Virtual city meets for the MBA 57th batch

The ER Cell enthusiastically hosted the incoming students, including waitlisted candidates, the batch of 2022, digitally this year. Traditionally, the ER cell holds annual city meets across India for their incoming batch where new students get an opportunity to interact with current students, renowned alumni, and their future batch mates. It also gives them an insight into the life that awaits them at Joka. Not wanting to discard an annual tradition merely because of the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing norms, this year the ER cell proceeded with virtual meets on Zoom. Eight meetings took place for six cities - Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Kolkata. In these meets, over 350 students participated from the incoming batch. The entire cluster of meetings and activities was only possible because of the efforts and dedication of the current batch who coordinated with students across cities in spite of their ongoing summer internships. To know their batch mates better, the incoming students were divided into small groups where they focused on building interpersonal rapport and identifying one common element between them. This commonality was then shared through impressive videos and PowerPoint presentations and gave everyone a chance to know each other better and break the ice. “The city meet was a very interactive and informative session organized by our seniors. It was a precious opportunity for us where we got to meet some of the bright minds of the country.” says Sweety Gupta, who attended the Delhi meet. Speaking on this remarkable achievement, Director Prof. Anju Seth said, “Our students deserve kudos for their dynamic and entrepreneurial approach to hosting city meets virtually. In these unprecedented times that demand innovative solutions, we greatly appreciate our students and alumni working together to collectively support the Institute and welcome the incoming batch. Yes, there is uncertainty, but I am confident that we will work together to build a particularly positive and even stronger IIM Calcutta experience during the very special circumstances that we jointly face.”