Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 6: A six day orientation programme for 4th batch of MBA students of Indian Institute of Management (IIM) began here today.
The inaugural session was graced by Anil Agarwal, MD & CEO, Cosmos International as guest of honour; Milind Shrikant Kamble, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIM Jammu as chief guest; Rajeev Karwal, Founder & CEO, Milagrow Business & Knowledge Solutions and Varinder Kumar Verma, Head of Centre of Excellence, Talent Acquisition & Human Resource Transformation, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, as the key note speakers for the 1st day of orientation programme.
The inaugural address was given by Prof. B.S Sahay, Director IIM Jammu who told students about the importance of hard work.
He concluded his address by asking students to ‘Dream Big and Think Big’.
Thereafter, Prof. Manoj Kumar, Chairperson MBA Programme at IIM Jammu provided students with a brief account of the key highlights of the programme.
Anil Aggarwal, the guest of honour, spoke on ‘India – Leading Economy of the World’ and emphasized on the importance of sunrise sectors of India such as retail, electric vehicle, renewable resources wherein opportunities lie ahead in future both as an employment provider as well as being an appropriate sector for new ventures.
Milind Shrikant Kamble in his speech shared his story of launching of ‘Stand Up India’ and talked on importance of entrepreneurial mindset and how under this initiative they converted manual scavengers into entrepreneurs.
At the end he shared his views on Union Budget 2019. Students also participated in a brief discussion on the key points of the budget session.
Rajeev Karwal suggested the students to have some qualities that make them stand out from the crowd.
Varinder Kumar Verma emphasized on the importance of having a strong network.