IIM Lucknow confers Diploma to 316 students

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15th March, 2010

IIM Lucknow confers Diploma to 316 students

The convocation of Indian Institute of Management Lucknow saw 316 students being awarded their diplomas by Dr. Devi Singh, Director IIM Lucknow and Mr. Meleveetil Damodaran, Ex-Chairman, SEBI who was the Chief Guest on the occasion and delivered the Convocation Address.

298 students from the 24th batch of Post Graduate Programme in Management, 18 students from the 5th batch of Post Graduate Programme in Agri-business Management, and 4 students from the Fellow Programme were awarded their diplomas at the convocation. And as graduates, they are about to swell the ranks of about 3500 IIML alumni, whose continuing support helps build the Institute's ongoing reputation and community support.

Ms. Ramya S. was awarded with the Chairman’s Gold Medal along with Reshma Sareen Memorial Medal for Best Girl Student, while Mr. M. Yugandhar received the Directors Gold medal. The other awards included PGP Chairman’s Medal which was received by Mr. Ram Kishan Agrawal, Budhiraja Medal for Best All Rounder went to Mr. Sharat Chander and Bizkool Medal for the Best Student in Information Technology was awarded to Mr. Ashutosh Agarwal.

‘At IIM Lucknow we adopt a holistic approach to Management Education. Each graduating student is trained to be a manager of today and a leader of tomorrow, someone who governs with essence of conscientiousness, and has a dynamic approach to any kind of situation at any level of organization’ says Dr. Devi Singh, Director, IIM Lucknow.

During the academic year 2009-10, the institute witnessed an all-round growth and in continuance with its march ahead, undertook some significant initiatives, which are listed below:

Ø The Noida campus of the institute launched its 5th Working Managers Program (WMP) and International Program in Management for Executives (IPMX). A batch of 52 students in WMP program successfully completed the course during the year.

Ø About 92 research contributions, in the form of books, book chapters, book reviews, published papers, conference/seminar papers, case studies, and working papers, have already been published during the year so far. Several research contributions of faculty members received national and international recognition and bagged prestigious awards.

Ø Work on a large number of research projects and consultancy assignments was taken up / completed during the year. 06 consultancy assignments have been completed so far and 15 are in progress. 06 research projects have been completed.

Ø Five new Faculty Members joined the Institute during the year.

Ø 85 Management Development Programmes, for 1800 top and senior level management executives, have already been conducted so far, generating a revenue of in excess of Rs. 14.00 crores. The MDPs are attracting many international participants and IIML is also receiving requests for conducting programmes abroad.