Jaipuria Institute of Management holds ground as an institute providing overall development of its students. Among the students, who would personify the institute’s ideology better than Biyatris Jain Babu, a first- year management student and a Bharatnatyam dancer for the past 14 years.
Hailing from Kerala, she has to be careful while choosing a college outside her home state. And she had no doubts about this “very fine” institute since she joined it. “Here I do not feel that I am far from home,” she says.
Biyatris has been learning Classical dance since she was four years of age On and off, due to various reasons like the board examinations, she had to give it a break. Today, even with her management classes, case studies and curricula at Jaipuria-Noida, Biyatris has continued with her Bharatanatyam. This, she says, is all because of the constant emphasis by the institute on “all-round development” of its students.
So Biyatris is all praises for her choice of the institute. Apart from its location, Jaipuria-Noida, she says helps one hone the innate skills and educate oneself in the best possible manner, with the widest possible exposure. In addition, the infrastructure respects a woman’s space. There are separate hostels for women, something that impressed many like Biyatris who feel a lot more secure and confident. “Even before I joined, I got very good reviews of the place from my cousins. At the time of joining, I got positive feedback from my seniors.” “Placements,” she further says, “are worth all the effort that one puts into studying. It does not come to a naught at Jaipuria-Noida.”
While taking her studies very seriously, Biyatris prefers balancing it with her passion for Bharatanatyam. But for now, “my career is my priority,” she says. “Jaipuria-Noida will help me set foot in the profession of my choice.” Dance will only add to her happiness, she says.
Today, after eight months at Jaipuria-Noida, she can relate to the values propagated by the institution. Learning new things while sharpening each and every skill that one already has is the ideology that students like Biyatris understand and support. In a world of competition, it is important to get an inside- and outside-class perspective. That is how, through theory and its application in the real world, can one defeat all odds and win over every situation.
Biyatris believes that Jaipuria has played a catalytic role in her development – as a management student, a management researcher and even in carrying out her passion of dancing.The seniors, faculty members and fellow students are like my second family “People at Jaipuria-Noida, far from making me feel alienated in a new city, have supported me all along. It has, indeed, added a lot of value to my life.”
Today, many students would echo Biyatris’ sentiments, for sure.