Ahmedabad: Year 2011 will mark the completion of 50 years of existence of the premier management institute - the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A). Preparations for the mega event are already on and the institute has called upon its alumni to contribute something to make the event a memorable one, once again. However, this time, not for corporate tie-up or for donations, but for contributing their memories.
As a part of the golden jubilee celebration, the IIM-A has decided to produce a coffee table book on 50 years of existence of the institute. In this new initiative, IIM-A has asked its alumni to post all that they can remember of the institutes, their experiences and memories, on a website. What better way to celebrate the 50 years of the institute than in the words of the ones who made IIM-A what it is now. As per sources, a committee of three senior professors -- MM Monippally, Rakesh Basant and Sunil Handa -- has been constituted for the purpose of bringing out the coffee table book, with Monippally as the editor.
The alumni have been asked to contribute any old photos, anecdotes, experiences that will bring out the uniqueness or weirdness of IIMA. Professor Monippally said this will be a multi-faceted book, which will be visual-heavy. The book will talk about the story of this apex institute and about the institute's contribution to management education through photographs. Though the institute already has a big data base of pictures and materials have already been collected, the contribution from the alumni has been invited.
In a letter posted on the website of the IIM-A alumni it is mentioned that the idea is to capture the essence of the IIM-A ethos along with the diversity and the richness of IIM-A experience through pictures, anecdotes and brief, but vivid narration. IIM - A committee has started preliminary work, gathered a lot of pictures from the IIM-A database, and has identified some themes that cover the multi-faceted personality of our institute. Moreover, the institute earnestly invites their participation to enhance the richness and flavour of this book.
