Institute of Rural Management
located in Anand is a unique institution for its Management program in the rural
domain. When the word ‘rural’ strikes
our ear, we start imagining classrooms without desks and people in rustic
clothes, students sitting on ground and some professor talking about some
political subject. But this institute, the brainchild of late Dr. Verghese Kurien,
is one of the top class management institutions of India. While classrooms are
modern, the discussions make you traverse through a different age altogether.
While reading about rural society, you fall back 100 years behind in timeline.
In the Field Work segment we are made to stay in villages where we experience ground-level
reality with all its beauty, charm and harshness.
By studying the core management
subjects like Finance, Marketing, Supply Chain Management, etc. we become
endowed you with skills required to address both present and futuristic issues.
This year students have initiated
IRMA Social Entrepreneurship cell, ISEC to encourage entrepreneurial spirit
among the students. This has caused fresh ideas to find expression and
platform. Entrepreneurs from different verticals of development sector are
invited for experience sharing, workshops and panel discussions to learn from
their experiences.
Out of the classroom we are back to
a world full of energy and fun. No amount of assignments or quizzes can reduce the
enthusiasm of the participants for sports and other physical activities. Every
evening the sports complex is occupied by not just students, but also faculty
members and other staff. Over weekends, the students set themselves loose to
the musical beats at Grind in the
mess lawns.
IRMA is a small community at the
heart of Anand but it is very diverse. You can find here people from all the
parts of India from different cultural backgrounds and diverse schools of
thought. Every festival is celebrated with great enthusiasm. We enjoy Rasam
Rice on Onam, Sevai on Id, Sarson ka sag on Lohri and all festivals. Everybody
adapts costume, food and language specific to the festival and it is there that
you feel good about being an IRMAN.
Apart from religious festivals,
IRMA has a series of its own celebrations. It has been just eight months in
campus and we have already had more than 8 events. Milaap, an alumni home-coming,
brings together the IRMA community across the world to the campus. Jatra, an inter-block
event, instils block-spirit in the campus. In Sangarsh, two batches at the
campus are pitted against each other in the sphere of sports and games. Every
time it is a new spirit being relived in old traditions.
Above all it is adventure that brings us here.
We explore different worlds. We grow as a part of the community and learn how
to make communities work. In short, these two years are of fun, learning and
adventure.
Nidhi Bansal :-)
P.S. :-> wriiten for CSR and college magazine 1 month back..
Oops!!! realized that i haven't mentioned about the fun of organic farming and Cycling club.
