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Alumni

The IIM Alumni are the stars who shine bright not only in the IIMA skies but also across the globe. The achievements and success of IIM Alumni bears testimony to the high standards of excellence of management education of IIMA. The IIMA Alumni are part of the IIMA community for all times to come and are members of the IIMA Alumni association.

IIMA Alumni Association was established in 1967 with a central committee and chapters in important cities. IIMA Alumni Association is a non-profit organization to promote the objectives of the institution and to maintain continued association with the alumni. Membership is open to all those who have participated in the Institute’s FPM, PGP, PGP-ABM, FDP and MDPs.

The Institute has an Alumni Center Activities headed by a faculty who is the chairperson and five others faculty members. A second year student is also a member of this committee. The ACC proposes to co-opt two alumni from the Alumni board to be set up by the alumni.

The assistance of the alumni in case development and research work of the faculty has been invaluable. Several teach as a visiting faculty at the Institute and other management institutions in India.

Activities
Alumnus
IIMA Alumnus is the quarterly publication of the alumni, for the alumni and by the alumni. Featuring alumni related news, events and activities together with career and alumni related reports, and exclusive articles authored by industry professionals, the magazine serves as a continuing link between the alumni and the Institute.

Chapters
Alumni chapters help to drive alumni activities in most cities. Today there are 16 chapters both in India and around the world that foster active interaction between alumni across batches and thereby help to keep the institute’s alumni strongly connected.

The Alumni Reunion
Apart from the conferences and seminars that are regularly organized on campus, the highlight of alumni activities throughout the year is the Silver Jubilee Reunion that is held towards the end of the year. This year’s event brought 94 alumni to the reunion. The group came with enthusiasm and excitement and put the clock back by 25 years. This three-day event brings together IIMA alumni and their families from across the world back onto the campus, which they left 25 years ago. Not only does it provide a forum where friendships are renewed and memories relived, it also gives the alumni a feel of how campus life has changed over the years. Apart from fun events such as a challenge cricket match with the PGP 2’s, a “Talent Nite”, and a “DJ nite”; interaction sessions with the faculty are also held, where the faculty and alumni come together and brainstorm in order to formulate plans on how best to strengthen the interlinkages of the alumni with their Alma Mater.

The Alumni brought with themselves their concerns for IIMA, delved on issues such as, institute’s interface with the environment, maintenance of standards of excellence. They further suggested ways and means through which the institute could open new vistas and break ground.

This reunion recaptures their spirit of youth as much as facilitates review of their journey. In all these activities the students, both first year and second year, actively support and help to make the alumni’s visit to the campus a memorable event.