New Delhi: The academic year with the fourth (2018-2020) and fifth (2019-2021) annual convocation was concluded in the virtual mode by the IIM Sambalpur on Monday.
As many as 187 students were feted in the convocation with the fifth batch that has the highest gender diversity across all IIMs with 46 female students among a total strength of 95.
IIM Sambalpur’s fifth graduating batch has achieved 100 per cent placement despite the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chairman and Managing Director, JSW Group, Sajjan Jindal was the chief guest on the occasion. “These young leaders are the torch bearers of hope, and the society is looking up to for resilience during a disruption. This generation has learnt several valuable lessons at a young age from this pandemic that is how to negotiate extreme uncertainty and how to make better choices under extreme unpredictable conditions,” Jindal was quoted as saying by NDTV while congratulating the students.
“These are among key lessons that will surely help and guide these students in a post covid world. We must remember the famous Japanese Proverb “Nana korobi, ya oki” which means fall down seven times, stand up eight and never quit our endeavours no matter how many times we fail,” added Jindal.
“I am very pleased to see 187 graduating students from the two batches and I convey my heartiest congratulations to each one of them. I am positive that the precious time they have spent at IIM Sambalpur will go a long way in creating a solid foundation for a brilliant career in whichever field they choose to explore on,” IIM Sambalpur Board chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya said.
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