{"id":1604,"date":"2016-05-06T13:00:19","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T07:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.iilm.edu\/?p=1604"},"modified":"2016-05-06T13:00:19","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T07:30:19","slug":"21st-annual-convocation-class-of-2016-at-lodhi-road-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iilm.edu\/blog\/21st-annual-convocation-class-of-2016-at-lodhi-road-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"21st Annual Convocation – Class of 2016 at Lodhi Road Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"

IILM Convocation 2016, Presided Over by Dr. Jyotsna Suri, Chairperson and Managing Director – The Lalit Suri Hospitality Group Ltd<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Convocation of IILM for the Class of 2016 was held on May 4th<\/sup>, 2016 at its Lodhi Road campus. \u00a0The ceremony was conducted for all the three campuses of IILM – IILM Institute for Higher Education, Lodi Road; IILM Institute for Business and Management, Gurgaon and IILM Graduate School of Management, Greater Noida.<\/p>\n

The ceremony started by lighting the lamp by Mrs. Malvika Rai – Chairperson, IILM ; Dr. Smitha Girija \u2013 Director, IILM Institute for Higher Education, Lodi Road ; Ms. Shivani Ahuja \u2013 Director, IILM Institute for Business and Management, Gurgaon ; Dr. Taruna Gautum \u2013 Director, IILM Graduate School of Management, Greater Noida. The students of all the three campuses were awarded their diplomas by Mrs. Malvika Rai, Dr. Smitha Girija Ms. Shivani Ahuja and Dr. Taruna Gautum. One hundred and sixty seven students completed their post graduate studies at IILM this year and were conferred their diplomas.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Smitha Girija \u2013 Director, IILM then welcomed the chief guest- Dr. Jyotsna Suri – Chairperson & Managing Director of Bharat Hotels that runs the luxury hotels chain \u201cTHE LALIT\u201d under the Lalit Suri Hospitality Group. In the past few years the Group has been recognized with number of awards for its distinguished performance like the National Tourism Awards and National Awards for Excellence in Hospitality Education. Dr. Jyotsna Suri was President FICCI in the year 2015-16.\u00a0 She has been listed amongst the Top 50 Business Power Women in Asia by Forbes Asia and amongst the top 20 Most Powerful Woman in Indian Business by Business Today. She is the only Indian member on the International Executive Committee of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC).<\/p>\n

Dr. Smitha Girija, then presented the Annual Report to the audience in which she highlighted the various achievements of IILM in the last one year. She proudly announced that in the EdUniversal rankings of best business schools in India, IILM has been ranked 11 (3 Palmes of Excellence category) for 2015. She also mentioned that IILM offers a wide range of Executive Education Programmes on various platforms and has organized Training programmes for IAS and IPS officers for over 10 years. IILM has also been conducting customized Training programme for leading PSUs like NTPC, NBCC, BHEL, and EIL. IILM also offer specialized programmes for Defence Ministry\u2019s Directorate General of Resettlement for defence officers.<\/p>\n

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21st Convocation Ceremony #ClassOf2016<\/a> continues at IILM Campus #GraduationDay<\/a> #DrJyotsnaSuri<\/a> @TheLalitGroup<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/g8kNGdLKpf<\/a><\/p>\n

— IILM Lodhi Road, New Delhi (@IilmInstitute) May 4, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n