Goa Institute of Management hosts annual convocation; Confer degrees to 480 students

15 medals were awarded to students who made a significant mark in academics as well as extracurricular activities, while awards were also given to students with the best academic performances in the respective programs.

Goa Institute of Management (GIM) hosted the annual convocation ceremony to confer degrees to 480 students. During the convocation, certificates were formally handed over to 480 students spread across five management programmes who completed their post graduate diploma in management. 15 medals were awarded to students who made a significant mark in academics as well as extracurricular activities, while awards were also given to students with the best academic performances in the respective programs.

GIM Director Dr Ajit Parulekar, who presented the Director's Report on the institute’s performance for the last academic year, said that with the accreditation by the Association of MBAs (AMBA) from the United Kingdom (UK), GIM had joined an exclusive club of 296 institutions worldwide, which received the prestigious endorsement. After the IIMs, the GIM is the second institution in the country to be accredited by the Business Graduates Association, a UK-based global membership organisation of Business Schools.

“This year, we received a record-breaking number of applications: 13,320 unique applications as compared to the year prior which was 8,730. This translates to a 53 percent increase in applications across all four full-time PGDM programmes,” he also said.

15 medals were awarded to students who made a significant mark in academics as well as extracurricular activities. Awards were given for ‘best academic performance’ in the respective programs.

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