1,196 students receive degrees at IIM-K convocation
Nivea India managing director Geetika Mehta tells graduating students not to be afraid of unlearning and re-learning, and urges them to have fun while working
The 26th annual convocation of the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode (IIMK) was held at the IIMK campus on Saturday. The convocation, conducted in two sessions, conferred titles and degrees to a total of 1,196 students. As many as 401 female students make for 33% of the graduating batch from eight different programmes.
The morning session witnessed students from IIMK’s Doctoral Programme in Management for Working Executives (PhD – Practise Track), Executive Postgraduate Programme – Interactive Leaning Mode (Kozhikode Campus), and Executive Postgraduate Programme (Kochi Campus) being conferred with their degrees. Hari Menon, cofounder and CEO of BigBasket, was the chief guest on the occasion, while Debashis Chatterjee, CEO and managing director, LTIMindtree, was the guest of honour.
Mr. Menon said creativity, innovation, and and team work were crucial to achieving success. He encouraged the graduates to strive for excellence while also maintaining worklife balance and nurturing hobbies. Mr. Chatterjee said continuous innovations held the key to shape the business of the future.
Degrees to regular fulltime students from DPM (PhD), flagship PGP, PGPBL, PGPFinance and PGPLSM were conferred in the evening session. Geetika Mehta, managing director of Nivea India, presided over the function, while Ama
IIM-K campus on Saturday.
rendu Prakash, Chairman of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) was the guest of honour.
Ms. Mehta told the graduating students not to be afraid of unlearning and relearning, and urged them to have fun while working and never to com
promise on their value systems.
Mr. Prakash congratulated IIMK for its stellar journey and growing national and international reputation.
A. Vellayan, Chairman of the IIMK Board of Governors (BoG), Debashis
Chatterjee, IIMK Director, and members of the IIMK BoG were present.
Transformation
Mr. Vellayan said the educational sector was undergoing significant transformation both domestically and internationally, driven by various forces of change.
“IIMs are not merely academic establishments; they represent national pride and serve as benchmarks that attract admiration from neighbouring nations,” he said.
The IIMK Director said the convocation was a dress rehearsal for life ahead. “IIMK will continue in its mission to ‘Globalize Indian Thought’ and nurturing future leaders to drive positive change in the world of management and business,” he added.