616 students conferred diplomas at IIM-Lucknow convocation

The 29th annual convocation of the Indian Institute of Management-Lucknow (IIM-L) was held on Saturday, with 616 students being awarded their diplomas by its director, Rajiv K. Srivastava.

Four hundred thirteen students from the 29th batch of Post Graduate Programme in Management, 43 from the 10th batch of Post Graduate Programme in Agri-business Management, eight students from the Doctoral programme, along with 85 students from Post Graduate Programme in Management for Working Executives (WMP) and 67 students from International Programme in Management for Executives (IPMX) batches, from the Noida campus received the diplomas.

Speaking on the occasion, Srivastava highlighted the accomplishments of the institute in the 2014-15 academic year.

There is an increased focus now on research; the institute has undertaken many new internationally funded research projects. The institute is also moving towards getting globally accredited - AMBA accreditation is already in place and the institute is in the process for getting AACSB accreditation," he said.