Prof. Neelu Rohmetra, Director IIM Sirmaur received the 'First Ladies Award' on January 20th, 2018. The felicitation event was held at Rashtrapati Bhawan, wherein she joined over interaction with 100 other exceptional women achievers in the Country in varied areas.
Mr. Kaushal Kishore (Advisor, TRAI, Govt. of India), who was the guest of honour on the occasion spoke about the three pillars of success viz. perseverance, curiosity and determination. He mentioned that giving back to society is what matters the most.
On 17th August 2018, IIM Sirmaur launched its maiden guest lecture under the brand 'Colloquium', which aims at creating an open dialogue between the academia and industry.
Finally, the 10 days of joy and festivities culminated with Ganesha Visarjan. On the last day of Ganesh festival, IIM Sirmaur bid farewell to Lord Ganesha only to welcome him again next year.
Guest lecture (centred on Future of Banking) at IIM Sirmaur
In his first guest lecture (centred on Future of Banking) at IIM Sirmaur, Mr. Rajiv Vaid shed light on how the advent of new banking technologies such as Block Chain is gradually eliminating the need for banks altogether. He also touched upon the emerging trends and key focus areas in banking, both from the perspective of consumers as well as banks.
Guest Lecture (Transformation To New Leadership Roles)
In the third guest lecture of the Colloquium series centered on the theme “Transformation to new leadership roles”, Mr. Krishnan Venkiteswaran, Head HR, Control Print Limited, shed light on various leadership styles and the relevance of each in today’s day and age.
IIM Sirmaur hosted Mr. Santosh Wakhloo, Vice President, JK Paper Ltd., who delivered a guest lecture on ‘Leadership’ to the students of PGP04 batch. Mr. Wakhloo talked about the role of a leader in thinking big, planning big and creating differentiation.
Guest Lectures ''Social Business as a transformational approach''
Indian Institute of Management, Sirmaur feels proud to have hosted Mr. Fons van der Velden, Founder - Context, International Cooperation, to deliver a lecture on “Social Business as a transformational approach” to the students of PGP04 batch.
IIM Sirmaur feels privileged to host Mr. Sunil Kanojia, Director, Tirupati Medicare Ltd. India, for interacting with the students on the topic “Campus to Corporate transformation” under the guest lecture series, Colloquium.
“Why is changing the only constant in the world? Who was the first person who led the change in Human Life?”, Mr. Dharm Rakshit, Head HR, Hero Motocorp Ltd., asked the students, in the latest guest lecture of the Colloquium Series centred on the theme, “Leading change”.
The 70th Republic Day was celebrated with great enthusiasm and patriotic fervour at Indian Institute of Management Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. Professor Neelu Rohmetra, Hon’ble Director IIM Sirmaur, received the guard of honour and unfurled the National Flag.
IIM, Sirmaur played host to Mr. Shivakumar Venkateswaran, CHRO, IIM Bangalore, who shared his views on ‘Career Brand Management’ as part of Colloquium Guest Lecture series.
The Union government sanctioned an IIM for Himachal Pradesh in its financial budget of 2014.
On 15th August 2014, the Hon'ble Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Virbhadra Singh announced that the IIM would be setup at Dhaulakuan near Nahan town in the Sirmaur district. Sirmaur was selected over Kullu and Shimla because an IIM would help to improve the socio-economic condition of local people.
2015
The inaugural ceremony for IIM Sirmaur was held on 4th September 2015. The ceremony was attended by Dr. Rajeev Bindal, Former Minister of health and family welfare in Government of Himachal Pradesh, Shri Kirnesh Jung, MLA Paonta Sahib, Professor Rakesh Srivastava and Professor Bharat Bhaskar, the head of the task force committee of IIM Sirmaur on behalf of Mentoring Institute IIM Lucknow.
On 12th March 2015, the Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry approved a 200-acre site near Dhaula Kuan for the development of the permanent Campus of the Institute
Classes for the first batch of the Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGDM) at IIM Sirmaur commenced on 4th September 2015.
2016
Classes for the second batch of the Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGDM) at IIM Sirmaur commenced on 18th July 2016. Post induction ceremony was held on 16th July 2016. Dr. Ajit Prasad, Director IIM Lucknow, Prof. Srivastava and Sanjeev Govil, CEO Idea Cellular Limited and G. Ramesh CEO and MD HDB Financial Services Limited addressed the students on the occasion.
2017
Appointments Committee of Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi appointed Prof. (Dr.) Neelu Rohmetra as the founding Director, Indian Institute of Management Sirmaur. Prof. Rohmetra is the first women Director ever appointed to head an IIM in the country in the last over 50 years.
1st annual convocation of IIM Sirmaur held on April 8, 2017. Chief Minister of the State of Himachal Pradesh Shri Virbhadra Singh was the Chief Guest and delivered the Convocation address. Chairman BoG, Shri Ajay S Shriram, Chairman and Sr. Managing Director, DCM Shriram Limited was the guest of honour.