L N Mittal, Shiv Nadar, Nitin Paranjpe share success mantras at IIMs, top B-schools

MBA graduates at top B-schools learned success mantras and lessons on work-life balance as eminent corporate leaders and experts like Arcelor Mittal Chairman and CEO L N Mittal, HCL Founder & Chairman Shiv Nadar, HUL CEO & MD Mr. Nitin Paranjpe shared their insight during their convocation addresses at IIMs and other top B-schools over the last one week.

IIM Ahmedabad:
Delivering the convocation address at IIM-Ahmedabad, Mr L N Mittal, Chairman and CEO, Arcelor Mittal asked the bright graduates to dream big and realize the same by consistent efforts.

You have all built an excellent foundation here at IIM Ahmedabad and you may well have some very big ambitions. But dont expect to realize those ambitions overnight. Start with small steps. Set yourself ambitious but realistic targets that will stretch you but that you can achieve within a reasonable time frame. You may want to create a mansion. But recognize that if you want it to be sustainable, there is no pre-fab option available to you. You need to build brick by brick and over time it will take shape, he said.

He cautioned the IIMA- graduates that they should not be complacent as only the MBA degree from this prestigious institute is not a guarantee of success and they need to do a lot more to gain the winning edge. Be under no illusion: Life is tough and being successful in life is even tougher. Success is not going to be handed to you on a plate, just because you have a degree from a top university, he said.

Giving the lesson of life, he said, It is often the difficult times and how one handles them, which are the most defining in terms of lifes achievements and the development of ones own strengths and character.

Giving his own example and encouraging entrepreneurial energy among the budding managers, he said, The real transformational change comes from entrepreneurship. The world needs people who have the desire and motivation to buck the trend, think differently and potentially carve out a path which has not been followed before.

XLRI Jamshedpur and IIM-Udaipur:
Mr. Shiv Nadar, Founder & Chairman, HCL and Shiv Nadar Foundation, addressed the convocation ceremony at XLRI and shared his insight on pursuing a vision as a leader.
Leadership is a state of mind. A leader has a vision. He may not know exactly how to reach those; but he get to find his way to reach his goals he said.
He was also conferred the prestigious Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal for Social and Industrial Peace on the occasion for his contribution towards the shaping of Indian IT Industry.

Mr. Pratip Chaudhuri, Chairman, State Bank of India delivered the convocation speech to the graduating students at XLRI. He congratulated and inspired the students with his words and shared some of his experiences on common challenges which they can face in their future lives as employees.

Mr. Shiv Nadar also shared his insight and success mantras with the first passing out batch of Indian Institute of Management Udaipur (IIMU) as he addressed the convocation held on 22 March, 2013.

MICA
Mr. Nitin Paranjpe, CEO & MD, Hindustan Unilever Ltd and Executive Vice President, South Asia, Unilever addressed convocation at MICA. In his inspirational address to the passing out batch, he said, As future leaders, you should craft a new model of growth because we must find a way to decouple growth with depleting resources and recouple growth with societal welfare. I hope for you the courage to do the right thing. May you make the right choice.

He also spoke on empowering value of education and the increasing power of information and technology was increasingly becoming important for success in different businesses. As a parting thought, he urged the students, as future business leaders, to apply independent thought and answer some simple questions. Is it possible to carry business the way it is, If not, what is your role in shaping tomorrows picture?, Do you have the conviction to find sustainable way of doing business, Do you have resilience to steer the course of the future.

He said the answers to these questions will determine how the graduates go about living their life, whether they choose to take the often trodden path or choose to be a pioneer and create a new path for themselves.

IIM Kozhikode
IIMK celebrated their 15th Annual Convocation with Dr. MM Pallam Raju, Union Minister of HRD as the Chief Guest and Lord Meghnad Desai, Professor-Emeritus, London School of Economist was the Guest of Honour.
Dr. Pallam Raju, Honble Minister of HRD, Government of India in his address spoke of a transition from the world of ideas to a world of action. He encouraged the graduating class of 2013 to choose risk, dare to fall greatly because only in that way you can ever achieve greatness.

He also noted the myriad of challenges facing the country and called upon the graduating students to utilize the values imbibed in them during their stay at the institute in solving these problems. Speaking of the challenges facing his ministry, he mentioned the focus on 3Es- Expansion, Equity and Excellence. Further, he noted the increased emphasis on quality in all aspects of education in the 12th Five-Year Plan. He also emphasized greater need to accelerate the linkage between industry and education and hoped for better innovation from leading institutes like IIMK. He concluded with optimism that the students will keep the patriotic spirit at the forefront while taking up various roles in their professional lives and contribute to the welfare of the society at large.

During the convocation, Lord Meghnad Desai, Professor-Emeritus, London School of Economics, emphasized the ever-increasing opportunities for graduating students in the wake of an irreversible economic shift towards countries like India. When you will retire, India will surely be among the top 3 countries in the world because of the hard work done by your generation. Todays generation is the global generation and children of the new 21st century India, he said calling upon the graduating students to seize the opportunity at hand with zeal and vigour.

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