As I sat down to write the first ever editorial of my life, I realized I had a monumental task in front of me. I wondered how one begins to describe in words, what has been one of the greatest impacts in my life. I remember distinctly, the day a young boy of seventeen, stepped tentatively into a auditorium for his all important orientation into the world of business. It has been a 15 year journey full of ups and downs and I still feel that I am just about getting started. And I realize that, the reason I feel this way is because I am surrounded by young and energetic people who never let you slacken or relax. The energy in a campus is infectious, and each day I step into the campus I take a breath and pause just so that I can take it all in.
I sometimes feel, whether there is another career as rewarding, as fulfilling and gratifying as that of a teacher. The change that one wishes to see is all so visible in the canvas that we paint around us each day and it is also visible in the lives of the people that we touch each day. In my opinion an institutions greatest success is its ability to sow the seeds of that change in the minds of its students. And every day as I walk into the corridors of the campus and see students joining IIPM and stepping into classes with anticipation, wondering what new world beckons them, to their metamorphosis into smart, dynamic, confident management practitioners of tomorrow, I feel the power of the change we bring in their lives. I see broader horizons for them to dream in, I see greater intelligence, emotional and otherwise, for them to bank upon and I see the confidence to conquer the world in their eyes. And as I pause to take it all in, I realize the change that IIPM has been able to bring about in India. IIPM is not just a place to study, not just a place to learn, not just another portal of academic excellence, but something greater and more meaningful that most of us can fathom at first glance. The realsiation dawns on me that we have infact created a “revolution of ignited and passionate minds”. A revolution that most certainly has never been created before and perhaps will never be replicated in the future too. And today as I write this editorial I am confident that this is the change that Dr. M.K Chaudhuri wanted to bring about when he established the institute in 1973.
It is with this conviction that we bring to you the first issues of the IIPM alumni magazine “CULT”. CULT is both an opportunity to showcase the stalwarts who have contributed to the cause and also a celebration of the triumphs of these individuals who have demonstrated tremendous resolve, strength of character and steely nerves to overcome all the challenges that life had to throw at them. I salute the spirit with which these people have gone about life, winning every moment of it and living it on their own terms. It will be our endeavour at CULT to bring to you such stalwarts and both document their efforts and applaud their contribution towards making IIPM the only “revolution in management education and thinking”.