44th Annual Convocation
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta honoured its passing out students with their diplomas on 4th April 2009 in its 44th Annual Convocation. The ceremony was presided over by Mr. Ajit Balakrishnan, the Chairman of Board of Governors of IIM Calcutta in presence of Mr. K.V.Kamath, MD & CEO, ICICI Bank and Prof. Shekhar Chaudhuri, Director of IIM Calcutta. Also present on the dais were Prof. Prashant Mishra, the Chairperson of Post Graduate Programmes, Prof. Bhaskar Chakrabarti, the Chairperson of Fellow Programme and Research, Prof. Biju Paul Abraham, the Chairperson of Post Graduate Programme for Executives, Prof. M.N.Pal, the Chairperson of Post Graduate Programme for Executives for Visionary Leadership in Manufacturing and members of the Board of Governors and the faculty.
214 students were honoured with Post Graduate Diploma in Management, an equivalent of MBA and the flagship title from IIMC. 54 students were honoured with Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Aided Management, also an equivalent of MBA and the other flagship title of IIMC. 7 students were honoured the title of Fellow in Management, an equivalent of PhD. Apart from these, 37 students were honoured with Post Graduate Diploma in Management for Executives, the one year fast track course for company Executives. 29 students were honoured with Post Graduate Diploma in Management for Executives for Visionary Leadership in Manufacturing.
Placed in the institute honour roll for their excellent performance in academics (PGDM) were Natarajan Shankar, Mehul Agarwal, Prasoon Saurabh Jain, R Anand, Lad Prasad Bhaskar and Souvik Chakraborty. Arnab Ray and Rakesh T P were placed in the honour roll for PGDCM. Piyush Singhi received the award for Best Finance Student. Rahul Shanu received the award for Excellence in Marketing. Indibar Mondal received the Bengal Chamber of Commerce award in the area of Human Resource Management. In Extra Academics, K Anantha Krishna received the B.S. Dua Memorial Prize for Organizational Ability. Harsh Vardhan Chhaparia received the Bharat Chamber of Commerce Medal for the most balanced and progressive outlook to management problems. Swetha Vigraham received the Pawan Tyagi prize for the best sportsperson of the year 2008. Atul Mathur received the Dr. B.C.Roy memorial prize for the most outstanding contribution to campus life in the year 2008.
As the Chairman, Board of Governors declared the convocation closed after a three hour ceremony, yet another batch of students became a part of the illustrious alumni of the institute. The Chairman, PGP, in his closing address expressed confidence in the fact that these students would further enhance the brand of the institute. We, the present students of IIM Calcutta wish the passing out batch a life full of joy, happiness and success.
Rahul Dasgupta
PGP Students’ Representative
April 4th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
@rahul – Very well drafted … Even links in papers about IIMC convo can be given for reference i think..
April 8th, 2009 at 9:32 am
It feels fantastic!!
@Pi Batch: Love you guys!