Bangalore :
He is an ardent follower of ‘early-to-bed and early-to-rise’ philosophy. Probably that helped Raghavendran S get a gold medal for securing first rank in the Post GraduateProgramme (PGP) in management at IIM-B’s 38th convocation on Monday.
Raghavendran, a native of Thiruvallur near Chennai, now dreams of starting a school for children. “I don’t have any short-term plan. I will work for 10-15 years, but after that, I want to start a school in a semi-urban area, which will focus more on curricular activities. I believe I have achieved this goal today because I was lucky to receive the right support and guidance. There are many such talented children in India who can achieve such goals if guided early in life,” he says.
Balagopal Ravibalan, a former employee of Infosys and winner of ‘Best All-round Performance’ gold medal, wants to put India on top of the world by using his experience he plans to gather working in the US. “I will join a company in New Jersey . I want to work there for a few years and come back to India. In the past, people used to go abroad and stay there. Now people go abroad, gather experience and come back to utilize that for our country’s development,” says Ravibalan.
Pankaj Dhake (2{+n}{+d} Rank in PGP) and Mohammed Qasim want to use their work experience for development goals. Nirmal Purohit, gold medallist in Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management (EPGM), wishes to work in the field of research and insight.
Only two women figured among the gold medalists this year. Adeeba Ansari, a young engineer and gold medallist in electronics and instrumentation from Indore, says: “I want to be a leader in marketing.” Shilpi Lal, gold medallist in Best Academic Performance adds: “Right now I want to be happy and content with what I have achieved.”
Among the 560-odd graduates, 29-year-old Prakash P stands tall. A paraplegic, he graduated in PGP and will join a top company as an associate business analyst. “I cleared CAT with 98% in the second attempt. I believe clearing the test was more difficult than graduating from IIM-B, because the faculty here is very cooperative and guided me well.”
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