‘Graduating batch of 2020-22 overcame challenges amid Covid’
724 degrees awarded; nine meritorious students bag medals
LUCKNOW : It was a rollercoaster ride for the students of the graduating batch of 2020-22 who were inducted into the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, (IIML) in the first wave of the Covid pandemic in mid-June 2020 but were able to overcome various challenges and uncertainties. This was how director, IIML, prof Archana Shukla summed up their journey. She also said it had been a pleasure to have seen them grow.
Speaking at the 36th convocation of the institute held in offline mode on Saturday, chairman of board of governors, IIM Lucknow, Natarajan Chandrasekaran congratulated the students and talked about different futuristic and current trends such as sustainable development, safety, data and technology, healthcare and disruptions in supply chain among others.
“The future is definitely going to be distinctly different. Again, there are many trends that have emerged. Some of them are due to the pandemic, some others due to geopolitical order and some due to a combination of factors over the last two years. Clearly, the world is rebalancing,” he said. Sanjeev Mehta, chairman and managing director, Hindustan Unilever, was the chief guest at the event.
724 degrees awarded
In all, 724 students were awarded degrees of which 441 received degrees in agribusiness
management (PGP ABM), 109 students from international programme in management for executives, 27 in PGP sustainable management, 63 in working executives, 22 in fellow programme in management and 15 in executive programme in management.
Medal winners share success mantra
A total nine students also bagged medals at the convocation ceremony. They said hard work and consistency is necessary to achieve goals. In the category of post graduate programme (PGP) in management, Manu Gupta bagged the chairman’s gold medal. He said, “In the online
mode, the institute supported our studies. The transition was very smooth but then again online mode is not a perfect substitute for in person interaction and learning.” He is looking to work in management consulting in future. Shoury Anand, who won the director’s medal by securing second rank in twoyear PGP, wants to do strategic projects in multiple industries. “My success mantra is to set an ambitious goal and complete it with consistent hard work,” he said. Heet Shah also received the PGP chairman’s medal. Recipient of the Harishankar Singhania Medal for best all-rounder, Sathya Sahay said he planned to do something in entrepreneurship
in the long term. Pallavi Priya, winner of the chairman’s gold medal for PGP in sustainable management also got placed in a consultant firm.
Akhil Kumar Gupta, who bagged the chairman’s gold medal for securing first rank in IPMX programme, said, “My plan is to go into strategic management goals. You just need to do what the teachers are saying to succeed. .”“My success mantra is to excel in all the fields. I am a chartered accountant and doing my MBA. I want to gain more knowledge in managerial sector,” said Sagar Ambarish Sodha, who won the director’s medal for securing second rank in IPMX programme.