Have been thinking a LOT these days….on various things in fact….and none less than the direction in which my career is shaping up…with just a coupla terms left in terms of academic curricula, am going thro’ a lot of churning inside…..irrespective of my placeability whether i can manage a job or not…been thinking whether working in a company is actually being me…..whether I can actually manage some productive work done there ;) ……prolly the fact that i’ve never worked in a “office” is dissauding me currently from thinking of the same…..But if its not gonna be a job that I see myself satisfied in, then what is it?? an own startup?? err…..kya hai…..me ain’t exactly that long lost grandchild of priyamvada birla ;) ;) so what does that leave me with??

whoa!! u guessed it purrfectly right……Research with a “R” …Now, thats something that I can easily relate to…..mebbe has to do with the fact that i see loads of ‘em folks in my clan….or mebbe I have come to the unstated assumption in my mind that research is all intelligent (sic) ranting…..not to undermine that field at all, but that prolly seems to be the easiest way out of the dilemma that I’m currently in……okie….now again starts the churning….research….where??? ;) Having spent a few grands on an mba here already, doesn’t really make much sense in trying to go for a research degree in India……to speak the truth…..it is also a function of me definitely not being able to make it to any of the top institutes here :p …..thats a different story anyways ;) ……so I come to the grand conclusion of a research degree abroad……whoa!! a Ph.D in management….sounds damn hep……and something that i sure could flaunt for a loong time :p ….but wait….someone reminds me it ain’t all that easy to make the cut abroad…..I’d first have to slog my a$$ off to get a decent score on that holy grail of management exams,the GMAT…….and once it is done, boy….it is a mini-research in itself that needs to be done…..finding out which colleges could one approach…..which ones would pay atleast lip-service to my current mba program….Which ones have areas that I’d be interested in (still to figure out that part :p) …..Which ones are more likely to accept Indians……and most importantly, which ones would provide me with a steady source of funding….too many questions, too many parameters involved……do I have any equation relating all these parameters to a single function?? nope….Do I have any info other than what i’ve written above?? nope…..Do I really have the luxury of goin in for research rightaway after my mba…..probably not…..will the funding be enough….u jokin? ;) ….too many imponderables….too few answers…….too few ……..like they say, sometimes, a decision not taken is as good, if not more, as taking a decision which isn’t the best :)