Professor Rishikesha T Krishnan joined IIM Indore as Director on Wednesday. Prof Krishnan arrived on the campus at 3 pm and had a brief interaction with Administrative Heads, Academic Activity Heads and Faculty. Handing over ceremony took place at 4:30 p.m. in the central law of the Institute followed by community group photograph.
While introducing Professor Krishnan, the outgoing Director, N Ravichandran was delighted to note that the new Director, is a graduate from IIM Ahmedabad who would take the Institute to greater heights. Ravichandran said that during his association with the Institute since November 2008, the Institute made every possible attempt to enlarge the set of academic activities, scale up operations and transform the overall context in which IIM Indore is functioning.
After a formal handing over ceremony, Professor Krishnan in his address to the IIM Indore community said that he was very happy to join IIM Indore at this important juncture in the history of the Institute.
He also said that IIM Indore has an excellent infrastructure, innovative academic programmes like five year Integrated Programme in Management (IPM) and largest number of PGP students. He observed that there are several things on which IIM Indore is well poised to surge ahead in the future and with the support from all the stakeholders like students, staff, faculty and Board Members, the Institute would become a place of our dreams.
The outgoing Director, N Ravichandran would be returning back to IIM Ahmedabad to join it as Professor with effect from January 2, 2014. Ravichandran in his farewell note stated that since November 2008, the Institute has made every possible attempt to enlarge the set of academic activities, scale up operations and transform the overall context in which IIM Indore is functioning.