FLY OUT, LIVE YOUR DREAMS

The 18
th
Annual Convocation ceremony of IFIM B-School, Bangalore was graced by the presence of Mr.
Ajai Chowdhry - Co-founder of HCL, Professor S. Sadagopan - Director, IIIT, Bangalore as the guests of
honour and Dr. K.C. Chakrabarty - Former Deputy Governer of RBI as the Chief Guest.
The Convocation was declared open by Mr. V.B. Padode, Chairman, the Centre for Developmental
Education.
Dr. S Bhaskaran, Director of IFIM B-School delivered the Annual Report where he enlisted ten
achievements of the institute in the past academic year, such as the introduction of the Analytics lab,
the Finance lab, the Simulation Centre and a few others.
This was followed Dr. R.S. Nirjars welcome speech, who spoke briefly about new beginnings and the
bond of the IFIM family.
The guest of honour Mr Ajai Chowdhry, was then welcomed on the dais. He instilled a sense of pride in
the students by portraying the bright future which is ahead of them, revolving in a world of improved
technology, brain scanning skills and nanotechnology. He urged the students to utilize the progress in
Information technology to achieve their dreams.
The second guest of honour, Prof. S. Sadagopan, enthralled the audience by adding a unique angle to
the IT sector by changing the acronym IT to Indias Tomorrow where the young graduates of the day
hold the torch to a brighter tomorrow.
The convocation address was delivered by Dr. K.C. Chakrabarty, who spoke of the expectations from a
true leader A leader must be able to deliver, for which they must have a vision, a strategy and a plan
of action. He threw light on the courage gap in todays generation along with the necessity of not just
being a graduate but being literates of the third generation. He enlightened the students of the wisdom
and foresight which has been imparted to them by the institute, and concluded his address by
elaborating on a quote by Leo Tolstoy Everyone wants to change the world, but no one wants to
change themselves.
The ceremony was continued by gracing the meritorious students and presenting all the 183 graduates
with their degrees. It was a joyous occasion for the students and a moment of pride for the parents to
see the end result of their childrens transformational journey at IFIM.