Quick Update

End term exams for the second semester begin next week. I’m neck deep in work related to college fests and the Internet Solutions Group. The subjects for this term are too mathematical for my liking.

1. Risk Management : Where we revisit Markov Chains, derive Black Scholes and work out problems in option pricing. Do I really need to know all this?
2. Operations Research : Where we do the famous PERT/CPM, study Data Envelopment Analysis and revisit Linear Programming’s bigger meaner brother, Integer Programming.
3. Macroeconomics : Where we discuss the open economy, comparitive advantage, the Phillips curve and what not. This is very interesting actually.
4. Cost Accounting : This is interesting too. We figure out how companies budget for cost, what are the different methods for cost accounting, and how managerial decisions have cost implications.
5. Information Technology Systems : This half-term we study excel modelling. We’re modelling various business cases to aid managerial decision making. This has been the most “value add”, if you’ll pardon the term. I’ve learnt a good deal of excel and am already using it in real life for our annual fest.

Talking of Intaglio, I’m one of the organisers for Curiosio where “metrics” become more important than quality (and these restrictions are self-imposed mind you.) It sort of explains why Aaj Tak knows its shitty and why it remains that way. Because it sells

But no, our quizzes are not shitty in the least. They are just “compromised”. We try hard to maintain a balance.

There are also a bunch of other contests you can take part in, esp. if you are a B-School students. So, again, do check out the site, if you have not done so already.

December 3rd, 2008 / 2 Comments / Tags: intaglio, curiosio, quizzing, exams / Trackback