Global Institute of
Business Studies in Bannerghatta, Bangalore, does believe in an action-filled
lifestyle on a campus that brings together diverse boys and girls from all over
India and abroad. If management is not on the corporate professional agenda,
which subject is hot on the planet? In the new-age careers that are beginning
to attract students away from traditional jobs, it is management that promises
the greatest ROI. Within a few years of
sustained effort, the high achievers among management graduates and
postgraduates reach senior positions and draw mighty salaries along with a
plush lifestyle, posted in MNCs and liable for transfers all over the globe.
From humble beginnings
in school, it is a gradual upward journey for those who complete Class 12 with
the vision firmly fixed on dynamic college careers. That higher education
course reaches a culmination on the Convocation Day that officially recognizes
the achievements with so much of sweat and toil, labor, time, money and
software across several semesters. Can words really represent all that happened
in the hearts and souls, minds and bodies of those nightmarish and frantic days
that seemed to never end? The examinations came and went, sometimes lucky and
sometimes not. And then the laborious internships and the lucky placements, not
for everybody of course. Probably the majority needs to find happiness with
ordinary appointments. Can everybody reach the top? Certainly not.
A degree that means so much
The contemporary 21st-century
has opened its wings and sails across the entire planet. No continent and
country today is all that distant, connected as we are through the internet.
Not only do we see and hear across mighty distances but knowledge transfers and
data exchange have become so much simplified. The memory of the past difficult
days for students in research haunts us yet. Should we not consider ourselves
lucky to live in this time and place?
18th November 2017 is the fateful convocation date!
The GIBS MBA boys and
girls need not wait too long for 18th November now, anxious as they are to set
sail in their professional careers. But, do you really need to hurry after all
the waiting and the suspense, the endless weeks and months that have rolled
past? Hold the patience a bit longer to complete a few formalities.
Those who consider that
degree a mere piece of paper have missed out on the essential spirit. The world
works symbolically and all the art forms like music and film are examples of
that. The degree represents all the nobler aspirations that attract humanity.
The desire to excel in academics is most pronounced in those who never had the
opportunity to study. Yet, it is a bitter law of life that some must win and
some lose.
When the dressing is
done in those uniforms that tell many happy tales, the function held and words
and wisdom fall upon eager listeners, the wheel will come full circle. Perhaps
the boys and girls will attend more universities and earn additional degrees,
but nothing is greater than the now. We live in the present moment before
anything else.
Chief Guest and Guest of Honor
Padmashree Professor RM
Vasagam, Chancellor, Kapagam University would elevate the proceedings as the
Chief Guest for the Convocation. Mr. Aamer Azeemi, Global Head, Smarten Spaces,
would be the Guest of Honor. In the midst of all the action and drama, the
dreams and aspirations, do not forget those GIBS titans who have steered your
academic fortunes across the sometimes difficult semesters. Chairman BL Goyal,
Managing Director Ritesh Goyal and Director Aparna Rao have honed the
institution along ambitious paths to carve out student careers on the path to
achievement. According to the noble principles, the students desire to redeem
themselves and enlighten the society around them with the acquired knowledge
after they succeed at management positions.
A pulsating residential campus approaches the end of the
session
Another dawn is soon
approaching when 2018 overtakes us rather soon. These students are accustomed
to events happening all the time. Academics come first, of course.
Anniversaries and festivals, international events, clubs and committees, professional
development programs, culture, art and the literary etc.
Also in November is
scheduled another rare event that involves the selection of the student of the
year on 20th November. That would be a difficult process indeed when you need
to find the best rose among so many pretty flowers. But so it is and everybody
cannot carry away the awards. Some headaches may result, but the sporting
spirit invariably prevails.
Recent events provided
lots of thought-provoking occasions. The Library Committee launch was another
grim reminder that academics is a hard nut to crack. The ICC RETAIL SUMMIT at
Le Meridian in the first week of November did bring some business experts to
share their experiences.
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