ISB 20th Graduation event held; 692 pass

Hyderabad A total of 692 students of Indian School of Business (ISB) graduated for the 2021 batch. The 20th graduation ceremony of the school was held recently. Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran was the chief guest at the ceremony.

While 481 graduated from the Hyderabad campus, as many as 211 passed from Mohali campus.

Congratulating the graduates, 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 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.

Addressing the graduation ceremony the Dean of the ISB, 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," he added.

ISB Executive Board Chairperson Harish Manwani, Rakesh Bharti Mittal, Chairperson, Mohali Campus Advisory Board, 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.

Tanya Sri Yerra from the Hyderabad campus and Siddhant Gupta from Mohali received the gold medals for topping the class. ISB Parmeshwar Godrej Award, which is given in memory of the late Parmeshwar Godrej to an exemplary woman student who has a strong commitment to social causes, was presented to Ridhi Vohra from Co2021.