Delivering the key note address the chief guest Gurucharan Das said “The fast economic progress is due to three factors. States are getting out of the way. Even Slow reforms since 1991 add up. Indias competitive advantage is its knowledge economy. Lastly, the mind of this generation is liberated. I am happy to see that institutions such as the Loyola Institute of Business Administration are cultivating such liberated minds.”
He urged the graduates to exercise their right to vote, to be honest and uphold value systems and to be passionate about their work.
In the PGDM (Full-time) programme, Maria Mathew, Tomson D. Robert, Augustus Daniel, Chrishelle Noreen Ann David and Anupama Gupta received the first, second, third, fourth and fifth rank respectively. Divya Ravichandran was honoured as the “outstanding student of batch” for her contributions towards the placement record at LIBA for the year 2008 while August Daniel was awarded for the best Summer Project submitted. Specialization prizes were given to Augustus Daniel, Tomson D. Robert and Chrishelle Noreen Ann David for their performance in subjects of Marketing, Finance and HR respectively.
In the PGDM (Part-time) programme Batch (2005 – 200, Sanson Thomas Koleth and V. Subha secured the first and second rank respectively. V. Shuba, Shobana Rajan and P. Karthik were recognized for the best dissertations. Specialization prizes for subjects of Marketing, Finance and HR were awarded to V. Shuba, Md. Tabrez Galaria and G. Sujatha respectively. Students from the one-year diploma programme were also conferred with diplomas for successful completion of the course.