From The Times of India
RANCHI: Chairman emeritus and chief mentor of Infosys N R Narayana Murthy has been chosen for the prestigious Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal for Industrial and Social Peace 2012 by Xavier Labour Relations Institute. Murthy will receive the award in Jamshedpur on April 4.
H M Nerurkar, chairman, board of governors, XLRI and MD Tata Steel will present the prestigious medal to Murthy during the convocation ceremony at Tata auditorium.
"This year we have decided to honour N R Narayana Murthy with the prestigious award for Social and Industrial Peace," said XLRI director Fr E Abraham.
The award was instituted by XLRI in 1966, in honour of the late Sir Jehangir Ghandy, former chairman of XLRI board of governors.
The medal was instituted in gratitude for his yeoman service to the institution and the society at large. One of the oldest medals instituted by a higher education institution, the medal is awarded during XLRI's annual convocation ceremony to recognize outstanding contributions in the field of industrial and social peace in the country.
So far, 43 distinguished people have received the award including Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, who was conferred the prestigious award in 2011. Industrialists JRD Tata, Ratan Tata, B L Munjal and politicians P A Sangma, Jyoti Basu among others are the popular names, who have already received the list.
Friday, March 30, 2012
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Agent Vinod's XLRI connection - Arijit Biswas (91PMIR)
Got this message from Prof Shukla:
Hello,
After Akash Khurana (77BMD - http://www.imdb.com/name/
Arijit Biswas (91PMIR) is the co-story and -script writer of “Agent Vinod”
http://articles.timesofindia.
Congrats, Arijit!
Madhukar
Hello,
After Akash Khurana (77BMD - http://www.imdb.com/name/
Arijit Biswas (91PMIR) is the co-story and -script writer of “Agent Vinod”
http://articles.timesofindia.
Congrats, Arijit!
Madhukar
Monday, March 19, 2012
First Pan South India XLRI Alumni Meet, Bangalore, May19th ,2012
Dear XLAlumni:
Greetings from XLBangalore, where we are already abuzz with excitement and preparations for the First ever Pan-South India XL Alumni Meet, to be held on May 19th,2012.
By now many of you would have received a personal invitation from our Director, Fr. Abraham,s.j., to this event.
This way Fr.Abe is saved the need to travel all over S-India to keep in touch with the dearly beloved XL alumni (he himself is from the class of '78), and we get to renew our bonding with long lost buddies we have traveled with through Chennai,Nellore, Vishakapatnam,Sambalpur,Titlagarh etc. on the trains to Tatanagar. Apart from Fr. Abe, we will also have with us Prof Sarin, Prof. Jomon, Prof. Madhukar Shukla, and hopefully, many more.We may also have some surprise but dearly loved XL support staff in our midst that night.
It is said that the greatest asset(apart from the learning ), that one takes away from an Ivy League Management Institute such as XL, is the branding and the Buddy network of the Alma Mater.The Pan-South India event thus offers us a renewed opportunity to strengthen the Branding and our bonding, for the benefit of the Institute, the community and ourselves .
As you all know,we have have a vibrant XL Community in Bangalore,full of bonhomie, over the last 25 years.In fact we have over 300 attendees at our Annual Gala Summer Meets, with live XLBands,drawn from XL musicians down the generations including past members of Bodhi Tree ,and great Deejays recreating the WetNite Mood.This time we are targeting 500 attendees!!
We are in the process of putting in place a committee that will create a great event and cater to your accommodation ,transport and post-meet sight-seeing needs .We also hope to have a website in place with all relevant information at one site.
We will keep you posted on a regular basis as our preparations unfold.
But make sure you block May 19th on your calendar .
Let's get together XL'ers.
See you on Sat,19th May in beautiful Bangalore, where the cool weather and the Mayflower and Jacaranda blossoms await you and let's create some XL Magic!
Looking forward to meeting you here!!,
David D'Costa (BMD'76)
President, XLBang
Greetings from XLBangalore, where we are already abuzz with excitement and preparations for the First ever Pan-South India XL Alumni Meet, to be held on May 19th,2012.
By now many of you would have received a personal invitation from our Director, Fr. Abraham,s.j., to this event.
This way Fr.Abe is saved the need to travel all over S-India to keep in touch with the dearly beloved XL alumni (he himself is from the class of '78), and we get to renew our bonding with long lost buddies we have traveled with through Chennai,Nellore, Vishakapatnam,Sambalpur,Titlagarh etc. on the trains to Tatanagar. Apart from Fr. Abe, we will also have with us Prof Sarin, Prof. Jomon, Prof. Madhukar Shukla, and hopefully, many more.We may also have some surprise but dearly loved XL support staff in our midst that night.
It is said that the greatest asset(apart from the learning ), that one takes away from an Ivy League Management Institute such as XL, is the branding and the Buddy network of the Alma Mater.The Pan-South India event thus offers us a renewed opportunity to strengthen the Branding and our bonding, for the benefit of the Institute, the community and ourselves .
As you all know,we have have a vibrant XL Community in Bangalore,full of bonhomie, over the last 25 years.In fact we have over 300 attendees at our Annual Gala Summer Meets, with live XLBands,drawn from XL musicians down the generations including past members of Bodhi Tree ,and great Deejays recreating the WetNite Mood.This time we are targeting 500 attendees!!
We are in the process of putting in place a committee that will create a great event and cater to your accommodation ,transport and post-meet sight-seeing needs .We also hope to have a website in place with all relevant information at one site.
We will keep you posted on a regular basis as our preparations unfold.
But make sure you block May 19th on your calendar .
Let's get together XL'ers.
See you on Sat,19th May in beautiful Bangalore, where the cool weather and the Mayflower and Jacaranda blossoms await you and let's create some XL Magic!
Looking forward to meeting you here!!,
David D'Costa (BMD'76)
President, XLBang
Friday, February 24, 2012
Invitation - XLRI South India Alumni meet - Bangalore - May 19
Dear Karishma,
I
was in Bangalore recently for the International HR Conference held at XIME and
had the privilege of meeting Prof. Joe Philip (President, XIME), David D’Costa
(President Bangalore Chapter), R. Sridhar (Executive VP – HR, ITC Kolkata),
George Ollapally, among others. It was
a pleasure interacting with them. In
the course of our discussion, we have decided to have an alumni reunion of
alumni based in Bangalore, Chennai and
Hyderabad.
I
write to you today to personally invite you for the Pan South India Alumni Meet in Bangalore scheduled on May 19, 2012. The venue for the meet will be Hotel Windsor or Gardenia (Courtesy, R. Sridhar, ITC Hotels).
As
far as accommodation is concerned, the Bangalore alumni have kindly agreed to
host their batch mates where possible.
Prof. Joe Philip (President,
XIME) has graciously consented to accommodate its hostels / residential
facilities to the alumni from outstation for those who require it.
I
am writing to you sufficiently in advance to enable you to kindly block the
date. I eagerly look forward to this reunion and I sincerely hope
to see you in Bangalore on May 19, 2012.
While I look forward to your response, please also mark your availability to : dcosta.david@gmail.com
David has kindly agreed to coordinate the event and would need to know how many alumni from Chennai will be present for the reunion.
I
take this opportunity to thank David D’Costa and the XLBang Managing Committee for
their efforts in assisting XLRI to make this reunion a grand success.
With
best wishes,
Fr. E. Abraham, S.J.
--
E. Abraham S J., Ph.D.
Director
XLRI School of Business & Human Resources
C H Area (East)
PB no. 222
Jamshedpur 831001,INDIA
Dail : 91-657-2231525 (D)
91-657-3983100(D)
91-657-3983333(Pilot)
09431112712(M)
Fax : 91-657-2227814
E-mail : director@xlri.ac.in
fr.abrahamsj@gmail.com
website : www.xlri.ac.in
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Aparna Banerjee - Retailing Hope
This write up appeared in the Dec 25, 2011 issue of The Week.
She was 17 when her father quit his job. As money grew scarce at home, the entrepreneur in Aparna Banerjee came out. She started manufacturing transformers. In the first three months her turnover was Rs:18,000; in four years it went up to Rs:1.8 crore. At 21, she quit the business and decided to pursue higher studies. One thing was clear, she wanted to be her own boss.
“My father dreamt of me joining the administrative services,” said Aparna, 37. “But I never saw myself working under people, I wanted to be an entrepreneur.” In 2002, Aparna met a US-based friend who wanted her to do a management degree there, because the US nurtured entrepreneurs. Aparna demurred and said things were getting exciting in India. She joined XLRI, Jamshedpur, for a MBA in supply-chain management.
Simultaneously, she started work on a distribution model involving micro-management. The project aimed to connect urban customers with rural suppliers. Aparna also wanted to help women scale up their businesses by removing bottlenecks in the supply chain. She devised a model which provided services such as storage, inventory management and transportation.
The real breakthrough came in 2006, when she took this idea to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who asked her to start with a pilot programme. “I also met President Abdul Kalam, who asked me to bring in the rural perspective to the project,” she said. Thus, Project Sukanya was born.
Aparna sold some property she had and invested Rs:42 lakh in the project. She had to fight prejudices and the regular challenges to make the project commercially viable. Five years later, she is launching Project Sukanya in five states—Arunachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir and Tripura.
“I was heard only because I was adamant and had a good education,” she said. “Almost 95 per cent of the people would have otherwise dismissed me as too young and inexperienced.” Project Sukanya is now a public-private partnership, linking 1,341 NGOs to urban consumers. Aparna has around 96,000 people as suppliers and another 4,893 are enrolled in her grassroots entrepreneurs programme. She plans to sell products through kiosks, franchisees and shops. “Our three-year projections are Rs:1,000 crore,” she said. The project is supported by banks, state governments and various Central ministries.
“I want to be one of the best entrepreneurs in the world and I want to be able to share my profits with society,” she said. It is just not about helping society for her, the thrill lies in making a difference without the charity tag.
Memorable moments? Many. But one stands out. A woman came to her office for help. “Her son had met with an accident and was on the verge of having a leg amputated,” said Aparna. “She and her husband could not afford the medical bills, so she came to me for help. She said she knew to make handicrafts.”
Aparna guided her to start her own venture. “I asked her to employ people and train them to make the handicrafts,” she said. “She became one of our regular suppliers. Eventually, her son recovered.” To give hope is the biggest thing, said Aparna. It for that bonus that she works 21-hour days, and to ensure that Project Sukanya has a fighting chance in the world of mega-retailers.
She was 17 when her father quit his job. As money grew scarce at home, the entrepreneur in Aparna Banerjee came out. She started manufacturing transformers. In the first three months her turnover was Rs:18,000; in four years it went up to Rs:1.8 crore. At 21, she quit the business and decided to pursue higher studies. One thing was clear, she wanted to be her own boss.
“My father dreamt of me joining the administrative services,” said Aparna, 37. “But I never saw myself working under people, I wanted to be an entrepreneur.” In 2002, Aparna met a US-based friend who wanted her to do a management degree there, because the US nurtured entrepreneurs. Aparna demurred and said things were getting exciting in India. She joined XLRI, Jamshedpur, for a MBA in supply-chain management.
Simultaneously, she started work on a distribution model involving micro-management. The project aimed to connect urban customers with rural suppliers. Aparna also wanted to help women scale up their businesses by removing bottlenecks in the supply chain. She devised a model which provided services such as storage, inventory management and transportation.
The real breakthrough came in 2006, when she took this idea to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who asked her to start with a pilot programme. “I also met President Abdul Kalam, who asked me to bring in the rural perspective to the project,” she said. Thus, Project Sukanya was born.
Aparna sold some property she had and invested Rs:42 lakh in the project. She had to fight prejudices and the regular challenges to make the project commercially viable. Five years later, she is launching Project Sukanya in five states—Arunachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir and Tripura.
“I was heard only because I was adamant and had a good education,” she said. “Almost 95 per cent of the people would have otherwise dismissed me as too young and inexperienced.” Project Sukanya is now a public-private partnership, linking 1,341 NGOs to urban consumers. Aparna has around 96,000 people as suppliers and another 4,893 are enrolled in her grassroots entrepreneurs programme. She plans to sell products through kiosks, franchisees and shops. “Our three-year projections are Rs:1,000 crore,” she said. The project is supported by banks, state governments and various Central ministries.
“I want to be one of the best entrepreneurs in the world and I want to be able to share my profits with society,” she said. It is just not about helping society for her, the thrill lies in making a difference without the charity tag.
Memorable moments? Many. But one stands out. A woman came to her office for help. “Her son had met with an accident and was on the verge of having a leg amputated,” said Aparna. “She and her husband could not afford the medical bills, so she came to me for help. She said she knew to make handicrafts.”
Aparna guided her to start her own venture. “I asked her to employ people and train them to make the handicrafts,” she said. “She became one of our regular suppliers. Eventually, her son recovered.” To give hope is the biggest thing, said Aparna. It for that bonus that she works 21-hour days, and to ensure that Project Sukanya has a fighting chance in the world of mega-retailers.
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