We beat the daylights out of IIM-C this time around....they were only 9 this time around and we had to loan them 2 players to make their eleven. We let them bat 1st to set a total... they set a tgt of 158 to get in 25 overs. We reached the same in about 20 overs for the loss of only 3 wkts... hero of the match being Rohan (tommy's son) who belted them for 50+ plus runs and had to be recalled so that others wud get a turn to bat. Nimit turned in an excellent all round effort with 2-3 wkts in a deadly controlled spell and got 43 runs in an opening century stand with Rohan when we batted. IIM-C now stands for IIM- Confused.On the whole a very good team effort by all our guys. The match got off to sensational low down 1st slip catch by Tommy off Nimit's bowling and thereafter wkts fell regularly. For the record JK of IIM-C played a sterling unbeaten innings to hold up the IIM-C efforts, but it was in vain as Hurricane-Rohan blew in from the Bay of Bengal.
Shall let you know when the so called awards evening and gala get together is held as a sequel to this cricket.
Ciao
Murali
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Monday, February 26, 2007
Picnic for Sydneysiders on 25th March
Hi,
I apologise for being a lazy this time around. This time its Fagan Park on Sunday, 25th march at 1200 hrs. For those who have not been there before, its in Galston (near Dural).
Details can be found at
http://www.hornsby.nsw.gov.au/recreation/index.cfm?NavigationID=915
Lets enter from the Arcadia Road entrance (the Main entrance) which is closest to the 3 available electric BBQs and the playground area.
Also near this are gardens of many nations.
Looking forward to catching up after a longish break.
Cheers,
Pankaj
I apologise for being a lazy this time around. This time its Fagan Park on Sunday, 25th march at 1200 hrs. For those who have not been there before, its in Galston (near Dural).
Details can be found at
http://www.hornsby.
Lets enter from the Arcadia Road entrance (the Main entrance) which is closest to the 3 available electric BBQs and the playground area.
Also near this are gardens of many nations.
Looking forward to catching up after a longish break.
Cheers,
Pankaj
Saturday, February 24, 2007
XL Alumni Achievement '06-'07: A Round-Up
Here is a compilation of the achievements by XL alumni during last one year (06-07).
Though the list is neither complete nor comprehensive, at least it is indicative of the diverse fields in which XLRI Alumni have been achieving excellence:
Aquil Busrai (72PMIR), Executive Director (HR), IBM India, was conferred the Life-Time Achievement Award for his work in the field of HR by the National HRD Network.
Sujit Baksi (72PMIR) took over as the President, Tech Mahindra.
Vikram Rao (75BMD), head of ABG’s Garment Business, joined the Board of Aditya Birla Group.
Prof Gerald Tellis (BMD 1977), the Director of the Center for Global Innovation, Neely Chair of American Enterprise and Professor of Marketing at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California (LA), was awarded 2006 Mahajan Award for Lifetime Contributions to Marketing Strategy Research by 2006 American Marketing Association Educators' conference in Chicago.
Harsh Kumar (78BMD) was appointed the Managing Director of Mahindra Intertade.
Prakash Puram (78BMD), CEO, ixMatch, was inducted as a Member into US President’s Export Council (PEC), making him the first India-born MBA to take up an advisory role to the White House
Bijou Kurian (81BMD) joined Reliance Retail Venture’ Lifestyle Business as the CEO.
R Ramakrishnan (82BMD), President and COO of Bajaj Electricals was invited to address the 1000+ gathering of professionals at the Campus Symposium of Iselorn, Germany. The other speakers included Bill Clinton, Lord Chris Patton (frm Governer of Hong Kong), the German Finance Minister, and CEOs of Credit Suisse, Audi, Mushreq Bank, etc.
George Zacharias (82BMD) was appointed the Managing Director, Yahoo! India.
Suri Venkat (83PMIR) took over as the Chief Operating Officer of Sify.
Vinod Sawhney (83BMD) was appointed as the CEO of Bharti Retail (P) Ltd.
Rajan Krishnan (85BMD) took over as the Business Head of the Principal Mutual Fund, the Asset Management Group of PNB.
Vineet Nayar (85BMD), President, HCL Techologies Ltd., was featured in the Fortune magazine for creating, as the title of the article says, “The Most Modern Management – in India”.
Surajit Shome (86BMD) was appointed the Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking of Lehman Brothers India.
Gargi Banerji (86PMIR), Founder of Pragya, was given Sadguru Gnanananda National Award (2007) for her work on environmental conservation. She was felicitated by the Governer of Tamil Nadu, Mr Surjit Singh Barnala.
Vijay Nair (87PMIR) published his second book, and first novel, “Master of Life Skills”. The book was launched by Harper Collins India, and received very favourable reviews.
Vikas Gupta (88BMD) joined the Anand Bazar Patrika Ltd as the President, BusinessWorld magazine, and the Chief Marketing Officer.
Milind Chalisgaonkar (89BMD) took over as the CEO of the Bharti AXA General Insurance India.
Ashish Rajpal (92BMD), the co-founder & Managing Director of iDiscoveri, was featured among the “50 Leaders shaping the Indian Education in India” in Education World.
Rajiv Kaul (92BMD), the former Managing Director of Microsoft India, joined as Partner, Actis in London.
Anu Kumar (94PMIR), with Economic and Political Weekly, published her 2nd book “Letters for Paul” (Mapin Books). The book was released by Shyam Benegal at Crossword, Mumbai.
Mohit Nayyar (95PMIR), Director – HR, P&G India was awarded the “Young Achiever” award by the National HRD Network.
Brajesh Bajpai (96BMD) moved from Pepsi to take over as the Country Manager, Marico - Egypt.
Dinu Poonacha (96BMD) was appointed the President – Corporate Stategy and Planning for the Rs. 2,300cr Yash Birla Group.
Anuradha Vijayakrishnan (98BMD), with Citibank, was selected by the renowned literary agent, David Godwin for her forthcoming novel, making her the 60th such author worldwide, and the 6th Indian (including Arundhati Roy).
S Ministhy (98PMIR), an IAS officer and rank-holder of her batch, published her first book of short stories “Unequal Equations.”
Ajay MK (99PMIR), Head - HR, Colgate Palmolive (Malaysia & Singapore), and the G-Sec of the batch, published his first book of short stories: “Drizzle of Yesteryears & Other Stories” (Frog Books, India).
Nandita de Cunha (01BMD), a consultant with KPMG, published her first book, “The Magic of Maya” (Rupa Publications). The book was released by Anil Dharkar at Crossword bookstore, Mumbai.
Kumar Anand (05BMD) and Lara Lobo (06PMIR), both in Standard Chartered Bank (India), won the Microsoft Corporate Challenge 2006 – an event involving cross country running & cycling, rowing, puzzle cracking, deciphering, map navigation, stock market simulation, etc, - and competing against 35 participating corporates included the likes of Barclays Bank, ICICI Securities, ICICI Bank, J P Morgan Stanley and a host of others like Unilever, Infosys and our formidable Indian Navy.
Though the list is neither complete nor comprehensive, at least it is indicative of the diverse fields in which XLRI Alumni have been achieving excellence:
Aquil Busrai (72PMIR), Executive Director (HR), IBM India, was conferred the Life-Time Achievement Award for his work in the field of HR by the National HRD Network.
Sujit Baksi (72PMIR) took over as the President, Tech Mahindra.
Vikram Rao (75BMD), head of ABG’s Garment Business, joined the Board of Aditya Birla Group.
Prof Gerald Tellis (BMD 1977), the Director of the Center for Global Innovation, Neely Chair of American Enterprise and Professor of Marketing at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California (LA), was awarded 2006 Mahajan Award for Lifetime Contributions to Marketing Strategy Research by 2006 American Marketing Association Educators' conference in Chicago.
Harsh Kumar (78BMD) was appointed the Managing Director of Mahindra Intertade.
Prakash Puram (78BMD), CEO, ixMatch, was inducted as a Member into US President’s Export Council (PEC), making him the first India-born MBA to take up an advisory role to the White House
Bijou Kurian (81BMD) joined Reliance Retail Venture’ Lifestyle Business as the CEO.
R Ramakrishnan (82BMD), President and COO of Bajaj Electricals was invited to address the 1000+ gathering of professionals at the Campus Symposium of Iselorn, Germany. The other speakers included Bill Clinton, Lord Chris Patton (frm Governer of Hong Kong), the German Finance Minister, and CEOs of Credit Suisse, Audi, Mushreq Bank, etc.
George Zacharias (82BMD) was appointed the Managing Director, Yahoo! India.
Suri Venkat (83PMIR) took over as the Chief Operating Officer of Sify.
Vinod Sawhney (83BMD) was appointed as the CEO of Bharti Retail (P) Ltd.
Rajan Krishnan (85BMD) took over as the Business Head of the Principal Mutual Fund, the Asset Management Group of PNB.
Vineet Nayar (85BMD), President, HCL Techologies Ltd., was featured in the Fortune magazine for creating, as the title of the article says, “The Most Modern Management – in India”.
Surajit Shome (86BMD) was appointed the Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking of Lehman Brothers India.
Gargi Banerji (86PMIR), Founder of Pragya, was given Sadguru Gnanananda National Award (2007) for her work on environmental conservation. She was felicitated by the Governer of Tamil Nadu, Mr Surjit Singh Barnala.
Vijay Nair (87PMIR) published his second book, and first novel, “Master of Life Skills”. The book was launched by Harper Collins India, and received very favourable reviews.
Vikas Gupta (88BMD) joined the Anand Bazar Patrika Ltd as the President, BusinessWorld magazine, and the Chief Marketing Officer.
Milind Chalisgaonkar (89BMD) took over as the CEO of the Bharti AXA General Insurance India.
Ashish Rajpal (92BMD), the co-founder & Managing Director of iDiscoveri, was featured among the “50 Leaders shaping the Indian Education in India” in Education World.
Rajiv Kaul (92BMD), the former Managing Director of Microsoft India, joined as Partner, Actis in London.
Anu Kumar (94PMIR), with Economic and Political Weekly, published her 2nd book “Letters for Paul” (Mapin Books). The book was released by Shyam Benegal at Crossword, Mumbai.
Mohit Nayyar (95PMIR), Director – HR, P&G India was awarded the “Young Achiever” award by the National HRD Network.
Brajesh Bajpai (96BMD) moved from Pepsi to take over as the Country Manager, Marico - Egypt.
Dinu Poonacha (96BMD) was appointed the President – Corporate Stategy and Planning for the Rs. 2,300cr Yash Birla Group.
Anuradha Vijayakrishnan (98BMD), with Citibank, was selected by the renowned literary agent, David Godwin for her forthcoming novel, making her the 60th such author worldwide, and the 6th Indian (including Arundhati Roy).
S Ministhy (98PMIR), an IAS officer and rank-holder of her batch, published her first book of short stories “Unequal Equations.”
Ajay MK (99PMIR), Head - HR, Colgate Palmolive (Malaysia & Singapore), and the G-Sec of the batch, published his first book of short stories: “Drizzle of Yesteryears & Other Stories” (Frog Books, India).
Nandita de Cunha (01BMD), a consultant with KPMG, published her first book, “The Magic of Maya” (Rupa Publications). The book was released by Anil Dharkar at Crossword bookstore, Mumbai.
Kumar Anand (05BMD) and Lara Lobo (06PMIR), both in Standard Chartered Bank (India), won the Microsoft Corporate Challenge 2006 – an event involving cross country running & cycling, rowing, puzzle cracking, deciphering, map navigation, stock market simulation, etc, - and competing against 35 participating corporates included the likes of Barclays Bank, ICICI Securities, ICICI Bank, J P Morgan Stanley and a host of others like Unilever, Infosys and our formidable Indian Navy.
MAXI organizes Ad-Workshop with Prahlad Kakar
Challenge the status quo, trust your instincts and dream big … Prahlad Kakar, the renowned Ad-filmmaker and CEO, Genesis Films told the students of XLRI, Jamshedpur during the Ad workshop conducted by him on campus on Saturday, 17th February, 2007. Mr. Kakar is the chief mentor for the Knowledge Centre launched by the Marketing Association of XLRI (MAXI), a one of its kind marketing database in India.
The ad-server part of the Knowledge Centre was inaugurated by Mr.Prahlad Kakar. He also shared his personal collection of 5000 advertisements during the same. The Knowledge Centre, which is one of first of its kind in India, aims to become a one stop destination for top quality articles, news and current happenings and discussions. The discussion forum, which at the moment is only for students of XLRI, would be open to the outside world in the next stage of implementation. The forum then is expected to be a center-stage for discussions amongst the best brains in the academia, corporate and the students. Other mentors of the knowledge center include Ms. Ingrid Srinath (CEO CRY) and Mr. Kavi Kumar (CEO Indiabulls securities).
During his interaction with the students and faculty, Kakar talked about the exciting and challenging world of advertising, giving them useful insights from his experiences in this field. Advertising is all about selling your dreams; it is not a game of the mind but of the heart. Most campaigns that have worked are by accident, the theories come only in hindsight. The best ads may not be the most successful ads, most successful ones are only those that sell the products. These were just a few of the thoughts shared by him.
He talked about the simple rules that go behind creating a successful ad. An ad mirrors society, it is a reflection of consumers’ dreams. Create a personality for your brand, portray it as your child having feelings and emotions, for it to be successful. It is important to be ethical, you can only tell a lie once, you cannot fool a consumer twice. He further discussed about the lack of research on impact of ads on children and how no regulations are in place to check this.
A doyen of the advertising industry and the maverick that he is, Kakar was a source of inspiration to young and aspiring managers at XLRI. He challenged them to question conventions, make their own rules, for this is what it takes to rise above the normal, and to be “special”.
Mr. Kakar shared the stories of the various advertisements created by him, the portfolio ranging from Pepsi to Kitkat, Maggi Hot and Chilli sauce and to his very famous and successful 7up ad featuring Mallika Sherawat.
Talking to the newspersons, Mr Kakar said that he is extremely happy that XLRI and MAXI took this initiative, which is of utmost relevance to a b-school education. He wished this initiative utmost success.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
XLRI Leadership Expedition 2007
http://xlexpeditio
Bike Expedition from Mumbai to Kanyakumari
Flag-Off: Gateway of India, Mumbai on 14th March
Expedition Closes: Kanniyakumari, on March 26th
Contingent Size: 16 students of graduating batch of the two year PG program
The Expedition will be accompanied by Mr. Dilip Bam, an XL alumnus of 1973 batch. Mr. Bam, an avid biker himself, has undertaken various road trips, including Kashmir-Kanyakumari and across the Sahara desert.
Theme: Incredible, yet unseen, India!
The ‘Mumbai to Kanniyakumari’ region is home to some of the best beaches, hills, and historical sites in India. It thus offers a total package to satiate the appetite of tourists with various inclinations. However, this immense potential has not been tapped so far with only some sections of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, Kerala being on the radar of the traveler. There is thus an immense opportunity for tourism lying dormant in the region.
Deliverables:
Expedition Website: http://xlexpedition
Principal Sponsor: Trident Group, Ludhiana, Punjab
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