the waiting list !!

It is an annual fanfare in GIM...

the long admission process... Dr Jesus and his office takes care of the advertising in all natioanl newspapers about GIM ( with the large campus and the building projected, with AC and the gardens as the selling point, keeping in mind the publicity rule that " allways your postives should be touted about"....), to the applications that they receive ( thousands of them, for all the negatives, GIM had a name of its own partly due to the huge campus that Dr Joy had the common sense to build and partly due to its Teachers, again Dr Joy was good in identifying them..)....

This year the mandate fell of Anna xavier as her husband was "heavily loaded" with the other works that he was doing..... Every one knew that the equations were changing and the father was told by every other person that it was difficult to attract good students with Dr Jesus at the helm of affairs of the admission process. His haphazard and abrupt decisions make the process go haywire every time and the list of selected would be disappointing at the end of the whole process.. every year, inspite of the thousands of applications that pour in, a large section of the selected lot wouldnt fit into a decent B School canvas, which GIM was claiming to be....

Prof Ram..... called Dr Joseph, the ED coming out of his chamber to the large common area in the faculty room...

He is not here sir... replied Sukesh menon, who sat as Prof Rams neighbour... I think he is in the library ( Prof Ram went to the library once in a day, most others didnt even know that GIM had one..)

Then you may have to go with Prof Anand shankar... for the GD first round..the prospective students are waiting..

My goodness..... lamented Sukesh menon.... I have scheduled a case discussion in my next class, just two hours from now... thought of getting into a bit more...

Oh that shoudnt be a problem sukesh...said ED,....this will take only one hour...

But sir...

Well, then tell me what shall I do.. Prof Anandalakshmi has gone on leave...Sri laxmi I guess is resigning... shall I go and tell the HQ...?

That was the trick and it was done... Sukesh menon and Anand shankar went for the first round of the group discussion , which was the first round of the selection process to get into the coveted post graduate programme in management from Gods Institute of Management.... Young and anxious faces waited, mulled, discussed and debated, as the two professors sat watching the show and as their parents languished outside the building, in the sprawling lawns and gardens with hopes written all over their faces..... Most of prospects as they debated showed that they have got trained by professional schools as was discernible in their mannerisms and lingua, often artificial and synthetic ,very prominently displayed to the extent of causing irritation to a neutral observer.....

I will say that number 5 and 6 are the only ones who can go in ..all others can go back home... said Prof Anand shankar after the melee in which the kids debated over " whether democracy was good or bad for India" was over...

But sir out of 10 shouldnt we atleast recommend half of them....?..... asked Sukesh unable to digest what Anand shankar said....

why should we let all the scum in..? Is it not enough what we already have here?.. Anand as usual did not mince words......

Those who made it into the second round went for an interview where VC presided normally and ED was called in and sometimes one of the Directors and the Dean. A typical interview was simple and straight forward and not a messy affair....

Have you bought the Demand Draft drawn in favour of GIM? .....asked the VC..

No sir... but I didnt know that I will get selected.. so.. If I get I thought I will...

Who said you are getting selected... You will be selected only when you have the DD ready in your hand.... flashed a smile, the grand old man who had seen it all.

The candidate sat sad, and miserable at this apparent miss between the cup and the sip...

Dont worry....... said VC as the ED shook his head in total agreement....We will put you in waiting list, you will come with the DD before 4 Pm tomorrow and join or you shall never...
but you shall not tell this to any one... mmmm...

The candidate rushed outside blushing in glee, little knowing that this is what they told everyone and the waitlist in GIM was usually bigger than the actual selected list...

The next candidate walked in....
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