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OTHER IMPORTANT EVENTS

Workshops for PGPDGM Students
26-27 MARCH

A virtual workshop on ‘Cloud Fundamentals’ was organized for the first batch of PGPDGM students, by
Jio Platforms Limited. The topics covered in this interactive workshop were: Cloud Concepts, Core Jio
Azure Services, Security Privacy Compliance and Trust, Cloud Design, and Implementation. The

organizers also conducted a quiz, andawarded a certificate of participation to the students. Another
2-day live workshop program on ‘Data Visualization using Tableau’ was organized some students from
the first batch of PGPDGM on April 23-24, 2022, by the Phoenix Global Infotech. The workshop was
hands-on and gave practice using the Tableau tool, and the students were able to comprehend real case
examples incorporating them into their respective work domains. The participants found the training
beneficial and apt in today’s business arena. A certificate of participation was awarded to the attendees
of the workshop.

PGPEx alumni-students-faculty interaction meet

27 MARCH

The Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam (IIMV) hosted the Post Graduate Program for
Experienced Professionals (PGPEx) alumni-students-faculty interaction meet at IIMV campus.

The three batches were present for the alumni meet which also included the present batch. The PGPEx
program chair Prof. Saroj Pani welcomed the chief guest Cmde. Hemant Khatri, Chairman and Managing
director, HSL, faculty members and alumni. While giving the profile of the alumni, he mentioned that 30
percent of the PGPEx students are holding CXO positions across various private and public sector
organisations. Speaking at the occasion Director of IIM V, Prof. M Chandrasekhar, spoke about how the
PGPEx program enhances the participant’s knowledge in functional management domains and develops

a better understanding of the demands and challenges faced in modern business organizations.The chief
guest Cmde. Khatri spoke about the importance of working out of the comfort zone and taking risks to
achieve a greater goal and the importance of sustenance in today’s work forum.

Sharing the experience of the program, Ms. Suchitra
Chitthuri, Sr. Manager at HPCL and the former PGPEx
student spoke about how this rigorous program has
enhanced her skills in the work domain leading to better

productivity and efficiency. Another PGPEx alumni Mr.
Abhishek Maiti, Manager, RINL spoke about his exciting
PGPEx journey and said “This program enabled us to
enhance our knowledge in various areas pertaining to
finance, human resource management and many more.

It also established a strong alumni network that we will benefit for life long”. Mr. Palash Sharma, a 2nd

year PGPEx student also in Director’s merit list, said “it has been one of the best decisions of my life to
enrol in the PGPEx program of IIMV. The peer learning has been phenomenal and very satisfying in
addition to the amazing in-class experience created by faculty members”. Another alumni Mr. Subrat
Sahoo, Head Projects at JSW Steels talked about how his 2 years journey during PGPEX program resulted

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