15th Annual Convocation

Serve your family, preserve your relationships
 Prof.R.Vaidyanathan

The Fifteenth Annual Convocation was held as a colourful glittering ceremony at the Prathap Nagar campus on April 27. Prof.R.Vaidyanathan, IIM-Bangalore was the chief guest. He presented diploma certificates to the batch 15 PGDM students of SCMS-COCHIN and degree certificates to batch 3 MBA students and batch 1 MCA students of SSTM.

“One of the most critical requirements to become a successful professional is to be very careful in serving your family and preserving your relationships,” said Prof.R.Vaidyanathan in his convocation address to the outgoing students. Business organisations are becoming more and more system-based and rule-based with growing modernization. Consequently, personalized approaches and relations are becoming progressively uncommon. This is going to be a serious challenge to the new generation of managers, Prof. Vaidyanathan cautioned.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr.G.P.C.Nayar, Chairman, SCMS Group, stressed on the need for improving quality of our professional education on a continuous basis in order to make it comparable to world standards. And that would necessarily require more investments. Without additional investments it is not possible to improve the quality of our education, Dr.Nayar explained.

Vivek Namboodiri of PGDM batch 15 who secured the first rank received the Chairman’s Gold Medal and also the Best Outgoing Student Award for overall performance. It is for the first time that same person from PGDM is claiming both the top positions. In MBA batch 3, S.Sreelaxmi received the Chairman’s Gold Medal and V.M.Aneesh received the Best Outgoing Student Award. Sarath Purushothaman of MCA batch 1 received the Chairman’s Gold Medal for the first rank as well as Best Outgoing Student Award for overall performance. Dr.G.P.C.Nayar gave away the awards and gold medals.

Earlier Prof.Radha Thevannoor, Director, SSTM, welcomed the chief guest and all the invitees and participants. Prof.Indu Nair, Additional Director, SSTM proposed the vote of thanks. Dr.V.Raman Nair, Additional Director, SCMS-COCHIN, Prof.K.J.Paulose, Dean, Prof.Filomina P.George, Dean (AA) and Dr.Jose Payyappilly, Dean (SSTM) also spoke. Large number of parents attended the function.