IIM Indore celebrated its 23rd Foundation Day on Thursday. The Chief Guest for the occasion was Sadashiv Nayak, CEO, Food Business, Future Group. The inauguration took place with the lamp lighting by the Chief Guest and Professor Himanshu Rai, Director, IIM Indore.
Professor Rai then delivered the welcome address. Professor Rai welcomed the guests and shared the journey of IIM Indore along with the journey of a nation, a planet and a universe which has humans at its core. Journey of IIM indore but take you through another journey of any nation and any planet which has humans at its core. ‘At this Foundation Day, we need to take a pause and think what foundation really means and what it is that a country or the world should be founded on. I believe that the foundation of humankind is Dharma.
And by dharma, I don’t mean religion or your belief system. I believe that the dharma of humans should be humanity’, he said. He said that humanity is the only differentiation between humans and animals.
He noted that the mission of the institute is to prepare socially conscious leaders, and these leaders should follow the ten attributes of dharma, namely- Dhriti (dhairya), Kshama (forgiveness), Dam (control over mind), Asetya (non- covetousness), Shauch (clean mind and body), Indriyanigrah (consciousness), Dhiya (wisdom), Vidya (understand difference between being educated and literate), Satyam (follow truth) and Akrodh (control over anger). He encouraged the community to pledge to make this place a happier place.
Nayak congratulated the community on Foundation Day and shared his learning from his experience while working at the Future Group. With the help of all the ‘9 rasa’ of feelings, he shared the learnings while managing the organization.
These rasa included vibhats, shringar, raudra, bhayanak, Shanti, karuna, adbhut, veer and hasya. He mentioned that during a campaign for sales at his organization, he realised that senior citizens should also be assisted and encouraged while shopping. ‘Every customer is important to us, understanding their needs and their feelings are equally important’, he said.
On this occasion, the Institute also held an award ceremony for the Best Teachers and Best Staff Members. Apart from this, employees who have completed their 10/20 years of service at the Institute were also felicitated. The names of the awardees are as follows:
Best Teachers: Professor Harshal Lowalekar and Professor Sanjeev Tripathi (Rs 1 lakh each), Best Staff: Amit Prakash Sharma, Abhinav Parmar, Harikishan Nair MM Rs 30,000 each) and Unni KR (Rs 40,000)