The fortieth convocation in 2005 at IIMA had Dr. Raghuram Govind Rajan, the Economic Counsellor and Director of Research, International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C., 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. Raghuram Govind Rajan | Read whole speech |
| Director | Dr. Bakul H. Dholakia | Read whole speech |
| Chairperson | Shri N. R. Narayana Murthy | Read whole speech |
| Degree Awarded in the 40th Convocation | |
| Post-Graduate Programme in Management | 249 |
| Post-Graduate Programme in Agri-Business Management (PGP-ABM) | 21 |
| Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) | 9 |
