IIM Shillong conducts first-ever virtual convocation

The event was graced with the presence of Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of BSE, Ashish Kumar Chauhan as the Chief Guest.

IIM Shillong Convocation 2021: Amid the ongoing pandemic situation, the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Shillong, deploying state-of-the-art technology, conducted their convocation via online mode. IIM Shillong convocation was conducted to mark the graduation of two sets of graduates and scholars on August 21. The event was graced with the presence of Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of BSE, Ashish Kumar Chauhan as the Chief Guest. Chauhan joined the convocation ceremony from Mumbai, while Shishir Kumar Bajoria, chairman, board of governors, joined from Kolkata.

IIM Shillong’s entire faculty is in Shillong, while their students are in their respective hometowns as they returned due to the pandemic followed by lockdowns around the country.  

While addressing the students and the faculty at the convocation ceremony, Chauhan said, “These are perhaps your last few minutes, officially, at IIM Shillong. More importantly, it is also a culmination of your hard work, and even harder money and sacrifices. You are among the top few percentage of students in the country in terms of skills, presentation, and intellectual capabilities. This is why you have been selected to study here in the first place. You are already a winner. Many of you have been picked in reputed companies already, while many of you are thinking of studying further, but it is a great achievement that all of you at IIM Shillong has come so far in this COVID period,” he further talked about his journey, while recollecting his own experiences as a student of IIT Bombay and IIM Calcutta.

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