News

[August 13, 2021]: Today, the Indian School of Business (ISB) celebrated its 20^th graduation ceremony with N Chandrasekaran, Chairman, Tata Sons as the Chief Guest.  692 students of Hyderabad (481) and Mohali (211) campuses graduated with laurels. Students of PGP (class of 2021), FPM (Fellow Programme in Management) and founding class of EFPM (Executive Fellow Programme in Management) took part in the E-Graduation Ceremony.

Congratulating the graduates, Chief Guest N Chandrasekaran said, " All of you are graduating at a pivotal moment in time. We have experienced advancement that we could not have imagined—from scientific breakthroughs to new ways of learning, living, and working”. “This is a tremendous opportunity for India to change and better itself. And this opportunity is your opportunity. For the world is being rethought, and soon it will be rebuilt. Never before has there been such an opening for bold new ideas”, he added.

 “I believe that the new India that emerges in the coming decade can be the global leader in R&D, science and technology, AI, advanced manufacturing and next generation products and services. We have the right human capital. We have the scale. We just need to make the right investments. And for that, we need to start with the fundamentals”, underlined N Chandrasekaran.

Earlier, addressing his first graduation ceremony as the Dean of the ISB, Professor Madan Pillutla said, "After completing two decades of meaningful and eventful years of national contribution, ISB is in for more promising and exciting times ahead. With the varied intellectual and physical resources at ISB's disposal today, I believe we have the responsibility to contribute a lot more to India. The third decade of ISB should be about impact and transformation."

Harish Manwani, Chairperson of ISB Executive Board, Rakesh Bharti Mittal, Chairperson, Mohali Campus Advisory Board, Professor Madan Pillutla, Dean ISB and members of the ISB Board, joined virtually in the celebrations along with students, families, faculty, staff, alumni, and other dignitaries.

Harish Manwani, Chairperson ISB Executive Board, congratulating the students, said, "For a successful business, 'values' and 'purpose' are more important than ever, as are 'people' in these trying times. Organisations should become more agile and resilient to encounter any unprecedented challenge.”  ISB will continue to equip its students to become future-ready and enable them to usher in futuristic and innovative growth models worth emulating by others, he added.

The graduation ceremony also celebrated the accomplishments of its students by announcing awards to students who excelled in academics and extra-curricular activities and those who had demonstrated exemplary leadership skills throughout the year. Siddhant Gupta from the Mohali campus and  Tanya Sri Yerra from the Hyderabad campus received the gold medals for topping the class. ISB Parmeshwar Godrej Award, which is given to honour the memory of the late Ms. Parmeshwar Godrej to an Exemplary Woman Student who has a strong commitment to social causes, was presented to Ridhi Vohra from Co2021.

The ceremony culminated with a vote of thanks by Professor Milind Sohoni, Deputy Dean Faculty and Research.

About ISB

The Indian School of Business (ISB) is a global business school offering world class management education to professionals at its two LEED rated green building campuses – Hyderabad and Mohali. A rich and vibrant pool of research-oriented resident faculty, robust academic partnerships, thriving alumni network, and backing of an influential board and guidance of industry’s thought leadership has enabled ISB to fast emerge and consolidate itself as a premier global business school in the emerging markets. The school is also one of the largest providers of executive education in Asia and the most research-productive Indian management institution.

The school, over the last twenty years has grown at a rapid pace and has earned several prestigious accolades. ISB is the youngest business school to consistently rank among the top global MBA programmes. In December 2019 Poets & Quants gave ISB an integrated ranking of #16 worldwide across FT, Forbes and Bloomberg Businessweek. The resident faculty is ranked in the top 25 globally in terms of per capita research productivity in the leading global management journals.  ISB had the honour of receiving accreditations from the Association of MBAs (AMBA), EFMD Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) and the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). ISB gains the unique distinction of becoming the 100th business school in the world to achieve the coveted ‘Triple Crown’ accreditations- AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB. ISB envisions to become an internationally top-ranked, research-driven, and independent management institute that grooms future leaders for India and the world. To know more about ISB, please visit: www.isb.edu.