IIM Indore Conducts Induction Programme for the new PGP batch

The Post Graduate Programme Batch of 2010-2012 got a warm welcome from Indian Institute of Management, Indore with the induction program held over three days from July 8 2010. On the first day, the event started off with a welcome address from Dr. N Ravichandran (Director, IIM Indore). Dr. L.V. Ramana the PGP, Chair for the batch, introduced the faculty at IIM, Indore to the students.

The session was followed up by a guest lecture from Mr. M. Ayyappan, Chairman and Managing Director of HLL Lifecare, a Global Marketing Organization. Mr Ayyapan drew from his experiences to describe how he steered HLL through rapid growth and expansion by strengthening core business, streamlining operations, innovations and change management. He in his presentation, showed how his clear vision transformed this organization to a multi-technology, multi-location organization. The session was highly appreciated by the students.

The guest lecture was followed by briefing on Computing, Library and other facilities provided by the Institute to the students. The students were then briefed about the Security Norms as well as the Government of India Directive on ‘Prevention and prohibition of Ragging’. The day was concluded on a positive note.

On 9th July, the day began by a briefing from Dr. L.V. Ramana followed by Dr. Sumit Kumar Ghosh, Chair, Hostel and Students Affairs. The briefing was followed by a guest lecture from Mr. Vinay Chhajlani, CEO, Nai Dunia. He shared his experience of how he pursued his dream to be an entrepreneur. He cited various examples from his life emphasizing the importance of focus and determination as essential to success. The lecture was quite insightful and was thoroughly enjoyed by the students. The day concluded with a Mentor-Participant interaction, an initiative taken by the institute whereby a group of students were assigned a faculty as their mentor for the two years in IIMI.

On Saturday, 10th July, a guest lecture from Ms. Rama Bijapukar was organized. She gave a perceptive speech on social and cultural changes in the evolving liberalizing India. She described her mission as bringing “market focus to business strategy�. The 3 day event was concluded in the evening and dinner was organized at the Central Lawn.

The event was appreciated by the new batch. Kaushlendra Singh, a PGP-1 participant, described the event as the “first interaction with corporate life. The sessions were extremely insightful and taught us how hard it is to survive in the corporate world, even after passing out from an IIM. The talk, punctuated with personal experiences of successful entrepreneurs, was effective and made us realise that getting into an IIM is just a stepping stone and not the final destination.�