Soap Box: B-school Elections

An ideal time to post my opinion on B-school elections.

I stood for the post of Director- Student Life Council, arguably the most sought after position on the GSB ( Graduate Student Board ) on campus. So did 5 other awesome candidates. It was damn good fun, we were given 5 minutes to sell ourselves to the GSA ( Graduate Student Association, in short the entire student body ) and blood well we did. After a couple of mails extolling people to come and attend the soap box and in the process strategitically interjecting that we need their vote, we submitted our Manifestos to the Co-Curricular activities department. This was duly mailed to the entire student body.

The soap-box consists of a 5 minute speech by nominees, followed by a round of cross-questioning. Its great fun and a significant part of every b-school life. the objectives of the cross questioning varies to a large extent in most cases.

some are strategically planted by the candidates themselves, in a bid to increase their airtime. Some are merely "Arbit", uttered by a few key members of the audience, seeking their 30 seconds of fame. and the best kind are the ones which are used to unsettle the candidates are a real test of wit in most cases. These questions and many such similar gestures are what makes this event so interesting,

Hope the practice continues, since im hoping for stuff, hope that I win ................