IFIM gets Ajai Chowdhry, Founder HCL on its AGB; aims to focus on Entrepreneurship

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Amit Agnihotri
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July 2, 2014
IFIM Business School, Bangalore recently invited Padma Bhushan Mr. Ajai Chowdhry, Founder HCL & former Chairman HCL Infosystems to join the B school's Academic Governing Board
I will be mentoring the leadership team at IFIM, especially in new programs and initiatives in the areas of Entrepreneurship, Business Analytics

IFIM Business School, Bangalore recently invited Padma Bhushan Mr. Ajai Chowdhry, Founder HCL & former Chairman HCL Infosystems to join the B school’s Academic Governing Board (AGB).  With Mr Chowdhry on Board the strength of AGB now stands to 13 members at IFIM.

Accepting the invitation to be on the IFIM Board of Governors, Mr Chowdhry said ‘I was impressed with the energy, enthusiasm and commitment of the IFIM team towards building a progressive institution that is focused on transformation of students. When they invited me to join the Academic Governing Board, I gladly agreed. I will be mentoring the leadership team at IFIM, especially in new programs and initiatives in the areas of Entrepreneurship, Business Analytics and Distance Learning.”
 
Mr. Ajai Chowdhry, one of the six founder members of HCL, began an exciting journey three decades ago with a dream to give India its very own microcomputer. HCL, India’s original IT garage start—up founded in 1976, is now Rs 26 thousand crores global enterprise and Mr Chowdhry has been a key force in driving the growth of HCL. He led the foundation of HCL’s overseas operations, starting with Singapore in 1980s and later expanded to the other South Asian Markets. He has been enlisted among India’s Most powerful Brand Builders and has been adjudged among ‘India Inc’s most powerful CEOs’ by the Economic Times in 2011.Mr Chowdhry was conferred with prestigious Padma Bhushan by Honorable President of India as recognition of his consistent contribution in building the IT industry of the nation. Presently Mr Chowdhry has started to focus on incubating entrepreneurship by aiding start-ups through a variety of initiatives. He is currently involved in teaching entrepreneurship at IIT Hyderabad and has recently been appointed Chairman, IIT Patna by Honourable President of India.

Announcing the membership of Mr Ajai Chowdhry to the Academic Governing Board (AGB), Mr Sanjay Padode, Secretary, Centre for Developmental Education said, “We are delighted to have a luminary like Ajai Chowdhry on our AGB. We look forward to Ajai mentoring the leadership team at IFIM towards making it a world class institution and helping us transforms our students into holistic socially responsible and continuously employable professionals.”

IFIM Business School, Bangalore was founded in the year 1995. Over the years it has grown to be amongst the leading B schools in India. In recent times, IFIM has taken a number of initiatives in collaborating with leading academic, research and corporate organizations, for conducting executive education, corporate training, research & consulting. It is one of the few private management institutes that have been approved to offer a PhD program in Management.

 

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