From The Times of India
The Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS) conferred the prestigious Ravi J Mathai national fellowship award on Father E Abraham, director of the premier city-based business school XLRI, for his exemplary contribution to the field of management education. The award, instituted in the memory of Ravi J Matthai, first director of IIM Ahmedabad, was given to Fr. Abraham at AIMS national convention held in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
"I feel honoured to receive the prestigious Ravi J Mathai National fellowship award. I dedicate this to all the board members, faculty, staff and students of XLRI and XIM Bhubaneswar, where I spent my last 30 years," he said. He further added: "Mathai is a role model for all of us. He was a superb man-manager with the gift of drawing out the best in people."
As director of XLRI, Fr Abraham has been instrumental in launching collaborative ventures with universities abroad. However, he is concerned about the less privileged and the marginalized sections. In his second tenure as director from January 2008, XLRI has had received several distinguished laurels.
"Today, XLRI is an institution of learning par excellence largely because of Fr Abraham's dedicated support and involvement with endeavors that include social responsibility activities alongside imparting world-class management education," said a faculty at XLRI.
Friday, August 31, 2012
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Business class experience
From Hindustan Times
It is an institution where learning is a life-changing experience,” says Anusheel Shrivastava, who is pursuing an MBA in human resource management at XLRI, Jamshedpur. For students at the institute, studying for an MBA degree is not just about learning from books, it’s about gaining knowledge from everyday activities.
“XLRI gives you tremendous scope to be part of a plethora of academic and extra-curricular activities that make learning fun and interesting,” he adds.
USP: Established a few years after Independence, the business school has earned an impeccable reputation both for academic rigour and its emphasis on a value-based managerial approach. The facilities it offers are comparable to any top-ranked institute.
“It produces not just students with management degrees but also inculcates a sense of social responsibility and ethical behaviour in them. We strive towards producing responsible global business leaders of tomorrow,” says Pranabesh Ray, dean (academics), XLRI. The institute boasts of an excellent placements record and a very strong alumni network.
Programmes: XLRI runs a range of full-time and part-time courses. The flagship ones are the two-year full-time postgraduate programmes in business management and human resource management and the 15-month, full-time general management programme. It also offers a doctoral-level qualification through a fellow programme in management and one-year certificate courses via satellite links called virtual interactive learning (VIL) programmes. The VIL programme is accessed by students in 100 classrooms across India. An executive fellow programme in management, a certificate in entrepreneurship management, an international students’ exchange programme, a certificate course in agri-business management, an executive management programme for defence personnel, PGDM for working professionals and entrepreneurs are in place as well.
Proposed programmes include a master’s in positive organisational development and change in partnership with Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, United States, and the three-country global MBA programme.
To get admission to a flagship programme, candidates have to appear for the Xavier Admission Test (XAT) conducted in the first week of January every year. The candidate has to first register for XAT and use the XAT ID and password to apply to XLRI. The process starts in mid-August every year.
Faculty: XLRI has more than 80 members in the faculty, including 65 permanent.
IT quotient: The IT network helps students learn and collaborate with peers. The campus is Wi-Fi-enabled. The computing facilities include latest servers and workstations. There are high-end servers, which host the XLRI web page, mail and SNTP server, Oracle, Lotus notes, SAS, DB2 and other software. The institute also has video conferencing facilities.
Infrastructure: The campus is spread over 50 acres and has excellent classrooms and comfortable residential facilities. It has a mix of heritage buildings and modern architecture, a world-class library, top-of-the-line IT backbone, besides a good support system necessary for value-added management research and publications. Residential facilities include four hostel blocks with around 500 rooms for students in two-year programmes. For sports, there’s an indoor badminton court, football and cricket fields and basketball courts and an auditorium with a capacity for about 1,500 people. The institute recently set up an inter-disciplinary behavioural laboratory on campus to enable researchers to explore the minds of prospective consumers across categories.
Clubs and societies: CRUX - consulting and research undertaking at XLRI, aims to nurture research initiatives to develop consultancy skills among students. ECT (Ensemble core team) is responsible for managing the institute's annual international management festival. FINAX is the finance association at XLRI, a committee focused on increasing the knowledge and enthusiasm for finance among students. MAXI, the oldest committee on campus, is a forum for discussions, event, conferences and industry interaction. SIGMA - the social initiative group for managerial assistance creates a platform to network with NGOs, corporate governance cells and government departments for community capacity building.
FactfileFounded by Father Quinn Enright, SJ, XLRI started its journey in 1949 in Jamshedpur
WishlistStudents wish for a stronger industry-academia link across all sectors of management
It is an institution where learning is a life-changing experience,” says Anusheel Shrivastava, who is pursuing an MBA in human resource management at XLRI, Jamshedpur. For students at the institute, studying for an MBA degree is not just about learning from books, it’s about gaining knowledge from everyday activities.
“XLRI gives you tremendous scope to be part of a plethora of academic and extra-curricular activities that make learning fun and interesting,” he adds.
USP: Established a few years after Independence, the business school has earned an impeccable reputation both for academic rigour and its emphasis on a value-based managerial approach. The facilities it offers are comparable to any top-ranked institute.
“It produces not just students with management degrees but also inculcates a sense of social responsibility and ethical behaviour in them. We strive towards producing responsible global business leaders of tomorrow,” says Pranabesh Ray, dean (academics), XLRI. The institute boasts of an excellent placements record and a very strong alumni network.
Programmes: XLRI runs a range of full-time and part-time courses. The flagship ones are the two-year full-time postgraduate programmes in business management and human resource management and the 15-month, full-time general management programme. It also offers a doctoral-level qualification through a fellow programme in management and one-year certificate courses via satellite links called virtual interactive learning (VIL) programmes. The VIL programme is accessed by students in 100 classrooms across India. An executive fellow programme in management, a certificate in entrepreneurship management, an international students’ exchange programme, a certificate course in agri-business management, an executive management programme for defence personnel, PGDM for working professionals and entrepreneurs are in place as well.
Proposed programmes include a master’s in positive organisational development and change in partnership with Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, United States, and the three-country global MBA programme.
To get admission to a flagship programme, candidates have to appear for the Xavier Admission Test (XAT) conducted in the first week of January every year. The candidate has to first register for XAT and use the XAT ID and password to apply to XLRI. The process starts in mid-August every year.
Faculty: XLRI has more than 80 members in the faculty, including 65 permanent.
IT quotient: The IT network helps students learn and collaborate with peers. The campus is Wi-Fi-enabled. The computing facilities include latest servers and workstations. There are high-end servers, which host the XLRI web page, mail and SNTP server, Oracle, Lotus notes, SAS, DB2 and other software. The institute also has video conferencing facilities.
Infrastructure: The campus is spread over 50 acres and has excellent classrooms and comfortable residential facilities. It has a mix of heritage buildings and modern architecture, a world-class library, top-of-the-line IT backbone, besides a good support system necessary for value-added management research and publications. Residential facilities include four hostel blocks with around 500 rooms for students in two-year programmes. For sports, there’s an indoor badminton court, football and cricket fields and basketball courts and an auditorium with a capacity for about 1,500 people. The institute recently set up an inter-disciplinary behavioural laboratory on campus to enable researchers to explore the minds of prospective consumers across categories.
Clubs and societies: CRUX - consulting and research undertaking at XLRI, aims to nurture research initiatives to develop consultancy skills among students. ECT (Ensemble core team) is responsible for managing the institute's annual international management festival. FINAX is the finance association at XLRI, a committee focused on increasing the knowledge and enthusiasm for finance among students. MAXI, the oldest committee on campus, is a forum for discussions, event, conferences and industry interaction. SIGMA - the social initiative group for managerial assistance creates a platform to network with NGOs, corporate governance cells and government departments for community capacity building.
FactfileFounded by Father Quinn Enright, SJ, XLRI started its journey in 1949 in Jamshedpur
WishlistStudents wish for a stronger industry-academia link across all sectors of management
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Ajay Das (BMD 92)to Lead Timken Global Quality Organization
From The Sacramento Bee
The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) announced the appointment of Ajay Das to the position of vice president – quality advancement. In his new role, Das is responsible for the company's quality management systems and quality assurance. Das will report to Christopher A. Coughlin, group president.
Sanjay Koul assumes position of managing director and director of manufacturing operations in India. In his new role, Koul is responsible for Timken India's operational and financial performance as well as manufacturing operations in India. He reports to J. Ron Menning, senior vice president of Asia Pacific.
Das most recently held the position as managing director and director of manufacturing for the company's business in India where he was named one of India's most valued industrial business leaders by Business World magazine in 2011. He joined Timken in 1992. During his 20-year career, he served as national sales manager for India. Das was named director of manufacturing at the company's plant in Jamshedpur, India, in 2001. He later served as director of new business development in Asia and was based in Shanghai. From 2007 to 2009, he served as general manager for wind energy based in Canton, Ohio.
Das holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the National Institute of Technology in Jamshedpur and a master's degree in business from Xavier Labour Relations Institute in Jamshedpur.
Koul joined Timken in India in 1990 as a production engineer at the company's manufacturing facility in Jamshedpur, India. He subsequently held various leadership positions including national sales manager for the company's rail business, plant manager in Jamshedpur and general manager of Asia's supply chain based in Wuxi, China. He most recently held the position as director of manufacturing and supply chain for the company's business in Asia operating from Shanghai, China.
Koul holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science in Pilani and a master's degree in business from Xavier Labour Relations Institute in Jamshedpur.
About The Timken Company
The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR; www.timken.com) keeps the world turning with innovative friction management and mechanical power transmission products and services that help machinery perform more efficiently and reliably. With sales of $5.2 billion in 2011 and approximately 21,000 people operating from locations in 30 countries, Timken is Where You Turn® for better performance.
The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR) announced the appointment of Ajay Das to the position of vice president – quality advancement. In his new role, Das is responsible for the company's quality management systems and quality assurance. Das will report to Christopher A. Coughlin, group president.
Sanjay Koul assumes position of managing director and director of manufacturing operations in India. In his new role, Koul is responsible for Timken India's operational and financial performance as well as manufacturing operations in India. He reports to J. Ron Menning, senior vice president of Asia Pacific.
Das most recently held the position as managing director and director of manufacturing for the company's business in India where he was named one of India's most valued industrial business leaders by Business World magazine in 2011. He joined Timken in 1992. During his 20-year career, he served as national sales manager for India. Das was named director of manufacturing at the company's plant in Jamshedpur, India, in 2001. He later served as director of new business development in Asia and was based in Shanghai. From 2007 to 2009, he served as general manager for wind energy based in Canton, Ohio.
Das holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the National Institute of Technology in Jamshedpur and a master's degree in business from Xavier Labour Relations Institute in Jamshedpur.
Koul joined Timken in India in 1990 as a production engineer at the company's manufacturing facility in Jamshedpur, India. He subsequently held various leadership positions including national sales manager for the company's rail business, plant manager in Jamshedpur and general manager of Asia's supply chain based in Wuxi, China. He most recently held the position as director of manufacturing and supply chain for the company's business in Asia operating from Shanghai, China.
Koul holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science in Pilani and a master's degree in business from Xavier Labour Relations Institute in Jamshedpur.
About The Timken Company
The Timken Company (NYSE: TKR; www.timken.com) keeps the world turning with innovative friction management and mechanical power transmission products and services that help machinery perform more efficiently and reliably. With sales of $5.2 billion in 2011 and approximately 21,000 people operating from locations in 30 countries, Timken is Where You Turn® for better performance.
Friday, August 24, 2012
K Pandia Rajan (84) aims to carve a niche in the HR services segment with MaFoi Strategic Consultants
From The Economic Times
There is something indefatigable about K Pandia Rajan. The former head of the staffing and consultancy company Ma Foi Randstad has recently seen his life's work, a Rs 1,000-crore company, merge with its international partner to become Randstad India.
After more than two decades on the job, he's had to start over with a fledgling organisation, Ma Foi Strategic Consultants, and faces the prospect of striking out in the crowded and competitive field of recruitment and HR services. Yet, Pandia Rajan—staffing pioneer, entrepreneurship developer and legislator—is raring to go. "It took me 20 years to build a Rs 1,000-crore company," he says. "My plan is to do it again, but in half the time."
Clearly, Pandia Rajan, 53, likes challenges. With Ma Foi Strategic Consultants, he plans to go in a completely new direction: education, market research and strategy. The flagship of his new enterprise will be management schools across the country, but for entrepreneurs.
The first is a 15-month executive education programme to be run from Chennai, where he is based. The second, more ambitious, plan is to set up a 10-acre campus in Madurai by June 2013 to offer a two-year post-graduate programme in management.
"This will be the first B-school in the country entirely devoted to entrepreneurs," says Pandia Rajan. "VCs and PEs will be involved, right from the selection of candidates based on their ideas, to funding of startups."
So while other B-schools place students with companies, the Ma Foi Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship will connect budding entrepreneurs with investors. Pandia Rajan, a founder-member of the investors' group Chennai Angels, plans to rope in the Delhi and Mumbai chapters—a total of about 100 investors. "It will be a unique blend of entrepreneurship, consulting and research," he adds.
The Investor
This is familiar territory for Pandia Rajan. Besides playing a critical role in the Chennai Angels, and running various entrepreneurship development programmes via Ma Foi, he has also been a foundermember of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) and is associated with organisations like the Bharatiya Yuva Shakthi Trust (BYST), which helps foster enterprises among youngsters from marginalised groups.
"I have invested in 14 ventures myself, and none has failed," says Pandia Rajan, with a smile, to seal his credentials. "He is passionate about entrepreneurship, though he doesn't have much time for mentoring now," says Apsara Madhubal, coordinator for the Chennai Angels. "As a trustee, he also brings a governance perspective to the work of our organisation."
Pandia Rajan's 14 investments range from bakeries to e-learning companies. "I go by my gut," he says. "I don't have a lot of empirical evidence, but I always look to my entrepreneurial side." S Shivkumar, MD of the e-learning solutions company Axis V Creatives, one of those investments, reiterates this. "KPR's strength is his people ability," he says. "He is able to move with the same kind of ease with the finance minister and the watchman of the building."
According to wife Latha, Pandia Rajan has "very good ability to connect the dots. If someone is talking about a particular policy, he can see its impact on industry." Usually, before the policy comes into force.
"He reads voraciously, can see the backward and forward integration of things, and has tremendous energy, especially when it comes to meeting people," she says.
The Entrepreneur
Ma Foi's consulting business was born out of a 'connecting of dots'. In 1991, when Pandia Rajan was employed with BOC, a fire broke out in the Ravva oil fields in Andhra Pradesh and an Australian company was brought in to put out the blaze.
It sourced professionals from all over the world, including 31 non-resident Indians. "They brought in Indians to work for Indians on Indian soil," says Pandia Rajan. "I realised then that if you are able to access people around the world, and can move them to the right place at the right time, using the right model, it can be very lucrative."
The following year, he and Latha, with seed capital of Rs 60,000 borrowed mostly from friends and family, set up Ma Foi Management Consultants. While Pandia Rajan has the eye, his wife has the execution skills. "We are both firstgeneration entrepreneurs, and we've been able to work together for 23 years because we defined our boundaries," says Latha.
"While I took care of the finance, legal and people aspect of Ma Foi, Pandia Rajan took care of marketing and operations. These boundaries really helped us." As well as the business: by 2000, Ma Foi Consultants had grown from a Rs 10-crore company to a Rs 100-crore one, helped by VC funds, and by 2004, it had touched the Rs 500-crore mark.
The Politician
Besides their "passion for people", the couple also shares the philosophy of wanting to give back. That's what set Pandia Rajan on the path to politics in 2000, when he joined the BJP. Last year, he became an MLA for the DMDK from Virudhnagar, the district he grew up in.
Every weekend, Pandia Rajan trades in his suit for a veshti, and flies 400 km to his constituency from Chennai. He is a hands-on legislator, walking around his constituency and meeting the electorate; trying to cover each panchayat at least once in three months and making sure his Rs 2 crore local area development funds are properly deployed. Some of this has gone towards setting up engineering colleges in a district that is still 60% rural, an IT park and a 'knowledge city'.
While his position in the corporate world is undisputed, Pandia Rajan has to peddle doubly hard to impress his party. A DMDK colleague, who declined to be named, says: "He has not made any significant contribution to the party or his constituency.
However, he is one of the [most] knowledgeable and enterprising MLAs in the party. Since he has a management background, he understands the state finances well." During the tabling of the state budget, for instance, Pandia Rajan was seen taking copious notes, and later brought up some contentious issues with chief minister J Jayalalitha in the assembly.
A senior politico adds that while Pandia Rajan has come up with some good ideas for his constituency, nothing has been significant enough to catch the high command's eye. "[The ability to participate in] politics don't happen overnight. It takes time," he says, a tad sympathetically. Perhaps Pandia Rajan's new ventures will be just the thing to shut up the naysayers.
Talking Heads
Latha Rajan, Wife and business partner
We are both first-generation entrepreneurs, and we've been able to work together for 23 years because we defined our boundaries.
There is something indefatigable about K Pandia Rajan. The former head of the staffing and consultancy company Ma Foi Randstad has recently seen his life's work, a Rs 1,000-crore company, merge with its international partner to become Randstad India.
After more than two decades on the job, he's had to start over with a fledgling organisation, Ma Foi Strategic Consultants, and faces the prospect of striking out in the crowded and competitive field of recruitment and HR services. Yet, Pandia Rajan—staffing pioneer, entrepreneurship developer and legislator—is raring to go. "It took me 20 years to build a Rs 1,000-crore company," he says. "My plan is to do it again, but in half the time."
Clearly, Pandia Rajan, 53, likes challenges. With Ma Foi Strategic Consultants, he plans to go in a completely new direction: education, market research and strategy. The flagship of his new enterprise will be management schools across the country, but for entrepreneurs.
The first is a 15-month executive education programme to be run from Chennai, where he is based. The second, more ambitious, plan is to set up a 10-acre campus in Madurai by June 2013 to offer a two-year post-graduate programme in management.
"This will be the first B-school in the country entirely devoted to entrepreneurs," says Pandia Rajan. "VCs and PEs will be involved, right from the selection of candidates based on their ideas, to funding of startups."
So while other B-schools place students with companies, the Ma Foi Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship will connect budding entrepreneurs with investors. Pandia Rajan, a founder-member of the investors' group Chennai Angels, plans to rope in the Delhi and Mumbai chapters—a total of about 100 investors. "It will be a unique blend of entrepreneurship, consulting and research," he adds.
The Investor
This is familiar territory for Pandia Rajan. Besides playing a critical role in the Chennai Angels, and running various entrepreneurship development programmes via Ma Foi, he has also been a foundermember of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) and is associated with organisations like the Bharatiya Yuva Shakthi Trust (BYST), which helps foster enterprises among youngsters from marginalised groups.
"I have invested in 14 ventures myself, and none has failed," says Pandia Rajan, with a smile, to seal his credentials. "He is passionate about entrepreneurship, though he doesn't have much time for mentoring now," says Apsara Madhubal, coordinator for the Chennai Angels. "As a trustee, he also brings a governance perspective to the work of our organisation."
Pandia Rajan's 14 investments range from bakeries to e-learning companies. "I go by my gut," he says. "I don't have a lot of empirical evidence, but I always look to my entrepreneurial side." S Shivkumar, MD of the e-learning solutions company Axis V Creatives, one of those investments, reiterates this. "KPR's strength is his people ability," he says. "He is able to move with the same kind of ease with the finance minister and the watchman of the building."
According to wife Latha, Pandia Rajan has "very good ability to connect the dots. If someone is talking about a particular policy, he can see its impact on industry." Usually, before the policy comes into force.
"He reads voraciously, can see the backward and forward integration of things, and has tremendous energy, especially when it comes to meeting people," she says.
The Entrepreneur
Ma Foi's consulting business was born out of a 'connecting of dots'. In 1991, when Pandia Rajan was employed with BOC, a fire broke out in the Ravva oil fields in Andhra Pradesh and an Australian company was brought in to put out the blaze.
It sourced professionals from all over the world, including 31 non-resident Indians. "They brought in Indians to work for Indians on Indian soil," says Pandia Rajan. "I realised then that if you are able to access people around the world, and can move them to the right place at the right time, using the right model, it can be very lucrative."
The following year, he and Latha, with seed capital of Rs 60,000 borrowed mostly from friends and family, set up Ma Foi Management Consultants. While Pandia Rajan has the eye, his wife has the execution skills. "We are both firstgeneration entrepreneurs, and we've been able to work together for 23 years because we defined our boundaries," says Latha.
"While I took care of the finance, legal and people aspect of Ma Foi, Pandia Rajan took care of marketing and operations. These boundaries really helped us." As well as the business: by 2000, Ma Foi Consultants had grown from a Rs 10-crore company to a Rs 100-crore one, helped by VC funds, and by 2004, it had touched the Rs 500-crore mark.
The Politician
Besides their "passion for people", the couple also shares the philosophy of wanting to give back. That's what set Pandia Rajan on the path to politics in 2000, when he joined the BJP. Last year, he became an MLA for the DMDK from Virudhnagar, the district he grew up in.
Every weekend, Pandia Rajan trades in his suit for a veshti, and flies 400 km to his constituency from Chennai. He is a hands-on legislator, walking around his constituency and meeting the electorate; trying to cover each panchayat at least once in three months and making sure his Rs 2 crore local area development funds are properly deployed. Some of this has gone towards setting up engineering colleges in a district that is still 60% rural, an IT park and a 'knowledge city'.
While his position in the corporate world is undisputed, Pandia Rajan has to peddle doubly hard to impress his party. A DMDK colleague, who declined to be named, says: "He has not made any significant contribution to the party or his constituency.
However, he is one of the [most] knowledgeable and enterprising MLAs in the party. Since he has a management background, he understands the state finances well." During the tabling of the state budget, for instance, Pandia Rajan was seen taking copious notes, and later brought up some contentious issues with chief minister J Jayalalitha in the assembly.
A senior politico adds that while Pandia Rajan has come up with some good ideas for his constituency, nothing has been significant enough to catch the high command's eye. "[The ability to participate in] politics don't happen overnight. It takes time," he says, a tad sympathetically. Perhaps Pandia Rajan's new ventures will be just the thing to shut up the naysayers.
Talking Heads
Latha Rajan, Wife and business partner
We are both first-generation entrepreneurs, and we've been able to work together for 23 years because we defined our boundaries.
XLRI confers alumnus award on Dr. Akshay Rao (BMD 80)
From Business Standard
XLRI, the premier private management school of the country, today conferred a special distinction on Dr. Akshay Rao, alumnus of Business Management Programme of the 1980 batch.
XLRI has been conferring the Distinguished Alumnus Award on alumni who have excelled in their profession, both in the corporate world as well as in the field of academics.
At a special ceremony held at the campus, Rao, who is based in USA and currently holds the 'General Mills Chair' in Marketing at Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, US, visited the facility in Jamshedpur to receive the alumnus award from XLRI Director Fr. E. Abraham.
XLRI, the premier private management school of the country, today conferred a special distinction on Dr. Akshay Rao, alumnus of Business Management Programme of the 1980 batch.
XLRI has been conferring the Distinguished Alumnus Award on alumni who have excelled in their profession, both in the corporate world as well as in the field of academics.
At a special ceremony held at the campus, Rao, who is based in USA and currently holds the 'General Mills Chair' in Marketing at Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, US, visited the facility in Jamshedpur to receive the alumnus award from XLRI Director Fr. E. Abraham.
XLRI, the premier private management school of the country, today conferred a special distinction on Dr. Akshay Rao, alumnus of Business Management Programme of the 1980 batch.
XLRI has been conferring the Distinguished Alumnus Award on alumni who have excelled in their profession, both in the corporate world as well as in the field of academics.
At a special ceremony held at the campus, Rao, who is based in USA and currently holds the 'General Mills Chair' in Marketing at Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, US, visited the facility in Jamshedpur to receive the alumnus award from XLRI Director Fr. E. Abraham.
XLRI, the premier private management school of the country, today conferred a special distinction on Dr. Akshay Rao, alumnus of Business Management Programme of the 1980 batch.
XLRI has been conferring the Distinguished Alumnus Award on alumni who have excelled in their profession, both in the corporate world as well as in the field of academics.
At a special ceremony held at the campus, Rao, who is based in USA and currently holds the 'General Mills Chair' in Marketing at Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, US, visited the facility in Jamshedpur to receive the alumnus award from XLRI Director Fr. E. Abraham.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Child artists jazz up XLRI show
From The Telegraph
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| A student lets her imagination flow on the canvas during the painting competition that was organised by budding managers of XLRIon Sunday. Pictures by Bhola Prasad |
XLRI is truly thinking “beyond conventions”.
The premier
management cradle has come up with a unique idea of tapping the artistic
skills of school students for its popular annual event, Ensemble 2012 —
an inter-B-school competition involving games and quiz.
On Sunday, it
organised a drawing competition for about 150 students of Loyola School
and St Mary’s English High School. The best paintings will be made into a
collage and used on the publicity posters for Ensemble scheduled in the
second week of November. As such, the participants — from classes IV to
VIII — were required to paint anything out of the box in keeping with
Ensemble’s theme, Beyond Conventions.
“Last year’s theme
was Bridging the Gap while this year, it’s Beyond Conventions, which is
why we decided to do something offbeat and involve schoolchildren in
our first-of-its-kind initiative,” said Pratyush Raj, senior executive
member, Exlink, XLRI.
He added that the
painting contest gave students a platform to think beyond routine and
paint their unique imaginations. “For us, it was the perfect way to
involve the community,” Pratyush said.
A winner was chosen from each class and presented with a certificate and trophy.
“As of now, the
plan is to use these paintings in a collage and send it to various
B-schools of the country as promotion posters. This way, the paintings
will also find an audience. We asked the participating students to be as
unique as possible,” said Anusheel Shrivastava, secretary of Exlink,
XLRI.
Pratyush further
said that the practice of involving school students was also part of an
initiative to honour the new tagline of XLRI — “for the greater good”.
The B-school launched its new logo in Calcutta last week.
Institutes from
across the country participate in Ensemble. This year, it promises to go
a step further and seeks to inspire and invigorate the minds of leaders
of tomorrow to think out of the box.
The events on
cards are from diverse like marketing strategy, business strategy, game
theory, competition based on banking sector cases and general quiz. A
panel discussion will also be held .
Sunday, August 19, 2012
XLRI enters into partnership with business funding agency to boost entrepreneurship
From The Times of India
The Fr. Arrupe Centre for Ecology and Sustainability (Faces), a centre based at the premier business school XLRI, has entered into a partnership with Freemont Partners, India's first global incubator and accelerator providing mentoring and seed funding to entrepreneurs. The partnership envisions working in tandem to identify, incubate and invest in start-ups which have a sustainability-centric business model. Freemont's experienced management, global access to mentors, partners and alliances provide a value proposition for new and upcoming start-ups before their major round of funding.
Freemont Partners expects to invest in about 25 to 30 companies over the next three to four years, including a few which have a sustainability-centric business model using technology.
Faces is a multi-disciplinary centre at XLRI which envisions providing thought leadership to promote policies, practices and dialogue, which have an impact on holistic and sustainable development of society and enterprises. The center is in the process of building an incubator to support start-ups in this space." Partnership with Freemont Partners will provide young students and entrepreneurs a great platform for mentorship, besides facilitating seed-funding to build a sustainability-centric business," said Faces chairperson Professor Madhukar Shukla.
The centre which has been working consistently on issues concerning social entrepreneurship for years, had organized a meet on the National Rural Livelihood Mission, (NRLM) in July jointly with the India unit of World Bank to get an overall understanding of the NRLM agenda.
The co-founder of Freemont Partners, Ronald D'Souza, said, "Young entrepreneurs in India are looking at building a sustainable ecosystem with innovative products and technology. In partnership with Faces we hope to support this emerging ecosystem, which will have a long term impact on the way we live, work and play." Freemont Partners provides mentorship, strategic direction and access to local and global mentors and partners, said a company functionary.
The Fr. Arrupe Centre for Ecology and Sustainability (Faces), a centre based at the premier business school XLRI, has entered into a partnership with Freemont Partners, India's first global incubator and accelerator providing mentoring and seed funding to entrepreneurs. The partnership envisions working in tandem to identify, incubate and invest in start-ups which have a sustainability-centric business model. Freemont's experienced management, global access to mentors, partners and alliances provide a value proposition for new and upcoming start-ups before their major round of funding.
Freemont Partners expects to invest in about 25 to 30 companies over the next three to four years, including a few which have a sustainability-centric business model using technology.
Faces is a multi-disciplinary centre at XLRI which envisions providing thought leadership to promote policies, practices and dialogue, which have an impact on holistic and sustainable development of society and enterprises. The center is in the process of building an incubator to support start-ups in this space." Partnership with Freemont Partners will provide young students and entrepreneurs a great platform for mentorship, besides facilitating seed-funding to build a sustainability-centric business," said Faces chairperson Professor Madhukar Shukla.
The centre which has been working consistently on issues concerning social entrepreneurship for years, had organized a meet on the National Rural Livelihood Mission, (NRLM) in July jointly with the India unit of World Bank to get an overall understanding of the NRLM agenda.
The co-founder of Freemont Partners, Ronald D'Souza, said, "Young entrepreneurs in India are looking at building a sustainable ecosystem with innovative products and technology. In partnership with Faces we hope to support this emerging ecosystem, which will have a long term impact on the way we live, work and play." Freemont Partners provides mentorship, strategic direction and access to local and global mentors and partners, said a company functionary.
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
XLRI launches new brand identity
From Business Standard
One of the oldest business schools in the country, XLRI, has changed its brand identity with a new logo, in a bid to change with the times .
The institute, along with Mudra Group’s brand and design consultancy unit Water, has come out with the new logo after a year of consultation. “This is for the first time in 62 years that we are undergoing a complete image makeover. We have spent about Rs 20 lakh for the brand makeover process. The new logo is a modern and stylised representation of the earlier one,” said E Abraham S J, the institute’s director.
Established in 1949, the original logo of XLRI was developed in 1950s, which was modified for the first time in 2004 with the addition of its tag line — “Excellence and Integrity.” The new brand face has a the name of XLRI written in bold with green pointer on alphabet “I” with blue and green as primary colours, while Jamshedpur was omitted from the earlier logo.
“The refined category descriptor Xavier School of Management and a tag line “For the Greater Good” are also the highlights of the new identity,” he said. The shield logo has retained elements from the earlier logo — including the cross, keys and the motto.
Meanwhile, the institute is planning to add 120 more seats in Jamshedpur by 2013, with 60 seats each in business management and human resources management.
“We are also starting one at Delhi NCR region with a batch of 120 students. Moreover, we are launching a first-ever Global MBA Programme, in association with Weatherhead School of Management of Case Western University Cleaveland, USA and School of Economics and Management of Tonji University Shanghai, China.
The two-year residential course will commence from June 2013. The programme will be held in three parts one each in India, China and the USA.
One of the oldest business schools in the country, XLRI, has changed its brand identity with a new logo, in a bid to change with the times .
The institute, along with Mudra Group’s brand and design consultancy unit Water, has come out with the new logo after a year of consultation. “This is for the first time in 62 years that we are undergoing a complete image makeover. We have spent about Rs 20 lakh for the brand makeover process. The new logo is a modern and stylised representation of the earlier one,” said E Abraham S J, the institute’s director.
Established in 1949, the original logo of XLRI was developed in 1950s, which was modified for the first time in 2004 with the addition of its tag line — “Excellence and Integrity.” The new brand face has a the name of XLRI written in bold with green pointer on alphabet “I” with blue and green as primary colours, while Jamshedpur was omitted from the earlier logo.
“The refined category descriptor Xavier School of Management and a tag line “For the Greater Good” are also the highlights of the new identity,” he said. The shield logo has retained elements from the earlier logo — including the cross, keys and the motto.
Meanwhile, the institute is planning to add 120 more seats in Jamshedpur by 2013, with 60 seats each in business management and human resources management.
“We are also starting one at Delhi NCR region with a batch of 120 students. Moreover, we are launching a first-ever Global MBA Programme, in association with Weatherhead School of Management of Case Western University Cleaveland, USA and School of Economics and Management of Tonji University Shanghai, China.
The two-year residential course will commence from June 2013. The programme will be held in three parts one each in India, China and the USA.
Monday, August 13, 2012
Feeling low? Talk to your XLRI buddy
- Empathy, not ‘gyan’, sets apart B-school project for troubled teens with activities to beat the blues
From The Telegraph
XLRI students during a session under Samarthya at Motilal Nehru Public School in Jamshedpur earlier this week
Students of XLRI have been there, done that. They know how vulnerable teenagers are when bouts of depression and low self-esteem hit them.
Though they are seen as corporate honchos in the making, they are making sure they have time for troubled teens between 15 and 18 with a project called Samarthya — The Human Potential Centre.
Launched on July 23, the project, if it catches on, can be a boon for Jamshedpur that is grappling with student suicide. After all, those between 15 and 18 years go through two board exams, pressure to excel in academics and crack entrance exams, campus love, heartbreak and increasingly, body image issues where pimples and obesity are major triggers for depression.
Samarthya aims to help older students at school discover their potential, control emotions and share thoughts with someone who understands.
A group of around 10 students from Business Management (BM) and Human Resource Management (HRM) are already taking sessions with the teens. The first took place at Motilal Nehru Public School (MNPS).
Teenagers fearing the dreaded G-word — gyan — or preaching will be pleasantly surprised.
“It is not counselling. We don’t sit with students and solve their problems. It is beyond that. We take sessions on emotions and try to help them deal with them. Each session is dedicated to one emotion and we conduct activities on it,” said Smriti Khanna, a second-year HRM student and part of Samarthya.
A session on anger, for instance, will start by letting students vent out on paper, asking them to write down their impulses when they feel furious. Then comes a lively discussion on how to get out of this negative emotion.
“The teens don’t want gyan. We help them to know themselves through experiential learning and discover what lies within. At times they also ask questions on how to behave in a given situation. We share a lot,” said Smriti.
“It is a great initiative on the part of XLRI students to reach out to the school-going youths of the city to help them understand the purpose and meaning of a happy life,” said I.S.F. Irudayaraj, a senior faculty member of the B-school who conceptualised the programme.
Samarthya has an ambitious year-end goal of reaching out to 700 students, rolling out the programme in many schools. It also wants dedicated members for each class to ensure continuity and create a sort of buddy system.
Principal of Motilal Nehru Public School Ashu Tiwary sounded happy with the programme. “Students gel well with these bright B-school students as the age difference isn’t much, so they open up. It will help them keep negative thoughts at bay,” she said.
From The Telegraph
XLRI students during a session under Samarthya at Motilal Nehru Public School in Jamshedpur earlier this week
Students of XLRI have been there, done that. They know how vulnerable teenagers are when bouts of depression and low self-esteem hit them.
Though they are seen as corporate honchos in the making, they are making sure they have time for troubled teens between 15 and 18 with a project called Samarthya — The Human Potential Centre.
Launched on July 23, the project, if it catches on, can be a boon for Jamshedpur that is grappling with student suicide. After all, those between 15 and 18 years go through two board exams, pressure to excel in academics and crack entrance exams, campus love, heartbreak and increasingly, body image issues where pimples and obesity are major triggers for depression.
Samarthya aims to help older students at school discover their potential, control emotions and share thoughts with someone who understands.
A group of around 10 students from Business Management (BM) and Human Resource Management (HRM) are already taking sessions with the teens. The first took place at Motilal Nehru Public School (MNPS).
Teenagers fearing the dreaded G-word — gyan — or preaching will be pleasantly surprised.
“It is not counselling. We don’t sit with students and solve their problems. It is beyond that. We take sessions on emotions and try to help them deal with them. Each session is dedicated to one emotion and we conduct activities on it,” said Smriti Khanna, a second-year HRM student and part of Samarthya.
A session on anger, for instance, will start by letting students vent out on paper, asking them to write down their impulses when they feel furious. Then comes a lively discussion on how to get out of this negative emotion.
“The teens don’t want gyan. We help them to know themselves through experiential learning and discover what lies within. At times they also ask questions on how to behave in a given situation. We share a lot,” said Smriti.
“It is a great initiative on the part of XLRI students to reach out to the school-going youths of the city to help them understand the purpose and meaning of a happy life,” said I.S.F. Irudayaraj, a senior faculty member of the B-school who conceptualised the programme.
Samarthya has an ambitious year-end goal of reaching out to 700 students, rolling out the programme in many schools. It also wants dedicated members for each class to ensure continuity and create a sort of buddy system.
Principal of Motilal Nehru Public School Ashu Tiwary sounded happy with the programme. “Students gel well with these bright B-school students as the age difference isn’t much, so they open up. It will help them keep negative thoughts at bay,” she said.
XLRI to open its new campus by 2014-end
From Yahoo News
XLRI, a premier private business school in India, will come out with a new campus in the National Capital Region (NCR) by the end of 2014, an official said here Saturday.
"The construction work for the campus has already been started. Total investment for the new campus would be about Rs.50 crore to Rs.60 crore," E. Abraham S.J., director of the Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI) told mediapersons here Saturday.
The new campus will have 120 seats. The renowned B-school would also increase the number of seats in its Jamshedpur campus to 360 from the existing 240 seats in the next year.
XLRI is also launching a global MBA programme, in partnership with Weatherhead School of Management of Case Western University Cleveland, USA and School of Economics and Management of Tongji University Shanghai, China, Abraham S.J. said.
The new full time two-year residential global MBA programme will commence from June, 2013. XLRI Saturday unveiled a new improvised logo for its new brand identity.
XLRI, a premier private business school in India, will come out with a new campus in the National Capital Region (NCR) by the end of 2014, an official said here Saturday.
"The construction work for the campus has already been started. Total investment for the new campus would be about Rs.50 crore to Rs.60 crore," E. Abraham S.J., director of the Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI) told mediapersons here Saturday.
The new campus will have 120 seats. The renowned B-school would also increase the number of seats in its Jamshedpur campus to 360 from the existing 240 seats in the next year.
XLRI is also launching a global MBA programme, in partnership with Weatherhead School of Management of Case Western University Cleveland, USA and School of Economics and Management of Tongji University Shanghai, China, Abraham S.J. said.
The new full time two-year residential global MBA programme will commence from June, 2013. XLRI Saturday unveiled a new improvised logo for its new brand identity.
Sunday, August 12, 2012
XLRI, WSMSEM of Tongji University Shanghai join hands to launch a global MBA programme
From Economic Times
XLRI, Weatherhead School of Management of Case Western University Cleveland,, USA and School of Economics & Management of Tongji University Shanghai, China have joined hands to launch a global MBA programme.
The new full-time two-year residential programme slated to commence from June 2013 is designed to accommodate 20 students each from India, USA and China.
The programme will be held in three parts: one-third each in Jamshedpur, Shanghai and Cleveland and will be taught by faculty of all these three B-schools. Each B-School would have its own method of selecting students for the course; XLRI would select students based on XAT's performance, whereas Weatherhead School of Management of Case Western University will bank on GMAT and School of Economics & Management of Tongji University on its own criteria.
"This programme has been the outcome of our continuous efforts to build responsible global leaders of tomorrow," said Fr. E Abraham S.J., Director of XLRI. "In future, our plan is to expand the horizon and include a reputed B-School from Brazil as the fourth lap of this programme," he added.
Meanwhile, XLRI also unveiled its new brand identity and brand architecture for the first time since the institute was set up 62 years ago. The new brand identity which is trendy and contemporary, also underscores XLRI's intent to shape responsible leaders.
The updated brand identity of XLRI connotes the institution's futuristic outlook whilst retaining the old Jesuit Heritage. The new brand identity also represents the institute's clear focus and direction that allow greater freedom for the brand to grow nationally and globally.
H.M.Nerurkar, MD, Tata Steel & Chairman of XLRI Board of Governors said: "Modernising the brand identity of XLRI is an important milestone in the evolution of the XLRI institution brand as it journeys forward with the end-goal of becoming a global management school of repute shaping responsible leaders of tomorrow."
Board members and XLRI Alumni, Vineet Nayar, Vice -Chairman and CEO, HCL Technologies Ltd and Jaspal Singh Bindra, Asia CEO, Standard Chartered PLC also shared their views how XLRI played a pivotal role in shaping their career.
In the process of modernising the brand, XLRI closely worked with Water, the strategic branding & design consultancy of the DDB Mudra Group.
XLRI, Weatherhead School of Management of Case Western University Cleveland,, USA and School of Economics & Management of Tongji University Shanghai, China have joined hands to launch a global MBA programme.
The new full-time two-year residential programme slated to commence from June 2013 is designed to accommodate 20 students each from India, USA and China.
The programme will be held in three parts: one-third each in Jamshedpur, Shanghai and Cleveland and will be taught by faculty of all these three B-schools. Each B-School would have its own method of selecting students for the course; XLRI would select students based on XAT's performance, whereas Weatherhead School of Management of Case Western University will bank on GMAT and School of Economics & Management of Tongji University on its own criteria.
"This programme has been the outcome of our continuous efforts to build responsible global leaders of tomorrow," said Fr. E Abraham S.J., Director of XLRI. "In future, our plan is to expand the horizon and include a reputed B-School from Brazil as the fourth lap of this programme," he added.
Meanwhile, XLRI also unveiled its new brand identity and brand architecture for the first time since the institute was set up 62 years ago. The new brand identity which is trendy and contemporary, also underscores XLRI's intent to shape responsible leaders.
The updated brand identity of XLRI connotes the institution's futuristic outlook whilst retaining the old Jesuit Heritage. The new brand identity also represents the institute's clear focus and direction that allow greater freedom for the brand to grow nationally and globally.
H.M.Nerurkar, MD, Tata Steel & Chairman of XLRI Board of Governors said: "Modernising the brand identity of XLRI is an important milestone in the evolution of the XLRI institution brand as it journeys forward with the end-goal of becoming a global management school of repute shaping responsible leaders of tomorrow."
Board members and XLRI Alumni, Vineet Nayar, Vice -Chairman and CEO, HCL Technologies Ltd and Jaspal Singh Bindra, Asia CEO, Standard Chartered PLC also shared their views how XLRI played a pivotal role in shaping their career.
In the process of modernising the brand, XLRI closely worked with Water, the strategic branding & design consultancy of the DDB Mudra Group.
Samarthya ' The Human Potential Centre, under the guidance of Prof. I.S.F. Irudayaraj.
From Yahoo News
Students of XLRI have been there, done that. They know how vulnerable teenagers are when bouts of depression and low self-esteem hit them.
Though they are seen as corporate honchos in the making, they are making sure they have time for troubled teens between 15 and 18 with a project called Samarthya ' The Human Potential Centre.
Launched on July 23, the project, if it catches on, can be a boon for Jamshedpur that is grappling with student suicide. After all, those between 15 and 18 years go through two board exams, pressure to excel in academics and crack entrance exams, campus love, heartbreak and increasingly, body image issues where pimples and obesity are major triggers for depression.
Samarthya aims to help older students at school discover their potential, control emotions and share thoughts with someone who understands.
A group of around 10 students from Business Management (BM) and Human Resource Management (HRM) are already taking sessions with the teens. The first took place at Motilal Nehru Public School (MNPS).
Teenagers fearing the dreaded G-word ' gyan ' or preaching will be pleasantly surprised.
"It is not counselling. We don't sit with students and solve their problems. It is beyond that. We take sessions on emotions and try to help them deal with them. Each session is dedicated to one emotion and we conduct activities on it," said Smriti Khanna, a second-year HRM student and part of Samarthya.
A session on anger, for instance, will start by letting students vent out on paper, asking them to write down their impulses when they feel furious. Then comes a lively discussion on how to get out of this negative emotion.
"The teens don't want gyan. We help them to know themselves through experiential learning and discover what lies within. At times they also ask questions on how to behave in a given situation. We share a lot," said Smriti.
"It is a great initiative on the part of XLRI students to reach out to the school-going youths of the city to help them understand the purpose and meaning of a happy life," said I.S.F. Irudayaraj, a senior faculty member of the B-school who conceptualised the programme.
Samarthya has an ambitious year-end goal of reaching out to 700 students, rolling out the programme in many schools. It also wants dedicated members for each class to ensure continuity and create a sort of buddy system.
Principal of Motilal Nehru Public School Ashu Tiwary sounded happy with the programme. "Students gel well with these bright B-school students as the age difference isn't much, so they open up. It will help them keep negative thoughts at bay," she said.
Students of XLRI have been there, done that. They know how vulnerable teenagers are when bouts of depression and low self-esteem hit them.
Though they are seen as corporate honchos in the making, they are making sure they have time for troubled teens between 15 and 18 with a project called Samarthya ' The Human Potential Centre.
Launched on July 23, the project, if it catches on, can be a boon for Jamshedpur that is grappling with student suicide. After all, those between 15 and 18 years go through two board exams, pressure to excel in academics and crack entrance exams, campus love, heartbreak and increasingly, body image issues where pimples and obesity are major triggers for depression.
Samarthya aims to help older students at school discover their potential, control emotions and share thoughts with someone who understands.
A group of around 10 students from Business Management (BM) and Human Resource Management (HRM) are already taking sessions with the teens. The first took place at Motilal Nehru Public School (MNPS).
Teenagers fearing the dreaded G-word ' gyan ' or preaching will be pleasantly surprised.
"It is not counselling. We don't sit with students and solve their problems. It is beyond that. We take sessions on emotions and try to help them deal with them. Each session is dedicated to one emotion and we conduct activities on it," said Smriti Khanna, a second-year HRM student and part of Samarthya.
A session on anger, for instance, will start by letting students vent out on paper, asking them to write down their impulses when they feel furious. Then comes a lively discussion on how to get out of this negative emotion.
"The teens don't want gyan. We help them to know themselves through experiential learning and discover what lies within. At times they also ask questions on how to behave in a given situation. We share a lot," said Smriti.
"It is a great initiative on the part of XLRI students to reach out to the school-going youths of the city to help them understand the purpose and meaning of a happy life," said I.S.F. Irudayaraj, a senior faculty member of the B-school who conceptualised the programme.
Samarthya has an ambitious year-end goal of reaching out to 700 students, rolling out the programme in many schools. It also wants dedicated members for each class to ensure continuity and create a sort of buddy system.
Principal of Motilal Nehru Public School Ashu Tiwary sounded happy with the programme. "Students gel well with these bright B-school students as the age difference isn't much, so they open up. It will help them keep negative thoughts at bay," she said.
XLRI to invest Rs 110 crore for Delhi, 2nd Jamshedpur campus
From The Hindu Businessline
Big plans: (From left) Vineet Nayar (BMD 85 - CEO HCL Tech), Jaspal Bindra(BMD 84 - CEO- StanChart, Asia Pacific) and E. Abraham (BMD 78 - Director -XLRI), from Board of Governors of XLRI, addressing a press conference in Kolkata on Saturday. — A. Roy Chowdhury
XLRI School of Business and Human Resources plans to expand its
footprint in the country by setting up a campus in Delhi. Plans are also
afoot to set up a second campus in Jamshedpur. Both these campuses will
entail a total investment of about Rs 110 crore.
According to E. Abraham, Director, XLRI, the second campus in Jamshedpur
will provide an additional 120 seats for business and human resource
management courses, while the Delhi campus, which is to come up in the
National Capital Region, will accommodate close to 120 students in its
first phase.
The institute has an intake of 240 students a year at present at its existing facility in Jamshedpur.
“The second campus at Jamshedpur will be ready by 2013, while the first
phase of the Delhi campus will be ready by 2014-15,” Abraham said at a
press meet to unveil the new brand identity and logo of XLRI here on
Saturday.
New Course
Apart from expanding its geographical presence, XLRI also plans to add new course into its offerings.
The institute has launched a global MBA programme in partnership with
Weatherhead School of Management of Case Western University in
Cleveland, USA, and School of Economics and Management of Tongji
University in Shanghai, China.
The two-year full time residential global MBA course will commence from June 2013.
Under the programme, each B-school will admit 20 students from its
country (India, China and US). The course will be held in three parts —
in Jamshedpur, Shanghai and Cleveland.
Brand Identity
XLRI had roped in Water, the branding and design consultancy of the DDB Mudra Group, for designing the new brand identity.
“The new brand identity represents the institute’s clear focus and
direction that allow greater freedom for the brand to grow nationally
and globally,” he said.
Saturday, August 11, 2012
XAT 2013 announced
From DNA
The Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) 2013 will be conducted on January 6, 2013 in 38 cities across India and three cities outside India. Registrations begin from August 20.
XAT is conducted by XLRI School of Business and Human Resource, Jamshedpur for admission to this and some other reputed management institutes across India.
While there is increase in the test centres this year, some new small towns are added in the centres’ list to provide an opportunity to candidates from such areas.
Similarly, outside India, the test will be conducted in Kathmandu, Dhaka and Dubai.
The test continues to be in the traditional paper-pencil format to help even disadvantaged candidates who are not comfortable with computers.The last date of registration is November 30, 2012, according to the XLRI website.
The Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) 2013 will be conducted on January 6, 2013 in 38 cities across India and three cities outside India. Registrations begin from August 20.
XAT is conducted by XLRI School of Business and Human Resource, Jamshedpur for admission to this and some other reputed management institutes across India.
While there is increase in the test centres this year, some new small towns are added in the centres’ list to provide an opportunity to candidates from such areas.
Similarly, outside India, the test will be conducted in Kathmandu, Dhaka and Dubai.
The test continues to be in the traditional paper-pencil format to help even disadvantaged candidates who are not comfortable with computers.The last date of registration is November 30, 2012, according to the XLRI website.
Saturday, August 04, 2012
Sad Demise : S Nandakumar (BMD 76)
Hi Batchmates:
Just got news that Nandu passed away this morning. Joe Fernandes and Shailendra Swarup have confirmed the news.
Jaggu --BMD77 ,second cousin spent 2 hours with him yesterday. They were meeting after 35 years. Reminiscing over old photos, Nandu was planning to celebrate his 6oth birthday shortly.
Nandu told Jaggu he was going to Vijayawada for a Consultancy assignment. Apparently he travelled by bus overnight and this morning collapsed in the hotel bathroom and died from a massive heart-attack.
His body is likely to reach Hyderabad this evening.
Has a daughter in the US . Funeral details awaited.
We offer our heartfelt condolences to his wife, daughter and other family members.
Nanda's mobile no was 09849166256
David D'Costa
Just got news that Nandu passed away this morning. Joe Fernandes and Shailendra Swarup have confirmed the news.
Jaggu --BMD77 ,second cousin spent 2 hours with him yesterday. They were meeting after 35 years. Reminiscing over old photos, Nandu was planning to celebrate his 6oth birthday shortly.
Nandu told Jaggu he was going to Vijayawada for a Consultancy assignment. Apparently he travelled by bus overnight and this morning collapsed in the hotel bathroom and died from a massive heart-attack.
His body is likely to reach Hyderabad this evening.
Has a daughter in the US . Funeral details awaited.
We offer our heartfelt condolences to his wife, daughter and other family members.
Nanda's mobile no was 09849166256
David D'Costa
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