Just the Beginning

My thoughts and expectations before the trip:

I always consider myself as someone who is very open to try new things and experience new cultures. Meeting new people and adapting to unforeseen situations is not something that frightens me. Coming onto this trip to visit India,  I was prepared, excited even, to be immersed into a new culture. The format of the course however, was not the most appealing to me at first because i originally had the intention of simply enjoying myself in a new country in short of being able to actually study abroad. The coursework consisted of article readings, short videos and clips, corporate business visits, and cultural tours and lectures. In addition, we also needed to prepare a video presentation, case study, occasional blogging, and writing assignments. The “work” had no appeal or so it seemed. I was in for an unexpected journey to India.

The week started with intensive presentations and exposure to business practice in India. Some of the exposure included visiting PWC, Dunhumby, Oxigen and meeting business students at Fostimma and JRE. I personally was not ready to absorb all the information being thrown onto me but it was that kind of situation where it was do or die. With every event we attended, the professors followed up with discussion and questioning to stimulate our thinking and understanding about all the things we were learning from economics, education, and policy making to diversity, spirituality, and culture. Professor Gupta and Kahai facilitated excellently brought up interesting perspectives and points to think deeper. I was challenged in my own thinking and knowledge of the business, culture, sociology, and systems. Turns out that the “boring” parts of this course is starting to look a lot more interesting than I had previously thought.

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