FORE School of Management held its 17th Annual Convocation on Friday, August 6, 2010. The occasion was graced by the august presence of Chanda Kochhar, MD & CEO, ICICI Bank, who was present there as the Chief Guest.

FORE School of Management held its 17th Annual Convocation on Friday, August 6, 2010. The occasion was graced by the august presence of Chanda Kochhar, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, ICICI Bank, who was present there as the Chief Guest.

Kochhar started her address by congratulating the fresh graduates of FORE School of Management, their parents and the faculty members of the B-School. She rightly read the thoughts that were going on in the minds of the students. “You must be having two feelings at the moment, one of excitement as this is your last lecture and no more classes or learnings from now on! And the other feeling is that of apprehension about your future,” she said.

She decided to burst both the feelings of the students. She started with the feeling of excitement. “If you are thinking that you have learnt everything, then you are wrong. Your learning actually starts from today!” She mentioned that the new MBAs will learn from every opportunity, challenge, mistake and achievement. “You will learn from the opportunities and challenges you receive, your and others’ mistakes, and from doing something good yourself as well as others,” she said. “From tomorrow onwards, you will be graduating every single day,” she exclaimed.

While talking about the feeling of apprehension, Kochhar assured the students that their future is very bright. “All of you are fortunate enough to graduate and enter the corporate world at this stage when India is booming with opportunities,” she said. She mentioned that it is a landscape of growth with a vibrant and robust economy. She explained the reason why they are fortunate as things were different 26 years ago.

Describing the Indian scenario 26 years back, Kochhar said, “India was in a license regime at that time. It targeted five point growth and achieved just three point of growth. It was the age of brain drain. But today India is a different country.”