01/03/2009
Trip to KPMG
The name Vivek has now become synonymous with compassion caring and service. True to the spirit of our school, on 23rd January 2009, the students of class XI; those belonging to the Company Programme visited KPMG, the reputed, highly renowned and one of the top four Auditing firms in the world.
We arrived at KPMG in the morning all geared up to assimilate as much knowledge as possible.. To our delight, the staff had organised a day filled with interactive and informative sessions. Miss Priyanka Sahai, an assistant manager at KPMG, escorted everyone to the video-conferencing room and told us about the history of KPMG.
Mr. Ravi took on by giving a lecture about tax. We were surprised at how little we knew about this essential expense. Auditing was something we were all curious about. Adhir and Mansi did justice to our curiosity when they introduced us to the world of auditing. It was interesting to find out that auditing is one of the few departments that barely gets affected by the ongoing recession. One of the most interesting parts of the day was the mock interview conducted by Mr. Rory, Mr. Hemu and Miss Mansi. Kunwarbir Singh, V.P Finance of InsPIRATED was kind enough to volunteer. We were given tips like how your first walk into the room can decide the course of your interview. We learnt how to conduct ourselves and how we must respond towards our surrounding environment, during the interview.
Our knowledge was further enhanced with the lecture on Corporate Etiquettes. We were given information on how to handle ourselves when confronted with situations like, surprise interview calls, leaving messages on voice mail, sending business emails etc. Corporate Citizenship was a field we were completely alien to; Mr. Rory Wilson gently guided us into this world, explaining that business should not only concentrate on profit but also should give back to the society. Well, they never said earning goodwill was easy! The last, but definitely not the least was the greatest interactive session we ever heard, most efficiently delivered by Mr. Ashish and Mr. Hemu about financial services. It was interactive and we learned through application of self. To test whether our visit had been a fruitful one, we were given a task to perform; a case study of our company. We are proud to say that we delivered and left them impressed.
All in all, it was the most enlightening experience for us students, as well as teachers. The KPMG staff was extremely accommodating, friendly and down to earth. We are extremely grateful for their hospitality but perhaps not as thankful we are to Mr. Venkat Matoory, Mr. Mushtaq Ahmed and Mrs. Harbina Virk for providing us with this opportunity.
And lastly, for people who said that learning couldn’t be fun, can just rethink!
