An Interview with Leenita Thakkar, TYBMS Sem 5 Topper, K.J. Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce
- Tell us about yourself.
I’m more of a happy-go-lucky kind of a person, who has enjoyed college (cool-age) 😉 life at its best.
Novels are my life
Music is my passion
Other than being vivid about my goals, my time is mostly occupied by friends and family.
- Were you expecting to top in the exams? To whom would you credit this success to?
Expecting to top would have been far from anticipation. I feel fidgeted for ANY results.
Credit goes to my parents who appreciated my potential and friends without whom all this would have stayed just a dream. College faculties and coaching classes who encouraged to bring out the best in everyone.
- Did you prepare religiously from day One or A few weeks before the exams?
NO, I started to rush with the portion with 2 months left for exam.
With 60 days left in hand to begin with, I explored (portion)…dreamt (targets)…DISCOVERED!!
- How did you allot time to different subjects?
No matter how many weekly timetable I made, I could never catch up with the targets.
So I began to make daily unattainable targets and made sure by the end of the day I achieve them by any means, no compromises (no matter how vapid the subject gets)
I made sure that all the subjects are touched once in the initial weeks.
Studying once wasn’t enough, so revision of “done” topics was vital.
Having a grip on Practical subject was a must and also its practice acted as a warm up for daily dose of studies.
- Can you share some insights on how to crack the subjects before exams?
Revision is essential to crack any exam.
Easy subjects are HRM and BUSiNESS ETHiCS
Paper should be presentable enough and answers should be supported with maximum possible diagrams.
Case studies (while reading) should be divided into sections to understand the flow and thus searching answers thereto becomes easy.
1.LOGISTICS being the most difficult theory subject, I found it amusing because of the hilarious examples given by my friends which helped to make the subject more interesting.
2.SSM was made easy by my college faculty who taught SSM with realistic examples.
3. FM and SSF had a long lasting impact on the memory due to lots of practice.
4.BUSINESS ETHICS was an easy subject but college faculty made its imprint on our minds with playful methodology of teaching.
5.HRM is a fascinating subject in itself and being an HR loving person, I became all the more interested to know about the subject.
- Do you think BMS student require coaching classes or is self-study enough? Had you joined any coaching class for a particular subject?
Coaching classes are mostly needed for financial management and special studies in finance.
Self study of rest of the subjects is possible.
- Today, we often come across students committing suicide out of failure, depression or tension of exams. What do you have to say about this?
Stress is created when a student has heaps to study with less time.
So it’s better to map out a study plan and work accordingly, without stretching oneself beyond limits.
- Do you think the number of industrial visits should be increased for BMS Students? Which industries have you visited?
Yes, industrial visits should be increased as they provide first-hand knowledge and ultimately will help for a better understanding on the subject.
I have visited Infosys(Mysore campus),Homewood tea factory (Ooty),Saras dudh(Jaipur) and we also visited Bandra court to get more information about “Industrial law”.
- Do you think BMS students are flooded with assignments, projects and internal exams round the clock? What changes would you like to bring in the BMS Curriculum?
Yes, BMS students are flooded with assignments, projects and internal exams but our college made it interesting for us, so it wasn’t considered much of a burden.
BMS curriculum should be accompanied by practical activities such as management games, sessions where IIM presentations are displayed, competitive presentations between juniors and seniors, role-plays, quiz and more such interactive sessions could be helpful.
- What message would you like to give to the next batch of BMS students?
First and second years are manageable, and thus simultaneously many different courses can be learnt or internship can be done.
Third year is pivotal so good base of first and second year will make the final year smooth sailing.
- What are the future plans post BMS?
My plans Post BMS are giving CAT, CMAT, TISS etc for pursuing MBA.
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