Saurabh wins grand finale at IMI, Delhi!!

Saurabh Shukla, participant of PGDSM MIT 04 has won the grand finale at Spandan’ 07 organised by the International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi. Spandan is a foundation for Human Values for Management and Society at IMI. The topic for the presentation was ‘If I were to teach Human Values. The aim of the contest was to sensitize aspirant professionals about balancing their professional goals with organizational needs.

After a gruelling preliminary round, 6 finalists across India were chosen to battle it out at the finals held at IMI, Delhi. The other finalists were from TISS, IMI Delhi and Delhi School of Economics. The distinguished jury panel comprised of Prof. G.P. Rao, Founder of Spandan, Prof. C.S Venkata Ratnam, Director IMI and Prof. K Sankaran, Dean, Student welfare.

The presentation round was followed by an exacting Q&A session where the finalists were grilled on their views on the topic. Questions ranging from ‘Role of management in encouraging value system in an organisation’, ‘The learning cycle of values’ and ‘Relationship between value dimension and power dimension’ ensured that the best was brought out in the finalists. They were also asked to cite real life examples from corporate where these principles hold good.



Saurabh says he is thankful to Prof. Lata Dhir, Prof. Mona Nanavati and Prof. Prem Chandrani whose guidance helped him during his preparatory phase. He walked away with a certificate, memento and a cash prize of INR 5000.

Congrats Saurabh :)

- Manisha