PGP 10 Merit Evening

The second year PGP students were presented with merit certificates at a quiet event in the auditorium on the evening of Aug 16. Quiet because no-one seemed to know about it and those who did couldn’t sadly find the time.

The PGP Chair, Prof. Nair kicked off the evening, explaining the idea and the method - 1 in 20 students get the merit awards, based on their academic performance at the end of year one; the top ones of course. After the congratulatory message, came the turn of the students to receive their awards. Amidst the applause, the achievers from PGP10 - Venkat, Sagar, Ananya, Prakhar, Sheetal, Tushar, Gopichander, Prasanna and Aruna collected their certificates from Prof. RP Suresh. Venkat, Sagar and Sheetal, took the opportunity to share their thoughts with the audience – all of them attributing a big share of their success to their group mates, the faculty and everyone else at K. Sagar had an interesting story to narrate, about how he got the offer to join IIMK on June 19, 2006, precisely 2 days before the course was to commence, about how he started from a clean slate and the journey from then to now.

Prof. Suresh gave the concluding address: explaining the low coefficient of correlation between the academic awards and success in career and life but underscoring their importance nonetheless. He recounted how the awards were started in the year 2000, and how they had grown from being a low key affair to the merit evening function of today. [Prof Suresh was the PGP Chair in 2000.] Just like everyone else present, he lamented about the low turnout, especially from PGP11, whose numbers totaled less than the number of faculty and staff present. And also like everyone else, he hoped that the coming years will see more enthusiasm from the junior students. Saurabh, from the student’s council proposed the formal vote of thanks and High tea followed.

The photograph is courtesy Saurabh, who also doubled up as the official photographer.

Here’s wishing great success to all the winners!!