First Convocation of IIM Lucknow’s Noida Campus Awards Diplomas to 148 Students

First Convocation of IIM Lucknow’s Noida Campus Awards Diplomas to 148 Students

The first convocation of Indian Institute of Management Lucknow’s Noida campus witnessed 148 students being awarded their diplomas by Dr. J. J. Irani, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIM Lucknow and Dr. Devi Singh, Director IIM Lucknow. Sh. Vinayak Chatterjee, Chairman, Feedback Ventures was the Chief Guest and delivered the Convocation Address.

The Noida Campus of IIM Lucknow is the first initiative by any IIM to set up a second campus wholly dedicated to executive education. IIM Lucknow’s Noida campus runs two main courses: Working Managers Programme (WMP), a three year part time programme for working executives and International Programme in Management for Executives (IPMX), a one year fully residential international management programme for mid-career executives. An important ingredient of the IPMX is a 4 weeks module at Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, Canada.

Out of the 148 students who were awarded their diplomas, 47 students were from the WMP 2005-2008 batch, 56 students from the WMP batch of 2006-2009 and 45 students from IPMX 2008-09 batch.

“We at IIM Lucknow are committed to creating the change-managers for tomorrow and our Noida campus was set up to meet this commitment for executive education. In the short period of 4 years, the campus has already started to become the hub of executive education activities and we believe that this auspicious start would hold us in good stead in the future as well”, says Dr. Devi Singh, Director IIM Lucknow.

The WMP & IPMX batches comprise of students working in different sectors of Banking, Engineering, Sales and Marketing, IT, Telecom, PSU and others.

Some of the major recruiters of IPMX batch included Hero Honda Motors Ltd., Genpact, Aircel, Avaya India Pvt. Ltd., Tata Teleservices, International Oncology Services Pvt. Ltd., ERA Infra Engineering Ltd., Daimler Hero, PDCOR, RR Financial Consultants Ltd., Nokia Siemens Networks Pvt. Ltd. and SKS Microfinance Pvt. Ltd.

The Jobs offered to IPMX students were in the areas of Marketing, Operations, Procurement, Supply Chain Management, Technology Support, Sales, Materials and Enterprise Business. The Job positions offered were in the mid and senior management levels.

“We specialize in honing the skills and talent of the managers and executives to transform them into leaders, by endowing them with the best proficiencies and practices of the industry. These manager/executives turned leaders will guide and motivate many others to achieve success with the help of their enriched experience in their respective sectors” says Prof. Punam Sahgal, Dean, IIM Lucknow’s Noida Campus.

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