August 9, 2018
August 9, 2018
From IIPM and me personally...
Dr Adhikary was like a founder member of IIPM, whose stories I grew up hearing. When IIPM library didn't have a book, he would get one from FMS library on his name for our students. From early 70s, he along with Dr. N.R. Chatterjee made IIPM through their love and passion for imparting exceptional education.
Then in 1989, I finally had the privilege of sitting in his class. Those, as they say, were the best days of my life! What engaging way of teaching. What sense of humour. I remember every line he taught by the back of my hand. Every joke he cracked - from the difference between a fact and belief ( mother is a fact, father is a belief) to poor allocation of resources - mother of India had two sons, one knew how to run (the country) and other knew how to fly. The one who knew how to run went to fly and met his end and the one who knew how to fly went to run and met his end.
His humour and example based teachings made every basic concept simple. From simple things like fallacies of economic reasoning to complex managerial economics equations. I was proud that he was a student of Paul Samuelson and I was his student.
From coming by bus, to scooter to car, at IIPM we saw it all and realized one thing remained constant - he was inside the classroom sharp at 9 am. A 180 min class with a break of 15 min would fly off like a 45 min class. He kept all of us on our toes by sincerely taking surprise tests at regular intervals and giving the results back on time.
He became the Dean of FMS while teaching our batch and we were overjoyed!! But that didn't deter him from competing the course.
I can go on and on about every detail of his teaching that I carry with me till date... I can close my eyes and go back to his classes during 1989-92, and see his witty look and big eyes looking at me!
I think I last met him in 2011... But that doesn't matter... he resides in my personality, in my speeches, in my classes, and in my thoughts. I still fondly carry all his class notes with me and go back for reference whenever I feel like going back to his classes.
My respect, to one of the greatest teachers ever! At least in my life!
Arindam Chaudhuri
Dr Adhikary was like a founder member of IIPM, whose stories I grew up hearing. When IIPM library didn't have a book, he would get one from FMS library on his name for our students. From early 70s, he along with Dr. N.R. Chatterjee made IIPM through their love and passion for imparting exceptional education.
Then in 1989, I finally had the privilege of sitting in his class. Those, as they say, were the best days of my life! What engaging way of teaching. What sense of humour. I remember every line he taught by the back of my hand. Every joke he cracked - from the difference between a fact and belief ( mother is a fact, father is a belief) to poor allocation of resources - mother of India had two sons, one knew how to run (the country) and other knew how to fly. The one who knew how to run went to fly and met his end and the one who knew how to fly went to run and met his end.
His humour and example based teachings made every basic concept simple. From simple things like fallacies of economic reasoning to complex managerial economics equations. I was proud that he was a student of Paul Samuelson and I was his student.
From coming by bus, to scooter to car, at IIPM we saw it all and realized one thing remained constant - he was inside the classroom sharp at 9 am. A 180 min class with a break of 15 min would fly off like a 45 min class. He kept all of us on our toes by sincerely taking surprise tests at regular intervals and giving the results back on time.
He became the Dean of FMS while teaching our batch and we were overjoyed!! But that didn't deter him from competing the course.
I can go on and on about every detail of his teaching that I carry with me till date... I can close my eyes and go back to his classes during 1989-92, and see his witty look and big eyes looking at me!
I think I last met him in 2011... But that doesn't matter... he resides in my personality, in my speeches, in my classes, and in my thoughts. I still fondly carry all his class notes with me and go back for reference whenever I feel like going back to his classes.
My respect, to one of the greatest teachers ever! At least in my life!
Arindam Chaudhuri
