FINDING CURIOSITY AGAIN: MY JOURNEY AT BITSoM
April 10th, 2026
Before joining BITSoM, my path had already taken a few unexpected turns. I had about 28 months of work experience, first as a copywriter in startups, where creativity and storytelling shaped most of my work. Later, I moved to France to work under the French Education Ministry as an English language assistant, stepping into a completely new environment. That experience pushed me outside my comfort zone in ways I hadn’t anticipated and made me reflect more deeply on what I wanted from the next stage of my career.
Despite these varied experiences, I carried a quiet doubt with me. Coming from a background rooted in writing and communication, I often felt that I lacked the kind of technical or hard-skill foundation that many business school peers seemed to have. I assumed others would arrive with stronger analytical training or more structured problem-solving experience, and that keeping up academically might be a challenge.
When I was evaluating MBA programmes, BITSoM stood out for a few reasons. The block system, the rigorous curriculum, and the small batch size promised an immersive learning environment. What appealed to me most was the emphasis on academic depth and faculty quality, along with campus facilities that truly support that intensity of learning.
One of the earliest shifts in my thinking happened during class discussions and case competitions. I found myself working with people from backgrounds very different from mine. Initially, I assumed we would approach problems in completely different ways. In some ways we did, but that turned out to be the most valuable part of the experience.
Those conversations showed me that business problems rarely have just one correct way of thinking about them. The classroom became a place where different perspectives met and challenged each other. Sometimes the discussions were messy. Sometimes they were unexpectedly insightful. But they always pushed me to think a little differently than I had before.
That environment also began to change how I approached decisions. Earlier, I often felt the pressure to arrive at answers quickly. At BITSoM, I learned to become more comfortable with ambiguity. Not every problem needs an immediate conclusion. Sometimes it is better to sit with uncertainty, explore different angles, and stay open to learning along the way. Over time, I became less rushed and more level headed in the way I approached challenges.
Some of the most meaningful learning came from my peers. Being surrounded by people who think differently forces you to question your own assumptions. What my classmates taught me more than anything else was the value of divergent thinking. The same problem can look completely different depending on who is looking at it.
The internship and placement preparation phase brought its own moments of doubt. Group discussions were particularly stressful for me. They require quick thinking, clarity of thought, and the confidence to speak up. But going through that process also revealed something important. I realised that I was capable of far more than I had given myself credit for.
Confidence did not appear overnight. It built gradually through encouragement from faculty, conversations with peers, and an environment that values curiosity over perfection. Slowly, I began to worry less about how I would be perceived and more about engaging with ideas and learning from them.
I am still exploring where exactly I want to specialise. But that uncertainty no longer feels unsettling. It feels like space to grow.
If I had to summarise this journey in one line:
Before BITSoM, I often questioned whether I truly belonged in rooms like these. After BITSoM, I am learning that curiosity and the willingness to keep learning matter far more than having all the answers.
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