SVKM'S Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies

School of Business Management

Schedule for Convocation – Part Time MBA Students

Broad Agenda
Date Saturday, 07 November 2009

Event Group / Individual Photo Session & Convocation Proceedings

Chief Guest Mr. Vijayan Krishna Murthy, Executive Chairman, J P Morgan AMC

Venue B.J. Hall

Compere Shabnam Kadwani ( PT MBA Student )

Registration of Graduating Students

9.00 a.m. to Registration for Graduating students at B J Hall Lobby ( Allocation of Seat
10.00 a.m. numbers / distribution of Gowns and caps / Coupons )

Photo Session of Graduating Students

10:10 a.m – Group Photo sessions at B J Hall
11.20 a.m Vice Chancellor, Pro Vice Chancellor, Associate Dean, Registrar, Prog.
Chairpersons, Course Coordinator to be present for all class photographs
Class wise Photo session

10. 10 a.m. PTMBA (MKT Div A)

10.20 a.m. PTMBA (MKT Div B)
10.30 a.m. PTMBA (FIN Div A)
10.40 a.m PTMBA (FIN Div B)
10.50 a.m. PTMBA (HRM )
11.00 a.m. PTMBA (INS)
11.10 a.m. PT MBA ( Social Enterprise )

Students are advised to take their seats inside hall as soon as they finishes
their group photo session

Photographer also available at B J Hall from 9.00 am – 10.00 am & 2.00 pm –

3.00 pm for individual photos (to be paid for by students)

11.20 a.m. Photographic session closes

Convocation Ceremony
11.15 am – Issue of gowns to members of Academic Procession in B. J. Hall Lobby
11.30 am
11.30 Students, Staff, Parents to be seated in the Hall.
(The door of hall will be closed at 11.30 am )

11.45 am Assembly of Academic Procession

11.50 am Academic Procession prepares to enter.

11.55 am Academic Procession enters the auditorium Recorded music played

12.00 pm Registrar keeps the maize on the dais. Members on Dais are seated
Faculty, Staff, Students are seated

12.01 pm Lamp lighting, Saraswati Vandana (by Ms. Sushila Shastri )

12.03 pm NMIMS anthem

12.05 pm Registrar request to Shri. Amrish Patel, Hon’ble Chancellor, SVKM’S NMIMS
to declare the Convocation open

Shri Amrish Patel declares Convocation 2009 of SVKM’S NMIMS, School of

Business Management open

12.06 pm Bouquet and Memento to Chief Guest by Shri. Amrish Patel, Hon’ble
Chancellor, SVKM’S NMIMS
12. 07 pm Welcome Address and Introduction of Chief Guest by Dr. Rajan Saxena, Vice
Chancellor, SVKM’S NMIMS.
12.17 pm Review of Part Time MBA programmes, School of Business Management
2009-2010 by Dr.M C Agarwal, Associate Dean, Executive Programmes, SBM

12.25 pm Presentation of the students, who have participated in the PTMBA

Programme of SBM, NMIMS

Prof. Nafisa Kattarwala, Prog Chairperson will read names

PTMBA – Marketing (Div A & Div. B)
PTMBA – Finance (Div A & Div. B)
PTMBA- Human Resources & Behavioural Science
PTMBA – Information Systems

Dr. Meena Galliara, Prog Chairperson will read names

PT MBA – Social Enterprise

1.14 pm Oath by Vice Chancellor and Vice Chancellor inviting Chancellor for conferring
degree.
1.15 pm Shri. Amrish Patel, Hon’ble Chancellor confer Award of Degrees

(Once the degrees are conferred to the graduating students by the Hon’ble
Chancellor all graduating students are required to stand up & bow to accept
the degrees & say ‘AYE’)

1.16 pm Registrar to present the register of graduates to Shri Amrish patel, Hon’ble
Chancellor for his signature.
1.17 pm Declaration of Awards to Rank holders: by Dr. M C Agarwal, Associate Dean,
Executive Prog.
 Awards to be given by Chief Guest accompanied by Vice Chancellor

1.25 pm Convocation Address by Chief Guest

1.35 pm Vote of Thanks by Dr. M N Welling, Pro Vice Chancellor

1.40 pm Shri. Amrish Patel, Hon’ble Chancellor, SVKM’S NMIMS to declare the
Convocation 2009 closed

1.41 pm National Anthem

1.43 pm Academic Procession recedes

1.45 pm Lunch