Indian Institute Of Management, Ahmedabad

This office is tucked away at M.A. Misarwala 991 in Timbapole, right in the Panchpatti area of Kalupur. It is a very old part of Ahmedabad, so the streets are narrow and always full of people and scooters. You can smell the food from the nearby stalls all day long. We work from here, which is quite different from the big modern campuses people usually think of. It is a bit cramped sometimes with all the papers and books we have lying around, but it has a lot of character. We spend our time going through documents and dealing with the daily admin tasks that come with being part of the Indian Institute of Management. The building itself is old, like most things in Kalupur, and the stairs are a bit steep. We have a small desk where we handle the mail and the local visitors who find their way through the lanes to see us. It gets really busy during the festival times because the whole market area outside just overflows. We don't have much in the way of fancy decorations, just the basic stuff we need to get through the workday. The light coming through the windows isn't the best, but we have our lamps. It’s just us doing our part in this crowded, lively corner of the city. We’ve been at this address for a good while and the neighbors know us by name now, which makes the morning commute feel more personal.