Indian Institute of Management Indore (IIM Indore) has conferred degrees to a large and diverse batch of 747 students with more than 50 percent women students in its 23rd Convocation which was held on April 09, 2022. The Chief Guest for the convocation Mr. Sandeep Bakhshi, Managing Director and CEO, ICICI Bank, delivered the Convocation Address. The event took place in the presence of Mr. Deepak Satwalekar, Chairman, BoG, IIM Indore and IIM Indore’s Director Prof. Himanshu Rai
Key Highlights
- 747 participants from various flagship programmes graduate in total
- Female Participants top PGP and PGPHRM
- Convocation held in offline mode after two years
Program wise Batch Size
Out of total 747 students, the PGP 2020-22 batch had 444 students followed by 5 year Integrated Program in Management with 102 students. The PGP, PGP-HRM, IPM programs have high gender diversity 50% women students in each program as reflected below
|
Programme
|
Male
|
Female
|
Total
|
|
PGP
|
263
|
181
|
444
|
|
PGPHRM
|
17
|
14
|
31
|
|
IPM
|
63
|
39
|
102
|
|
EPGP
|
54
|
2
|
56
|
|
PGPMX
|
65
|
12
|
77
|
|
FPM
|
06
|
07
|
13
|
|
EFPM
|
06
|
01
|
07
|
|
IPM - BA Degree
|
12
|
05
|
17
|
11 Gold Medals Awarded
Eleven Gold Medals were awarded to the students from different programmes out of these 4 Gold medals have gone to flagship PGP program, 2 Gold Medals have been awarded to IPM program and 1 Gold medal has gone to PGP-HRM program. While 3 Gold Medals were awarded to Working Executive MBA program, 1 Gold medal was awarded to EPGP program.
4 Gold Medals for Post Graduate Programme in Management leading to Award of Master of Business Administration
| IIM Indore Gold Medal for Scholastic Performance Rank 1 | Ms. Richa Motwani |
| IIM Indore Gold Medal for Scholastic Performance Rank 2 | Ms. Ande Kaavya Srilekha |
| IIM Indore Gold Medal for Scholastic Performance Rank 3 | Ms. Bhoomika Rustagi |
| IIM Indore Gold Medal to the Best Women participant for Scholastic Performance | Ms. Richa Motwani |
1 Gold Medal for Post Graduate Programme in Human Resource Management leading to Award of Master of Business Administration:
| IIM Indore Gold Medal for Scholastic Performance Rank 1 | Ms. Palak Gupta |
2 Gold Medals for Integrated Programme in Management leading to Award of Bachelor of Arts (Foundations of Management) (under the Dual Degree Progamme) and Master of Business Administration (under the Dual Degree Programme)
| IIM Indore Gold Medal for Scholastic Performance Rank 1 | Mr. Manav Sharma |
| IIM Indore Gold Medal for Scholastic Performance Rank 2 | Mr. Paaras Bhardwaj |
1 Gold Medal for Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management leading to Award of Master of Business Administration
| a) IIM Indore Gold Medal for Scholastic Performance, Rank 1 | Mr. Pankaj Singhai |
3 Gold Medals for Post Graduate Programme in Management for Working Executives leading to Award of Master of Business Administration
| IIM Indore Gold Medal for Scholastic Performance, Rank 1 – Batch 10 (2018-20 Batch 2) | Mr. Nikhil Raj |
| IIM Indore Gold Medal for Scholastic Performance, Rank 1 – Batch 11 (2019-21 Batch 1) | Mr. Shri Suhas Pande |
| IIM Indore Gold Medal for Scholastic Performance, Rank 1 - Batch 12 (2019-21 Batch 2) | Mr. Rahul Andhare |
Students from All Programs Conferred MBA Degree
All the management programs including PGP, IPM, PGP-HRM, EPGP lead to award of MBA degree instead of earlier diploma.
Delivering the Convocation Address, Mr. Sandeep Bakshi shared various lessons he learned during his professional journey with the graduating participants. Sharing his experiences, he advised them to avoid cynicism, arrogance, and resistance – for these hinder a person’s success and said, “‘Do not be arrogant – and don’t let the arrogance of a great persona, wealth, or position ruin your humility. There’s no replacement for hard work, and the concept of having passion, purpose, and positivity would help you achieve your goal.”
Prof. Himanshu Rai, Director, IIM Indore congratulated the Class of 2022 on this occasion. He advised the participants to remain curious, ask questions, and keep learning throughout their journey and said, “The best people are lifelong learners, not frightened to ask for help. Getting support and asking questions will help you succeed” and added further, “Your acumen, capacity for hard work, education, the unique status you have earned, the way you live your life, you protest, the decisions you take - have an impact way beyond your borders - and that’s your privilege. Use this as magic to bring about a positive change in people’s lives.”
Established in 1996, IIM Indore is the 6th in the family of Indian Institutes of Management. Since its inception, IIM Indore has been acting as a leader in the field of management education, interfacing with the industry, government sector and PSUs.
IIM Indore is the second IIM and business school in India to have achieved the Triple Crown consisting of the AACSB, AMBA & EQUIS accreditations. Ranked 6th in the Govt of India, MHRD, NIRF rankings 2021, and 4th in India in QS rankings, IIM Indore became the fourth IIM and fifth Indian business school to be included in the top 100 list on the FT Global MBA Ranking 2021. In the recently released MBAUniverse.com Ranking 2022, IIM Indore has occupied 7th position.
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