IIM Calcutta conducts 'City Meet' online for new batch of students

Earlier, IIM-C used to conduct these annual city meets 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.

IIM Calcutta Virtual City Meet: The Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta recently organized and conducted a virtual city meet via Zoom this year for its new batch of students, amid the ongoing pandemic situation. Earlier, IIM-C used to conduct these annual city meets 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.

The idea behind the conduct of these city meets is to give students an insight into the life that awaits them at Joka. Last year also the city meet was also held in virtual mode due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. According to an IIM-C spokesman, a total of 480 participants attended these meets recently including students from the incoming batch, current batch and distinguished alumni.

IIM (C) External Relations Cell organized the meet 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 witnessed distinguished alumni of various batches participating in the meet.

The meeting also included an orientation to IIM Calcutta and its rich history, exemplary academia, and legendary alumni through a presentation. further, to facilitate conversation, breakout rooms were created where students could ask their Q&As in a closed group environment.

Talking about the conduct of the virtual meet by IIM C, 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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