List of Chief Guests/ Guests of Honour at Convocation of Ramaiah Institute of Management Studies (2009 – 2017)

Dr. Manu Baligar, Kannada writer, author, playwright, former civil servant and current President of Kannada Sahitya Parishat (2017)

Dr. S. Vishwanatha Bhatt, known consultant on economic and financial issues apart from Asset Management (2017).

Mr. Kishore Alva, Executive Director and Joint President for Adani Group’s Udupi Power Corporation Limited, Udupi (2017).

Dr. K. R. Venugopal, Principal, University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bangalore University and former Bangalore Special Officer,

Government of Karnataka (December 2012-June 2016) (2017).

Dr. A. Ravindra, former Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka (2016).

Ms. Preet Cavery, CEO, Symbio Consults (2016).

Mr. Lalit Man Singh, Former Indian Foreign Secretary as Chief Guest (2015).

Mr. Bijay Sahoo, President-HR, Reliance Retail, Mumbai as Guest of Honour (2015).

Dr. S. K. Shiva Kumar, Director, Isro Satellite Centre (ISAC) as Guest of Honor (2014).

Smt. Pankajam Sridevi, Managing Director, ANZ, Bangalore as Chief Guest (2014).

Mr. Abraham Chacko, Executive Director, Federal Bank Ltd. as Guest of Honor (2013).

Sri. T. R. Parasuraman, Deputy Managing Director, Kirloskar Toyota Textile Machinery Pvt. Ltd. as Chief Guest (2013).

Sri. Vikram Rao, Director and Business Head, Acrylic Fibre and South East Asian Yarns, Aditya Birla Group as Guest of Honor (2012).

Sri. M. L. Shanmukh, Director-HR, Bharat Electronics (BEL) Bangalore as Chief Guest (2012).

Sri. H. S. Upendra Kamath, Chairman and Managing Director, Vijaya Bank as Guest of Honor (2011).

Sri. S. Chandrashekhar, Chairman, CII, Karnataka as Chief Guest (2011).

Sri. Anathakrishna, Chairman, Karnataka Bank Ltd. as Guest of Honor (2010).

Sri. N. Ganapathy Subramaniam, President, TCS Financial Solutions as Chief Guest (2010).

Dr. S. Chandrasekhar, Vice President – HR (India/South Asia), IBM India Pvt. Ltd. as President (2010).

Mr. T. Parabrahman, Chairman- CII (Karnataka) & Managing Director – Kirloskar Toyota Textile Ltd. as Guest of Honor (2009).

Dr. Pallab Bandyopadhyay, Vice President & Head HR – Asia Pacific, Perot Systems Ltd. as Chief Guest (2009).

Mr. Prakash P Mallya, Director – Bank of India & Director – Stock Holding Corporation of India Ltd., Mumbai as President (2009).