Foundation day is an important day in the
life of an institution. This is the reflection of vision, mission, and values which founders manifest not only in the
physical being but also in its functioning. IIFT Kolkata celebrated its Foundation Day on
the 16th of July. It has been
8 years since it came into existence.
An
institution gets old with every year but this institution is getting younger
with every passing year as it has made its presence felt across the length and breadth
of the country and its students are keeping it young & energetic with their
achievements. The recent example is of Jitin
Bhasin, (alumnus, Batch 2008) Program Head Relationship Management – Indusland
Bank, who bagged the prestigious Economic
Times Young Leader Award, 2014 edition.
The event was organized by IMF, the student
body of IIFT. Along with them, Koshish, the CSR club of our institute,
organized a Blood Donation Camp, which has become a tradition on Foundation
Day. Students were equally participative and donated in huge numbers. IIFT as an institute, values the importance
of students being connected to social causes which has resulted in introducing
a course where students are expected to work with an NGO for three weeks during their stay.
The Centre Head, Dr. K. Rangarajan was the Chief
Guest. Programme Directors Dr. J.K. Seal of MBA 2013-15 Batch and Dr. Saswati
Tripathi of MBA 2014-16 Batch were present along with other distinguished
faculties. Saurabh Vyas, a student
of the 2013-15 Batch was the anchor for the event.
The event started with the lightening of the
lamp by the Centre Head, Dr. Rangarajan who welcomed
the new batch in their first celebration of Foundation Day of IIFT Kolkata.
He expressed his joy as he recalled how this institute has progressed by leaps and
bounds. He also got nostalgic while recalling the early years for the institute. He acknowledged
the contribution of the faculty, administrative department and the support
staff for their contribution in building this institute. At the same time he
congratulated everyone for being successful in upholding the values of this
institution. He emphasized that as students
being essence of the institution, the whole responsibility lies with them
in strengthening this institution.
The Programme Directors shared their
experiences and memories they have with the institution. Dr. Saswati Tripathi
advised the new batch to keep up the attitude of learning to gain as much as
possible from this institute. She asked the students to keep up the legacy of
seniors and motivated us to cross the boundaries that are still untouched.
Through the entire event, Saurabh spell
bounded the audience with his magical use of Hindi language and poetry. He
was appreciated by all for his proficiency at the language. He deployed poetry
to introduce every guest which made the atmosphere more serene.
As every beginning has an end, our function
also ended on a good note where we made a promise to ourselves and to the
institution to keep its values intact and to meet once again next year to
celebrate this auspicious day.
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