Through a wonderful inauguration ceremony, International Management Institute (IMI) New Delhi welcomed the batch of various programmes of PGDM 2017-2019 at its campus on June 15. The ceremony was graced by the presence of IMI Director-General, Dr. Debashis Chatterjee, Dr. Arvind Chaturvedi, Dean - Academics and Alumni Relations, Dr. V. Chandra, Program Chair (PGDM), Dr. Deepak Tandon, Program Chair (B& FS) and the chief guest for this occasion, Dr. Subramanian Swamy, MP, Rajya Sabha & Former Union Minister.
With the inauguration ceremony on its commencement day, IMI New Delhi has commenced its 25th batch for PGDM; 12th batch for PGDM (HRM) and 4 batch of PGDM (B&FS).
As the sun descended in the evening sky, the atmosphere in the campus shimmered with enthusiasm and fervour for the things to come. The ceremony commenced with the dignitaries lighting the lamp of education, after which Dr. Chaturvedi, Dr. Chatterjee and Dr. Subramanian Swamy were presented with bouquets as a token of gratitude from the institute. Dr. Chaturvedi in his speech welcomed the new batch introducing them to their role ahead in their two- year stay with IMI, New Delhi. He also encouraged the new batch to unlock their potential and unleash their talent to the doors of personal and professional excellence, with the “will to win, the desire to succeed and the urge to reach full potential”. Dr. Chaturvedi’s speech was succeeded by Dr. Chatterjee’s impetus on “Flexpertise” towards the students, in which he emphasised the need for flexibility in the present chaotic management system. He also urged the new students to “chose the pain of conviction, not the path of fear disguised as pragmatism” in their quest of creating value for themselves and their career.
The honourable chief guest, Dr. Swamy was welcomed by Dr. Chandra to the stage. Dr. Swamy, in his enlightening speech, said “It is the Indian ability to perform and outclass amongst various diaspora across the globe, the need is for growing innovation and developing and fostering independent thinking in the post-independence era.” Dr. Swamy advised the new students to foster risk-taking in their DNA and let go of the fear of failure, as the mind is the most fertile in the present age to gain knowledge and connect to the world outside. He also raised the important issue of restoring the status of women in our society, where he emphasised how in a knowledge economy, equality is a must.
The ceremony came to an end with the Dr. Chatterjee presenting a memento to the chief guest, Dr. Subramanian Swamy, for taking out his valuable time to address the students and blessing them with his wishes, wisdom and guidance. The students will kickstart their journey of two years with the key lesson of never being disappointed with failures and keeping the spirit of conformity, acceptability within them towards the path of success.
International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi was established in 1981 in collaboration with IMI Geneva (now IMD, Lausanne). The institute has been ranked 1st in private B-schools in the country and 7th overall among management institutes in India by the Indian Ranking 2016, NIRF, MHRD. IMI has also secured a commendable overall rank of 6th in the latest ranking released by the NHRD (National Human Resources Development).
IMI is also India’s first corporate sponsored Business School with sponsorship from corporate houses like RPG Enterprises, Nestle, ITC, SAIL, Tata Chemicals, BOC and Williamson Magor etc. and various other international linkages with bodies like World Bank, UNDP, ILO, UNCTAD, Asian Productivity Organization etc. Besides this, IMI is one of the empanelled Institute of the Ministry of External Affairs, GOI, for special Commonwealth Assistance Programme under which the Institute gets the executive MBA students from various Afro – Asian countries for its 15 months Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management.
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