IIM Trichy felicitates the Medal Winners of PGPM 2018-2020, 2019-2021, and PGPBM 2017-19, 2018-2020 batches

Trichy:  Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli (IIM Trichy) felicitated the best performers of PGPM 2018-2020, 2019-2021 batches, and PGPBM 2017-19, 2018-2020 batches with gold medals and certificates in the felicitation ceremony on Sunday, November 14, 2021, and during the event congratulated all the graduate students. The event was attended by the medallists and IIM Trichy fraternity, both offline and online due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The event began with an invocation and the lighting of the lamp, followed by a welcome address by Dr. Deepak Kumar Srivastava, Dean-Academics, IIM Tiruchirappalli. He congratulated the medal winners on their achievements and spoke about them being the bridge between the institute and the industry. He also stressed upon the importance of application of classroom learning in real life. This was followed by an address by Dr. Pawan Kumar Singh, Director, IIM Tiruchirappalli. He emphasized on the significance of invoking positive cosmic energies from our surroundings. He also stressed on the importance of attaining physical, mental and spiritual peace. He urged the students to strive to be worthy of praise and receptive of criticism and gave them insights about the levels of authority and responsibility at different points during one’s career. He also gave examples of how experience is the best teacher and wished them luck for their future endeavours. This was followed by the award ceremony.
The Chairperson, PGPM, Prof. Alok Kumar Singh announced the Year-wise Gold Medallists for excellent academic performance. From PGPM 2018-20 batch, Navisa J was awarded the Chariperson’s Gold Medal and ICSI Signature Award for securing First Rank, and Punjab National Bank Gold Medal for First Rank among Women Students. Vadlamudi Swetha was awarded Director’s Gold Medal for securing Second Rank and Kotak Securities Gold Medal for the Best All Round performance. Karthigeyan R was awarded Canara Bank Gold Medal for securing Third Rank.
From PGPM 2019-21 Batch Narala Tejaswini was awarded the Chairperson’s Gold Medal and ICSI Signature Award for securing First Rank, Punjab National Bank Gold Medal for First Rank among Women Students, and HDFC Bank Gold Medal for Academic Proficiency in Marketing. Karusala Srivaishnavi was awarded Director’s Gold Medal for securing Second Rank.
Chairperson PGPBM, Prof. Karthik Dhandapani also announced the Gold Medallists for PGPBM students. In PGPBM 2017-19 batch, Kayalvizhi S. was awarded Chairperson’s Gold Medal for securing First Rank. From PGPBM 2018-20 batch, Arasuprakash S. was awarded Chairperson’s Gold Medal for securing First Rank and Kamalaganesh T was awarded Director’s Gold Medal for securing Second Rank. The medals were conferred to the winners by the Director, Dr. Pawan Kumar Singh.
After the award ceremony, all the medal winners expressed their gratitude and shared anecdotal learnings from their time at IIM Tiruchirappalli. They also shared insights on the impact of these learnings on their corporate lives.
Vote of thanks was proposed by Prof. Alok Kumar Singh who heartily congratulated the medal winners and expressed his gratitude to the Director, Dean Academics, faculty, staff members and all the offline and online audience. He ended the address with a famous quote by Martin Luther King Jr. “An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity”, urging all the students to adhere to the same.
The felicitation ceremony came to an end with recitation of the National Anthem.
The ceremony was followed by tree plantation activity to mark the joyous occasion and lunch for all the guests.