Tiruchirappalli, December 10, 2022: Hon’ble Shri Ram Nath Kovind, Former President of India, presented the ‘IMC Distinguished Alumni Award 2022 to Mr. Kabir Ahmed Shakir, a 1991-93 batch alumnus of Bharathidasan Institute of Management (BIM), Tiruchirappalli during the 12th Indian Management Conclave 2022 at Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode on 10th December 2022. The past recipients include Ravi Kumar, Former President, Infosys; R S Sodhi, MD, Amul; H Harikrishna, MD of Payments Bank; Neeraj Kakkar, MD, Hector Beverages; Rituparna Chakraborty, Co-Founder, Team Lease.
Hon’ble Former President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind while congratulating the recipient, reminded the audience of the importance of Kozhikode in India’s freedom movement. He also urged the participants to achieve excellence in whatever we do.
Dr. Asit K Barma, Director – BIM, Trichy while congratulating Mr. Kabir Ahmed Shakir for this distinguished recognition, commented that the institute is proud of its 4500+ BIM alumni who are making a significant impact across the globe in industry, government, and academics.
Mr. Kabir Ahmed Shakir is the Chief Financial Officer at Tata Communications. In this role, Kabir is responsible for the strategic financial management of the company. Before Tata Communications, Kabir was the Chief Financial Officer at Microsoft India, responsible for its overall finance leadership across all entities in India. Preceding this, he spent over 23 years with Unilever in leadership roles across multiple geographies–International Funding Director in the Netherlands, Global Supply Chain Finance Director in the UK, CFO of the Home and Personal Care business in India, and Global CFO for the Skincare category in the UK.
IMC Distinguished Alumni Awards (IMC DAA), organised by MBAUniverse are presented to outstanding business leaders every year who graduate from an Indian business school, making a national and global impact.
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Photograph attached:
In photograph: Mr. Kabir receiving the award from Hon’ble Former President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, in presence of Dr. Asit K Barma, Director – BIM; Dr. Debashish Chatterjee, Director – IIM, Kozhikode