IIM Lucknow Confers
Diplomas on 259 Management Students
The convocation of Indian
Institute of Management Lucknow saw 259 students being awarded their
diplomas by Dr. J. J. Irani, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIM Lucknow,
and Director, Tata Sons. Shri Subramaniam Ramadorai, CEO &
Managing Director,
Tata Consultancy Services, who was to deliver the convocation address,
but due to some emergent personal situation could not come to Lucknow to do so.
In his absence, Dr. J. J. Irani, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIM Lucknow and
Director, Tata Sons delivered the convocation address.
235 students in the 22nd batch
and 2 students in the 21st batch of Post Graduate Programme in Management
and 21 students in the third batch of IIML�s innovative Post Graduate
Programme in Agri-business Management were awarded their diplomas at the
convocation. Besides, 1 student in the Fellow Programme, the doctoral
level programme at the institute, received his title at the convocation.
"Today, the world is looking at
India for providing the leadership role in the 21st century. Our students have
always been able to prove their capabilities and will once again be equal to the
task of leadership. We believe that the reason for the success of our students
will be the firm grounding that the students receive in global businesses and
local processes - Glocal is the mantra at IIM-L," says Dr. Devi Singh,
Director, IIM Lucknow.
IIM-L completed with its
placement procedure on 7th March 2008. The institute successfully placed all its
256 graduating students this year. There were 586 offers made to 256
students (against 554 last year), including 32 international offers
(against 28 last year). This year also saw the third Agri-business Management
Batch passing out with flying colours. Various organizations participating in
the ABM placement process were ITC, Reliance Industries, Cadbury, ICICI
Prudential, ICICI Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and Reliance ADAG, among others.
Dr. J. J. Irani, Chairman, Board
of Governors, IIM Lucknow and Director, Tata Sons, delivered the Convocation
Address. He congratulated the students and wished them all the best. Dr. Irani
also shed light on how the Indian corporate sector has come of age and
transformation is the name of the game. He also touched upon the role of
business ethics and corporate social responsibility for business sustainability.
As IIM Lucknow comes of age, it
has announced the launch of a new programme at its Noida Campus.
International Programme in Management for Executives (IPMX), will be
launched at the Noida campus in April 2008, with an important component of 4-5
weeks at Faculty of Management at McGill University Campus. Another main
highlight of IIM-L Noida Campus will be the setting up of the National
Faculty Development Centre to train and upgrade management faculty.
Some major initiatives that have
been taken during the year include: -
The increase in student intake in
the Post Graduate Programme from the current 240 to 330 in 2008
144 research contributions have
been published
During the year, the institute
also carried out 15 consulting assignments and 25 research projects
Revenues from MDPs have gone up
more than 3 times and stands close to Rs. 10 Crore
Faculty strength has gone up to
66
86 students received need-based
scholarships worth Rs. 48 Lakhs
