Hyderabad|India|February'2012: Peter. F. Drucker is doyen of Management and is considered a founding father of management. To commemorate his services to the modern management theories and to pay tribute to this visionary, premier B-School of Hyderabad, Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management (VJIM) organised the 2nd Peter F Drucker Memorial All India Debate Competition 2012.

Forty teams from several colleges across the country participated in the event. Four rounds were conducted as part of the competition. The First prize of Rs 20,000.00 was won by Soumya and Ravi from Bhavan’s Vivekananda college, Hyderabad, while Jaspreet Singh and Raghunandan Gunnaa from Pendekanti Law College, Hyderabad were the first runner-up winning Rs.15,000.00 as the cash prize. The team from VJIM, comprising Rahul and Ashithawere the second runners-up winning Rs.10,000.00 cash prize.

Dr. D.N.Rao, General Secretary and Mr. K.Harish Chandra Prasad, Joint Secretary, Vignana Jyothi Society attended the event. “The initiative taken by institute has been actually organized by the students themselves. Faculty members were present always to support them but we wanted them to do it themselves as our approach is towards holistic development and growth of a student”, said Prof. Durga Prasad, Dean VJIM.

Known for its exceptional governance, VJIM is an autonomous institution and a non-profit educational society supported by renowned industrialist & professionals committed to value based Management Education ever since its inception in 1992. Due to this association VJIM enjoys a high level of industry academia relationship which not only helps the students in their placements but prepares them to be equipped to sustain and excel in their professional lives.