Team V3BLUE

The V3BLUE team represented by Puneet Gandhi (team captain), Aditya Priyadarshan, Amit Mehta and Ritesh Saxena are very eager and excited to be here. And why shouldn't they be! Their school held an internal competition to determine the best of the best in which 27 teams participated! I think so far this is the school with the largest internal competition (with BU coming in a close second with, I think, 22 teams in the internal competition). Our very own Professor N. Venkatraman visited their campus earlier this year and the team fondly recalled how they enjoyed his lecture. They did get to sit in on Prof. V's Mastering IT Strategy class this last Thursday along with Prof. Hatten's Managing Social, Political, Technology and Economic Risk - perhaps for some last minute cramming for the competition! It was refreshing to see visitors participate in the class discussions when they sit in on BU classes and I'm glad the team had a very positive experience there.

They were struck by the similarities between their school and BU's style in the classroom - they also regularly have c-level executives visit and speak to the students and we all agree that while our schools have some excellent teachers, getting to meet and interact with executives of innovative and pioneering companies is one of the things that makes b-school worthwhile. The differences they saw were mostly related to the facility, the classroom layouts and the presence of student name cards; at their school too, the professors usually define their own pedagogy.

Their preparation for the competition involved reading up on seamless mobility, Motorola's business, their competitors and with lots of case competition experience between the four of them, they're very confident they'll do well at this event.

Along with "discovering America" they're really pleased about getting to meet new people they can relate to and we are indeed pleased to have them with us this weekend.