Block the Date : Summer Alumni Meets

Dear Friends,

Greetings from XLRI! I am happy to invite you and your family to the Alumni summer meets 2014. It is being organized in all major cities with the help of our alumni and students. The calendar of meets in different cities is:

Sl.No	Cities	Dates	Day
1	Singapore	26th April,2014	Saturday
2	Hyderabad	2nd May,2014	Friday
3	Kolkata	9th May,2014	Friday
4	Delhi	10th May,2014	Saturday
5	Pune	23rd May,2014	Friday
6	Mumbai	24th May,2014	Saturday
7	Chennai	30th May,2014	Friday
8	Bangalore	31st May,2014	Saturday

Looking forward to meeting you,
With Warm regards
Sharad Sarin
Chairperson-Alumni

More Details on Venues etc to follow

B-School Alumni Dinner on Jun 16th at Sterling Club on Sterling Road - Chennai

Dear friends,

The inter iim-Xlri alumni cricket tournament evening get together has been arranged at Sterling Club ,Sterling Road on Saturday June 16th.

The invitation is extended to the spouse and family members also.

So pls do let me know the number of family members coming with you so that the organisers can plan accordingly.


Thanks
Murali

Round up of Upcoming Alumni Meets

Dear All

XLRI Summer Alumni Meets, 2011 have been scheduled in the month of May. The batch of 2010-2012 is working really hard to make them a grand success, much bigger and magnificient than the last year.

Schedule for the meet:

Please spread the word.

City	Date	Venue
Hyderabad	7th May	Boulder Hills, Gachibowli, Hyderabad
Delhi	14th May	The Parkland Retreat, Main Chhatarpur Mandir Road, Satbari, New Delhi
Chennai	21st May	Railway Officer's Club, Sterling Road
Mumbai	21st May	Mayfair Banquet Hall, Worli, Mumbai
Bangalore	28th May	The Royal Orchid

Kolkata

21st May

Floatel 9/10, Kolkata jetty, Opp. SBI HQ, Strand Road, Kolkata.

However, they are really struggling with the sponsorship and I am afraid they might have to cancel a few venues due to lack of liquidity. The Summer Meets last year were a great success due to the support shown by the XLers in arranging sponsorship. I organized the meet last year and I know how tough it is for the organizing team while managing their internships.

On behalf of the organizing team, I request you to look into the matter and contact the undersigned if you wish to sponsor.

Raghuram Bommaraju
Secretary, Alumni Committee
BM(2010-2012)
Ph.: 9204 067 454

Regards
Shubham Singhal
BM(2009-2011)
XLRI, Jamshedpur

xlchennai : Blowout! Thank you!!

To everyone who came for the Alumni Evening on the 22nd: Thank you folks, for making it. 

A big Thank YOU to the "kids" of the 2011 batch who did quite a bit of running around to make sure things fell in place. And to their seniors, from 2010, who did not allow last year's experience dampen their enthu. 

Thanks to Ramaa Ramesh (2010) for putting together that lovely .ppt; we must now get it to go viral!

Thanks to Viji for "pairing off" people - and helping cut across batches!

Thanks to Mohan Kumar for helping the team negotiate rates with Accord.... we'll turn to you more often!

And while the sponsors must no doubt be thanked, many of them were faceless - except for Buildcraft: thank you Ravi, for being one of the sponsors!

And to those who were unable to come - thank you for tolerating all the mails, and the repeated sms-es. We did miss you; hope to see you - and in fact everyone on this group - at the next alumni evening!

Cheers,

Shantaram

(Who, by sending mails and sms-ing, pretends to be part of the organizing team:D)

Chennai Meet - May 22nd

Hello Everyone,

 

We have finalized the venue and date for XLRI Chennai Alumni Meet'2010.

 

Date - 22nd May'10

Venue - Accord Metropolitan Hotel

 

We are now working on the sponsorships front and will soon finalize the details like charges, timing etc.

 

 

Warm Regards,

With Warm Regards,
Ashish Dewan
XLRI 2009-2011

The XL Alumni Meet 2009 - Chennai

Hi,

The XL Alumni Meet 2009 - Chennai has been scheduled for the 23rd of May (Saturday). The venue for the meet is not decided yet (subject to the sponsorship we can manage for the event) and will be communicated soon. We would be grateful if you could fit this event in your plans and it would be great to meet as many of you guys there as possible.

Regards,
XL Alumni Meet Team - Chennai

Krishnan S
Meesam Rizvi
Rajat Brar

PS - We would be grateful for all the help that we can get with respect to sponsorship. Please get in touch with one of us at the above mentioned phone numbers if you can help us in any way.

Chennai Meet. Final Details

Dear all,

As repeatedly shared in many posts, the alumni get-together is planned at

BOAT CLUB
Raja Annamalaipuram, 2, 3rd Avenue, Boat Club Road, Chennai

TIMING: 7:00 PM

DRESS CODE: Collared T-shirt / Shirt

We had expected some sponsorship for this event but thanks to the current economic slump, we could not get anything worthy. Hence we will have to charge Rs.400 per person for this meet. This includes snacks, soft drinks, unlimited booze and food.

Hoping to meet you people there.

Please pass on this message to others not hooked onto this group and get them as last minute additions.

Cheers,
Karthik

Chennai Alumni Meet 20 Feb

Please confirm your participation ASAP

We need to confirm numbers for catering

Venue: Boat Club

Time: 700 PM

Date: 20th Feb 2009, Friday

Cost aspects will be shared soon

Looking forward to meeting you

PNS

XL get together being Planned in Feb in Chennai

We are planning one (long awaited!!) on 20th Feb, Friday at 700 PM.

Venue and costs will be communicated soon.

I request a confirmation of attendance by mail so that we can plan well

Need volunteers and also sponsors

This time we hope to have a larger participation.

P N Subramanian(PNS)

XL Alumni- Chennai Chapter

xlchennai : Trying for another cricket match

Dear guys,

We have let pass 2008 without a single cricket match being played and so want to start off 2009 on a positive note.

Subject to ground availability, we are trying to fix up a match with either IIM-A or IIM-C on Jan 26th, 2009 or the First Sunday in Feb 2009.

Do write to me your interest in signing...who knows some of the IPL franchisees may be scouting for fresh faces considering we were the 1st to launch the T-20 cricket matches way back in 2006 and 2007. This is your chance to make it big. So stretch out and get into shape in case you are out of touch with physical fitness for some time.

Also a belated Happy new Year to all u folks and families for 2009.

Cheers,
Murali (Class of 84)

24 May : Chennai Meet

On behalf of the entire XL Community, you are cordially invited to spend a fun filled evening with us on 24th may 2008 at Accord Metropolitan, G.N.Chetty Road.

Thanks & Regards
Chennai Team

Pan-India Alumni Meets - Schedule

Hello folks!

this is just an advance warning about the Annual XL Alumni Meets being planned this month - so please book your dates.

Due to either my lack of knowledge - or because the venue is still being finalised - I have not been able to mention the venue in this mail (though this is only "Version1.1" - next spam/update will contain more info )

Meanwhile the contact details of the summer interns who are part of the team organising the meets are mentioned.

But do book your date!!

ciao

madhukar

ps: and any of you who can help them out with sponsorships, etc., will get thousands of blessings from fellow xlers ;0)... though seriously, folks! they would be happy with any kind of help from you.

Hyderabad: May 10th
Contacts:
Harbir Singh Rissam
Neeharika Bhupati

Siddhartha Parida

New Delhi/NCR: May 17th
Contacts:
Devika Rajeev

Manish Bhagat
Ankit Goyal

Chennai: May 24th
Contacts:
Mulpuri Raja Rajeswari
Abhiseg Elijah

Krishanu Bhattacharya

Mumbai: May 24th
Contacts:
Akshay Sinha

Ritesh Agrawal

Bangalore: May 30th or 31st
Contacts:
Sharath N

Sugandha Agnani

Kolkata: May 31st
Contacts:
Sudipto Dey

Bharath S

Rohit Parmanandka

2-8 April : Art Show Invitation from Amitabh aka Shorty (IR 80)

Galerie Karma, Kolkata, owned by Amitabh aka Shorty (IR 80) will be in Chennai exhibiting a variety of Bengali Art at the Lalit Kala Akademi between April 2 and April 8, from 11 am to 7 pm.

On display will be 80 works of 20 artists, curated by the renowned Akumal Ramachander who became internationally known for his discovery of the American Abstract Expressionist painter, Harold Shapinsky, in the mid 1980s. Salman Rushdie narrated an hour long documentary on Akumal's discovery and also wrote a 20-page long article for the Christmas issue of "The New Yorker".

Please make it convenient to visit and to patronise the Exhibition.

Thanks...and take care.

Vijay Kumar (Rocky)

Hopefully again another CRICKET MATCH

Dear Folks,

We guys sure missed a golden opportunity to patent/copyright or whatever else possible to protect our concept rights over the 20-20 cricket format...long before it became a world wide craze we guys had already made it customary to only play 20-20 matches....but then as they say we could have had a piece of history !!!!

Now getting onto the actual subject of this email...we are cos of PUBLIC DEMAND trying to schedule our annual round of cricket matches for Feb 10th and FEb 17th both Sundays. I have got in touch with JK of IIM-c to check for ground availabilty and player availability esp fro IIM-A and IIM- others. So guys and gals do try and stay in town and check up yr emails for more news. Also prospective players and those interested do email me/Tommy/Shanta yr names,email id and contact numbers so that we update our cricketers' database.

Murali
XL-84

How well do you know your alma mater & the city ?

Shanta has finally put us out of our misery and given the answers to the XL Chennai Quiz.

That's it! You've had enough time to think!! The answers follow:

How was the 'R' in XLRI expanded earlier - 'Resources' or 'Relations'?
- Relations

What will be the total tution fee for BMD/PMIR Students joining XLRI in 2008?
- Rs.517,000

What is the PIN code that XLRI is located in?
- 831001

What is the official website of XLRI?
- http://www.xlri.ac.in

What are the 2 rivers of Jamshedpur?
- Subarnarekha & Khadki

By what name is the Theatre Society at XLRI known?
- Dracula

In which year was the 3 year BME program begun at XLRI?
- 1966

In which district of Jharkhand is Jamshedpur located?
- East Singbhum

Born in Jamshedpur, she went on to become Ms. World in 2000. Who?
- Priyanka Chopra

What is the name of the band that has had such 'hits' as 'GMD' and 'XL ki Kudiyan'?
- Bodhi Tree

After whom are the women's residences at XLRI named?
- Nilima Acharji & Mother Teresa

What was Tatanagar Railway Station earlier known as?
- Kalimati Railway Station

What is the medal given to the best outgoing BMD student called?
- ICI Medal

Which naturalist and author of books such as 'My Family & Other Animals', was born in Jamshedpur?
- Gerald Durrell

Who is the chairman of XLRI's Board of Governors?
- B.Muthuraman

Who was the recipient of the Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal for Industrial & Social Peace in 2007?
- K.V.Kamath

Who, along with Fr. Quinn Enright, founded XLRI in 1949?
- Fr. Bill Tome

Whose birthday on March 3 is celebrated as Founder's Day?
- Jamshedji Nusserwanji Tata

How many electives must a BMD / PMIR student mandatorily take at XLRI?
- Eighteen

The best PMIR student receives the JM Kumarappa Gold Medal. The second best?
- Dean Kamala Mathur Medal

Before being renamed 'Jamshedpur', what was the city known as?
- Sakchi

After whom is the Library at XLRI named?
- Sir Jehangir Ghandy

Which professor from XLRI addressed the UN General Assembly on July 5/6 2007?
- Tata L. Raghuram

What is the name of the train that connects Chennai Central & Tatanagar Junction?
- 3352 Dhanbad Express

26 Sep : Invite for the Ma Foi Foundation Anniversary Function

The following is the invitation from K Pandiarajan (84BMD),

...the Founder MD of Ma Foi Management Consulting, Director of Madras Stock Exchange, recipient of Eisenhower Fellowship for Leadership...

...among his many other achievements....

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Dear XLers

I have pleasure in enclosing a cordial invitation to attend the first Anniversary of our Ma Foi Foundation (MFF) in Chennai on the 26th Sept 2007. We presently have adopted 1130 poor children from the Sivakasi and Chennai areas from 46 schools – they get scholarship, mentorship and career education from 5th standard to college completion ( Rs 1200 pa upto 10th std, Rs 1500 pa during higher secondary and Rs 5000 pa during college). All our Corporate Social Responsibility efforts have been integrated under MFF since last Sept. We run a School for the underprivileged in Chennai with about 650 children. We have taken micro-finance to about 8000 women through Self-Help Group and fostered about 450 tiny enterprises. We also run a network of about 172 NGO’s under the CIOSA (Confederation of Indian Organisations for Service and Advocacy) banner. We have also recognized 10 Young Achievers (unmined gems) every year during this function. You can get more details about this in www.themafoifoundation.org

The function will start at 6.30 pm and will see a creative expression by some of our Disha Scholars, recognition of achievements, performance by young artists led by Abhaswaram Ramji/Venky (Venky Monkey fame) and networking. I look forward to your support and wishes,

Regards,
K Pandiarajan (84BMD)
Ma Foi Management Consultants Ltd
First Floor, No.49,Cathedral Road,
Chennai - 600 086

Chennai Alumni Meet - a Report

Hi,

Special thanks to PNS, Suresh Reddy, G Sreenivasan (GS), Sethu and MKR Karthik for helping with getting the whole evening off the ground. We had close to 50 people turning up, including the classes of 2008 & 2009.

No music, no speeches, just one distraction (more on that later), meant that folks had a lot of opportunity to catch up with each other - there were enough decibels for some folks in the next hall to walk in and 'request' us to pipe down; but on a Friday evening? Fat chance!

We'll do it again - maybe a few months later!!

The distraction? A quiz on Jampot & XL. Questions are given below.... answers later!

Cheers,
Shantaram


Questions:

1. How was the 'R' in XLRI expanded earlier - 'Resources' or 'Relations'?
2. What will be the total tution fee for BMD/PMIR Students joining XLRI in 2008?
3. What is the PIN code that XLRI is located in?
4. What is the official website of XLRI?
5. What are the 2 rivers of Jamshedpur?
6. By what name is the Theatre Society at XLRI known?
7. In which year was the 3 year BME program begun at XLRI?
8. In which district of Jharkhand is Jamshedpur located?
9. Born in Jamshedpur, she went on to become Ms. World in 2000. Who?
10. What is the name of the band that has had such 'hits' as 'GMD' and 'XL ki Kudiyan'?
11. After whom are the women's residences at XLRI named?
12. What was Tatanagar Railway Station earlier known as?
13. What is the medal given to the best outgoing BMD student called?
14. Which naturalist and author of books such as 'My Family & Other Animals', was born in Jamshedpur?
15. Who is the chairman of XLRI's Board of Governers?
16. Who was the recipient of the Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal for Industrial & Social Peace in 2007?
17. Who, along with Fr. Quinn Enright, founded XLRI in 1949?
18. Whose birthday on March 3 is celebrated as Founder's Day?
19. How many electives must a BMD / PMIR student mandatorily take at XLRI?
20. The best PMIR student receives the JM Kumarappa Gold Medal. The second best?
21. Before being renamed 'Jamshedpur', what was the city known as?
22. After whom is the Library at XLRI named?
23. Which professor from XLRI addressed the UN General Assembly on July 5/6 2007?
24. What is the name of the train that connects Chennai Central & Tatanagar Junction?

How many will you get right ?

Chennai Alumni Dinner on September 14

Hi,

It is a pleasure to invite all XL Alumni in Chennai to gather at the Alumni Club (1, 3rd Avenue, Boat Club Road, R.A. Puram, Chennai 600028) at 7.00 pm on September 14.

We will be hosting the XLers of the current batches (2008 & 2009) who will be in Chennai for their 1st term vacations. We do not have any formal agenda for the evening; the focus is on catching up with each other, across batches - as we all know, it's been a while since we had a 'non-summer-trainee-organized-alumni-meeting'.

We expect the per-head cost to be around Rs.500/-; this is slightly higher than usual, since we will be sharing the cost of the 08/09 batches between us. Of course, if we can have a few sponsors, it will reduce the per-head rates!

Please spread the word, coax, cajol and persuade all alumni you know to be present!

Looking forward to the 14th!!

Regards,
Shantaram
IR 90

XL Chennai Meeting

Hi everyone,

We (list below) are meeting on Aug. 9 (Thu), at 7 pm at Madras Race
Club.

Dominic Thomas
PNS
Suresh Reddy
Shantaram
Karthik
Venkataraman

We hope that some others on this group would also like to join in - do let us know.

Regards,
Shantaram

After many unsuccessful uploading attempts, I have finally managed to do it in picasa. Here is the link -

http://picasaweb.google.com/simplymkr/ChennaiAlumniMeet2007

Karthik