IIM-B institutes Distinguished Alumni Awards, concludes orientation for latest batch of students

Bengaluru: The Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B) concluded a week-long orientation programme for the PGP and PGP-BA class of 2025-27 with a closing ceremony on campus from 9 to 15 June 2025.

The event brought together students, faculty, alumni, and guests to mark the beginning of a new academic journey.

The key highlight of the event included the presentation of the Distinguished Alumni Awards (DAA) 2025, among other academic recognitions, and scholarships.

Raghu Polisetty, Senior Managing Director and Global Lead at Accenture Strategy and Consulting, drawing from over three decades of experience, urged students to anchor themselves in values that endure amid rapid change, especially in a world being reshaped by GenAI and AI and shifting paradigms of work.

Quoting Nicole Malachowski, he said, “Nothing of significance ever happens alone”, and asked students to write a thank-you note to those who made their journey possible: parents, mentors, or well-wishers.

Distinguished Alumni Awards 2025

The 2025 Distinguished Alumni Awards (DAA) were conferred upon four distinguished alumni at the ceremony for their exceptional achievements across sectors and their unwavering commitment to values that define the IIMB community.

Prof Sourav Mukherji, Dean, Alumni Relations and Development, introduced the DAA awardees and Ganeshan Ramachandran, Managing Director with Accenture’s Global Capability Network, presented the awards.

Dr. Sandhya Shekhar (PGP 1984), Advisor in Digital and Business Strategy and former CEO of IIT Madras Research Park, reflected on the challenges of upholding ethical values in the professional world and credited IIMB for instilling the courage to do so.

Prashant Jain (PGP 1991), Founder of 3P Investment Managers and former CIO at HDFC Mutual Fund, shared how IIMB shaped his transition from engineering to finance and laid the foundation for a lifelong focus on learning.

Mathew Cyriac (PGP 1994), Chairman at Florintree Advisors and Co-founder of Yali Capital, credited IIMB with transforming his self-doubt into confidence and providing the mentorship and friendships that propelled his career.

Awards, scholarships, and achievements

The event also featured the announcement of the Director’s Merit List, Director’s Honours List, section toppers, and scholarship recipients.

The Mirae Asset Foundation Scholar Award was also presented to recognize meritorious and deserving students at IIMB across the Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP), the Post Graduate Programme in Business Analytics (PGPBA), and the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programme.

Students of PGP and PGPBA 2024-26 Gangineni Sandeep, Revat Mehra, Sampath Majeti, as well as Divya Dwivedi were awarded the scholarship.

Cultural performance

The ceremony concluded with a soul-stirring performance by the Chennai Children’s Choir from the Nalanda Way Foundation.