238 MBAs Graduate From ISB’s Mohali Campus

A new generation of corporate executives and entrepreneurs graduated from Indian School Of Business (ISB) on April 10, 2016. Rahul Bhatia, Group Managing Director, Interglobe Enterprises was the Chief Guest at ISB’s Graduation Day 2016.

The Indian School of Business (ISB) celebrated the Graduation day of the Class of 2016 of the Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP) and the Class of 2015 of the Management Programme in Family Business (MFAB), at its Mohali campus today. Rahul Bhatia, Group Managing Director of Interglobe Enterprises and the man behind Indigo airlines marked his presence as the Chief Guest at the event.

The Hyderabad campus hosted the Graduation Day of the PGP Class of 2016 and PGPMAX Class of 2015 on April 8, 2016.  Chanda Kochhar, Managing Director and CEO, ICICI Bank was the Chief Guest on the occasion.

Graduation Day at Mohali was celebrated with great zeal and enthusiasm, with students receiving their certificates and posing proudly in their graduation regalia. Adi Godrej, Chairman of the ISB Board, Professor Rajendra Srivastava, Dean, ISB, Pradeep Singh, CEO Mohali campus and Deputy Dean, ISB, other members of the ISB Board,  were seen celebrating the day along with the students, families, faculty, staff and other respected dignitaries.

This year 238 students from PGP Class of 2016 and 37 MFAB Class of 2015 passed out from the Mohali campus. 15 students from the PGP 2016 are currently on international exchange programmes

Rahul Bhatia, Group Managing Director, Interglobe Enterprises gave away the certificates to the graduating students and wished them good luck in their future endeavours. Sharing his experiences on organisational building, he said, “Planning is the key to success. Successful companies break down complex processes into several small processes & then execute them well.’“Have the honesty of purpose and the resolve to practice it all the times”, he added advising the students.

Addressing the cheering students Professor Rajendra Srivastava, Dean, ISB said,“ Keep expanding your horizons and continue to learn along the way. Continue to adhere to the same standards of excellence that you learnt here. Carry forward the spirit of enterprise and create businesses, establish new enterprises and lead people in contributing to a better and equitable society. Do all of this with humility and kindness and share your good fortune with others less fortunate.”

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Sharing his advice with the graduating students, Adi Godrej, Chairman ISB Board said,” I urge you to be responsible towards the society we live in.  Please do remember that being good managers is the basic requirement but being good leaders is what will ultimately matter.  Please lay a lot of emphasis on integrity, not just financial integrity but also intellectual integrity”

List of Awards
The Ceremony saw many awards and accolades given to faculty and students.

Students

ISB Scholar of Excellence
Nikesh Murjani was given ISB Scholar of Excellence. The ISB Scholar of Excellence is awarded in recognition of outstanding academic performance throughout the year.

Chairman’s All Rounder Award
The Chairman’s All Rounder award was given to Shubham Gupta.

Dean’s List
The Dean’s List comprises students who make it to the top ten percentile of the Class for their academic accomplishments. This year a total of 88 students were announced combining both the campuses

Professor of the year
Students also voted for their favorite faculty for the year through the Professor of the Year awards. Professor Anjani Jain was given “Professor of the Year Award for Core Courses” and Professor Piyush Kumar was awarded with the “Professor of the Year for Elective Courses”