673 students graduate from IIMB; eight awarded gold medals
The Hindu
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) held its 48th convocation ceremony on Friday during which 673 students across various programmes graduated. In all, eight students were awarded gold medals for first and second ranks as well as best all-around performance, during the convocation.
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) held its 48th convocation ceremony on Friday during which 673 students across various programmes graduated. In all, eight students were awarded gold medals for first and second ranks as well as best all-around performance, during the convocation.
While 16 students graduated from the doctoral programme, 73 students graduated from the Postgraduate Programme in Enterprise and the Executive Postgraduate Programme in Management. Further, 39 students from the Postgraduate Programme in Business Analytics, and 472 Postgraduate Programme in Management students were also awarded degrees.
Padma Bhushan recipient Baba Kalyani, chairman and managing director of Bharat Forge Ltd., in his convocation address, said, “India as a country is today at the forefront and has emerged as a major force to reckon with. You, as young professionals equipped with learnings from a premier business school, must assume the role of catalysts or agents of change and impress on others the need to think differently. As individuals, we must stop expecting others, including the government or society, to change first. We must instead make ourselves the pivots of change.”
Rishikesha T. Krishnan, director, IIMB, spoke about the golden jubilee celebrations of the institute. “We are planning to celebrate Foundation Week this year instead of just Foundation Day,” he said.
To commemorate the 50th year of IIMB, a special postal cover was released on Friday on the campus by Kaiya Arora, Director of Postal Services (HQ), Karnataka Circle. The cover was designed by the IIMB in association with India Post.
Here is what a few gold medal winners had to say.
Pankaj Jindal — First rank holder, Executive Postgraduate Programme in Management 2022–23
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