Manaswini Mohapatra 
Sambalpur, 4th April, 2026: IIM Sambalpur, one of India’s premier management institutions, celebrated its 10th Annual Convocation, with 416 students receiving their degrees across 5 programmes. The 76%-women-graduating batch had 314 students from the MBA batch (2024–26), 39 from the Executive MBA batch (2023–25), 36 from Executive MBA batch (2024–26), 17 from the Executive MBA for Working Professionals batch (2024–26), 5 PhD for Working Professionals, and 5 PhD scholars. Chief Guest, Dr. Hari Babu Kambhampati, Hon’ble Governor of Odisha, graced the event. Prativa Mohapatra, Vice President and Managing Director of Adobe India, was the Guest of Honour and Prof. Chandan Chowdhury, Chairperson-In-charge, Board of Governors, IIM Sambalpur, & Prof. Mahadeo Prasad Jaiswal, Director IIM Sambalpur at the auspicious event.
Chairman’s Gold Medal was awarded to Srijan Chakraborty (MBA Batch 2024-26), Varsha Sameer Meher (EX MBA Batch 2023-25), Priyanka Rath (EX MBA Batch 2024-26) and Allwyn Francis (MBAWP Batch 2024-26), Director’s Gold Medal was conferred to Chirag Kundra (MBA Batch 2024-26), Sk Aftabuddin Mohammed (EX MBA Batch 2023-25), Rajkishore Kar (EX MBA Batch 2024-26) and Alok Shukla (MBAWP Batch 2024-26) and IIM Sambalpur Gold Medal For Best All Round Performance was awarded to Manya Singh (MBA Batch 2024-26).
Addressing the graduating students, Dr. Hari Babu Kambhampati, Hon’ble Governor of Odisha, Chief Guest said, “IIM Sambalpur is a unique blend of cultural heritage and modern technology in learning, embodying innovation, inclusiveness, and academic excellence. I congratulate IIM Sambalpur on the Master Weaver Programme. It is a remarkable initiative, promoting women-led entrepreneurship and showcasing how tradition and innovation can create global impact. Its commitment to nurturing globally competent leaders while staying rooted in local values is truly inspiring. The institute’s impressive rise in national ranking, its pioneering introduction of programmes in data science, AI, & Public Policy along with its strong emphasis on multidisciplinary & future ready education reflects its visionary leadership. He further added, “I urge all students to continuously transform and update themselves with the changing times, for success is never permanent if we refuse to change with the times.”
In his address, Prof. Mahadeo Jaiswal, Director, IIM Sambalpur, congratulated the graduating cohort and said, “The year 2025-26 marked a period of strategic growth, inclusivity, and academic distinction, with the institute elevating its position among leading business schools in India by jumping 16 rank in NIRF 2025 ranking .IIM Sambalpur due to its AI enabled class learning is being globally cited along with Harvard Business School in terms of learning innovation.”
Inspiring the graduating cohort, Prativa Mohapatra, Vice President and Managing Director, Adobe India, Guest of Honour said, “In the last three years, the world has transformed- from a VUCA environment of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity to BANI that is brittle, anxious, nonlinear, and often incomprehensible. She acknowledged & appreciated the beautiful campus of IIM Sambalpur & its academic innovation .
Congratulating the graduates, at the event, Prof. Chandan Chowdhury, Chairperson-In-charge, Board of Governors, IIM Sambalpur said, “The recognition of IIM Sambalpur at a global forum in Bali alongside Harvard Business School reflects by International Accredation CEO, AMBA. It highlights the institute’s remarkable transformation and its pioneering efforts in integrating AI into management education lead by Prof. Mahadeo Jaiswal, Director of IIM Sambalpur.”
About IIM Sambalpur:
IIM Sambalpur is one of the premier management institutions in the country and is widely known for its quality education. Spread over approximately 200 acres of land, the breathtaking and spectacular permanent campus of IIM Sambalpur was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, on 3rd February 2024. The Prime Minister also laid the foundation stone on 2nd January 2021, via video conferencing. Furthermore, the Union Education Minister, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, recently inaugurated the Incubation Centre, I-Hub Foundation, to promote startups and the ‘Rangavati Centre of Excellence in Cultural and Sustainable Management’. It also has tie-ups with Flipkart, Amazon, and SIDBI to support, promote and connect regional weavers with global platforms. Equipped with sustainable practices and modernized facilities, the campus values its regional art by mapping the traditional IKAT, patterned textile-dyeing technique onto the brick façade. The institute is also leading a visionary project to make Sambalpur the first sustainable city in India. The institute is committed to providing excellent management education, harbouring a sense of entrepreneurship, and developing socially responsible leaders. IIM Sambalpur is known for its two-year flagship MBA Programme, and admissions are held via CAT. It also offers an MBA for working professionals at the Delhi Centre at ISID, Vasant Kunj, providing options for a dual-degree Programme in partnership with French universities. Furthermore, in addition to the Executive MBA Programme, the premier institute offers a PhD, Executive PhD, Bachelor’s Programme in Data Science & AI and Management & Public Policy, and Management Development Programme (MDP). IIM Sambalpur has played a torchbearer role for other IIMs in terms of gender-diverse classrooms. To further enhance classroom engagement, the institute has integrated an AI-powered platform in collaboration with Breakout Learning Inc. to moderate and evaluate small group discussions as part of its MBA pedagogy. IIM Sambalpur cut-off is 92 percentile. IIM Sambalpur’s MBA fee is INR 13.04 Lakh, whereas IIM Sambalpur’s average package stood at INR 16.64 LPA and IIM Sambalpur’s highest package stood at INR 64.61 LPA for the 2023 batch.
