The Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH) held its 21st Annual Convocation on Saturday, November 7, 2009 at the Greater Noida campus of the MBA institute. The Chief Guest was the former President of India, Bharat Ratna Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam.

The Convocation ceremony started with the welcome address by Jayashree Mohta, Chairperson, Board of Governors, BIMTECH.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Harivansh Chaturvedi, Director, BIMTECH, informed that the institute is planning to open new campuses in Bhubaneswar, Orissa and Sonepat, Haryana.

Said Dr Chaturvedi, “I am glad to report that we have been invited by two state governments, Haryana and Orissa to open campuses in their states. BIMTECH has been recently allotted 29 acres of land at Bhubaneswar, Orissa and 7.5 acres at Sonepat, Haryana.”

BIMTECH is also planning to launch new MBA program at its current campus. “We have decided to launch a separate MBA course on ‘Sustainable Development’ from the next academic year,” Dr. Chaturvedi mentioned. According to him, the unprecedented global recession which has affected the world business has led the MBA institute to develop this new MBA program.

The convocation awarded the Diplomas to the 2007-09 batches of Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM), PGDM – International Business, PGDM – Insurance Business and PGDM – Retail Management.

After awarding the Diplomas to the successful students in each department, gold medals were presented for academic excellence to the successful students by the chief guest, Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam.