Some beginnings are too important to be left to memory.
At NEXIS School of Business, the first cohort didn’t just arrive and attend sessions. They showed up before there was precedent. Before outcomes were guaranteed. Before the story was fully written.
The Founding Cohort Yearbook is a record of that phase.
Not a scrapbook.
Not a highlight reel.
But a formal account of how NEXIS began – in real time.
Why This Yearbook Exists
Most yearbooks look back.
This one documents forward motion.
It captures the first semester exactly as it unfolded: the early decisions, the experiments that worked, the ones that didn’t, and the outcomes that quietly set direction.
This was a cohort that learned business by doing it. By building, testing, consulting, selling, failing, and iterating, all before anything was polished or predictable.
That process matters.
So it’s on record.
What It Records
The yearbook documents facts, not feelings.
- 30+ entrepreneurs and CXOs engaging with students early, not as speakers, but as active collaborators
- 30+ industry-led masterclasses conducted within the first semester
- Live consulting projects, venture builds, dropshipping challenges, finance simulations, AI hackathons
- Student-led clubs executing real outcomes, not activities for formality
These weren’t milestones planned years in advance.
They were built step by step – and documented as they happened.
The People Who Showed Up Early
Founding cohorts are different.
They don’t inherit systems.
They help create them.
The students featured in this yearbook chose to start when the environment was still forming. Industry mentors chose to engage before there was scale. Teams worked without templates, benchmarks, or guarantees.
That early trust – between students, mentors, and the school, is what shaped the foundation.
This yearbook acknowledges that responsibility.
Why This Matters Now
As NEXIS opens Early Bird Admissions for Cohort 2, this record serves a clear purpose.
It shows how the business school operates before numbers grow larger and stories get smoother. It offers transparency into the learning model, the pace, and the expectations.
Not promises.
Proof.
For students exploring business management programs after Class 12, for families evaluating modern business education in Siliguri and East India, this yearbook quietly answers an important question:
How does this place actually work when it starts?
A Beginning, On Record
Business schools are remembered not only for when they scale,
but for how they begin.
The Founding Cohort Yearbook is the first formal record of NEXIS being built – through people, decisions, and outcomes.
No nostalgia.
No exaggeration.
Just the truth of how something serious chose to start.
