A delegation led by Cornell University president David J Skorton, is in India for a two-week long visit to gain a better understanding of the increasingly important role it plays in the world, and to explore opportunities for mutually beneficial collaboration.
SPJIMR had the privilege of hosting this delegation for half-a-day and some of us from the 1 year fulltime PGDM programme were assigned as 'buddies' to the Cornell students. I was a buddy for Justin Charise, who has been a Captain in the U.S. Army in the Field Artillery division for 5 years and is set to join one of the top-notch Investment Banks as early as July2007.
Before coming to our campus, the delegation had visited the Infosys and MindTree campuses in Bangalore. The conversation started off on a high note as soon as I said I have worked with MindTree before:) We discussed a lot about the Indian IT sector boom, the urban-rural divide, the infrastructure, the education system here and and in the U.S., the culture, the food, Bangalore, Mumbai, Goa, our previous work experience, our families, etc. Most of the delegation liked the 'spicy' Indian food! Justin especially liked the 'Dal Khichdi'.
The Cornell University president Mr Skorton said that their main purpose of the visit was to foster more exchanges with the Indian universities, to further expand research and education services in India, and to work out new areas of mutual benefit for greater partnership.
Well, am sure our interaction went off well and hope that this results in a fruitful partnership between Cornell and SPJIMR. Amen!
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