PLACEMENT BROCHURE 2018-20 BATCH Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Management (PGDRM) Institute of Rural Management Anand Post Box No. 60, Anand 388 001. Gujarat, India E-mail: [email protected] • Website: https://www.irma.ac.in INSTITUTE OF RURAL MANAGEMENT ANAND [email protected] How to reach IRMA IRMA is located in Anand, the milk capital of India. The campus is at a distance of approximately 80 km from the Ahmedabad airport and approximately 50 km from the Vadodara airport. Private and pre-paid taxis can be hired from both airports to reach the campus. Anand town is well connected by rail and road. A large number of trains ply between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, which halt at Anand. The campus is at a distance of 4 km from the Anand railway station. Buses ply regularly from Vadodara, Ahmedabad and Mumbai to Anand. Stay with Us It would be our privilege to host your representative(s) and provide all the necessary assistance to make their stay at IRMA comfortable when they visit the campus for the Placement process. We can also extend transport facility from Ahmedabad/Vadodara airports and Anand Railway Station. Executive Training and Development Centre (ETDC) – IRMA C/o. Institute of Rural Management Anand Ph.: (02692) 221697 • Email: [email protected], [email protected] You can also make your own stay arrangements at the near by hotels: Madhubhan Resort & Spa Anand - Sojitra Road, Near Janta Crossing, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand, Gujarat 388120 Phone: 02692 239 268 Hotel La Casa Inn Near Ganesh Crossing, Anand- Sojitra Road, Anand, Gujarat 388001 Dr. Verghese Kurien Ph.: 02692 264801-802 (26th November, 1921 to 9th September, 2012) Father of White Revolution Founder, IRMA Hotel Arizona Inn Opp. S R Park, Anand - Sojitra Rd, Near Madhubhan Resort, Anand, Gujarat 388001 Phone: 070960 20808 Hotel Surabhi Regency Jay Tower, Amul Dairy Rd, Popati Nagar, Anand, Gujarat 388001 Phone: 02692 242 018 “India’s place in the sun would come from the partnership between wisdom of its rural people and skill of its professionals.” Dr. Verghese Kurien Father of White Revolution Founder, IRMA PLACEMENT BROCHURE 2018-20 1 Board of Governors Shri Dilip Rath | Chairman Dr. Ravindra Dholakia | Rtd. Professor Institute of Rural Management Anand IIM, Ahmedabad Shri Sangram R Chaudhary | Managing Director Dr. Tushaar Shah | Senior Fellow Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable Private Limited, Delhi International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Anand Shri Amarjeet Sinha | Secretary Dr. Chenraj Roychand | Chairman Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, Jain Group of Institutions, Bengaluru New Delhi Dr. R S Sodhi | Managing Director Ms. Mona Khandhar | Commissioner and Secretary Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), Anand Ministry of Rural Development, Government of Gujarat Prof. Harekrishna Misra | Professor Shri K.C. Supekar | Managing Director Institute of Rural Management Anand National Cooperative Dairy Federation of India Ltd., Anand Prof. Vivek Pandey | Associate Professor Dr. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala | Chairman Institute of Rural Management Anand National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Ms. Meenu Vadera | Executive Director (NABARD), Mumbai Azad Foundation, New Delhi Shri Amit Vyas | Managing Director Shri Srinivasan B | President – Chairman’s Office Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers’ Union Ltd., Anand Reliance Industries Ltd., Mumbai Dr. A.K. Shiva Kumar | Development Economist Prof. Hitesh V Bhatt | Director & Member Secretary New Delhi Institute of Rural Management Anand 2 Institute of Rural Management Anand Board of Governors Faculty Director Hitesh V. Bhatt (MS | Georgia Tech, Atlanta, USA) Faculty Members Aashish Argade (Fellow | IIM, Ahmedabad) Abhinav Rajverma (Master of Management | IIT, Bombay) (Ph. D. | Thesis Submitted, IIT Kharagpur) Anand V (Ph. D. | Mumbai University) Anita Kerai (Ph.D.| IIM Ahmedabad) Asmita H. Vyas (M.Com. | LLB | FCA) H. S. Shylendra (Ph. D. | ISEC Bangalore) Harekrishna Misra (Ph. D. | Utkal University) Hari Krishnan Nagarajan (Ph. D. | University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA) Hippu Salk Kristle Nathan (Ph.D. | IGIDR, Mumbai) Indranil De (Ph. D. | JNU, New Delhi) Madhavi Mehta (Fellow | XLRI-AHRD) Mukul Kumar (Ph. D. | Delhi University) Paresh J. Bhatt (M.Com. | LLB (Hons) | FCMA) Pramod K. Singh (Ph. D. | JNU, New Delhi) Pratik Modi (Fellow | IRMA) PKV Kishan (Fellow | IIM, Ahmedabad) Preeti Priya (Ph. D. | SPU, Gujarat) Rakesh Arrawatia (Ph. D. | IIT Kharagpur) Saswata Narayan Biswas (Ph. D. | Allahabad University) Satyendra Pandey (Fellow | XIMB) Shambu Prasad Chebrolu (Ph. D. | IIT Delhi) Shivshanker Singh Patel (Ph. D. | IISC Bangalore) Shyam Singh (Ph. D. | ISEC Bangalore) Sridhar Vishwanath (PGDM - Agri-Business | MANAGE, Hyderabad) Sushanta Kumar Sarma (Fellow | IRMA) Sumit Kumar Yadav (Doctoral Candidate | IIM, Ahmedabad) Tarun Sharma (Ph.D., IISc, Bangalore) Uday Shankar Saha (Ph.D. | IARI, New Delhi) Vivek Pandey (Ph. D. | Michigan State University, USA) Adjunct Faculty S. R. Asokan (Ph.D.| Gujarat University) R. Ramaseshan (IAS Retd.) Vivek Bhandari (Ph.D. | University of Pennsylvania) N. Ravichandran (Ph.D.| IIT, Madras) Nikhil Zaveri (Ph.D.| IIM, Ahmedabad) L K Vaswani (Ph.D.| HAU, Hissar) Tushaar Shah Senior Fellow, IWMI, Anand Visiting Faculty N. V. Belavadi Executive Director (Retd.), NDDB R. S. Sodhi Managing Director, GCMMF Sankar Datta Senior Advisor (Institutional Development) – BASIX Tamal Sarkar Director, MSME Foundation, New Delhi PLACEMENT BROCHURE 2018-20 3 Chairman’s Message I am very happy to introduce to you the students of the 39th batch of IRMA’s flagship programme Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Management and invite you in the forthcoming campus placement process. After about two years of rigorous academic and field assignments under the well-qualified and competent faculties, these students are now ready to be launched as rural management professionals. As you may be aware, Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) was set-up in 1979 by the ‘Father of the White Revolution’ Dr Verghese Kurien to nurture and develop a cadre of rural management professionals to serve producer institutions and other developmental organizations. IRMA uses a rigorous, nationwide selection process to identify potential candidates having basic aptitude and motivation to work for the development of the rural sector. It gives me immense pleasure to mention that, over the past 39 years, IRMA has nurtured more than 3000 professionals who are making valuable contribution in meeting the goals of the organizations they are working for. It is indeed satisfying to note that these IRMA alumni are imbibed with the values and ethos which are required to serve the rural households with empathy. It is indeed a privilege to invite you to have interaction with some of India’s finest and committed young women and men who are equipped with the knowledge, skills and aptitude to contribute to creation of rural wealth and nation building. I am sure that you will find many of them quite suited and qualified to help you in fulfilling the vision and mission of your organization. Shri Dilip Rath, Chairman, IRMA 4 Institute of Rural Management Anand Director’s Message IRMA was set up by Dr. Verghese Kurien in the year 1979 with an aim to create a new generation of barefoot managers who would usher in modern management to serve the rural and the underserved economy. Since then, 3150 IRMA graduates have contributed immensely to the mission of IRMA across every sector of the economy. Students at IRMA receive a management education unparalleled elsewhere, learning from the best and leading to fulfilling careers while making a socio-economic impact to millions of lives. No other business school in the world has been able to inspire young minds - with changing aspirations year after year – to serve people in the rural space, as IRMA. Through its flagship program, the Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Management (PGDRM), IRMA has not only germinated the concept of quality education in rural management and development, but actively fostered it. It is our continuing endeavour to keep abreast of the challenges and opportunities in the world of business, governance, and civil society while creating leaders and change-makers for a better tomorrow. The PGDRM is a course with a unique curriculum. It not only offers high quality courses through its classroom terms, but also distinct segments that focus on experiential learning through the innovative Village Fieldwork Segment (VFS) and the Summer Internship Segment (SIS). The addition of two full terms of elective courses makes the classroom learning all the more enriching. It gives me great pleasure in introducing to you the highly competent students of the batch of PGDRM 2018-20. I’m sure that you will be able to find the talent you’re looking for from this diverse and vibrant batch and that they will be the torch-bearers of your organizations for years to come. Prof. Hitesh V. Bhatt, Director, IRMA PLACEMENT BROCHURE 2018-20 5 “You have chosen the road less travelled by, to work with those who need your services rather than opting for jobs, which would fetch you rewards, but I must warn you that you will face disillusionment and opposition at every step. I urge you to face every day with courage, patience and humility. If you persevere, you will make a difference to the rural masses and it is this difference upon which the future of our nation rests,” said Dr. Kurien to one of the graduating batches at IRMA. Let us take you through the journey of IRMA regarding who we are, how we started, and where we are headed. “You cannot raise princes in a pigsty” was the retort from Dr. Kurien when questioned how people trained in the world class infrastructure of IRMA could possibly work in villages. This vision gave shape to the sprawling 60 acres campus on which IRMA stands today. The lush green campus of IRMA is situated at Anand - alongside the founding institutions NDDB and GCMMF. The towering Chimes, the grey walls, the winding paths and the green lawns bespeak the legend and his mastery.