The fifty-third convocation in 2018 at IIMA had Dr. Janmejaya Kumar Sinha, the Chairperson, Asia-Pacific of the Boston Consulting Group, as the Chief Guest.
The convocation video is available on this link.
The batch photograph for that year is available on the following link.
| Chief Guest/ Director/ Chairperson information | ||
| Chief Guest | Dr. Janmejaya Kumar Sinha | Read whole speech |
| Director | Prof. Errol D'Souza | Read whole speech |
| Chairperson | Shri Kumar Mangalam Birla | Read whole speech |
| Degree Awarded in the 53rd Convocation | |
| Post-Graduate Programme in Management | 398 |
| Post-Graduate Programme in Food and Agri-Business Management (PGP-FABM) | 47 |
| Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) | 16 |
| Post-Graduate Programme in Management for Executives (PGPX) | 115 |
