A Canadian MBA student who spent a semester at the Indian School of Business (ISB) on an exchange programme has shared glimpses of campus life at one of India’s top B-schools. Artika, who studies at Ivey Business School at Canada’s Western University, documented her experience in a recent Instagram video, jokingly highlighting “things about living in India that would send my North American friends into a coma.”
Life at ISB
Artika said the “craziest part” of life at ISB was daily housekeeping. The Canadian student explained that unlike business schools in Canada, ISB requires all students to stay on campus.
“School life here is so different than back home. Firstly, it is mandatory that you live on campus,” she explained. “That also means that everyone is located so closely to each other, so people hang out all different times of day and night.”
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For Artika, the “craziest part” of life at ISB was daily housekeeping on campus. She said that students would throw parties and the housekeeping staff would clean up after them.
Daily housekeeping on campus
“I think the craziest part is that I have daily housekeeping. Not once did I make my own bed or do my own dishes,” she recalled.
{{/usCountry}}“I think the craziest part is that I have daily housekeeping. Not once did I make my own bed or do my own dishes,” she recalled.
{{/usCountry}}“So everyone would be throwing these massive parties and daily housekeeping would come the next day and clean it all up,” she added.
The Canadian student said that while the cost of daily housekeeping is included in the fee, ISB students also have the option to hire personal chefs. “There’s also an additional option of on-campus laundry,” she elaborated, saying students could have someone pick up their laundry, wash, dry and iron it, and have it sent back.
Extremely safe campus
Artika said that ISB is “essentially a gated community” with 24x7 security. The campus, therefore, is extremely safe — and it is common to see people walking around at odd hours. In fact, hardly anyone locks their doors on campus.
“Sudents will need to register visiting guests or Ubers or food orders, but that also means that campus is extremely safe,” she said. “So you will see people walking around at like 3, 4, 5 am. And on the same note, nobody locks their doors. Like, people will just operate on anyone is welcome at any time because there is this massive source of trust and safety on campus.”
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