IIM Bangalore Alumni Association Enters 50th Year Of Its Existence, Launches Year-Long Golden Jubilee Celebrations

Kolkata, 10th October, 2023: IIM Bangalore Alumni Association (IIMBAA) celebrated 50 years of rich and glorious history of IIMB as part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations worldwide at Golden Anusmaran of IIMBAA (Kolkata Chapter) on 7th October, 2023. 

Anusmaran 2023 is Annual Get-Together of Kolkata Chapter Alumni - alumni across Five East and Eight North-East States of India. To mark the occasion, IIMBAA, Kolkata Chapter announced that it will be launching Pioneering Social Sector Initiatives by mentoring students and upscale trainees at Ramakrishna Mission Shilpamandira, Belur Math. The announcement was made in the presence of Swami Vedatitananda, Head, Ramakrishna Mission Shilpamandira on that day. 

Mr Vivek Kaul, Director (IIMBAA Kolkata Chapter) Independent Director, Faculty and Researcher of Entrepreneurship Ecosystems, Mr. Abhijit Roy, CEO (Berger Paints India Ltd) and Dy Director (IIMBAA Kolkata Chapter), Mr. Moloy Chandan Chakraborty, IIMB Alumnus, currently Jute Commissioner and Acting Secretary - National Jute Board, Swami Vedatitananda, Head of Ramakrishna Mission Shilpamandira and other Alumni Functionaries were present during the occasion. 

 

This initiative aims at mentoring the students of Ramakrishna Mission Shilpamandira in a Peer-to-Peer process and facilitating internships in industry for them. The Alumni will invite and engage with other business school alumni to augment our resources as equal partners and deploy learning resources from international experts in this pioneering initiative to train these students to become role models of society in future. 

“Berger Paints is already in collaboration with the RKMS on a Nano-Technology based - Research and Development Project. This new technology will further ease out paint technique in the long run,” Mr. Abhijit Roy said. 

“We always believed that giving back to society in a pay-it-forward model is important and that could be achieved by offering opportunities to those less privileged with the help of mindset of DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion),” said Mr Vivek Kaul.

“We are also mulling the idea of organising job fairs in association with RKM after we place our proposals with the head of the organisation. It is always beneficial for the students as they look forward for opportunities to go-ahead with their careers,” Mr. Ujjawal Galada, Deputy Director (IIMBAA Kolkata Chapter) and Associate Vice President, Emami Ltd.

About IIM Bangalore 

IIMB is the Third IIM established in India (1973) and the first with a focus on public sector and improvement of public services management, with a sharp - and then unprecedented - focus on the bottom of the pyramid. In 2009, IIMBAA (IIMB Alumni Association) was registered as a Trust for networking among alumni, linkages with IIMB and several other institution-building activities and social purposes. 

IIMBAA Kolkata Chapter

IIMBAA became the first - and till date the only - IIMxAA among 21 IIMs to empower alumni to run alumni affairs and contribute to the development of the institute. Kolkata Chapter is one of eight Chapters of IIMBAA across the entire territory of India. Alumni of IIMBAA Kolkata Chapter reside in five Eastern and 8 NE states and elect office-bearers as their representatives every three years who function under a mandate as trustees under law.