environment in lieu of what seems
for concern, what is equally disturbing is submitted a report to the PMO claiming that to be dangerous and largely unsustainable
the government’s reaction to the rising foreign-funded NGOs protesting coal and industrial development.
voices of environmental groups against the mining projects in the country were negatively

SIBERIA: A HOT TAKE PERMAFROSTS are permanently frozen

grounds that lock a huge portion of carbon-
Earlier this year, Gail Whiteman, director of
the Pentland Centre for Sustainability Business
delivered a sharp address at the World
Siberia is BURNING, figuratively and literally. based compounds beneath its surfaces. Once Economic Forum on the wide-scale impacts
The summer of 2020 witnessed a prolonged exposed, these compounds decay by microbial of Arctic heat waves on the global climate,
hotspell in Siberia, with the region’s average decomposition releasing greenhouse gases, stating that “what happens in the Arctic
temperature rising to the 2nd highest in record which trap heat radiation and consequently doesn’t stay in the Arctic”. In her address, Ms.
for the period of January to May. While the increase atmospheric temperature. Whiteman also showed a very concerning
small town of Verkhoyansk in Russia saw projection explaining that “if we get to a 2
record-breaking maximum daily temperature may have destabilized Arctic PERMAFROST. degree warmer world, some of the major cities
of 38 degree celsius, over 300 wildfires erupted around the world including Tokyo and New
across the country’s vast landscapes. Though Another concerning consequence of thawing York will indeed be flooded”. When viewed
Siberian summer is historically associated permafrost is the collapse of man-made along with the recent finding of “an estimated
with rise in temperatures, these anomalous structures that are built upon it. In the oil 5 degree celsius rise in temperature by 2050”
records in the global climate trend are truly spill incident at the Russian town of Norilsk, in the report published on World Weather
concerning. it is speculated that thawing permafrost is at Attribution, this projection underscores the
least partly responsible for the collapse of an alarming climate crisis the Arctic Siberia is
In a report published by Copernicus Climate oil tank that flooded local rivers with about suffering from and its implications for the
Change Services (C3S), the organisation noted 20,000 tonnes of diesel. world at large.
that “the temperature averaged over all land
in Arctic Siberia combined was more than 5 These unsettling events have thrown scientists The Siberian heat waves prompt us to ask if we,
degrees above normal’’. This spike in average and climatologists around the globe in a state as humans, have finally decided to see climate
temperature has resulted in a feedback loop of of panic. A study conducted by a group of change for what it is - a global concern with
devastating events like rapid wildfires, thawing scientists for World Weather Attribution, potentially catastrophic impact. Events like
permafrost and pest infestation. assessed the extent to which humans have like this are not localised or persist only for a
impacted the occurrence of heatwaves in particular period of time. With increase in the
Since the start of the year, Siberia has witnessed Siberia. Their findings concluded that the intensity of forest fires and anomalous weather
massive wildfires that affected an estimated “January to June 2020 prolonged heat was patterns round the globe like the 2018 Siberian
9.26 hectares of vegetation, according to made at least 600 times more likely as a result winter, it is evident that the mobilisation of
Greenpeace Russia. of human-induced climate change”, strongly resources and a global effort are an urgent need
emphasizing on the impossibility of the to prevent further damage to climate.
Experts also believe that Siberian heat waves situation without human influence.
NEWS EXPLAINED 5
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN A CHILD WALKING THROUGH THE RUBBLE OF A

Yemen
BUILDING HIT IN AN AIRSTRIKE IN TAIZ, YEMEN

A long drawn civil war, political instability,

economic turbulence, flood, desert locusts, the
biggest cholera outbreak in modern history
and now the pandemic has rocked Yemen and
accelerated what can easily be called as the sanitation. The healthcare system is depleted, The pandemic has forced the country to
biggest humanitarian crisis in the world. to the extent that half of the hospitals are not identify its limitations and focus on the most
fully functioning in the country and the other optimal solution. Presently, there exists no
More than 100,000 people have lost their lives half lacks basic health equipment like masks central body to monitor COVID-19 cases
in the civil war alone that has been ongoing for and gloves. Around 20% of the country’s on a national level in Yemen. Mass testing of
the past five years. The war broke out in 2015 333 districts have no doctors at all, while the suspected cases is not viewed as feasible in
between the Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi led entire nation has just 500 ventilators and 700 a war-torn country where conflict restricts
Yemeni government - backed by Saudi Arabia intensive care unit beds to cater to the entire movement of personnel. The approach
led coalition of nine countries from West Asia populous.Majority of the health workers and adopted is ‘block the virus at the entry points’.
and North Africa and Shia Houthi rebels - volunteers are not being paid. These identified entry points are two land
supported by Iran, making Yemen the poster ports and two major airports of the country.
child for proxy warfare. Houthi insurgents Damage to school buildings and road Yemen still acts as a stop for migrants from the
were able to take advantage of a weak networks due to bombardment and aerial horn of Africa - Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya
government at the center and captured major strikes has disrupted access to education for - on their way to the Middle East making the
cities including the Yemeni capital of Sana’a. some 7.8 million children and shattered the success of the approach highly unpredictable.
Saudi Arabia and the coalition has intervened hopes for a normal childhood sans agony Yemen’s humanitarian crisis and it’s impending
on behalf of the Yemeni government, bombing and violence. Health workers have identified after effects are posing big questions for not
Houthi settlements, creating naval blockades ‘acute malnutrition’ as a potential threat for 2.4 just the country but the world community at
and deploying ground forces to take down million kids under the age group of five years. large, which demand justifiable answers.
the insurgents. With this as the premise, a
humanitarian disaster was bound to follow. “We are trying to prevent the health and water You can extend your help
systems collapsing, and we are holding those by donating through the links below:
According to UNICEF, more than 24 million pieces together. Now we are on the brink of
people stand affected by the crisis. This collapse. COVID could be the tipping point.” UNWFP
is roughly equal to the entire population
of Australia. The numbers are shattering: UNICEF
- SARA BEYSOLOW NYANTI
20 million Yemenis are food insecure, 19 UNICEF’s REPRESENTATIVE FOR YEMEN. UNHCR
million do not have access to clean water and

SOCIAL MEDIA AND POLITICS

That’s because social media engages viewers in
a way that designers call “flow,” a psychological
idea adopted as a digital-design strategy by
Social Media is programmed to catch you the politician was not banned and still operates video games. Flow focuses on keeping the
and not let go and has evidently turned into a a verified page on the platform. user moving from one element to the next,
mechanism for political indoctrination. repetitively, in search of gratification from
In spite of the global scrutiny around hate the act of consuming media rather than from
A report on Friday by The Wall Street Journal speech on Facebook, it is not very difficult engaging with its content.
could help explain how the BJP has been so to understand why the social network would
successful at its campaigns on social media. be wary of angering the Indian government When programs such as Facebook, Twitter,
The newspaper alleged that Facebook, which and the party that controls it. India is, by far, and YouTube are used for political messaging,
also owns WhatsApp, had bent over backwards Facebook’s largest market in terms of users. they bring flow along into the political process.
to favour the BJP – even going to the extent With China walling off its own citizens from That makes these media a threat to coherent
of ignoring hate speech by party leaders. It foreign social media networks, this situation political discourse from the age of print
claimed that Facebook kept allowing hate will not change. In July, Facebook underlined
speech by BJP politicians on its platform, wary the importance of India by investing Rs The politics of flow likely will continue to
that censoring members of the ruling party 43,574 crore in Reliance’s telecommunications redefine political discourse in our country.
could hurt its business prospects in India. company Jio. Flow makes video games and social media sites
more engaging, but the phenomenon might
This isn’t the only example. In June, in a video Social media’s negative impact on the political already have refashioned political discourse
call with 25,000 Facebook employees, CEO process isn’t just a matter of their content— and permanently changed the institutions that
Mark Zuckerberg spoke about a case in India which includes, for example, intentional depend on reasoned debate. And yet, flow’s
of a leader threatening to take the law into his misinformation and hate speech directed engagement is so gratifying for so many, it’s
own hands as a “clear precedent” of incitement toward ethnic and religious groups. While difficult to let it go. Even if the public decided
of violence. His comment seemed to be directed propaganda through media is nothing new; that the civic costs of social media outweigh
at Kapil Mishra, a politician who posted an but social media seems particularly susceptible the private pleasures, it might be too late, and
“ultimatum” and within hours deadly violence to spreading disinformation. The problem is too hard, to turn back.
broke out. Facebook took down the video but also built into the structure of these platforms.
6 MANAGEMENT

“ The human
mind works in a
pendulum,
we always think
in extremes.
”
RAHUL AGARWAL
CEO AND MD
LENOVO INDIA
The CBS alumnus leading the tech giant talks about the pandemic, college, work, and success.

How is Lenovo keeping up with the And we know how important computers doing our customer meetings and partner
lockdown? How can companies are during the lockdown and number two, meetings online. I think it’s working out quite
many companies were actually not able to well.
and budding startups bolster their continue their after sales service. So while
continuity during these trying times? all our employees had laptops, our post sales What was your college life like in
contact centers were operating out of a large
Lenovo is a technology company. And we’re college? And why CBS?
call center. So we, within a matter of one or two
a large organization with employees all over weeks, moved all of them. Many of our large
the country. But the first thing to manage in It was great. I think we were maybe the fourth
customers, like the large software or consulting
the lockdown was how to continue the work batch to pass out from our new borrowed
companies, wanted to move their employees
because a lot of our work is not about today, building in East Delhi in a place called Jhilmil
to home and they certainly wanted a lot of
but about planning for tomorrow. Colony. In your first year you get a sort of
laptops immediately so we tried to speed up
mental freedom and for me it was more fun
our supply chain, got the laptops from the
First of all, there was a bit of a panic. So we because I met my wife there. Manisha, who is
factories, got police permission in many places
maintained our calm. We improved our my wife now, was also in her first year. While
in the world because these companies work 24
employee communication. I did a series of we studied, we also spent a lot of time together,
by 7 as the clients are outside India and they
on-hand communication with the employees I made some very good friends in the process
have to continue working.
telling them to stay calm and not worry about and the college curriculum was quite good. We
things that are out of their control. Now, from used to party a lot. We used to do annual trips
And then from an expense point of view,
a business point of view, we did several things. and the culture of the college was very well
we knew that there will be an impact on the
So first of all, we made sure to communicate balanced between academics and at the same
market, so we had to manage our P&L. We’re
the message that this is a time to not just think time, a lot of fun. It was a good combination.
trying to see what is it that we can save money
about our company’s own customers but also Later on, I went on to do an MBA and the
on and at the same time keep an eye on the
about the industry. So we offered a free after college made a very good foundation for that.
market.
sales service of any computer brand till the
31st of May . We wanted to give the message We are trying to keep employees engaged in
that we would be more than happy to help the a lot of online activities. Tambola, gyming,
customers with any problem. working out online, online parties. We’re also
MANAGEMENT 7
What should someone aspiring to “hit they’re doing well. WFH is forcing people to One other thing I’ve learned is keep taking
it big” be doing during their college trust. How do we evaluate the performance of feedback. Feedback from your colleagues,
people? It has to change from activity-based to your boss, even your girlfriend or boyfriend.
years? What are the key skills they output based. It doesn’t matter what I’m doing. There’s a thing called Johari Window. Open
should focus on building? I could be working for four hours or six hours your Johari window. It’s philosophically futile
or eight hours. The result is what is important. to worry about things that you can’t control.
Yeah, I don’t know how to answer the first one Focus on what you can control which are your
because I never had any mega plans. You know, The last thing I would say is that it’s a hybrid. own emotions and your own happiness.
I just worry about today. Even now, I don’t have So currently I am in Bangalore where things
any long term plans, but I will tell you what tell are fortunately alright . I go to office two days Seeing the current scenario and the
my son, who is getting into college. a week. I love it. But the three days that I’m
situation that has arisen due to the
home, I love that also . People would always
I tell my son that you need four or five have social need to meet and interact with COVID-19 pandemic what suggestions
things to succeed in life. And these things others. At the same time, there is no need to would you like to give to the students
keep changing because as you grow older, see the same people every day of your life. So a who are graduating this year regarding
perspective changes. First is passion. Passion, balance is required. We can solve India’s traffic
which translates into trust, hard work, bundling
how to cope up with these tough times
problem, at least for Bangalore, because most
hard work under passion. Number two is IQ people here are employed.
and be optimistic about future?
as you need some basic intelligence. Third
is EQ. To be able to know how to deal with You know, I think that’s a very important
How has your 15 years long journey at question. And I saw this in ‘99 and 2000
your teacher, your parent, your sibling, your
colleagues, your boss, & your subordinates is LENOVO been? when the dot.com crash happened. And then
a very important skill. Fourth is luck. It’s hard 2008, when there was the financial meltdown
without luck, you know, and we’re all lucky. If It’s actually now 19 because I was in IBM globally. So people are passing through a tough
you’ve got into CBS, you’re lucky. And fifth, and Lenovo bought the IBM PC division. So phase again.
which I personally value very dearly, is smart actually I haven’t changed my job in 19 years. I
time management. call IBM and Lenovo as a one long experience. I hope that the companies honour their
So, it’s been great. I was fortunate to get a good placement offers. At Lenovo, we made an
Smart time management means you work variety of roles. I’ve done sales, marketing, offer to 16 people and while there’s immense
hard, but your focus is more on working smart. product management to name a few. I’ve done cost pressure, we will honor those offers. It
It’s like 10 hours in a day. Many CEOs work 14 global roles sitting out of India. And now might seem tough, but it gets easier if you’re
to 16 hours. I don’t think they achieve more. I’m doing kind of an overall business plus more mentally prepared for it. So people
So if you are very particular about how you’re P&L role. I had a good workplace and I have may not get a job this year. They may get a
spending your time, then I think you can enjoyed the culture of the company which is job being far lower than their expectations.
achieve a lot more. These are the five things truly global. We are listed in the Hong Kong This is life. My experience is that people who
that I think of trying to remember. stock exchange, but we have huge development have a tough time in the initial part of their
centers in Beijing. We have a huge secondhand career, are more prepared for the future. I
head office in US in Eastern coast, North think learning is important. If you don’t have
How do you think the pandemic would Carolina. In Japan, we have a lot of R&D a job go to Coursera or Unacademy because
accelerate shift towards remote that happened for our top products. So, the one year down the line, when you are being
working and work from home culture? company’s culture has been good. It empowers interviewed, people will ask you, ‘What did
our local management. I have pretty much you do?’ And then you can’t say, ‘I watched
I think that’s a big question. Whenever I’m a a free hand in how I want to work here. The Netflix and played video games.’
part of any panel discussions and interviews company prioritizes people over other things.
with the media, this question is asked. The So, it’s been good. I would say I was quite lucky Despite not being from the tech
human mind works in a pendulum, we always to get all these opportunities.
think in extremes. Everyone is saying, ‘Oh, it
background, you have been able to
will be work from home only.’ Now work from If there’s one lesson that you would successfully lead Lenovo, one of the
home will have two or three benefits. like to teach the young generation, best tech companies and leading PC
what would that be? player in India. So did you face any
First is definitely convenience for the challenges in doing so? And what
employees. One of the biggest issues that
Indian cities have is traffic. Work from home So it’s very difficult to choose one lesson and advice would you like to give non-
means you are giving yourself an additional secondly, I think people like me have no techies to enter the tech space?
two to three hours per day on an average, authority or right to preach . We can only share
which is huge. It can make a huge impact on our experiences. Everyone needs to carve their See, my job has never been a tech job. PC is
quality of life. own destiny. just like any consumer durable in the house,
like a refrigerator or TV. When we talk to large
Second is about the flexibility. All my life I I’m a balanced guy. I think extreme of anything organizations then there is a involvement of
worked for 24 years, it’s been boxed. But now is not good. So you should not stress too much technology to an extent because we sell and
I can balance. I can make up for the time I lost about studies and at the same time you should manage services.. But I don’t think my job
in the morning by working late in the evening. not ignore it. We’ve got to have fun, I believe has been to be an expert. We have technical
in work hard, party harder. You can’t just say experts for that part of the job where technical
But from a management point of view, it I’m brilliant so I will succeed. No, you have to conversations are required but I have a sales
requires a cultural shift. We need to be able think of people. I learned that the hard way. I and marketing role. I don’t think in our
to trust people because the traditional Indian actually thought that just doing the job would industry one has to be a techie for sales and
mindset is that I want my people to follow me. bring me success. No, you need to be sensitive. marketing role. So for me, it was never an issue.
And I look over their shoulder to see whether You need to make additional efforts to build a
relationship whether at home or at office.
8 EDITORIAL
GENOCIDE IN CHINA AS THE WORLD WATCHES Riya Chopra
BMS’21
It’s 2020, imagine you are living in a closely stores citizens’ biometric data, DNA samples, These ‘potential threats to society’ are sent
monitored Orwellian world where all your and personal information to determine if they to “re-education” camps which is China’s
actions are being watched, except the tracking are ‘safe’, else they are conveniently locked up euphemism for concentration camps. More
down is not being done by large televisions on suspicion of having criminal intentions. than a million Muslims have been arbitrarily
but a completely digitized surveillance system detained. Detainees are forced to pledge
with AI-equipped cameras that can track your In the words of a Chinese Administrative loyalty to the CCP and renounce Islam. They
every movement. Your Government is against spokesperson, they have the “potential” to have to sing praises for communism and learn
your whole race of people, but unlike Winston, commit a crime so why wait for the crime to Mandarin with cameras and microphones
you can not even buy a diary to write down actually happen? monitoring their every move. Others said
your thoughts because every transaction you they were tortured and subjected to sleep
make or every breath you take is also observed Since China was not getting enough blueprints deprivation during interrogations. There are
by an evil hawk at all times. from Fictional Books to base its administrative reports of sexual abuse as well. Thousands of
policies on, the next best thing was Anime. these Muslim Uyghurs are forced into cheap
The point here is that anyone who says that If you have seen Psycho-Pass that is its exact labor and work under coercive conditions for
China’s government is exactly like 1984’s is plotline. A utilitarian society is governed big brands such as Apple and Nike who, not
wrong. It’s far worse. This is what happens by the Sibyl system and people are arrested surprisingly, blatantly deny any such claims.
when an authoritarian society gets aid from before they actually commit a crime using Next time you use your AirPods, remember
high-tech science, something China is best at. technology to determine their mental state that although you are enjoying high quality
But this becomes even worse when you are and therefore their criminal intentions. The sound, somewhere someone’s voice is not
part of a minority ethnic group which is very notion of utilitarianism stands for actions being heard.
not welcomed by this so-called totalitarian based on the amount of good they cause in
government and that is the plight of Uyghurs society overall at the cost of a few people, thus There might not be clarity when it comes to
in China today. justifying such actions. And what about free what else is going on in these concentration
will? Just because someone is likely to commit camps but what one does know for sure is that
Uyghurs are ethnically Turkic Muslims who a crime does not mean that they will and that the Uyghur population has fallen 84% between
follow Islam. Their demand for Xinjiang to be is where the importance of free will comes. 2015- 2018 according to China’s own reports
an independent state from China on claims of Unfortunately, no one gave a memo to the and nobody dares to talk about it. There is no
it belonging to Turkmenistan has made them Chinese government about it. doubt that another genocide is happening,
separatists in the eyes of the government who just that instead of mass killing like the Nazi-
sees them as nothing more than terrorists. China is not even using some highly flagbearer-of-race-purity did, China is using
sophisticated system to determine criminal a slow process of eradication of the Uyghur
So, Xinjiang has been turned into a surveillance potential, instead, it decided that it would ethnicity through sterilization, abortion and
state that relies on cutting-edge technology be fair enough to base this on their own encouraging inter-racial marriages among
to monitor millions of people. It uses a grid whims and fancies. So, how does the Chinese other things.
system in which cities and villages are split government decide who is suspicious and
into squares of about five hundred people. has the potential to commit a crime? It’s very There’s growing international criticism of
Each square has a police station that closely simple. If you attend services at a mosque, you China’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims but
monitors inhabitants by regularly scanning are a potential criminal. If you have more than beyond issuing critical statements no country
their identification cards, taking their 3 children, you are a potential criminal. And has come forward to take any action against
photographs and fingerprints, and searching if you send a text containing Islamic verses to it. Is China really becoming the all-powerful
their cell phones. Not to forget, the facial- a friend, I’m sorry to inform you but you are terrifying world power who could violate the
recognition cameras are everywhere. But that’s worse than a criminal. To put in a nutshell, human rights of its own citizens and no one
not even the worst part. The Chinese if you are a Muslim living in China you are could do anything but watch as it does
government also collects and nothing but a latent criminal in the eyes of the so?
Government.
EDITORIAL 9
SPORTS AND CAMARADERIE IP RIGHTS IN SPORTS basketball player dribbling a basketball, Usain
Bolt’s “lightning pose” and Kareem Abdul
Aryaman Wadhwa Sakshi Rai
Jabbar’s “Sky hook”, are successfully registered
BBA(FIA)’21 BMS’22 and have asserted trademark rights.
The best kind of competition is built not A century ago, most of the sporting events
on hostility, but rivalries. Having that one were conducted at city or state level rather The supporters of the patent say that athletes
person in your life pushes you to go further, than international stage. Even the big sporting have shorter careers as compared to other
to innovate in wilder ways than you ever could events that did occur at a trans-national level professionals and the patent of their signature
have gotten alone. They are the ones who were often unpretentious and simplistic affairs. move helps them to capitalise on it and acts
motivate you to work harder, to test the limits With the advent of commercialisation and the as a safety net to protect them from financial
of tradition, of safety, of sportsmanship. At its age of branding, things have changed in the instability in post retirement life. They also
worst, it’s no better than the parties involved sports industry. It started witnessing creation extend the argument to say that it preserves
thinking that the other is the antagonist in of sport administrative bodies like BCCI and creativity and innovation tendencies in players
their story. But at its best, it’s a meeting of NBA which had ‘profit creation’ as its main in the sports industry.
minds that betters everyone who interacted aim. These entities ensured that the game
with this phenomenon. was modelled in an appealing way and the The critics point towards the restrictions it
sportsperson was projected as a brand to entice causes for the player as his movements are
Bill Gates once said, “Some of the most a newer audience and retain existing one. This now monitored and best case, even if he is
exciting work that I’ve done in my career has helped them to make sports all-pervasive and allowed to use the patented move, he has to
been the work that I’ve done with Steve (Jobs) ignite the fascination of young minds, thus acknowledge each time which leads to a lot
on the Macintosh.” It was his rivalry with Steve creating a scope for talent to be accentuated. of hassles. It’s also counterproductive to the
Jobs that made Apple and Microsoft go from nature of sports in general. The sports are
companies living under the shadow of IBM But more importantly, it helped the player often played on impulse and reflexes. Your
to being the top technology companies in the to capitalise on their talent, in and out of the next move, as a player, is always undecided and
world. All because one did not want to lose to sporting arena by making them more visible depends upon the situation that might arise the
the other. to sports enthusiasts and facilitate successful next second. Players are always under scrutiny
collaborations with brands. Status quo is with hundreds of thousands of eyeballs glaring
Sport is a medium through which this spirit witnessing sports and branding go hand in at them. At a crucial point like this, it’s unfair
shines. When you’re in the middle of a match hand and at the very heart of this relationship to place an additional burden on the players
that’s lasted a long time, and every point lies ‘Intellectual Property Rights.’ IPR is an to monitor their moves which could possibly
means more than the last, it’s the rivalry that umbrella term for a multiplicity of concepts hamper their ability to play well. Worst case
keeps you going. The excitement you feel while like patents, trademarks, industrial design scenario, fans might be dissatisfied because
playing against someone of similar calibre in a rights and creative works like sports podcasts this could possibly alter the course of the game
match is something that you can not replicate. and other sports related programmes. IPRs by muddling up the scope of moves that can be
They are the ones who help you find that one are created to preserve the rights of the owner used to play the game.
moment that makes a sport go from a past- from being plagiarised or copied without due
time or a hobby to a passion. Whether it is credit for their hard work and ownership. They The nature of sports moves is quite subjective
rivalry among opposing teams or teammates, promote innovation by rewarding creators and overlapping. Players don’t exist in eco
the need you feel to continuously surpass them with a fair acknowledgement for their creation chambers and no player comes up with a
and score is what leads you to evolve. and an opportunity to capitalise upon it. distinctive move in isolation. Often, these
moves are partially inspired or borrowed
The dynamic of friendly competition among ‘Nairobi Treaty on the Protection of the in some capacity from previous moves that
people is never isolated. The drive to improve Olympic Symbol’ pens down that all states’ existed in sports. Hence, exclusive ownership
tends to influence others around us, pushing parties are under the obligation to protect of the moves isn’t principally coherent with the
them to do the same. No one wants to be left the Olympic symbol against commercial use nature of the sports in general. This also makes
behind. When faced with such determination, without the authorisation of the International it tough to monitor and resolve in case of
even from a third-person point of view, a Olympic Committee. Chennai Super Kings infringement because the distinction between
rivalry urges everyone involved to work has registered itself under the Trademarks Act, some sports moves is a fine blurry line.
harder, to evolve. Contrary to a one-and-done 1999 and sells merchandise holding its team
competition, it isn’t enough to surpass your name. Sport celebrities are allowed to register Patents and trademarks aren’t a guarantee
limits against a long term competitor. You have themselves as trademarks which includes of timeless control because they are issued
to put in work and raise them higher. their nicknames, poses, slogans, signatures with a specified lifetime. After the period
or anything that they are well known for. ends, anyone is free to exploit the technology.
The bonds and relationships that we create Groundbreaking sports technologies also find Besides this, the owner is also obligated to
with others end up being the catalysts to a refuge under the IP rights, hence providing disclose all details of the creation and provide
our growth. When we have someone who an incentive to innovate and encourage brands a foundation for further development.
consistently competes with us, it forces us to invest in research and development for
to improve and evolve, never letting us be future technologies to come up. It also creates It is very difficult to pass a non negotiable
satisfied with just “good enough”. Rivalries an accessibility for better quality sports gear judgment on the utility of IPR. They have
tend to be the relationships that we remember and equipment for sports persons eventually helped players and other sporting entities to
the most. The competition, camaraderie, resulting in better athletic performance. elevate themselves but at the same time pose
compassion and force of will that makes up a This also helps in grabbing eyeballs of sports a threat to the nature of sports as a whole. In
rivalry ignites something in us. That special enthusiasts, leading to more money flowing other words, the utility changes with each
something that urges us to go beyond; that in and employment creation in the sports stakeholder taken into question. The pros and
tells us that dedication, drive and a little talent industry. cons both exist in the status quo and which
is more than enough to reach our goals; that one overweighs the other is an opinion that we
helps us see the view from the summit. One of the most unusual patents these leave on the wisdom of the readers.
days are- sports moves. The NBA logo of a
10 CULTURE

A Brief History of LGBTQ+ in India

We all have taken immense pride in India’s World of Homosexuals”. It called for “full and On November 26th 2019, the Parliament passed
rich cultural history. The traditions have been complete acceptance and not tolerance and the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights)
modified without taking away their essence sympathy”. Bill. This bill defined a transperson as someone
and we have welcomed these changes with whose gender doesn’t match the one assigned
changing times. The queer community has Soon after in 1981, the first All-India Hijra at birth. It prohibited discrimination against
played a huge part in shaping India’s culture Conference was called in Agra and 50,000 them in employment, education, healthcare,
and we as Indians should together celebrate members from the community all over the and other services. However, it was rejected
this beautiful heritage, not because they were a country attended it. by the queer communities in India as it made
part of it too but because they deserve as much mandatory for each person to be recognized
love and respect as any other community. In 1994, Hijras were legally granted voting as transgender on the basis of a certificate of
rights as a third sex. The first petition identity issued by the district magistrate after a
The queer community forms 8% of our challenging section 377 was filed by the AIDS proof of sex reassignment surgery is provided.
population, and we have slowly started Bhedbhav Virodhi Andolan in 1994, however, There was little emphasis on intersex, gender
opening ourselves to this “new” outlook of it was eventually dismissed. queer and trasmen, and it majorly focused on
practice tolerance and treat other individuals hijras or transwomen. This year in July, the
with respect, irrespective of the differences. In 2001, a PIL was filed by Naz Foundation to Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
But if we look at our history, this idea is not as challenge section 377 in the Delhi High Court. passed the revised Transgender Persons
new as we think. Love has been celebrated in In 2009, Delhi High Court found section 377 (Protection of Rights) Rules, 2020. Under
India in every form. in direct violation of the fundamental rights this, the government will provide access to
of life, liberty, privacy, and equality provided the costly sex reassignment surgeries free
Ancient India was about acceptance and by the Constitution of India. This meant that of cost at state run hospitals. Along with
celebration of all forms of love. This can gay sex was not a crime anymore, but it was this, the government will also bear the
be seen in Indian religious books which still not legal. However, the critics, including cost of schooling and accommodation
contained homosexual characters and themes Suresh Kumar Koushal, a Delhi-based for the transgender community.
in their texts which were neutral to the idea of astrologer, challenged the Delhi high court’s
homosexuality. decision in the Supreme Court. This still was We have come a long way from
a huge landmark in the LGBTQ struggle for where we started, but we need
The Rigveda contains the phrase Vikriti Evam freedom. to know that no law can
Prakriti meaning what seems unnatural is also change our mindsets, and it
natural. KamaSutra mentions that lesbians In 2014, the Supreme Court dismissed the can only come from the
were called “Swarinis”, who often married each review petition filed by the Centre and several realisation that everyone
other and raised children together. Another other organizations against its previous is unique and it is
very visual example is the Khajuraho temple verdict on section 377, explaining that the not right to judge
of Madhya Pradesh, built in the 12th century, LGBTQ community constituted a “miniscule someone’s worth
known for their overt erotic sculptures fraction” of the country’s population and it was on the basis
showcasing the existence of sexual fluidity unsustainable legally. of what we
between homosexuals. expect
In April 2014, the Supreme Court of India them to
During the medieval times, there was some ruled that transgender people should be be.
disproval for homosexuality but LGBT people treated as the third category of gender.
were not ostracised. The society was tolerant
towards them and nobody was hounded for On 24th August 2017, the Supreme court
having a different sexual preference. gave the country’s LGBTQ community the
freedom to safely express their sexual
Mubarak, son of Alauddin Khalji who ruled orientation. An individual’s sexual
The Delhi Sultanate between 1296 and 1316, orientation was protected by the Right
was known to be in a relationship with one of to Privacy law. By this time, the
the noblemen in his court. Babur, who founded LGBTQ people had the right to
the Mughal Dynasty, wrote about his love for express their sexual orientation,
a boy named Baburi and his writing faced no but homosexual acts still
disapproval during his time or after it. There remained criminalized.
were many such incidents in which noble class
Mughals engaged in homosexuality. Finally, on 6 September
2018, the Supreme
In 1861, after the arrival of Britishers, sexual Court struck down
activities “against the order of nature” including the part of section 377
all homosexual activities were criminalized which criminalized
under section 377 of the Indian Penal Court. consensual homo-
This was majorly influenced by the Catholic sexual activities.
Church’s belief that a sexual act not related to
procreation was sinful.

In 1977, Shakuntala Devi published the first

study of homosexuality in India, called “The
CULTURE 11
THE UNABRIDGED LOVE FOR ANTAGONISTS IN ENTERTAINMENT Anisha Gera
BBA(FIA)’22
Imagine the Professor is leading the grandest Corleone, Patrick Bateman, and the modern Joachim Trier’s films. A common problem for
monetary reform instead of the greatest characters of Walter White, Lord Voldemort, many young characters in the films of Joachim
money heist. Walter White is going to stay the Kylo Ren, and Amy Dunne, all with titular Trier ‐ the inner conflict as an antagonist as he
amicable Mr.Chips forever. Picture Ted Mosby characters with morality lying in a grey area. tends to consider all sides of a matter rather
instead of Joe Goldberg. Hannah Kahnwald The master visionary of antagonist characters, than fleeting judgment. Thus, the high levels
is a loving mother to Jonas. The countless Stephen King, has the highest number of of presence and identification of antagonism
imaginations that could ruin the stories that books adapted to films. Alfred Hitchcock, are mostly induced because of the immense
people so dearly cherish. Welcome to the popularly known as the Master of Suspense popularity and can be sensed through a strong
world of antagonists! and ambassador of anti-heroes and antagonists insight and inclination.
in film and theatre, is recognized to be one of
The onset of prime recognition for antagonists the best film directors ever. The high levels of empathy towards them
as the chief opposing force towards the correlate to their instinctual and human nature
protagonist was marked in the eighteenth What is the real obsession with such ideologies that has a strong sense of pursuit of anything
century in Samuel Richardson’s Clarrisa. An and characters? As Maureen Ryan, American and everything through no moral sense of the
antagonist character, priorly believed to be chief television critic explains, “Lesser shows route. Our favorite anti-heroes and antagonists
the elevating and opposing character for the make you pump your fist and root for the lead become our heroes when they say “Keep your
protagonist becomes the most center of the characters, no matter what they’ve done. But friends close, but your
novel in the form of Lovelace, the seducer and first-rate shows never let you forget that the enemies closer” (Love
rescuer of Clarrisa. lead character is not someone you want to Michael Corleone).
emulate, and at times, they make you question They can reflect
Since then, directors, writers, lyricists, and why you empathize with them at all.” An our alter ego
script writers have experimented with the online research paper published by the and conscience.
notion of what characters can gain momentum Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, They stimulate
in the success of a piece. It led to the journey USA analyzed that protagonist characters a love which is
of transformation of the conventional ideals performed significantly higher levels of unabridged and
of a hero into the concept of an anti-hero, violence than their antagonist counterparts. today, highly
a character with ideals contrary to the This contradicts the notion of the protagonist acceptable.
protagonist, but ultimately giving in to the concept and equipped everyone highly
goals and desires of the hero to the concept of desensitized to violence and malice.
an antagonist, a devilish and vindictive master
of the story against the protagonist. The Journal of Scandinavian Cinema also
The classic characters McMurphy, Michael published the search of the inner antagonist in
Image: CranioDsgn

Conformism: to take away our ‘freedom’ or ‘individuality’ to

put it, but the idea I am exploring is, how many
Karen’s ideas and notions.

OUR WAY OR “NO WAY!”

of such norms is enough to do that? Such blind and uninformed conformism starts
a chain reaction which spreads hate and a
Our decisions, inquisitiveness and curiosity depraved sense of morality among members of
Cheshta Vohra are often faced with scepticism by our peers, a society. When we refuse to conform to the
BMS’21 the base need for adults to maintain order and norms, we are criticized, abused and thanks
judgement from both alike. to the internet, trolled. In a world where
As children, if we are privileged enough, we information is so freely available we must
are introduced to the idea of dreaming big, to But what exactly is conformity, it is important educate ourselves and aim to understand the
aspire for things which might not seem very to understand the different types or degrees emotional impact meeting standards set by the
mainstream. of conformity that exist. The first level is society can have on individuals.
‘Compliance’. At this level individuals start to
Sadly, dreams in our societies are notional for change their actions or opinions publicly to This brings me to an incident, when I was
fables and stories and only good to quench the appease members of a social group but do not in 12th grade, I was facing several problems
heart’s thirst but not our hunger. agree with their ideas privately, the actions are within my peer group which left my personal
dropped when the group pressure ceases to life open to public critique. What my mother
Seeing how most of us went from “I’m going exist. The second level is ‘Internalisation’. When said to me that day really changed my take on
to be an astronaut” to being confined to the individuals reach this stage of conformity, they things; “If you want to live your life the way
new-age slave trade of the corporate world this start to imbibe the public opinion and soon the you want to, get ready to hear a lot worse.”
thought seems all too real. thought or action becomes deeply ingrained in
their belief system. But should hate really be the cost of
We are taught from a very young age the individuality? Do we really need to break these
difference between black and white by people Let’s take an example of a group of friends, shackles with rebellion? In a world where
circling the grey. Every problem in life has one Karen, Kathy and Katniss. Karen possess everyone is trying to mold us into their idea
right solution, and the path you must follow or homophobic beliefs and is expressing these in of ‘ideal’ and ‘perfect’, let’s accept each other
the decision that you need to make has little front of her friends, and to gain her approval for our imperfection, flaws and the general
to with your own judgement. We are expected her two friends ‘comply’ and add to her lawlessness of our emotions. Nevertheless,
to conform, conform to the rules set by our homophobic statements. Kathy and Katnis accepting other people’s idea of normal doesn’t
parents, educators and peer group. And don’t don’t have such belief and may get internalized cost us anything but kindness and gives them
get me wrong, not all these norms are in place if they do not educate themselves and dwell on nothing but hope.
12 CAREER
MBA PROGRAM AT KELLOGG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
evidence of high EQ. Thinking on my feet to
answer some of the most intriguing questions
about my decisions and life trajectory was
stimulating – yet most certainly, challenging.
Introspecting and articulating my career
plans was the most challenging part of the
application, and required utmost clarity. The
rest of it followed from that. Interestingly –
with the interviews being application blind
– there is no connection. I believe that my
work with, and passion for, entrepreneurship
highlighted my core traits to the admissions
Akul Jindal, a student of CBS batch of 2020, Indian schools have a long way to go in committee.
describes his experience after recently building a cohort at par with international
receiving an admit at the world prestigious schools and that experience of learning from, Everything amazing that CBS offers reflected
Kellogg School of Management. Kellogg at and working with, a truly exceptional class is in my application. I think it all flows back to
Northwestern University in Illinois is one of something you cannot price. My ambitions meeting some great individuals – for instance,
the oldest business schools in the world and it’s of pursuing a world-class education grew and my classmate Neha, an entrepreneur who
MBA program is ranked No. 3 in the U.S. by I applied to Kellogg School of Management had raised funds for her startup inspired
U.S. News & World Report and Forbes. at Northwestern University, Booth School me. Siddhant and Prakhar are two brilliant
of Business at the University of Chicago and individuals who took the leap of faith with
“My interest in applying was simply kindred Columbia Business School. While all schools me on all our ventures. And lastly, the great
by the lifetime opportunities Kellogg offers for follow a similar format – Kellogg and Booth support system and wise counsel I received
an aspiring entrepreneur. The culture of the have smaller intakes, in line with their class from my friends Rudraksh, Sanya, Garima,
campus evolves from a team-based perspective sizes, compared with Columbia. All schools Bhavesh, etc. I owe it to the college, to have
in and development of important soft skills to have a fit and hence picking the right one helps connected me with these remarkable people.
evolve as a global leader. applicants – connect with the alumni, they are
insanely helpful. The application to interview My worthwhile journey at CBS can be savored
While the options of pursuing an MBA in India conversion should be factored in while making by the ideology of treading the road less
is highly subjective. Depends on the industry, the story vs facts trade-off. The format differs traveled by, which has made all the difference.
the intended geography, and the school you from the typical interviews that are conducted I motivate all the students at CBS to live
graduate from. My friend Bhavesh tells me for Indian B-Schools or campus placements their dreams by making the best choice for
FMS is the best for RoI across the globe – and etc. The admissions committee followed a themselves.”
I won’t dispute that. conversational approach, drilling down for ~ Akul Jindal, BBA(FIA)’20

A REVIEW OF THE VIRTUAL LEARNING EXPERIENCE

As we are all familiar with, the spread of the and other study material are shared by the Many organizations, teachers have found
contagious and deadly novel coronavirus has professors on these platforms for easy access. alternate solutions for teaching these students
adversely affected the lives of people all over like sending recorded lessons to the phones of
the world. In almost every area of work, tasks Yet the students are missing out on a lot of their parents via which they can learn. Teachers
that were previously done on-ground and things like the unforgettable memories of have also come together and collected money
through personal interactions have now been college life that they would have made had for the data recharge of the phones of the
restricted to virtual environments. there been no lockdown and classes were being parents so that the mobile data expenses doesn’t
held as usual. The interactive discussions that discourage them from providing education to
COVID - 19 has taken a large toll on the used to take place among students with each their children. But still it is much more difficult
education sector by making it necessary to shift one of them giving their opinions, inputs and for these students to continue with their
the learning processes of students completely ideas are now unviable. Continuous online studies online. The quality of education was
online. Be it schools, colleges or post-graduate classes with short intervals for rest and hectic already much below the required standards in
institutions, all teaching organizations have time-table add to the strain on students the rural and remote areas of the country but
been forced to move forward with the virtual which often leads to problems like headache, because of the pandemic it has deteriorated
learning process. backpain etc. This online mode of learning is even more.
a completely different experience for students
Recently, the University of Delhi started its as well as teachers. With the spread of the virus The government needs to take some immediate
new academic session 2020 for students in the not showing any signs of slowing or ceasing in steps and address this major problem of the
third, fifth and seventh (odd) semesters in their the near future, we must adapt to the new ways lack of digital infrastructure in the remote
UG and third semester in their PG courses of teaching and utilise technology to the best. areas and less developed parts of the country.
through online means. Teachers are trying We need to come up with innovative solutions
their best to make this new method of online But not every student in our country is to keep them engaged and invest more in the
learning easy and accessible for all students. privileged enough to continue with their digital infrastructure of the country so that no
Video conferencing platforms like Google learning through online modes. Kids living in student is deprived of education cause we must
Meet, Zoom, Microsoft Teams etc along with villages and other remote areas of the country remember that investment in youth today will
online classroom applications such as Moodle, do not have access to stable high-speed Wi-Fi. directly affect the economy of our country
Acadly and Google Classroom are being used They may not be able to afford multiple smart tomorrow and therefore, will lead us toward a
to make the process of teaching more smooth devices which are a necessity to continue with massive global change.
and accessible for students. All assignments online learning.
 Bidding Adieu

Aastha Bisht Manan Narang Teestaa Saha

BBA(FIA)’20 BBA(FIA)’20 BBA(FIA)’20

Every beginning has an end, and every end leads to a new beginning.

With a heavy heart, we bid farewell to the founding team of The CBS Post, whose
vision of a more cohesive CBS inspired all of us to take up this initiative. To document
and spread the legacy of CBS beyond its current extent, making sure that we do not
go unnoticed, even within our own college, is something that we do with pride.

From guiding us to improve our writing and designing abilities to helping us with
administrative work, they have been mentors through and through. Staying up late
with us to proofread articles and edit the final issues, the repeated reminders of why
we started this paper, and our intellectual discussions will be sorely missed by us.

They might be departing from the college, but their legacy and the ideals that
formed the basis for The CBS Post will forever be immortalised within the pages of
this newsletter.

We thank you for all that you have given to us.

Sincerely,

Team CBS Post