B2B here has no connections whatsoever to the plebeian meaning of business-to-business transactions in the marketing sense of the term. It is a more personalized term here, referring to the newest happening thing of my life – “Back to B-school” (albeit for a shorter stint than I would have liked, I admit).
Since the time I started working I had been sorely missing the feel of being a student. The longing and wistfulness was addressed to some extent by the weekend Spanish classes. Not a believer of half-measures, I plunged head on at the first given opportunity to get back to a real classroom.
Now the subject I am learning might come as a surprise to many, even I surprised myself by deciding to study it. Econometrics was very much an elective which I could have opted for while pursuing my MBA in environmental management. But I decided not to opt for it owing to a multitude of factors at that time. Its utility in quantitative research can’t be denied. The current situation is overwhelmingly conducive to study this subject. I would say a lot of things happened which I can only term as sheer coincidences which goaded me to begin my journey in this applied field.
I learnt about the usefulness and practical value of this bailiwick while attending a practitioner’s conference on evaluation of developmental programs. There I learnt that the power of making time series estimations is not one to be underestimated (pun intended). Even as I was listening to erudite professors holding forth on econometric techniques in the development sector, a mail popped in my inbox announcing this opportunity to join the IFMR B-school to study econometrics for 25 hours flat! Hurrah!!! Now I would be able to fully appreciate the finer nuances of this science by intelligibly following the meat of all the technical discussions.
Hopefully Bikram, soon we will be on the same page when discussions veer towards propensity score matching (PSM), difference in difference etc. So here I am crossing my fingers to take my newest endeavour to its logical conclusion!
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ReplyDeleteShiva, we missed you in Econometrics classes in IIFM. Wish you could have been there to guide classroom discussions with your innocuous but interesting queries and questions.
ReplyDeleteWe wish you great luck in your admirable pursuit of mastering Econometrics.
I enjoyed reading this post. Your crisp and short sentences thrill me.
PS: I forgot to add something: Ostensibly, you appear to have developed an interesting writing style fraught with interesting sounding exotic words. Just imagine this: Even I had to refer to the dictionary!
I wish you all the very best for your new endeavour in learning.
ReplyDeleteThank you Bikram. Your comment on the style is pertinent, I have used a few "not so common" words in this post and your comment just motivates me further to learn newer words.
ReplyDeleteNo end to learning. Go ahead. Best wishes.
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