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Campus Jockeys: Jayesh Jagasia and Nisha Surendran, radio Jockeys of K-dio.

“My basic idea when I started this was to improve the interaction on the campus. I wanted to get the faculty to discuss academic or other topics with the students. Also we tried to do interviews and feature events going on in the campus,” says Deepak, a second year student of IIM-K, who provides the technical input for the campus radio. It is hosted on the intranet and can be accessed by the student community at IIM-K on their computers.

The first K-dio show went on air during Backwaters, IIM-K’s business-cum-cultural fest this January, with the Radio Jockey (RJs) of the show Jayesh Jagasia and Nisha Surendran conducting phone-ins, playing requests and giving updates on the current activities on campus.

Nisha Surendran said that it was a lot of fun to be a RJ for the K-dio. “You network with a lot of friends. Also, you have to keep thinking what to say next,” she points out. There are also chats on what is happening on the campus, with jokes also being cracked.

Nisha says that the role of RJ in K-dio has helped develop her communication skills.

Deepak points out that management graduates should have good public speaking skills. “Actually, the general perception is that IIM graduates are all bookworms. It is not so. Here you find a lot of talented people, good singers etc. K-dio is an opportunity for such talented people,” he says.

K-dio is broadcast once a week, usually during weekends, at midnight. Kiranjyot, a second year student feels K-dio is an opportunity to ‘unwind,’ especially after a gruelling academic session. It is also a publicity tool for any event being held on the campus.

Occasionally K-dio gets hold of a visiting professor and airs his/her views for the students to listen to. “In class, it is an academic environment. But to a visiting professor, on K-dio, you can ask a lot of questions. Also, it is a medium of expression for the students for any topic under the sun,” says Subhojit, a second year student.

Not only visiting professors, but also visiting sports teams also cannot escape from the spotlight of K-dio. Recently, when the IIM, Bangalore cricket team came to play a match against IIM-K’s team, K-dio got hold of the IIM-B cricket team captain.

Nisha recalls that the students like the music that they play on K-dio. Music is one of the reasons that gets Kiranjyot also glued to radio. “You don’t have to concentrate much while listening to K-dio. You can listen to it, even when you are doing a project,” says Subhojit.

How about continuing the radio activities in a situation where every batch passes out after two years? “Yes we are grooming RJs and other people for continuing the radio. We have found a few among the junior batch. We will pass it to them once we finish our course,” says Deepak.

Is K-dio aiming high? “We are informally talking with other IIMs to have a network,” says Deepak.

Managing the campus radio is not only giving them a few management lessons, but also entertaining the students, making them connect to one another. K-dio has, nearly one year after its inception, become an integral part of campus life in IIM-K.

J. S. BABLU

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