16th Convocation of AIM

The 23rd of April 2011 was a remarkable day in the history of Assam Institute of Management as the reputed institute added another batch of young, talented and dynamic management graduates to the existing list of endowed alumnus. It was a day when the 16th Convocation of Assam Institute of Management to confer the Post Graduate Diploma In Business Management (PGDBM) was held at Pandit Tirthanath Sharma Memorial Sabhaghar, Chandmari. Prof. Shekhar Chaudhuri, Director, Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta graced the occasion as Chief Guest and delivered the Convocation Address while Shri N. K. Das, Chief Secretary to the Government of Assam and Chairman, Assam Institute of Management presided over the Convocation.

The programme started with the assembling of the Graduating Students, Faculty and Governing Body Members for the batch photograph. It was followed by the Academic Procession proceeding to the auditorium. Immediately all the people stood up for singing "O mur aponar desh…". Thereafter the ceremonial lamp was lighted and the invocation was recited. Shri Shantikam Hazarika, Director, AIM welcomed the gathering and delivered his formal report on the convocation.
The programme soon witnessed conferment of the Diplomas to graduating batch by Shri N.K. Das, chairman of the session and soon the Post Graduate Diploma certificates were distributed to the graduating batch of students by chief guest, Prof. Shekhar Chaudhuri. The graduating students were then given a lesson on "Dikshantopadesha" in Sanskrit by Prof. (Retd.) Nripendra Nath Sharma.
This was followed by the prize distribution ceremony. Miss Divya Bucha received the Best Student Award for outstanding academic performance while Sri Neelabhra Pratim Borah was offered the Best All-Rounder Award. The award for the Best Grand Project was presented to Miss Muskan Verma and Miss Barsha Dutta was offered the Best Summer Project Award.

The convocation gathering was then addressed by the Chief Guest, Prof. Shekhar Chaudhuri and the Chairman of the session, Shri N. K. Das. The programme finally came to an end with the offering of the Vote of Thanks by Prof. Suren Talukdar, Controller of Examination, AIM and the gathering stood up once again for singing the National Anthem. The audience stood up as the procession of the graduating batch marched out of the auditorium along with the Members of the Governing Body and the Faculty Members.

The placement record of Assam Institute of Management is getting mileage with the transitory of time and the institute is witnessing more and more companies visiting the Institute for placement. Out of 68 students graduating this year, more than seventy percent has already been recruited by companies from all over the country. Amidst economic downturn and tough placement competition, AIM students have been able to secure jobs in companies like – State Bank of India, United Bank of India, CRISIL, STAR Cements, HDFC Bank, GATI, AXIS Bank, Berger Paints, ICICI Bank, SBI Life, Colgate Palmolive, Stock Holding Corporation of India Ltd., amongst others. Few more companies which visited AIM for recruitment purpose are yet to declare the list of selected candidates. AIM expects the placement of all the graduating students in next few weeks time. The average salary of the passed out batch has also increased over the years and this year the highest CTC earned by AIM graduate is around Rs.6.0 Lacs p.a.