IFIM B-School hosts its 23rd convocation ceremony

On June 10, Bangalore based IFIM B-School, one of the top six B-schools in India to have been awarded the coveted AACSB accreditation, celebrated its 23rd annual convocation at its campus in Electronic City. On the occasion, 249 students of the 2017-2019 batch received their post-graduate diplomas in the presence of chief guest Dean Simon Mercado, dean ESCP London, and guest of honour Dr. Bala Bharadwaj, managing director at Boeing India Engineering and Technology Center.

Delivering the convocation address, Dr. Mercado said, “IFIM Business School has been adding trained workforce to India’s reservoir where these students will be the change agents and will lead the fourth industrial revolution that the world is observing today. A deep sense of social responsibility and humanity that has been inculcated in these future leaders, will help them grow in their career with responsibility.”

Dr. Bharadwaj said, “It is a great honour to be part of this special occasion. I would like to congratulate the graduates and it is my privilege to guide the talented bunch of enthusiasts in their process of becoming professionals from students. I would like to give a ‘TIP’ to these budding entrepreneurs. Working in collaboration with ‘Transparency’ will be the core strength of a professional where truth and integrity will be the key. ‘Innovation’ will drive the creativity and success where ‘People’ will be the centre of businesses. The right balance of these will lead to the right management techniques for our country, leading to successful businesses and the growth of our economy.”

In his inaugural speech, Dr. Atish Chattopadhyay, director, IFIM Business School said, “We at IFIM, remain committed to providing a superior learning experience to our participants, which provides them with the advantage of having a strong global orientation with sensitivity towards distributive justice while being relevant to practice. It has been our endeavour to introduce such pedagogical innovations where participants can discover knowledge through experiences and personal reflections. We believe that ‘Doing’ leads to ‘Knowing’. To further strengthen the exposure to global best practices, starting this year, we introduced the idea of ‘International Super-specialization’ to provide our participants inputs on advanced courses of specialisation at the top global B-schools in new age disciplines. IFIM Business School today offers its participants an opportunity to take specialised courses in partnering schools like McCombs at Texas at Austin for Big Data and Blockchain, Stanford University for Design Thinking and Innovation, ESCP London for Fintech and Digital Transformation; and the University of Virginia for MarTech. Today, we recommit ourselves to nurturing holistic, socially responsible and continuously employable professionals.”

The convocation was presided over by V B Padode, chairman, Center for Developmental Education (CDE), and dignitaries from the corporate world, the board of governors of IFIM, the alumni of the institute and proud parents of the graduating batch, which included both regular and executive PGDM students.

The convocation concluded with celebration by the graduates who are ready to step into professional life and their proud parents.

The following awards were given to the top students.

Best all-rounder

Srishti Gupta

Programme Toppers

PGDM- Shreyas Srivastav

PGDM (Finance)- Swati D Hegde

PGDM (International Business)- Abhisek Poddar

PGDM Executive- Snehanshu Mitra

Director’s Top 10

Shreyas Srivastav

Krithika K R