ICON Part I

In the times of business fests, there are just so many competitions floating that it is impossible to keep track of all the events. But one event which I caught my eye was the ICON - the flagship event of Fiesta, FMS Delhi's annual management fest. It entailed several rounds of different events to test a person on all the different dimensions possible and hence choose just one winner, who would take it all.

Only 7 B-Schools of the country were sent an invite - IIMs A B C L, FMS, XLRI and ISB. Each institute had to conduct its own selection procedure to send its 2 representatives. In IIM Calcutta, a faculty was appointed to undertake the same and all the interested students were required to send in their CVs and an EOI (Expression of Interest) followed by an interaction with the faculty. In the end, another PGP I (1st year student) and yours truly ;) were selected to represent IIM Calcutta.

FMS now required us to send in a CV, a SOP (Statement of Purpose) and 2 references from past professional/academic life. I was thrilled by the thought of going to Delhi and especially FMS. It was homecoming for me - meeting all my old classmates.

Well, the event instructions came to us requiring us to carry formal clothes and informal clothes and sport shoes. Also, it was told that some amount of physical strain would also be involved. Nevertheless, we took the challenge and headed for Delhi.

But alas! Weather God had other plans for us. Bad fog delayed our Rajdhani by over 3 hours. It was frustrating to move like a bullock cart sitting inside Rajdhani but had no choice. Finally, we made to the New Delhi station and thankfully Delhi Metro came to your rescue. Connectivity between New Delhi Station and Delhi University has become just awesome because of the Metro. Working on JIT (Just-in-Time) syndrome, we finally reached FMS campus at dot 1400 hrs.

It was a feeling of nostalgia for me and finally met my old classmates after a gap of around 9 months. But the meeting was shortlived as all the ICON participants had a secluded accomodation :D and we were required to report back in 2 hours. All the pick up and drop were arranged for us.

We reached our home for the next 3 days and I must say FMS guys did a fantabolus job in hospitality :) :) We got ready for the first round of the event...

Continued in the next post!