With the first
ever batch of PGDBM students graduating in 1995, ITM Chennai
has been blessed with some of India's finest business
personalities gracing its Convocation Ceremonies through
the years. A list of Chief Guests and Persons of Honor:
1993-1995
Shri. Rusy Modi, Ex-Chairman AI&AI
1994-1996
Shri. V.Balaraman, MD, Ponds India &
Shri. N. Ram Editor, "THE HINDU"
1995-1997
Shri. Suresh Krishna, Chairman, Sundaram Fasteners &
Shri. S. Gurumurthy, Journalist
1996-1998
Shri. C.R. Balasubramanian, Director, GEC- Alsthom
1997-1999
Shri. Raghu Pillai, President & CEO Food World & Music World &
Shri. Sonthalia, Chairman & MD, Express Publications ( Madurai )
1998-2000
Shri. R. Ramachandran, CEO, Wipro GE Systems
1999-2001
Shri. A. Shankaranarayanan, MD, Hindustan Motors Limited
2000-2002
Mrs. Preetha Reddy, MD, Apollo Hospitals &
Mr. K. Ganesh, CEO (EASS),
Price Water House Coopers Ltd.,
2001-2003
Mr. Arun Bewoor, Managing Director, International Flavours and Fragrances &
Mr. K.S. Ramesh, CEO, Cavincare
2002-2004
Mr. R. Subramanian, National Manager, Sales and Marketing, Saint Gobain India &
Mrs. Vidhya Subramaniam, Vaigai Sanitation, Chennai
2003 – 2005
Shri. A Satish Kumar, MD, Henkel India
Shri. Muthukumar Thanu, Vice – President, (Group. HR), Murugappa Group
2004– 2006
Dr.N.G.Kannan,Director- Marketing, Indian oil Corporation Ltd.
Mr.Moorthi Chokkanathan, Head HR, Hexaware Technologies Ltd.
2005– 2007
Chief Guest Mr. V.C. Agrawal, Director-HR, IOC New Delhi and IBP Ltd.
Guest of Honour Mr. K.K. Acharya, MD, CPCI, Chennai
2006-2008
Mr K V Rangaswami,Member of the Board & President,ECC,L&T,Chennai
Mr R Narayanam,Exe Director,Indian Oil Corporation Ltd,New Delhi
2007-2009
Chief Guest: Mr. G. Srinivasan, Chairman & Managing Director, United India Insurance Company Ltd, Chennai.
Guest of Honour: Mr. Anand Kumar, Director (R&D), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, Chennai.
2008-2010
Mr. Apurva Varma, IAS, Commissioner, Milk and Dairy Development Dept. Government of Tamilnadu .
Dr.Sanjukta Pal, Director, Enterprise Application, Deloitte and Touche India Pvt.Ltd.
2009-2011
Mr A K Bansal,Exe Director,Indian Overseas Bank.
Mr R Anand, Partner,Ernst & Young India.
Mr S G Prabhakaran , Director,Lakshmi Vilas Bank.