Friday, May 27, 2005

The Pyramid of what an XLer needs !

XLBang's Hierarchy of needs

Move it, Maslow !!

Physiological Needs
Party starts on Saturday at 7:30 PM and will last as long as you can
Registration - Make the process by easier and faster by bringingyour visiting cards.
Make sure you write your mobile number and the email ID on which youhave subscribed to this group on that visiting card
David D'Costa's ordering up a great menu like always and has also sponsored the Batter Fried Prawns.
Each plate is very expensive and our wonderful sponsors make it veryaffordable [We'd appreciate it if you don't take separate plates for very small children]
If it rains, we have a hall as a back-up

Security Needs
Rates - 150/300/400/20 - Single/Couple-Family/Guests/Drinks [Honey, the sponsors shrunk the rates]
[Thanks to Naukri.Com, Cognizant Technology Solutions, ITC, Manhattan (Standard Chartered) Allegro Capital Advisors, Titan Watches, Adecco People One, Eicher Consultancy Services, SAP Labs, 3M, & Fortuna Consultants]
Free booze before 8:00 PM and after 10:30 PM to incentivise you to come early and leave late
All the soft drinks that you can possibly want, thanks to PEPSI
Getting there - Park Plaza is right behind Diamond District on Airport Road. You can approach from either Airport Road or from the Inner Ring Road [Call/Email for detailed directions]
There's plenty of parking

Social Needs
You'll find tons of batchmates, seniors, juniors, friends, colleagues, associates, movers & Shekhars.
There's a huge batch of summers and 2005'ers
There will be lots of pretty woman
Ladies, if the guys fall for the above there should be lots of guys too
Be sure to call 3-4 of your batchmates and make the most of the evening
Would anyone like to organise 2-3 games for the kids? Do let me know

Esteem Needs
Our great DJ will have you begging for more
All your wet nite favourites will be playing
Dance on the edge of the Golf Course Cliff [Dance off the edge of the Golf Course Cliff]
Cool stuff like hampers, watches, sunglasses, Johnnie Walker, Post-Its, mugs and T-shirts to be had and won... for no reason at all !!
[Thanks to Naukri, Allegro Capital Advisors, 3M, Metro Cash & Carry, Titan, Fortuna, Indus League, Himalaya Herbal Healthcare]

Self-Actualisation:
Amigo's, Fling, Blender's Pride & Castle Lager courtesy Seagram's & SAB
The money from every drink goes to charity
ek, do, teen, chaaaar...
Please drive home safe

Personally looking forward to seeing all of you there.
Kuru
BM-96 98451-41464

XL Alumni Meets in India (27th-29th May)

Hello folks!

Just to share (as your "brand-new" second-time alumni coordinator;)... we have all these alumni meets happening this coming weekend - organised by the current 06 batch during their ... it will be great if you can make it and catch-up with the latest gossip of XL community (besides of course meeting the batchmates, seniors and juniors once again)..

Please confirm your participation with the organising junta (contacts), to help them plan better (so that we dont run out of food or booze).. and also to check the cover charges since they vary across the venues (and are still changing as sponsorships are getting confirmed)

This is also an advance warning that this year some of us from XL plan to to gate crash... I, for example, plan to be htere in the Delhi/Mumbai/Hyderabad meets;0)...

Hope that you attend and also hope to meet many of you there

ciao
madhukar
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New Delhi
(May 27th), Friday
India Habitat Centre
Contacts:Mohit Raina - mohitspace@yahoo.co.in (9810943279)
Rajiv Chandran - rajiv.chandran@gmail.com (9334624641)
Nikhil Moorthy - nikhilm.06@astra.xlri.ac.in

Bangalore
(May 28th), Saturday
Royal Orchid Park Plaza
Contacts:Desmond Nikhil D'Souza - desmondnikhil@yahoo.com (9880544623)
Dhananjay Misra - dhananjaym.06@astra.xlri.ac.in
Kuru (96BMD) - kuruvilla@gmail.com (98451-41464)

Hyderabad
(May 29th), Sunday
The Taj Banjara
Contacts:Ankush Kedia - ankush_kedia@yahoo.com (9848738202)
Piyush Sarode - piyushs.06@astra.xlri.ac.in (9848467574)

Kolkata
(May 28th), Saturday
The Park, Park Street
Contacts:Sujot Malhotra - sujotmalhotra@yahoo.com (09331213222)
Sivaram Yadavalli - yds_ram@rediffmail.com

Mumbai
(May 28th), Saturday
The Hyatt Regency, Andheri East
Contacts:Abhishek Tripathi - tripsabhishek@yahoo.co.in (9892123970)
Nitya Wakhlu - nitya_wakhlu@yahoo.co.uk
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Ok, as I said, this year some of us from XL are planning to invade the meets;0)...

- Director, Fr Casimir Raj will be there at Delhi and Bangalore meets (am also trying if he can attend the Hyderabad meet... he had left by the time the dates got rescheduled to 29th)

- Profs P Venugopal (Dean), PK Padhi, EM Rao and Shahid Akhtar (94PMIR - also the Secy, National Alumni Association) will be there at the Kolkata Meet

- Mr Bushen Raina (73BME and President, Alumni Association) and self will be present at the Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad meets

(and we promise that we will not disturb the DJs with speeches... well, we promise!!;0)

ciao
madhukar
ps: I also promise to keep spamming you about "what is cooking at XL" now and then;0)
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Dr Madhukar Shukla
Professor (OB & Strategic Management)
XLRI
Jamshedpur (India) 831001
ph: 91-657-2225506 x 300(O) / 603(R)
mail: madhukar@xlri.ac.in; madhukar.shukla@gmail.com
webpage: http://www.madhukarshukla.com
weblogs: http://madhukarshukla.blogspot.com/; http://alternativeperspective.blogspot.com/
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Alumni Meet in Hyderabad

Dear Xlers,
Its time for all of us to meet, have fun & refreshfond memories of our XL days. We are happy to announce the XLRI Alumini Meet, 2005 at Hyderabad.

We hereby invite you to join us with family for the event and relive the moments that indeed none of us can ever forget.

The details have been finalized as:
Date: 29th May, 2005 (Sunday)
Time: 7 PM
Venue: Taj Banjara, Banjara Hills

We apologise for the inconvenience caused by therescheduling of the dates. We tried our best toschedule on a Saturday but due to unavailability of asuitable location we had to reschedule to Sunday.We will be informing you about the cover chargesshortly, after sponsorships are confirmed.

Please send in your confirmation to the followingemail ids with the number of attendees and yourcontact details ( E-Mail, Phone No.) so that we canplan accordingly.

Ankush Kedia ( ankush_kedia@yahoo.com , 9848738202 )
Piyush Sarode ( sarode123@yahoo.com , 9848467574 )

We welcome your comments and suggestions to help usmake the evening more enjoyable. Also, do let us knowif you’d like to be a part of organizing any specialevent for the evening.Please pass this message on to any Xler who might nothave access to this group.

Looking forward to meetingyou all and having a great evening together!!
Yours truly,
Ankush Kedia
Piyush Sarode

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