IIM Calcutta welcomes new batch of students online – India Today

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IIM Calcutta has conducted a virtual city meet via Zoom this year for the new batch of students due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Traditionally, these annual city meets are held physically across India for the incoming batch where new students get an opportunity to interact with current students, renowned alumni, and their future batch mates.

It also gives them an insight into the life that awaits them at Joka. Last year also the city meet was also held in virutal mode due to the coronavirus pandemic.

IIMC begins new session: Number of people attended

An Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta spokesman said on Friday that a total of 480 participants attended these meets recently including students from the incoming batch, current batch and distinguished alumni.

The mets were organized by IIM (C) External Relations Cell, across Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Kolkata. Each city had multiple hosts from the current batch who welcomed all the participants and encouraged conversations.

The sessions also saw distinguished alumni of various batches participating in the meet.

Sudhansh Jayant and Vidisha Misra, ER Cell Secretaries at IIM Calcutta said, “We are thankful to all the students, our teammates, and esteemed alumni for making these city meet a huge success with their presence.”

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Source: https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/iim-calcutta-welcomes-new-batch-of-students-online-1814009-2021-06-12