‘If you want to get up you should first know how you can fall’ says Ankit Omprakash Rathi, TYBMS Topper 2013, Sydenham College

Aggregate %– 82.33%

Project Grade– O

Electives chosen in Sem 6 –

IAPM

Did you take Coaching? If yes, which classes?

No, I didn’t took any Classes.

Extracurricular activities/Hobbies/Achievements–

Playing cricket, socializing and travelling

Fondly known as (name) in the college group –

Many names were given to me by my friends , I think in each semester there was atleast one name given to me by my group.

Ambition in life–

To do something BIG to make my parent proud.

Most memorable moment in BMS–

Uncountable, especially those spent with friends.

Funniest thing you did in the BMS course –

The journey of BMS was full of fun.

Define BMS in 1 line – BMS is a course where you can build up a great career if you use the right skills

Which factors were considered in mind while selecting the Sem 6 Electives/Optional subjects?

I was always inclined to finance so I took IAPM as the subject.

Did you use BMS.co.in for your exam preparation? Which sections of BMS.co.in helped you?

Yes I did use BMS.co.in for exams preparation and I generally used the BMS gyan section on the website.

How do you feel to be a consistent topper in both Sem 5 and Sem 6 exams? 

It feels great to be the topper for both the semesters. There is one thing, that there should be an ability to focus. As I have said earlier also, professor’s lectures help if we pay attention to them. I always try to learn something or the other from the overall conditions and this helped me to be motivated. I never used to look at my bag after going home from college, so there is no point of keeping myself busy with the books.

Behind one topper are many people who stood by him/her during those uncertain times when he/she was merely an ‘aspirant’. Would you like to tell the world, who were those people in your case? Any specific incidence that you would like to share with the readers?

There are many who stood by me. My parents, my teachers, specially our H.O.D Dr. M.B. Bhide sir and our Coordinator Jharna Madam. Also each of the professors who taught us helped me in my preparation. My friends were the most important people who backed me and had confidence in me.

What is your message to the aspirants?

If you want to get up you should first know how you can fall. If you know what can defeat you, you surely can find what can make you win. Also it does not require a person to be a book worm to top the college, it just require right efforts and confidence in them.

What was your study plan?

I didn’t have a study plan. I would just sit in the lecture and concentrate. And during exam days I would just help my friends by clearing their doubts and most of my portion would get over by this activity itself.

Subjects Name – Source of your preparation

Entrepreneurship – Notes by Prof. Jharna Kalra( our Faculty for Entrepreneurship)

Operations Research- Lecture notes and sums solved during lectures.

International Finance- Theory from RPH textbook and Sums solved during lectures.

IMTP-  Vipul Prakashan

International Marketing- RPH textbook

IAPM- Theory from Seth Publication textbook and Sums solved during lectures.

Marks of every subject

Entrepreneurship – 81

Operations Research- 89

International Finance- 81

IMTP- 82

International Marketing- 80

IAPM- 81