Sunday, November 28, 2004
XLRI'S summer placement: the beat is back again in campus
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The brisk summer placement of XLRI’s batch of 2006 (189 students) for the two-month summer internship ahead (2005) also indicated that not only was the economy doing well but almost all sectors, including the IT/IT-enabled sector, banking & financial sector, the core sector, consulting firms etc, were vying for B-school candidates.
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The brisk summer placement of XLRI’s batch of 2006 (189 students) for the two-month summer internship ahead (2005) also indicated that not only was the economy doing well but almost all sectors, including the IT/IT-enabled sector, banking & financial sector, the core sector, consulting firms etc, were vying for B-school candidates.
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Tuesday, November 23, 2004
Record summer placements at XLRI
IBM has emerged as the biggest recruiter, picking up 13 candidates in the summer placements of the batch of 2006 of the premier B-school Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI) here.
HLL and ICICI Bank followed closely to pick up 11 candidates each while BPCL managed to recruit nine candidates. The FMCG Sector - comprising Arvind Brands, Asian Paints, Cadbury, Castrol, Coke, Colgate Palmolive, Gillette, Godrej, HLL, ICI, ITC, Pepsi, Reckitt Benckiser, Seagrams and Titan - was the top recruiter, picking up 54 students (30 per cent of the batch) while ITC and Gillette took 7 and 6 respectively. The Pharma industry was represented by Dr Reddy's Laboratories and Ranbaxy.
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HLL and ICICI Bank followed closely to pick up 11 candidates each while BPCL managed to recruit nine candidates. The FMCG Sector - comprising Arvind Brands, Asian Paints, Cadbury, Castrol, Coke, Colgate Palmolive, Gillette, Godrej, HLL, ICI, ITC, Pepsi, Reckitt Benckiser, Seagrams and Titan - was the top recruiter, picking up 54 students (30 per cent of the batch) while ITC and Gillette took 7 and 6 respectively. The Pharma industry was represented by Dr Reddy's Laboratories and Ranbaxy.
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Monday, November 22, 2004
"XLRI is not a place but an experience and an opportunity."
THE need for a good work-life balance
If you ever want to see several happy people in one place, visit any leading B-school campus just after the placement season is over. What a sybaritic feeling. A business school stamp behind your name and a dream job ahead of you. The B-school grad has learnt all that is there to learn. Could it get any better?
Going back to my own first day on campus, we were told by the legendary Father McGrath, “XLRI is not a place but an experience and an opportunity.” Now we had been through the experience and were on the threshold of seeking opportunities to apply all the teachings that a business degree offers.
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Read the complete article here.
If you ever want to see several happy people in one place, visit any leading B-school campus just after the placement season is over. What a sybaritic feeling. A business school stamp behind your name and a dream job ahead of you. The B-school grad has learnt all that is there to learn. Could it get any better?
Going back to my own first day on campus, we were told by the legendary Father McGrath, “XLRI is not a place but an experience and an opportunity.” Now we had been through the experience and were on the threshold of seeking opportunities to apply all the teachings that a business degree offers.
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Read the complete article here.
Sunday, November 21, 2004
XLRI to assist ICSE affiliated schools
The Association of Schools for Indian School Certificate (ASISC) will tie up with the Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI) here from the next session for a total quality management (TQM) project in various ICSE-affiliated schools across India.
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“Quality in education has become a deciding factor for the survival of any institution. A team from ASISC visited Turkey earlier this year where tie-ups with management institutions have yielded good results. ASISC has held preliminary talks with XLRI director Father Casimar Raj and will be holding detailed talks in this connection soon,” said Brother Thomas Thanical, ASISC secretary and principal of Cambridge School, Cuttack.
Initially, workshops will be conducted for different batches of academicians from ICSE-affiliated schools on a first-come-first-serve basis.
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Read the complete article here.
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“Quality in education has become a deciding factor for the survival of any institution. A team from ASISC visited Turkey earlier this year where tie-ups with management institutions have yielded good results. ASISC has held preliminary talks with XLRI director Father Casimar Raj and will be holding detailed talks in this connection soon,” said Brother Thomas Thanical, ASISC secretary and principal of Cambridge School, Cuttack.
Initially, workshops will be conducted for different batches of academicians from ICSE-affiliated schools on a first-come-first-serve basis.
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Read the complete article here.
Trade cannot flourish without ethical values: Premji speaks at XLRI ...
Ethics in business is a step towards achieving a sustainable business and no trade can flourish without ethical values, Wipro chairman Azim Premji has said.
Speaking at a panel discussion on 'Ethics in Business is an Oxymoron', organised by Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI) alumni association here last evening, Premji said neither any regulatory body nor any act can ensure ethics in business but it comes from within a company.
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Speaking at a panel discussion on 'Ethics in Business is an Oxymoron', organised by Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI) alumni association here last evening, Premji said neither any regulatory body nor any act can ensure ethics in business but it comes from within a company.
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Friday, November 19, 2004
XLRI alumni to come together to help XLRI enhance brand
Former students of the premier B-school XLRI would soon gather here to discuss and evolve a plan to enhance the brand equity of their institution.
The programme starts with Homecoming 2004 slated for November 20-21 and then every year the two chapters of the XLRI Alumni Association at Jamshedpur and Bangalore would join hands in bringing the B-school’s alumni together.
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Read the complete article @ http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74554
The programme starts with Homecoming 2004 slated for November 20-21 and then every year the two chapters of the XLRI Alumni Association at Jamshedpur and Bangalore would join hands in bringing the B-school’s alumni together.
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Read the complete article @ http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=74554
XLRI Jamshedpur - Azim Premji to Inaugurate XLRI Centre For E-Business on Nov 20.
Azim Premji to Inaugurate XLRI Centre For E-Business on Nov 20.
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The Centre is designed to educate new generation managers, consultants and entrepreneurs, and to serve as a focal point of e-Business activities in India. Currently, Adrenalin, IBM, Microsoft Navison and Pramati have set up four Centres of Excellence as part of this Centre.
According to Dr Ashis Pani, Coordinator, Systems Area, XLRI, "The scope of the Centre is to foster a multidisciplinary educational and research programme, which is represented by the leading-edge thinkers and performers in the area. This is the beginning; a series of activities are being planned to increase the scope of the Centre and to make XLRI a unique hub for IT initiatives in the Country." The associate student body for this Centre is SOCRATES, the Systems Society of XLRI.
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Read complete article @ http://sify.com/finance/fullstory.php?id=13613285.
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The Centre is designed to educate new generation managers, consultants and entrepreneurs, and to serve as a focal point of e-Business activities in India. Currently, Adrenalin, IBM, Microsoft Navison and Pramati have set up four Centres of Excellence as part of this Centre.
According to Dr Ashis Pani, Coordinator, Systems Area, XLRI, "The scope of the Centre is to foster a multidisciplinary educational and research programme, which is represented by the leading-edge thinkers and performers in the area. This is the beginning; a series of activities are being planned to increase the scope of the Centre and to make XLRI a unique hub for IT initiatives in the Country." The associate student body for this Centre is SOCRATES, the Systems Society of XLRI.
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Read complete article @ http://sify.com/finance/fullstory.php?id=13613285.
Sunday, November 14, 2004
XL Alumni Homecoming - 2004
The XLRI Alumni Association - along with the XL Alumni Jamshedpur Chapter - has planned the XL Alumni Homecoming-04 on Novemebr 20-21, 2004 at XLRI Jamshepdur. The event is open to all alumni from all batches.
The broad schedule with Tea/Lunch/Dinner is:
Nov 20th:
1000-1100 - Registration
1130-1300 - Alumni Interaction to evolve agenda/action-points for theAlumni Association
1500-1700 - Interaction with current batch students. Theme: "What They Don't Teach at XLRI"
1800-2030 - Panel Discussion on "Ethics in Business is an Oxymoron"
Panelists: Mr Azim Premji, Mr Suhail Seth, Dr Dipankar Gupta (others to be confirmed)
Nov 21st:
0600 onwards Golf Tournament
1230 Prize Distribution and Lunch
This is a first attempt to create an regular Annual Event for all alumni, so join in to make it a success. For more details and acco, you can write to:
Mr Shahid Akhtar
akhtar@xlri.ac.in
Ph: 0657-2225506 x 214[O] / 619[R]
Cell: 098351 96784
Found this at XL Bangalore Blog.
The broad schedule with Tea/Lunch/Dinner is:
Nov 20th:
1000-1100 - Registration
1130-1300 - Alumni Interaction to evolve agenda/action-points for theAlumni Association
1500-1700 - Interaction with current batch students. Theme: "What They Don't Teach at XLRI"
1800-2030 - Panel Discussion on "Ethics in Business is an Oxymoron"
Panelists: Mr Azim Premji, Mr Suhail Seth, Dr Dipankar Gupta (others to be confirmed)
Nov 21st:
0600 onwards Golf Tournament
1230 Prize Distribution and Lunch
This is a first attempt to create an regular Annual Event for all alumni, so join in to make it a success. For more details and acco, you can write to:
Mr Shahid Akhtar
akhtar@xlri.ac.in
Ph: 0657-2225506 x 214[O] / 619[R]
Cell: 098351 96784
Found this at XL Bangalore Blog.
Tuesday, November 02, 2004
National IT Seminar at XLRI ...
The Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur is holding its sixth annual convention on information technology called the National IT Seminar (NITS), 2004 on November 6 and 7. The theme of the convention is “IT in industry verticals”. Through this, NITS aims to bring forward the latest developments in information technology, their implications for business and the ways in which businesses can leverage these technologies to achieve competitiveness.
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