Manthan at Tata Institute of Social Sciences

This post is to raise a toast in honour of all the students of the TATA Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) in general and the organizers of ‘Manthan,’ the flagship event of TISS, in particular. Man, some hosts the students of TISS are! The warmth and hospitality they exhibited during our stay in their beautiful campus is truly remarkable.

I and other friends of mine went to the TISS campus in Mumbai to participate in the finals of an event called ‘Anveshan – The Assessment Centre,” designed to select the “Best Managers of India,” and were floored by the royal treatment meted out to us and the other participants. We always had someone escorting us to wherever we wanted to go or needed to go. We just had to ask and there was a volunteer to help us out – actually we didn’t even need to ask! In fact, we felt a little embarrassed by the importance being given and asked the organizers not to bother much. However, for them it was not a bother at all but in fact a great pleasure to help us out and ensure that we had a great time.

The event (Anveshan) itself was really enjoyable and well designed – except for the results. I didn’t win, so I can’t obviously say that the judges were right, can I? ;-) Nevertheless, the event was won by my other friends from ISB so I didn’t have any real reason to complain. ISB actually made a clean sweep at Manthan, also winning Udghosh, their B-Plan competition.

I, personally, had a really great time at TISS and this has a lot to do with the great company I had of the student organizers of Manthan. Renjeni, Shamil, Vaibhav, Shibashish, Yuvaraagi, Mandip (hope I got your spellings right. Do mail me if that's not the case) and several others. A big thank you to you all guys for making our stay at your campus so memorable. You can count us to make your visit to Hyderabad and ISB as enjoyable, whenever you choose to visit us. I am not sure if we can match your hospitality but nevertheless we would try. We would love to have you all as our guests at ISB and have a chance to express our gratitude.