IIM Sirmaur Celebrates 4th & 5th Convocation simultaneously: Bids Farewell to 2018-20 and 2019-21 Batch in Virtual Mode; 213 students awarded MBA Degrees

Indian Institute of Management Sirmaur (IIM-Sirmaur) hosted its 4^th and 5^th convocation ceremony on 22 July 2021 in virtual mode. Dr. Naushad Forbes, Co-Chairman, Forbes Marshall was the Chief Guest and delivered the Convocation Address. Shri Ajay S Shriram,Chairman, Board of Governors, IIM Sirmaur and Chairman & Senior Managing Director, DCM Shriram Limited and Professor (Dr) Neelu Rohmetra, Director, IIM Sirmaur also graced the ceremony with their esteemed presence. The convocation was live streamed through IIM Sirmaur’s official website as well as on other social media platforms. The graduating students also connected virtually.

The 4^th convocating MBA batch (2018-20) had 98 students and the 5^th convocating MBA batch (2019-21) consists of 115 students. Ayush Tiwari and Soumit Mukherjee from 4^thbatch received Chairman’s, Gold Medal. Mohammed Sameer received the Director’s Gold Medal and Geoffrey David was awarded the trophy for his all-rounder performance for 2020. Similarly, Shyamsunder from the fifth batch received Chairman’s Gold Medal. Akash Jain received the Director’s Gold Medal and Rajat Shrinet was awarded the trophy for his all-rounder performance for 2021.

IIM Sirmaur MBA Batch Profile: Key Highlights

The Chief Guest on the occasion, Dr. Naushad Forbes, Co-Chairman, Forbes Marshall, delivered the convocation address. Congratulating both the batches. Dr. Naushad invoked the students to prepare for ‘unprecedented leadership’ to deal with these unprecedented times and said, “Having a degree from a premier institute like IIM is a privilege. It means one automatically has opportunities that are distinct and attractive. At the same time, you should be careful in choosing your career. One must enjoy the field of work.” He opined that if the work is challenging, one learns all the time, and these together with the content and right people, it will bring their own rewards. He also referred to the growth story and governing structures of India and China and talked about its future implications. He congratulated IIM Sirmaur for launching the MBA programme in Tourism and Hospitality Management, which is very pertinent to a diverse country like India and highly relevant with a beautiful State like Himachal Pradesh.

Shri Ajay S. Shriram, Chairman Board of Governors in his address congratulated the students and their families for successfully graduating from the institute and talked about five important principles of leadership as caring attitude, technology experimentation, environment sensitivity, proper execution, and expectations from the execution. In his view, a leader must experiment and evaluate the technology and be sensitive to climate change as well. “Artificial intelligence and machine learning are making its markand virtual mode of communication can significantly improve the participation from different people”, he said and highlighted that a leader must not only address the expectations of the shareholders and employees but also expectations of community around.

Professor (Dr) Neelu Rohmetra, Director, IIM Sirmaur  presented the Director’s report and highlighted the achievements and accomplishments of the Institute. Prof. Rohmetra mentioned that despite all odds of the last 1.5 years, the institute has grown significantly. Two new programmes Ph.D  and MBA (Tourism and Hospitality Management) were launched in the year 2020. She also reported that the institute is maintaining near 100% placement record.

Sharing the rise in gender diversity in the new batch, Prof. Rohmetra said, “We have 89 girls students enrolled in 2021, making it nearly 30% of the total enrolment who choose to join IIM Sirmaur this year in 2021.”

Prof. Rohmetra mentioned about the institutional memberships like AACSB, the MoUs signed to promote collaborative research, the scholarships awarded to students and the new programmes launched. All the faculty, staff and students of IIM Sirmaur witnessed the award of degrees, medals and trophies in online mode. Prof. Pradipta Patra, Chairperson Programmes conducted the proceedings. Dr. Vikrant Kaushal was the Master of ceremonies.

Indian Institute of Management, Sirmaur, which became operational in 2015, is one of 20 premier business schools in the country declared as institutions of national importance by the Government of India. IIM Sirmaur, mentored by IIM Lucknow offers full-time two-year residential program in management designed to develop sensitive and future-aware corporate leaders and entrepreneurs.