Mysuru: The 30th Annual Convocation of Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development (SDM-IMD), Mysuru, will be held on Apr. 5 at the Institute Campus on Chamundi Hill Road.

Natarajan Srinivasan, Chief Executive Officer, TVS Automobile Solutions, will be the chief guest and will deliver the Convocation Address at 3 pm.

Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade, Dharmadhikari of Shri Kshethra Dharmasthala and the Chairman, Governing Board of SDM-IMD, will preside over the Convocation function. The Governing Board Members of the Institute will be present.

During the Convocation, the Institute will be awarding the Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM, equivalent to MBA) to 227 students of the Batch 2023-2025.

Further, students who have excelled in Specialisation areas will be receiving the Gold Medals from the chief guest. In addition, there will be two more coveted awards — the Chairman’s Gold Medal for Overall Best Academic Performance and the Ankur Gupta Memorial Gold Medal for Overall Best Performance.

Dr. (Lt. Col.) S.N. Prasad, Director of the Institute, will be presenting the Annual Report stating the activities and achievements of the Institute during the academic year 2024-25.

Profile: Natarajan Srinivasan is the CEO at TVS Automobile Solutions. A Business Leader with over 30 years of experience in Technology-led Business Transformation focused on Business outcomes, he has held several Leadership Positions at IBM, TCS and Wipro; Has global exposure with Auto, Retail, CPG and Manufacturing Domain experience; An inclusive leader with emphasis on Client Centricity, Organisation Building and Collaborative Working.