Information Session and Campus Tour at SOIL

Facts, figures, and even the best websites, blogs, and virtual tours will never give you the 3-D, personal experience of knowing how a particular campus feels, how the students live their daily lives, or what the buzz of the classroom is like! To put it simply, you wouldn't buy a car without test driving it first!

On 16^th January 2010, prospective students and their families had the opportunity to learn more about SOIL and its programs through a 3 hour group information session led by our management team, faculty and industry consortium companies.

The session provided the students with a more natural, spontaneous and engaging experience; a taste of what it would be like to study and be a student of SOIL.

The information session was structured in a way that provided students a natural and spontaneous flavor of SOIL’s value proposition, reputed faculty, the strong partnership with 30 leading organizations and the unique learning experience.

The session began with the Founder and CEO Anil Sachdev talking to the participants about the vision of SOIL, the growth story of the past one year and the future plans.

The participants then had the opportunity to interact with Aadesh Goyal, Chairman and MD at People Strong. Aadesh is one of the mentors for the SOIL students and he shared this experience with the audience and they got a clear understanding of how the mentor-mentee program has not only helped students identify and forge their goals, but has also enabled them to develop the right kind of skills and attitude required to move their career forward.

There was also a session with senior representatives from the Industry Consortium. Mr. P Dwarkanath, Director, Group Human Capital, Max India, shared with the students the importance of matching the curriculum of a business school with the requirements of the industry. He spoke of how the industry needs more people with a deeper understanding of leadership principles along with business acumen. Mr. Prashant Shrivastava, Director HR, Kohler related his experiences of interacting with the first batch of students at SOIL during the Kohler Company Day. He also cited the HR curriculum and discussed its relevance to the real world HR best practices.

This was followed by an introduction of our resident faculty – Prof. Adwaita Menon, Strategy, Prof. Shrikant Gupta, MIS, Dr. Sunita Chugh, HR and Dr. Vinita Sahay, Marketing. Who shared their background, experiences and the pedagogy followed at SOIL. And spoke of the unique grading system that allows each student to excel rather than pursuing a relative pattern. They also spoke of the interactive classroom features that encourage peer to peer networking and intense faculty interaction.

Our students are at the heart of SOIL, and as such are the best people to share experiences about life at SOIL. The session ended with a Campus Walk and an open session where the participants could know more about the admission process and the finance/loan options as well.

This was the first of many Info Sessions that SOIL plans to organize. This was a truly engaging and memorable experience for the audience involved.