The 38th Annual Convocation of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) was held on April 1, 2013 at the IIMB Campus. This year, 560 students graduated from the Institute in the presence of Mukesh D Ambani , Chairman IIMB Board of Governors and Raghuram G Rajan, Chief Economic Advisor, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India. Dr Rajan was the Chief Guest at the event and delivered the Convocation address.
IIMB Director Professor Pankaj Chandra welcomed the guests and gave a report highlighting the achievements during the academic year 2012-2013. The Director acknowledged the generous support of the PGP '86 batch in pledging Rs 1 crore endowment for the institute's research & internationalization efforts. Professor Chandra announced that the new classroom complex will be completed by June 2013, and the sports complex will be ready by year-end.
Professor Chandra congratulating the students said, "The real road to contribution and nation-building begins today. We will be watching your contribution. May you never be afraid to walk the difficult path".
In his Convocation Address, Dr Rajan said, "There is indeed a fundamental commonality between democracy and free enterprise. Both guarantee participation to all, but neither guarantees power or success. Instead, political and economic entrepreneurs try to persuade the public that their product is the best one, and it is collective choice, whether by the electorate or the marketplace, which determines success."
Dr Rajan told students that India is changing, and probably for the better. "India is brimming with ideas and energy, you could teach both the west and the rest the art of combining democracy and innovative technology", he assured. He advised students to take pleasure from the work rather than mechanically strive for greater wealth, rapid promotion or increasing renown which shall give you brief pleasure.
Read the full text of Raghuram G Rajan's speech here.
Delivering the Chairman's speech, Mukesh Ambani said, "As bright young students of India, you have a huge responsibility to channelize your energies and make the change, not only in India but globally. I have always believed that when talent meets opportunity magic happens". Citing his father Dhirubhai Ambani's example, he said though there were lesser opportunities in 1960s, his father made the best use of resources available and now Reliance Industries is in the Top 100 companies of the world. Ambani advised the students to develop the spirit of enquiry and questioning in order to better their status in life. Giving away degrees to the students he said, "IIM graduates are the new ambassadors of Brand India and to move up the ladder of excellence for bigger causes and higher aspirations".
Below is the list of Gold Medalists in each programme:
Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGP)
Post Graduate Programme in Management awarded to 372 students
1st Rank: Raghavendran S
2nd Rank: Dhake Pankaj Jaysing
2nd Rank: Mohd Qasim
Best All-Round Performance: Adeeba Ansari
Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy and Management (PGPPM)
Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy and Management awarded to 24 students
Best Academic Performance: Shilpi Lal
Post Graduate Programme in Software Enterprise Management (PGSEM)
Post Graduate Programme in Software Enterprise Management awarded to 77 students
1st Rank: Gokul T Nair
Best All-Round Performance: Prashant Singh Gangwar
Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management (EPGP)
Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management awarded to 74 students
1st Rank: Nirmal Purohit
Best All-Round Performance: Balagopal Ravibalan
The 38th Annual Convocation of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) was held on April 1, 2013 at the IIMB Campus. This year, 560 students graduated from the Institute in the presence of Mukesh D Ambani , Chairman IIMB Board of Governors and Raghuram G Rajan, Chief Economic Advisor, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India. Dr Rajan was the Chief Guest at the event and delivered the Convocation address.
IIMB Director Professor Pankaj Chandra welcomed the guests and gave a report highlighting the achievements during the academic year 2012-2013. The Director acknowledged the generous support of the PGP '86 batch in pledging Rs 1 crore endowment for the institute's research & internationalization efforts. Professor Chandra announced that the new classroom complex will be completed by June 2013, and the sports complex will be ready by year-end.
Professor Chandra congratulating the students said, "The real road to contribution and nation-building begins today. We will be watching your contribution. May you never be afraid to walk the difficult path".
In his Convocation Address, Dr Rajan said, "There is indeed a fundamental commonality between democracy and free enterprise. Both guarantee participation to all, but neither guarantees power or success. Instead, political and economic entrepreneurs try to persuade the public that their product is the best one, and it is collective choice, whether by the electorate or the marketplace, which determines success."
Dr Rajan told students that India is changing, and probably for the better. "India is brimming with ideas and energy, you could teach both the west and the rest the art of combining democracy and innovative technology", he assured. He advised students to take pleasure from the work rather than mechanically strive for greater wealth, rapid promotion or increasing renown which shall give you brief pleasure.
Read the full text of Raghuram G Rajan's speech here.
Delivering the Chairman's speech, Mukesh Ambani said, "As bright young students of India, you have a huge responsibility to channelize your energies and make the change, not only in India but globally. I have always believed that when talent meets opportunity magic happens". Citing his father Dhirubhai Ambani's example, he said though there were lesser opportunities in 1960s, his father made the best use of resources available and now Reliance Industries is in the Top 100 companies of the world. Ambani advised the students to develop the spirit of enquiry and questioning in order to better their status in life. Giving away degrees to the students he said, "IIM graduates are the new ambassadors of Brand India and to move up the ladder of excellence for bigger causes and higher aspirations".
Below is the list of Gold Medalists in each programme:
Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGP)
Post Graduate Programme in Management awarded to 372 students
1st Rank: Raghavendran S
2nd Rank: Dhake Pankaj Jaysing
2nd Rank: Mohd Qasim
Best All-Round Performance: Adeeba Ansari
Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy and Management (PGPPM)
Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy and Management awarded to 24 students
Best Academic Performance: Shilpi Lal
Post Graduate Programme in Software Enterprise Management (PGSEM)
Post Graduate Programme in Software Enterprise Management awarded to 77 students
1st Rank: Gokul T Nair
Best All-Round Performance: Prashant Singh Gangwar
Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management (EPGP)
Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management awarded to 74 students
1st Rank: Nirmal Purohit
Best All-Round Performance: Balagopal Ravibalan