Tenth Graduation Day for MBA Students Held at Sahyadri College of Management
Mangaluru: The Tenth Graduation Day for the students of Sahyadri College of Management was held at the Sahyadri campus. One hundred & seventy eight students took an oath and received their graduation certificates from the Chief Guest – Mr. Edwin Moses, Group Vice-President of Oracle, Bengaluru and the Guest of Honor – Mr. Krishnaraj Tantri, Senior Vice-President of South and South East Asia, Global Payments, Mumbai.
Dr. Vishal Samartha (Director-MBA) welcomed the gathering and gave a glimpse of the college and the department. While enumerating the achievements of the outgoing batch, she took great pride in relating the growth story of the department.
The graduating candidates were presented by Prof. Ramesh K G (Dean-Strategic Planning), and Prof. Balakrishna S S (Vice-Principal) led them in the oath taking ceremony.
Later, the outgoing students volunteered to share their experience of the time spent at Sahyadri College, and also pledged to join hands with the institution in the form of industry-academia connections that shall contribute to the overall growth of the institution.
Chief Guest – Mr. Edwin Moses has more than 30 years of experience spanning industries, functions, cultures, and geographies. He has worked with companies across multiple industry segments; Automotive, Specialized Tooling, Management Consulting, Telecom & Banking. His responsibilities have been at both operational and leadership levels in functions as diverse as Manufacturing, Sales, Product Management, and After Sales Service & Engineering Delivery. An avid reader, a ‘hungry learner’, and a constant believer that there are miles to go before one can sleep.
While addressing the gathering, Mr. Edwin Moses highlighted the one common factor among everyone as the need to be successful. Success is not how fast you run to achieve it but how long you last in it. He also shared tips to last long in a successful state – Have Passion in whatever you do, Do it with Perfection and Have clear Purpose of life. He referred to Passion as finding yourself and Purpose as losing yourself.
Guest of Honour – Mr. Krishnaraj Tantri has over 22 years of progressive Experience in Business Development activities with International and varied culture exposure, and close to 16+ years in the Payment industry space. He has successfully managed Multiple System and Operational Migration / s. He has been the President’s Club Winner for the last 5 Consecutive Years, one of the Prestigious Award, being honoured to the top performers and recognized on Global Platform.
Mr. Krishnaraj, while addressing the graduates, highlighted the 3 key factors that contribute to success – Uphold highest level of Integrity, Need for Strategic Planning and Risk Taking ability. He urged students to shift their ideology from “Why me” to “Try Me”. He appreciated Sahyadri for nurturing & moulding the students to fulfil their dreams.
In his Presidential Remarks, Dr. R Srinivasa Rao Kunte (Principal) appreciated the department for contributing their talent (year after year) to the nation who not only do well for themselves but also for Sahyadri as they raise the banners of the institution that they graduate from.
Parents and relatives of students were also present to support their children on this momentous occasion. It was a moment of pride for the parents who witnessed their child being conferred with an MBA degree.
