XLRI.....here I come !!!

After several deliberations, obstacles and confusions, I am finally able to share the happy news that I will be matriculating at XLRI-Jamshedpur for the 1-Year MBA.

Due to extremely critical personal reasons, I will be joining the program by July 1st instead of the actual start date of June 12th. The admissions committee was kind enough to understand my situation and grant me a 2-week extension.

There is plenty of work to do in the next 2 months before joining school.
I will be winding up after a 4.5 year stay in the US. So have to clear out some stuff, sell my car, buy some stuff for my friends and relatives back home, prepare for the arrival of our newborn etc, etc.

At work, I am still in negotiations with my management to get a 1-month exemption in notice period. I am required to give a 3-month notice, but the result came only by March end and I got the 2-week extension only by April-3rd week.
I am hoping my company will waive 1 month of the notice period, given my circumstances.

From my discussions with admitted candidates, I know I will be amidst a very diverse and talented group. I hope that I will catch up on 2-weeks of missed classes and adjust to the new setting.

I am looking forward eagerly to return to India and be in a learning environment for a while.

As they say, no one "gets it all". In my case, I have to rush back just a few weeks after our kiddo is born. I was hoping I would get to spend a lot of time in the first few months after our baby is born. But I will miss seeing our newborn for a couple of months till such time my wife joins me in JSR. I am also aware that the course load will be hectic and remains to be seen how I managed a hectic course load with spending quality time with family.

I will also miss Edison and US, where I have stayed for close to 4 years. The long walks in Roosevelt park, seeing the Manhattan skyline by my window everyday, the mumbai-local-like 8:16 NJ Transit train in the morning and of course my colleagues and friends here, are all things I will miss dearly. Anyways, I hope that sometime in the future I will stop by this part of the country and checkout how things are at that time.