QUESTIONNAIRE FOR IIM ALUMNI
Summary of 10 people’s response
Your batch1975-77 to 2005
Your B-school: 3A,2B,3C,2L=10
1. Do you contribute to your alumni association by way of volunteering time and/ or contributing money?
No, I don’t 5
Sometimes volunteer time 1
Sometimes donate money Yes I do it actively 4
2. If Yes, how much money and / or time have you given so far?
(not counting alumni fees and subscriptions for an event like this.) weeks of efforts and few days salary
3. If no, why don’t’ you?
a) Didn’t know the alumni do anything………………………………………………………….. 1
b) Don’t think they’re active, my money will lie dormant………………………………………
c) Don’t agree with their activities, they’re not what I’d do……………………………………
d) Don’t believe in donating to alumni bodies………………………………………………….
e) They didn’t ask me for it or didn’t know they needed it……………………………………4
f) Other out of these 5 , 2 just moved to UK
4. What sort of activity BY THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION would you be MOST willing to contribute to? Please tick.
a) A business seminar with industry leaders…………………………………………………..8
b) A research paper of international significance from my institute……………………….…3
c) A social cause, e.g. girl child education in third world countries………………………….7
d) Investing in the institute back in India……………………………......................................5
e) Investing in strengthening the network of IIM alumni……………………………………...7
f) Other (please specify – there’s more space overleaf)
5. How much are you willing to donate PER YEAR to your priority alumni activity? Be honest! (All figures in GBP)
Under 100 4
Between 100 and 1000 6
Between 1000 and 2500
More than 2500
6. To your way of thinking, is the ‘IIM Brand’ Indian or Global? Is it Pan-IIM or Institute specific?
Indian 6
Pan IIM 5
Global 3
7. Do you think that building an image for IIMs internationally will help you? How? If no, why not?
10 Yes, Open more doors,opportunity,2career progress, business contacts, community credibility, 2 build network, Collective body of IIMs can stand out Globally & will help alumni to succeed in International careers, broadening alumni activities, marketing more aggressively ,increase visibility and profile ,jobs, social recognition
8. What are the TWO things you would do or recommend done to build this image? (more space overleaf)
4 Global conference/seminars
2 media coverage,
2social networking, more speakers from IIMs ,PR, Get ranking in International B school’s ratings, more frequent get togethers, involvement in more visible causes,introduce Pan IIM journal in line with Harvard Business Review, Provide voluntary& monetary support to alumni to publish books-keen to contribute in both ,Investing back in to the institutes by way of time & efforts ,Build stronger alumni network, aggressive sign up, recruitment to create strong base ,aggressive marketing & key events/activities,hold seminar with more local industry and media participation
THANK YOU! …….And there’s more space overleaf for additional comments.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Thanks for your time. Would you be interested in knowing about the results from this survey? Do give us your email address below and we’ll send it over to you.
Your email id:
