The 63rd Independence Day celebration was held at Indian Institute of Management Calcutta in traditional enthusiasm and gaiety. The national flag hoisting ceremony was held at 9.00 am at the foreground of the Auditorium in IIM Calcutta campus by Director, Professor Shekhar Chaudhuri in presence of Dean (PI), Professor Saibal Chattopadhyay, Chairman PGP, Professor Prashant Mishra, Chairman Student Activity Council, Professor Manish Thakur, Chief Administrative Officer, Shri Dinesh Varma, President Student Council, Shri K P N Singh and others included officers, staff, students of IIM-C. This was followed by memorable speeches by Director, Dean (PI), Chairman PGP, Chairman Student Activity Council, Chief Administrative Officer and President Student Council with their respective views of thoughts on the day.
JBS BaroC, an institution within IIMC and is represented by the current batch of students offered spell-binding performance with songs from the Rabindranath Tagore's Gitanjali along with an innovative version of Vandemataram with instruments. The programme was concluded with a short play by the students.