Thank you IMD Class of 2012 and the IMD 2013 Social Committee

It’s 1:30 am in the morning and I have a lot to say about our “diverse” experiences today starting from Prof. Carlos Braga’s GPE (Global Political Economy) session this morning followed by Prof. Mike Wade’s innovation class which took us to the Dupont European Innovation center(thank you Dupont & thank you IMD alumnus Sanjar for organizing a great visit!) followed by a “networking simulation” with a leading multinational in Europe where we got to interact with senior executives thanks to Prof.Martha’s OB class……I would need at least 3 separate entries to talk about each of these….but instead, I would like to talk about something we missed over the weekend!......

Last thursday afternoon and Friday were busy days for us at IMD with our final start-up presentations to venture capitalists ...but after all that hard work, the IMD Social committee (Carine, Arthur, Nizar and Juno) organized the first “official” party of the year for us to mark the end of Module 1……and I speak on behalf of the class when I say that it was one of the best celebrations we have ever had and thank you Social Committee for organizing a great event!!!

We must thank the amazing class of 2012 for gifting us a ginormous bottle of champagne to celebrate the end of our first integrative exercise and module 1! I’m not sure how many of you readers have noticed so far(if indeed, we bloggers even have any readers at all!) but the sense of community and tradition is very strong in the IMD MBA family……and many from the class of 2012 have helped us with our applications, pre-MBA preparations and continue to help us with our MBA journey and post MBA goals…..for instance, one of my closest mentors is an alumnus from the class of 2008 who over the past year has been a source of inspiration or for example  - my wife works for a NGO where her colleagues were IMD MBA Partners from previous years and she found her job through our partner support network led by Marcella Rispo(IMD MBA Partner Program Coordinator) who was also an IMD MBA partner a few years ago.....

…so why am I speaking about this today…because when you are away from home and in a completely new place, you need a support system and this is precisely where my classmates(who I meet more than my wife these days J) and the IMD alumni and the community show up and remind you….no matter who you are or where you are…..you will always be IMD!

Thank you class of IMD 2012 for showing us what the IMD family means!

From the IMD family,

Vikas Menon​