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"Glory of techno-management: Success, challenges and road map for future": First ever Industry-Alumni meet-cum-symposium at IIT Kanpur

     The spark to organize the first ever Industry-alumni meet-cum-symposium in Industrial Management Engineering (IME) department, IIT Kanpur “ Glory of techno-management: Success, challenges and road map for future ” on 6 th and 7 th April, 2013 stemmed from the idea of strengthening the IME alumni network. The event was a grand success with alumni reliving their fond memories and they were enthused with the zeal to fortify the relationship between the alumni community and the institute.           “ Glory of techno-management: Success, challenges and road map for future ” provided a platform to all of us for interacting with our alumni. The program started at 10 A.M on 6 th April 2013 with the welcome address by our honourable Head of the department Dr. Jayanta Chatterjee. This occasion also marked the opportunity to felicitate the oldest serving professors of our institute. Our respectable professors Dr. N.K. Sharma & Dr. A.K. Mittal were felicitated for their d

My First Week Experience of IIT Kanpur MBA: Varun Sharma

“ Desire is the key to motivation, but it is the determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal — a commitment to excellence — that will enable you to attain the success you seek .”   – Mario Andretti I had a desire to be a part of one of the nation’s top institutes. I failed in my first attempt when it was for getting admission into   B. Tech.   even   though it wasn’t a serious one. But as they say “better late than never”, by God’s grace and my hard work, eventually I got the chance to fulfill my desire at the dream destination called IIT Kanpur. My IIT Kanpur MBA experience To begin with, I had different feelings right from the time this story started to unfold. First it was disbelief on becoming a part of the brand called IIT, followed by the euphoria of success & then there were a lot of apprehensions about my campus life at IIT Kanpur MBA. Needless to mention, I never had any sort of doubt about the intellect of my to-be-batch mates, bu