CONVOCATION 2010

  

Institute of Management Technology Ghaziabad, Nagpur Organizes Convocation 2010

Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad and Nagpur jointly organized Convocation 2010 on March 20, 2010. The Chief Guest was Dr. Vijay Mallya, Chairman UB Group, and the function was presided over by Shri Kamal Nath, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India and President Board of Governors, Institute of Management Technology. Other dignitaries gracing the occasion were Mr. Bakul Nath, Vice-President, IMT, Dr. Anwar Ali, Director IMT, Ghaziabad and Dr. Rajendra Naragundkar, Director, IMT, Nagpur.

Dr. Vijay Mallya in the convocation address stressed on the importance of self – confidence and creative thinking in his convocation address. He urged the students to believe in themselves and face the world with self – confidence. He said that India offered the largest unique opportunity for development considering the fact that India has a very young average age demographically. He said that the future of the country lay on the students. For young energetic minds, now being trained to think by faculty, collective knowledge of both experience and innovation is necessary.

He stressed on the need to build upon this foundation that the outgoing batch has been fortunate enough to get. He gave the example of Kingfisher’s strategy. Although advertising alcohol is banned in India, Kingfisher has been able to achieve the status of being the largest home – grown indigenous brand sold in over 55 countries. Dr. Mallya said that we must talk to a brand and the brand needs to talk to us. Visual image is important but a brand should be a visual communicator. This is what differentiates a brand from a super brand.

“Please be leaders. Don’t be followers. You can create, you can innovate. The fundamental requirement is confidence in you. Let your confidence be your biggest strength. And let your creative mind think out of the box. If u do it, this country is in very safe hands with youngsters like you.” were Dr. Mallya’s concluding statements.

Shri Kamal Nath mentioned that the global economy is just about recovering from one of the worst recessions it has experienced in eight decades – some economists say: the worst recession, period. Whichever way one looks at it, it is undeniable that the last two and a half years mark an inflection point – the post-recession world that we shall experience, in economic terms, is unlikely to resemble the world that preceded the recession.

Dr Anwar Ali, Director, IMT Ghaziabad in his annual report was upbeat about the overall academic and extra curricular achievements. IMT Ghaziabad has been ranked as one of the top ten business schools of India along with IIMs in surveys conducted by Career 360, Business India, Open C-fore, Outlook, CSR-GHRDC and Indian Management Survey.