Exl Service Holdings, Inc. has recruited Krishna Nacha (NV Krishna, 93BMD) as Vice President and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer effective 30 August 2007. Based out of EXL's New York office, Krishna will report to Vikram Talwar, vice chairman and CEO....Today a memorandum of understanding was signed between AB Freeman School of Business, Tulane University and XLRI, Jamshedpur to initiate an exchange program between the two schools. Representing Tulane University were the Dr Angelo DeNisi, Dean, and Dr. John Trapani, Vice-Dean and head of International Programs, who made the journey down to Jamshedpur with a view to work out all the required arrangements and modalities. Also present was Dr. Arup Varma, an alumnus of XLRI and Professor at Loyola University, Chicago, who facilitated the process.
The memorandum includes an exchange not only of students, but also of faculty. Faculty of both schools would go to the other campus and teach various courses. Also in the pipeline is an arrangement whereby AB Freeman faculty will conduct courses as per XLRI’s Management Development Program for working executives. They would also come together to conduct joint Management Development Programs at XLRI’s centers at Dubai and Singapore. XLRI will also contribute to and gain experience from the Faculty Development Program at the AB Freeman School. As part of the student exchange program, students from XLRI would spend a semester at the AB Freeman School of Business and vice versa. Students of XLRI’s General Management Program are expected to visit Tulane this year as part of the international exposure component in their program, for which the expenses will be borne by the institute. Keeping in mind AB Freeman faculty’s expertise in the field of finance, the two institutes have also planned to conduct joint Master’s programs in finance and strategy.
Tulane University has been imparting education in business for almost a century, and the school of business was one of the first 15 business schools to be recognized in the US. Rechristened the AB Freeman School of Business in 1984, it offers a wide variety of programs from the undergraduate to the doctoral level. With a strong focus on finance and entrepreneurship, its specialized programs like the Faculty Development Program are also acclaimed and in high demand. As part of a vibrant exchange program, the AB Freeman School has ties with universities in Latin America and Asia, and receives almost 100 international students annually.
From http://xlri.blogspot.comOn 18th August 2007, XLRI will add another feather in its cap with the launch of its Post Graduate Program in Management and Insurance (PGPMI). This unique and innovative one year management course is conducted by joining hands with ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company, India’s No.1 private life insurer for students aspiring to make it big in the Insurance Industry.
The insurance industry in India is witnessing unprecedented growth and the trend is likely to continue for many years to come. Taking this into consideration the course is aimed at tapping the huge opportunities available in the insurance sector and providing a platform for budding sales professionals to learn and grow in this sector. All the students passing out of this program will be offered an assured employment in the sales function of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company as Executive Trainees, receiving MBA equivalent compensation levels.
The program would offer courses covering both general management concepts as well as intensive training in the Insurance and Finance domain. The module in general management would broadly cover the following areas:
The program, especially the module on Insurance and Finance, would leverage ICICI Prudential’s extensive domain expertise and draw heavily from their experience. It would follow a trimester based system with the various courses under the two modules spread over the three trimesters. This would be followed by a two month internship with ICICI Prudential which would give the students the opportunity to apply the skills they have learnt in the classroom.
Dear Friends,
Dracula (Dramatics & Cultural Association @ Xl) is in the process of restarting its mouthpiece “FANGS”. Fangs used to be a regular feature till some years ago when it died an unnoticed death. We at Dracula are planning to resurrect it.
As we see it, Fangs will be an unofficial forum/medium for the students/alumni to get their creative/opinion pieces published. Through this forum, we plan to give an opportunity to the students/alumni to come up with commentaries on life in XL. We invite entries from interested individuals in the form of poems, prose pieces, essays, creative pieces, satires, cartoons, anecdotes of mass interest etc. With a view to broad base this publication and also add value we are planning to invite entries from faculty members. We are also looking to take it to other B-schools at a later stage.
So, please get tapping on your keyboards and bring out those hidden thoughts and opinions and allow us to take it to the readers. Please send in your entries latest by the 25th of August ‘2007 before 11.59 PM to shadman.ahmad[@]astra[.]xlri[.]ac[.]in
Regards,
Shadman Ahmad
Member, DRACULA
PS: 1. Suggestions to improve Fangs and make it more attractive are most welcome.2. We promise to publish the entries in their original form as far as possible, but we reserve the right to put our poetic license to use.
3. Anonymity guaranteed for those choosing to remain so.
The Hindu (July 31): Mr Madhukar Kamath (76BMD), Managing Director & CEO of the Mudra Group, has been unanimously elected as the new President of Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI) for the year 2007-2008.
