<p>Bengaluru: Some of the students set to receive their degrees from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB) at the annual convocation of the premier institute on Friday have interesting stories to share. </p>.<p>Some candidates have battled personal crises, some with special abilities and a few of them left their comfortable eight-hour jobs in government organisations, joined a course at IIMB and are now ready to head corporate bodies.</p>.<p>Aishwarya, who worked in one of India’s largest public oil corporations as an assistant manager, is now taking on a leadership role in a global consulting firm as vice president and technical consultant. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Bhoopendra, once a senior section engineer with Railways, has transitioned into a consulting role where he now focuses on management research. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Gaurav and Swapnil were former scientists with the Indian Space Research Organization (Isro). One stepped into a role leading innovation at one of the country’s busiest international airports and another joined a global consulting firm’s strategy division. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Saurabh, who served as a Major in the Indian Army, has joined a global customer experience firm as a senior manager. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Himeshwar, a former assistant manager at an oil and gas PSU, successfully<br />transitioned to fintech as the operations unit head at India’s largest mutual fund transfer agency. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Srimanth, who led product initiatives in India’s largest public sector energy company NTPC, has now taken on a leadership position as assistant vice president at a multinational. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Mahesh, who held a deputy manager role at a national enterprise, is now shaping corporate strategy for an international manufacturing group. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Pawan, who was steering technology-led initiatives for India’s critical energy infrastructure, has now entered the tech sales space in a global IT services firm.</p>
<p>Bengaluru: Some of the students set to receive their degrees from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB) at the annual convocation of the premier institute on Friday have interesting stories to share. </p>.<p>Some candidates have battled personal crises, some with special abilities and a few of them left their comfortable eight-hour jobs in government organisations, joined a course at IIMB and are now ready to head corporate bodies.</p>.<p>Aishwarya, who worked in one of India’s largest public oil corporations as an assistant manager, is now taking on a leadership role in a global consulting firm as vice president and technical consultant. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Bhoopendra, once a senior section engineer with Railways, has transitioned into a consulting role where he now focuses on management research. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Gaurav and Swapnil were former scientists with the Indian Space Research Organization (Isro). One stepped into a role leading innovation at one of the country’s busiest international airports and another joined a global consulting firm’s strategy division. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Saurabh, who served as a Major in the Indian Army, has joined a global customer experience firm as a senior manager. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Himeshwar, a former assistant manager at an oil and gas PSU, successfully<br />transitioned to fintech as the operations unit head at India’s largest mutual fund transfer agency. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Srimanth, who led product initiatives in India’s largest public sector energy company NTPC, has now taken on a leadership position as assistant vice president at a multinational. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Mahesh, who held a deputy manager role at a national enterprise, is now shaping corporate strategy for an international manufacturing group. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Pawan, who was steering technology-led initiatives for India’s critical energy infrastructure, has now entered the tech sales space in a global IT services firm.</p>