ASBM 8th Annual Convocation Held
The Eighth Annual Convocation of Asian School of Business Management’s 2013-15 PGDM batch took place within the institute’s campus amidst great fervour and joyfulness on the 4th of April, 2015.This much anticipated passing-out ceremony saw students being awarded the coveted diploma and among this Anshuman Patra a student of this graduating batch received the Infinity Gold Medal for being the topper in academics in Post Graduate Diploma in Management and the Director’s Gold Medal sponsored by State Bank of Hyderabad for being the best all-rounder student of the batch 2013-15.In his address, Prof. (Dr.) Biswajeet Pattanayak, Founder-Director ASBM, commented by saying “Today is the special day when one generation of students will step out of their alma-mater into a professional life which commands enormous responsibility and accountability” and asserted that “after achieving the coveted International Accreditation of SAQS, ASBM is continuing with its journey of excellence and has opted to undergo the process for second international accreditation from USA, namely Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programmes (ACBSP).” He concluded by saying that like any business school of great repute, ASBM believes in competency building of its students in a continuous and sustained manner and in the campus recruitment drive cent percent placement has been achieved by the graduating batch this year in reputed organizations like Asian Paints, Berger Paints, Axis Bank, Reliance Communication, GATI-KWE, Shoppers Stop, ITC, Vodafone, ICICI Securities, SBI Life Insurance, Reliance Securities, Bisleri, etc., which reinstates the value proposition of the institute.
Shri Jyoti Ghosh, MD, State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur and Guest of Eminence on the occasion opined to the students that their constant endeavour to imbibe knowledge and skills have made them bag the best jobs in their campus placement drive and they “are a living testimony to the plethora of efforts being put by the institute to advance itself to greater heights in the society by redefining management education in the country.”
The Chairman of the Board of Governors of ASBM, Shri G. Upadhyaya, Former CMD NALCO, propounded to the graduating batch that “the foundation of every state is the education of its youth and ASBM has become the natural choice for top recruiters in the country to select the very best talent in management due to the unconventional and exceptional practices instituted in its curriculum”. He concluded by saying that the institute will always stand for exceptional learning and experience and students of ASBM are truly fortunate for having chosen this institute from the start – a wise decision that will always pay dividends in richness and will them steadfast across all life’s facets.
Shri Manoj Misra, CMD, Cement Corporation of India Ltd and Chief Guest on the occasion said that “I am indeed honoured to be a part of such precious moment and glad to find that ASBM is devoting a lot of its time and energy in developing the personalities of the students for occupying future managerial and leadership roles through innovative inputs in areas like time management, personal effectiveness, self-awareness, competency mapping, corporate and business etiquette, communication and social skills etc. which will be of great help in facilitating as successful leaders.
The convocation came to an end with the declaration of announcement of the completion of the process and jubilant students of the graduating batch congratulated each other as a mark of respect and fellowship and gratitude towards the institute. The convocation was attended in huge number by the parents, corporate executives, alumni of previous batches and guest.