Prestigious 2012 GBF Student Leadership Awards presented to National University of Singapore, Indian School of Business and Georgia Institute of Technology MBA students
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
5 April 2012 (LONDON) - Students from the Indian School of Business (ISB),
National University of Singapore and Georgia Institute of Technology and
Constellation Brands were presented the prestigious Graduate Business Forum
(GBF) Leadership Awards at the annual global Graduate Business Conference
2012. Approximately 110 elected student government leaders and alumni from the
top 50 MBA programs in the world convened at the 29(th) annual Graduate
Business Conference hosted by Simon School of Business - University of
Rochester from March 29(th) to April 1(st).
At the Friday Leadership Awards banquet and gala GBF VP Wieteke Dupain, GBF
founder Jim Deveau and Simon School of Business Dean Mark Zupan honoured three
student leaders and one company for their exceptional leadership, innovation and
achievements within the global MBA community. The 2012 Student Leadership Awards
were presented to Varun Mittal from National University of Singapore and Santosh
Mohanram of the Indian School of Business. The 2012 Responsible Leadership Award
was presented to Angela Behnken and her team including Shilpa Arya, Carter Posey
and Chris Chandler from Georgia Institute of Technology. Constellation Brands
received the 2012 Business Leadership Award.
The Conference, founded 29 years ago, aims to engage student leaders and enhance
leadership skills through active participation in best practice student
government and leadership workshops, learn from global business leaders and
inspirational innovators and share global views on responsible and sustainable
leadership practices. The GBF announces with pleasure that the winner and host
of the GBF's 30(th) Anniversary, the 2013 global Graduate Business Conference
will be the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, India (www.isb.edu).
Varun Mittal from the National University of Singapore received the GBF 2012
Student Leadership Award for his ability to implement his vision for an
integrated IT platform which allows NUS MBA's to overcome the challenges of
communication and continuity both during and after the MBA. While his efforts
will allow NUS MBA's to sustain their MBA email addresses for life, the primary
focus was to maximize productivity through a unified web portal, create a
knowledge management system to maintain best practice legacies, and establish a
common multimedia repository across all NUS MBA departments by synchronizing
various existing social media initiatives. Mr. Mittal took the initiative to
analyze the current challenges, motivate fellow classmates to leverage their
knowledge and ability to create viable solutions and skilfully negotiated and
collaborated with industry leaders like Google to create an independent system.
Santosh Mohanram from the Indian School of Business also received the GBF 2012
Student Leadership Award to recognize his selfless contribution to classmates
and the schools' quality of education for setting up a peer to peer teaching
initiative which enabled increased development, collaboration and learning. He
conducted revision sessions, within a competitive MBA environment, in which his
classmates could contribute and realise their full potential in preparation for
their post MBA careers. Though his academic sessions were often attended by
more than 100 students, he further managed and led development for a new "ISB
Student Wiki" initiative to create a sustainable knowledge repository.
The GBF 2012 Responsible Leader Award was bestowed upon a team of 4 student
leaders from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Angela Behnken, Shilpa Arya,
Carter Posey and Chris Chandler for establishing the Georgia Tech MBA Community
Fund. As a result of three life changing events within Georgia Tech's MBA
community, this student led initiative recognizes the value of support and
community during times of crisis. With no institutionalized program to support
its community in need, the group overcame the challenges to establish this Fund
and successfully initiate sustainable requests for funding. Their tenacity led
them to create an annual allotment protocol to subsidize the Fund in addition to
initiatives to receive contributions from students, faculty, staff and alumni
and establish a legacy program with which to support each other in times of
need.
Constellation Brands received the 2012 Business Leadership award for their
contributions to the Simon School of Business, strong support for education and
the community at large.
Winners of the GBF 2011 Responsible Leadership Award, Robert Seiler, Eric
Seidner and Alex Song from China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)
returned to present an update about their Carbon Neutral initiative. An
inspirational presentation from the students outlined how they initiated their
program and successfully manoeuvred challenges towards implementation. They
also presented a "How To" guide for organisations and Universities to begin
their own carbon mitigation journey. The team will continue their efforts on
behalf of the GBF to seek out, support and encourage other Responsible
Leadership projects among student leaders globally within top tier MBA programs.
Wieteke Dupain, GBF VP, said: "Every year we're impressed by the high quality of
nominations coming in from all over the world. The Leadership Awards provide
recognition, but mostly it is about sharing highly inspirational and successful
initiatives within the global Business School community. It is important local
best practices and knowledge on how to set up successful programs are shared
around the world as it inspires and translates in more successful initiatives
that can make a difference in the quality of education and the global
community".
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About the Graduate Business Forum
Established in 1983, the Graduate Business Forum (GBF)
(www.graduatebusinessforum.com) is a global organization dedicated to developing
responsible leadership and global citizenship, with influence, through an
exclusive network of student leaders and alumni from the world's top 50 business
schools.
The GBF runs a number of activities to support the development of leadership
skills for business school students through newsletters, shared knowledge
platforms and networking events including the annual Graduate Business
Conference (GBC) (http://gbc.simon.rochester.edu/ ) hosted by one of the GBF
member schools, drawn from the top 50 business schools and MBA programs
globally.
Over the last quarter century, the GBF has seen:
* +3,000 student leaders participating in GBCs
* +30 countries with participating business schools
* +300 forums and workshops helping inspire future leaders by the exchange of
leadership initiatives,
improved organizational approaches for student governments, implementation
of new student initiatives,
and an increased consciousness towards social responsibility and ethical
leadership.
* +100 corporate executives, government officials and other leaders who have
contributed time and inspiration
* Countless projects around the world fueled by inspirations from GBF
participation that made a positive difference in the world
About the Student and Responsible Leadership Awards
The Student Leadership Award (SLA) and Responsible Leadership Awards (RLA) and
Grants are ways of recognizing the contributions that individual students and
teams make to the development of their own schools and associated communities.
The Student Leadership Award was introduced in 1991 by the Board of Directors of
the Graduate Business Forum to recognize outstanding leadership, innovation and
a commitment to the greater community at the graduate business level. The Awards
are open to full-time graduate business students of GBF member schools
participating in the annual Graduate Business Conference. The award is presented
at the Student Leadership Award Commemorative Banquet and Gala at the annual
Graduate Business Conference. Previous presenters of the Awards include HRH
Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and President S.R. Nathan of Singapore.
For further information on the criteria and how to be nominated, as well as a
list of previous winners, please visit:
www.graduatebusinessforum.com/leadership.html
For further information on the award winners or GBF:
If contacting us by e-mail, please include leadership(at)graduatebusinessforum.com
to ensure the whole team is aware of the request.
Main Contact Person:
Jim Deveau, Founder, Graduate Business Forum
E-mail: jim.deveau(at)graduatebusinessforum.com
Telephone: +1 203 292 3294/ +1 203 913 4374
Americas:
Jim Deveau, Founder, Graduate Business Forum
E-mail: jim.deveau(at)graduatebusinessforum.com
Telephone: +1 203 292 3294/ +1 203 913 4374
Asia/ Europe:
Wieteke Dupain, VP Strategic Partnerships and Programs, Graduate Business Forum
Email: wieteke.dupain(at)graduatebusinessforum.com
Telephone: +31 6543 620 97/ +31 61 509 6171
Niall O'Hea, Chairman, Board of Directors, Graduate Business Forum
E-mail: niall.j.ohea(at)aexp.com
Telephone: +44 127 321 1042/ +44 7515 333 552/ +44 790 491 0430
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