A physical convocation, at last. After 2019, a gap of three years. Last two were held online, and though well-attended, the excitement this time was palpable. The Chief Guest was from IBM Consulting, and heads DevOps and AI OPs practice. The emcees were Rakshita and Nikhiel from MBA batch 12. Exec PGDM students of Batch 25 also graduated along with MBA 11.
Had an informal meeting with the Convocation Chief Guest for the upcoming convocation at NMIMS Bangalore-Ms. Meenakshi Sreenivasan. She's an accomplished global head of one of IBM Consulting's important Practices. It was fascinating to learn about upcoming areas in which the company has a leading-edge practice for global clients. Also learnt about DevOps and AIOps, the new buzzwords in the I.T. Consulting domain. A lot of multinationals use India as their base now for many cutting edge products/services/businesses. IBM is also one of these.
Our 11th batch of MBA, and 25th batch of Executive MBA program are convocating tomorrow (April 21, 2022), physically after a long break in physical events, due to COVID.
A pic with her and the MBA Chairperson from our informal meeting.
Graduating students of Brand NMIMS Bangalore got some sage advice from Mr. Ganesh Shenoy, chief guest recently.
Be resilient, he said, it will stand you in good stead.
Spend at least 3-5 years in a company, as it takes time to understand the industry, and to develop expertise in any field.
Focus on self-development, in addition to the company's initiatives through H.R., or line managers.
Get familiar with digitization of the workplace, flexi or hybrid modes of work, and technology in general. Analytics and automation will increase, and you have to get used to it.
Track new businesses that are spawned by crises such as the pandemic.
Have a business orientation in addition to a functional one. Only when the business grows, will you.
A transformational mindset will help you grow, and your organization to grow.
Technically, it's Graduation Day 2020. My first experience of a virtual one, like many firsts in the past year. We should have had the event in April 2020, but that was not possible. Circumstances have forced us to do it virtually. It will be held 23rd January 2021.
This year, it will be a relatively low key affair, but we have a very good Chief Guest whose address the students should look forward to. Mr. Ganesh Shenoy (pic below), has a lot of experience of FMCG or packaged goods industry in companies like Unilever and MTR Foods, where he is currently CFO. The Vice Chancellor Dr. Ramesh Bhat and Registrar will join from Mumbai.
at a meeting with the Chief Guest to invite him (above)
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