Press Release
March 17th, 2009
New Delhi
IIM Lucknow confers diplomas on 270 students
The convocation of Indian Institute of Management Lucknow today saw 270 students being awarded their diplomas by Dr. Devi Singh, Director IIM Lucknow and Dr. JJ Irani, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIM Lucknow and Director, Tata Sons. Dr. K. Kasturirangan, Director of National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and Ex-Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was the Chief Guest on the occasion and delivered the Convocation Address.
231 students in the 23rd batch of Post Graduate Programme in Management, 37 students in the 4th batch of Post Graduate Programme in Agri-business Management, and 2 students in 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.
“At IIM Lucknow it has been our endeavour to create young Leaders of tomorrow. Leaders who are real leaders, who lead by example, be it reaching the heights of the corporate world or philanthropic endeavours. Leaders who will live by what they preach, who will govern with justice and above all leaders who will be compassionate”, said Dr Devi Singh, Director, IIM Lucknow.
During the academic year 2007-08, the institute witnessed an all-round growth and in continuance with its march ahead, undertook some significant initiatives, which are listed below:
v The Noida campus of the institute launched its 4th Working Managers Program (WMP) and International Program in Management for Executives (IPMX). The first batch of 65 students in WMP program successfully completed the course during the year.
v 35 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.
v Work on a large number of research projects and consultancy assignments was taken up / completed during the year. 10 consultancy assignments have been completed so far and 16 are in progress. 21 research projects have been completed.
v Five new Faculty Members joined the Institute during the year.
v 75 Management Development Programmes, for 1600 top and senior level management executives, have already been conducted so far, generating a revenue of in excess of Rs. 10.00 crores. 3 Advanced Management Programmes (AMP) for ONGC of 5 weeks duration with Overseas learning component to Europe were held. The 3 AMP programs for RBI executives were held for 2 weeks; in India, Singapore and Malaysia. A 3 month management program has been finalized for next 5 years with Railway Board to train more than 100 executives every year.
v Our International Academic Collaborations with many partner institutions in Europe and North America gained further momentum during the year. We have international partnerships with 22 institutes.
v As part of Social Responsibility to the society, IIM Lucknow is contributing towards the training of trainers. In this direction, programmes have been conducted for Teachers of Management Institutes, Principals of various Schools and Colleges and also the Principals of District Institutes of Education and Training, and Officials of U.P. SCERT.
v In order to provide financial support to the needy and meritorious students, IIM Lucknow continues to offer large number of Scholarships. During the year 2007-08, 28.8 lakhs rupees worth of need based scholarships were disbursed among 46 students.
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