Hi everyone! Good evening and welcome to all who have gathered here today!

Ill try my best to avoid the Papa Kehte speeches of bada naam karega, business mein koi aisa Kaam karega I think that a farewell speech is probably the ONLY speech where students actually listen to the speaker (well I am hoping at least that is the case right now!) In any chapter of life, there is always going to be an ending. Hence, there is always going to be a time to say goodbye. We all know that these moments tend to be dramatic and could be an opening for something that can be remembered for a very long time. The passed one Year has been an altogether different management degree by itself. Working on the group Projects, Individual reports, presentations, maintaining 70% attendance, completing course works, giving semester exams required the skill of a professional. However, all said and done, at the end of it, all of us have come through stronger. It has been the most eventful year of our MSc programme. I think all of us can be sure of becoming fabulous managers after going through the past 1 year. We might not have sharpened all our skills yet, but we definitely come up champions in various aspects of management. I think we can safely claim that MScs are the absolute masters of handling stress and work overload. If not in our technical aptitude as compared to the IITs, we can easily beat them in task execution capabilities! Now whether these qualities are inculcated in us by educational institutes intentionally or not is a different issue altogether! It is a funny system submission files over which you have toiled hard for nights, getting holes punched right through them as soon as you give them. I dont know whether it is BECAUSE of the system or INSPITE of the system, but the reality is that each and every one of us today has a bright future lined up for us. And it is after all due to our own GD Goenka World Institute and Lancaster University Programme. I am indeed grateful to every person here involved in the process of trying and making us into managers. However, lets face it. Life begins on the day we step out, moving out from this college, what we had till now was a protected environment. Our biggest nightmare till now was something like not getting our certification in time. Now, bigger challenges lie ahead in life. But because of the last 1 year, this time, we know one thing for sure we can handle anything that comes our way. I wish you happy adventures, fantastic new friendships, amazing experiences and the journey of a lifetime. May the road rise up to meet you, May the wind be ever at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face and the rain fall softly on your fields. And until we meet again, may God hold you in the hollow of his hand Thanks to all of my teachers, for providing me with myriad opportunities for growth during my time here as a student.