FAS with Sandeep Gokhale...

        In general... any speech filled with Jargon, management fundae and illogically sounding twisted oxymorons are referred in MBA style as GAS(Garbage Analysis Systems). The word GAS can be used either as a noun or also as a verb for example ...
        "Let us all GAS together at the paper.. after all Relative grading shall definitely GAS us across."
        Somehow something which has emerged as a totally opposite subject is FAS (Financial Accounting Standards).. Oh yeah...i know you must be wondering after my previous totally diabolical stand on anything concerned with Financial subjects, what could have done me in ??
        The answer my dear friends... was Sandeep Gokhale..
        A brief introduction ...Mr.Sandeep Gokhale, Senior V.P of Vedanta Resources (known earlier as Sterlite group) prior to this was the Business Development Mgr for Jindal Steel. Currently he also takes classes to students across various insti. on subjects related to Finance; and is currently taking the subject FAS for us :)
        Here was a person who took us 4 Straight hours of class with only a 15 mins break.. on a sunday morning ... he took a abysmally low point in our day to the zeniths of F.A understandings ....
        Suddenly as if there was a magic charm I have started adoring P&L statements, Cash flows and all other financial instruments...
        The really wonderful aspect was that S.G started with the theoretical part, and then took a tangential practical example (mostly from his Work-exp) and then went to the next tangent and then so on and so forth.. ultimately forming a perfectly round shape bringing us back to the initial understanding !!
        He gave us amazing insights into Taxation, depreciation and everything connected with them..
        Did u know that the company has to file a min depreciation if in case they have to declare dividends ?
        And I really adored the practical example he gave of how the share prices of Tisco did a See-Saw, though the core competency of the group increased substantial..

        All hail S.G :)

        p.s: SPJIMR does have it's own share of experienced Full time faculty, whose CV if i have to list, would have occupied this entire page.... but it is just I haven't been exposed to their classes... and after the first experience with a thorough industry experienced faculty... raring for more