Strategies used to handle things so far:
1. Give no time to anyone to react - almost all important instructions come at the last moment, including the eminently enjoyable and farcical gag order for students released 2 days ago advising them to "keep your mouths shut after the test is over or else 2 years in jail" Ha ha ha, lol!
2. Make assumptions about things - how can we be wrong on anything? We are too big to fail
3. Even if we fail, what? - ultimately, can students really do anything, except meekly submit and bear the brunt of our naivete and inefficiences bred out of arrogance
4. Showing a sense of lazyness-a warning to prometric-today after 3days when 110 centers were cancelled…shows the “chmachagiri “ of IIMs to prometric ..agar koi Indian firm aisa united states me karti to usko ab tak desh nikala kar diya hota ..most of times I think its mistake of Indians who have the power of tolerating…
Today, the media was livid at all this. I interacted with many frnds and my past teachers along with some coaching centers faculties in dehradoon
Everyone agreed with same, except maybe those who were responsible for all this.
What has this mess done to the reputation of the IIM-CAT? Well, a lot of damage. And it has personally made me very sad to see a grand Indian institution - the IIM-CAT - go literally down the drain (on the first day) the way it went.
I was also shocked to see the spineless approach of some of my own colleagues and trainers(teachers) from the industry, who advocated in a meet that "Well what's done is done. Let's be positive now". I responded on the spot that "Tell this to the student whose entire effort of 2 years was dashed to dust today by the ignoramuses".