Over 700 Students
Graduate at Institute of Management Technology's Convocation 2008
Institute of Management
Technology Convocation 2007 was organized on 18 March 2008 at Ghaziabad for
the graduating batches of the Ghaziabad and Nagpur Campuses.
Mr. N. R. Narayana Murthy, Chairman of the Board & Chief Mentor of
Infosys Technologies was the Guest of Honour and delivered the Convocation
Address. The President of the Board of Directors of the institute, Mr. Kamal
Nath, Union Minister for Commerce & Industry, awarded the
post-graduate degrees and diplomas.
The Distinguished Alumni Award
instituted in 2005 by IMT, Ghaziabad was awarded to Mr. Subhinder Singh Prem,
Managing Director, Reebok India. The award had earlier gone to Mr.
Rajeev Karwal, Mr. Prasoon Joshi, Mr. Ravi Soni, Mr. Arshi
Narang and Mr. Abhijeet Dutta Ray.
In his keynote address, Mr.
Narayana Murthy urged the students to 'identify as Indians first and foremost,
and to rise above affiliations to religions, castes, and regions; put in the
interest of the nation ahead of personal interests; embrace a disciplined way of
pursuing goals; and be ready to work hard, without cutting corners, even if it
means making short-term sacrifices for long-term success'.
Mr. Kamal Nath exhorted the
graduating students to become 'leaders in every sense; and that in achieving
their own success, they fulfill the dreams that the people of this country have
dared to dream - dreams which have already begun to take shape'.
The ceremony was marked by a
befitting solemnity. Dr. B. S. Sahay, Director, IMT Ghaziabad and Dr.
Anwar Ali, Director, IMT Nagpur, presented the annual reports of the two
campuses and enumerated the significant achievements made by the institute.
In his annual report, the
Director, IMT Ghaziabad, Dr. B. S. Sahay, highlighted the progress made by the
institute in the last year and the high standing it has earned for academic
excellence, research contributions, executive development and industry
interface. He gave the graduating students the mantra of dreaming big, thinking
big and doing big for the nation and the world at large, and urged them to
contribute to the progress of India and to take pride in playing a role in the
nation's success.
Director, IMT Nagpur, Prof. Anwar
Ali, in his annual report spoke of the strides taken by IMT Nagpur and the
growth of the campus in terms of infrastructure, intellectual capital, and
international linkages. He urged the graduating batch to carry the values and
never-ending thirst for knowledge instilled by the institution into their
professional lives.
At the solemn and impressive
ceremony attended by the IMT fraternity and eminent personalities from academic,
industry, government and media, post-graduate degrees and diplomas were awarded
to over 700 students from the Ghaziabad and Nagpur campuses. The
graduating students are placed in some of the best companies.
For the Ghaziabad campus, the
highlight of the placement was the substantial increase in the number of
international offers. Top-ranking companies from diverse sectors such as FMCG,
Telecom, IT & ITES, FI, Manufacturing, KPO and others participated in the
placements. The overall average salary for the PGDM programme at Placement
2008 is Rs. 10.15 Lakhs p.a., with the highest salary being Rs. 17 Lakhs.
The PGDM (Executive) students
also, once again, got excellent placement in diverse sectors such as Consulting,
Projects, Pharma, IT, Real Estate, Airlines. The lateral recruitment process has
ensured that students get credit and leverage for their
relevant work experience. The average lateral salary was Rs. 10 Lakhs p. a.
while the highest salary was Rs. 22 Lakhs.
IMT Ghaziabad witnessed an
increase in number of international offers this year. The highest domestic
salary offered this year was Rs. 17 Lakhs offered by Abhishek Industries -
Trident Group whereas the highest international package offered was $
85,000 offered by Olam International, Singapore.
Multiple offers were allowed to
all the students this year. IMT Ghaziabad changed the process last year itself,
this year almost all students had more than one offer to choose from. This is
proved by the fact that end of placements, there were 522 offers for
340 students, (which is in fact more than double the number of offers many
of the similar campuses have received). Moreover, the lateral candidates could
hold a maximum of 5 offers till accepting one.
The convocation programme
concluded with the buoyant students celebrating their graduation from one of the
top business schools in India and looking ahead to emulating the successes of
the institute's eminent alumni who are today in positions of great
responsibility all across India and the world.
