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

XLRI completes final placements in less than 4 days

From : The Business Standard

XLRI-Xavier School of Management Jamshedpur today announced that it has placed its entire batch of 245 students of its flagship Business Management and Human Resource Management Programs in just 3.5 days.

The Final Recruitment Process of 2014 saw the presence of 103 prominent recruiters with 254 offers across domains with a variety of roles in Management Consulting, Investment Banking, Private Equity, Corporate Finance, Banking, Sales and Marketing, Strategy, Operations and Human Resource functions.

The placement season witnessed the participation of over 32 new recruiters in addition to the plethora of traditional recruitment partners.

The institute in its initial statement said that in continuation with the trend from the recently concluded Summer Internship Placements, the campus recruitment process was marked by an overwhelming presence of recruiters from the Financial sector domain and advent of new recruiters from the Consulting domain.

The final placement report is awaited.

XLRI witnesses 100% placement in 3.5 Days

From : The Economic Times

The Xavier School of Management ( XLRI) has placed its entire 2012-14 batch in just 3.5 days against the backdrop of a protracted slowdown in the economy, a press release of the institution said here today.

The ongoing year's final recruitment process saw the presence of 103 prominent recruiters with 254 offers across domains where 245 students of its Business Management and Human Resource Management Programs got selected, it claimed.

The placement season witnessed participation of over 32 new recruiters in addition to the plethora of traditional recruitment partners, the release mentioned.

XLRI Summer Internship 2013; Largest ever batch size of 303 students gets placed in record time

From India Education Diary

Report by India Education bureau, Jamshedpur:

XLRI, India’s premier B-School successfully places its largest ever first year batch in a record time of 3.5 days. 105 companies participated in the process and made 336 offers to 303 students.

The top 5 recruiters on campus in terms of numbers were Vodafone, Microsoft, ITC, TAS and Standard Chartered.

While it continued to remain as one of the top notch destinations for talent in Human Resources and Marketing, the number of offers made in Finance saw a steep rise with 33% of the Business Management students getting offers in this domain. Placements at XLRI is a tremendous team effort with the entire exercise being carried by the student run Placement Committee along with help from other support committees: CRISP, Controls, Services and Logs.

Fr. E Abraham S.J., Director of XLRI commented “We are overwhelmed with the success in summer placements and I congratulate all our first-year students. This is an affirmation of the high academic standards that we pursue that even during an economic slowdown, our students are sought after by firms across industry sectors. The placement process at our campus concluded in a record time of just 3.5 days, with 100% of the batch of 303 students getting meaningful offers for internship from major conglomerates.”

3M India appoints Amit Laroya (BMD88) as Director and MD

From MoneyControl.com

3M India approved the appointment Mr. Amit Laroya as a Director and Managing Director of the Company with effect from October 1, 2013 for a period of 5 years subject to the approval of the shareholders in general meeting to be held next year and further subject to the approval of the Central Government.

33M India Ltd has informed BSE that the Board of Directors of the Company through a Circular Resolution dated October 4, 2013 have:1. Approved the appointment Mr. Amit Laroya as a Director and Managing Director of the Company with effect from October 1, 2013 for a period of 5 years subject to the approval of the Shareholders of the Company in general meeting to be held next year and further subject to the approval of the Central Government.2. Accepted the resignation of Mr. Ajay Nanavati as a Director and Managing Director of the Company with effect from October 1, 2013 upon his assuming responsibility within 3M Group outside of India.Source : BSE