BANGALORE: The 15th Annual Convocation of IFIM Business School, Bangalore was organised on August 6, on the college campus at Electronic City. The convocation was declared open by the Chairman, CDE & Chief editor of Dalal Street Investment Journal V B Padode, followed by the welcome address by Prof B P Pethiya, director, IFIM Business School. Sanjay Padode, secretary - CDE, was invited to join hands in lighting the convocation lamp.
Chief guest Prof V N Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice Chancellor of IGNOU, New Delhi, Bhaskar Bhat, MD, Titan industries Ltd and Sudhir Kant, President, Krishna Antioxidants Pvt Ltd were amongst the dignified panel of guest who graced the occasion by their bighearted presence. Two hundred and five students of the PGDM programme of 2009-11 received their diplomas at the ceremony.
Dr V N Rajasekaran Pillai, vice chancellor, Indira Gandhi National Open University, inaugurated the state of the art computer centre at IFIM Business School and emphasised that well augmented learning facilities will go along in transforming IFIM Business School into a paperless and green education centre. .Prof Pethiya, in his welcome address, mentioned that convocation is the culmination of the relentless efforts of the students, faculty, management, stakeholders and parents. He formally announced a new scholarship of ` 1 Lakh for girl student funded by Shri V B Padode Foundation. He also conferred for the first time ‘The distinguished alumni Award” to Debtosh Chatterjee and Gunit Singh from the first Batch (1995-97) of IFIM. He concluded his speech wishing the graduates a prosperous and peaceful life.