Indian Institute of Management, Ranchi (IIM-R) is all set to host the fourth convocation on Saturday. Founder cum Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Ajit Balakrishnan of Rediff.com will be the Chief Guest of the ceremony scheduled at Ram Dayal Munda Kala Bhawan Auditorium, Hotwar. Certificates will be conferred to the students of 2013-15 batches of Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM), Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management (PGDHRM), Executive Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGEXP) and Post Graduate Programme in Energy Management (PGPEM).
Director-in-Charge of the premiere management cradle Professor Anindya Sen said around 262 students will receive Diploma during the convocation. He added medals and certificates will also be given to the students who excelled in their respective programmes. Initially, the PGDM course was started here in 2010 followed by PGEXP in 2011, PGDHRM in 2012, and PGPEM in 2014. The outgoing PGDM batch has the highest number of students among all the IIMs.
Interestingly, the placement report card of the batches mention the average salary package offered to PGDM students is Rs13.4 lakh per annum and Rs12.6 lakh per annum for PGDHRM students. Three international offers were made wherein the highest package standing is Rs55 lakh per annum. Overall 150 students of PGDM participated and 42 students of PGDHRM participated in the campus interview. 106 companies visited the campus for PGDM and 30 companies did for PGDHRM.
The institute since its inception in 2010 is functioning temporarily at the sixth and fifth floor of Suchana Bhawan. In July 29, 2013 Union Minister Pallam Raju had laid the foundation stone for the permanent campus of the institute at Cheri village of Kanke block on 90.14 acres land sanctioned by the Jharkhand government at free of cost. But, the construction is yet to begin due to some hurdles.
Sources maintained the cradle was in touch with Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC) for providing a piece of land at Dhurwa. Prior to approaching HEC, IIM-R had published an advertisement for seeking rental space in Kanke road as it is suffering infrastructure crunch at Suchna Bhawan.
