XLRI ITS MISSION AND CULTURE

XLRI, initially known as Xavier Labour Relations Institute, was born in 1949 of the vision of a Jesuit priest, Father Quinn Enright, who was one of the pioneers and founders of the Jamshedpur Jesuit Society. Father Enright and his six companions came from the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus to Jamshedpur in order to spend their lives working among the people of Singhbhum and Dhanbad districts and bringing about a change in the quality of life of the people. In response to the needs of the workers and managers of Jamshedpur, Father Enright founded XLRI. His associates, members of the Jamshedpur Jesuit Society, nurtured it and brought it up to its present level of growth and development.

Both Fr Enright and the members of the Jamshedpur Jesuit Society were guided in their work by the dominant value of the Society of Jesus, namely, quest for excellence in everything, or its Latin equivalent, magis. That is why from its very inception, XLRI remains committed to its quest for excellence in everything that it does.

In pursuit of that excellence, it carried out different academic programmes for the development of the participants as well as to the professional growth and management of institutions that employed those participants.

In the participants of its academic programmes, XLRI focused on developing their managerial competence through the acquisition of specialized knowledge and skills and recognizing the importance of growing in social justice, together with right attitudes and values, such as, discipline, dedication and commitment to common cause.

Among the institutions, it singled out those that serve the public, such as organized industry, labour, service agencies engaged in rural development, education and health and gave them its best.

Over the years, the Institute has developed its own unique culture. The culture of XLRI is such that it accelerates its members' passion for achieving excellence in everything they do. While esprit de corps, flexibility, humaneness and informality are its hallmarks, growth and development of the whole person with integrity and ingenuity are its ultimate goal.

XLRI JAMSHEDPUR

THE FORTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL CONVOCATION

and

The Thirty-Seventh Presentation of

The Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal for Industrial and Social Peace

To

FR MARIAN ZELAZEK, S.V.D.

Director, Ishapanth Ashram, Puri

CONVOCATION ADDRESS

by

DR RAGHUNATH ANANT MASHELKAR Director General, CISR and Secretary to Government of India

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FORTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL CONVOCATION OF XLRI

PROGRAMME

Academic ProcessionPrayer Song : Students' ChoirDirector's Report : Fr Thomas P.D., S.J.Presidential Address : Dr J. J. Irani

Chairman of the Board of GovernorsPresentation of the Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal : Fr A. C. Jesurajan, S.J.Acceptance Speech : Fr Marian Zelazek, S.V.D.Presentation of Medals for Academic Excellence : Dr E. M. Rao

J M Kumarappa Medal : K. Haritha Vashti (Ms)(Highest CQPI in PM & IR)I C I Medal : Ankur (Ms)(Highest CQPI in BM)Chev. John P D’Costa KSG Medal : Anubhuti Sharma (Ms)(Excellence in Managerial EthicsPM&IR, BM)Geeta Saxena Memorial Medal : Rallabandi Swarna (Ms)(PM&IR & BM)M Parineet Reddy Memorial Medal : K. Haritha Vashti (Ms)(For the highest marks in Labour Laws in PM & IR)MAXI Medal : Tanwani Sandeep Hashmatrai(For the best student in Marketing area in BM)N I P M Medal : Soumee De (Ms)(For the best student in PM area of PM & IR)Prof. M. A. Vanjour Memorial Medal : Basudev Prakash Basu(For the best student in the OM & Systems areas in BM)Pyda’s Award of Excellence : Tanwani Sandeep Hashmatrai(Excellence in Strategic Marketing Management in BM)Ram Awtar Chachra Memorial Medal : Ankur (Ms)(For the best student in the Finance area in BM)Sapphire Medal (PM&IR) : Ekta Poddar (Ms)

Presentation of the Diplomas : Dr E. M. RaoPresentation of the Medal for Long Service

25 Years Long Service Medal : Mr S. AkhtarMs Sandra Rodrigues

15 Years Long Service Medal : Ms Kochurani AbrahamMs Manima GuptaMr Suresh Rai

Convocation Address : Dr Raghunath Anant MashelkarA Word of Appreciation : Alumnus JubilarianNational AnthemRecession

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Year Speaker1959 Sir Jehangir Ghandy

1960 Sudhir Ghosh

1961 Michael John

1962 V V Giri

1963 S N Sinha

1964 R G DeCosta

1965 M C Chagla

1966 P M Menon

1967 K S Basu

1968 Naval H Tata

1969 B P Gajendragadkar

1970 S K Nanavati

1971 R D Chokshi

1972 P L Tandon

1973 Mohan Kumaramangalam

1974 D P Dhar

1975 N A Palkhivala

1977 Hiten Bhaya

1978 Kanti Mehta

1979 George Fernandes

1980 N A Palkhivala

1981 L K Jha

Year Speaker1982 A Mudaliar

1983 A N Haksar

1984 V Krishnamurthy

1985 K L Puri

1986 R H Mody

1987 Ashok S Ganguly

1988 D N Ghosh

1989 Abid Hussain

1990 R H Mody

1991 M N Goiporia

1992 K L Chugh

1993 J J Irani

1994 Montek Singh Ahluwalia

1995 P Chidambaram

1996 C Rangarajan

1997 Susim M Data

1998 C R Irani

1999 Alyque Padamsee

2000 Subir Choudhury

2001 Deepak Parekh

2002 A P J Abdul Kalam

CONVOCATION SPEAKERS

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DR R. A. MASHELKAR, F.R.S.

Dr. R.A. Mashelkar is presently the Director General of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR), the largest chain of industrial research and development institutions in the world, with thirty-nine laboratories and about 23,000 employees.

An outstanding chemical engineering scientist, his pioneering research in polymer science andengineering has won him many laurels. He is only the third Indian engineer to have been electedas Fellow of Royal Society (FRS), London in the twentieth century. He has over 235 basicresearch publications to his credit, through which he has made pathbreaking contributions in non-Newtonian fluid mechanics, gel science and polymer reaction engineering.

Dr. Mashelkar was the Director of National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) in Pune during 1989-1995.His dream of converting NCL into an International Chemical Laboratory, which will export itsknowledge even to the Europe and USA, has been now fulfilled, with NCL’s processes, productsand services being sought by some of the leading multinational companies. This pioneering efforthas set up the mood and tone for India’s emergence as a global R&D platform, a dream that hehad articulated even before India’s 1991 industrial policy.

When Dr. Mashelkar took over as the Director General of CSIR, he enunciated “CSIR 2001: Vision& Strategy”. This was a bold attempt to draw out a corporate like R&D and business plan for apublicly funded R&D institution. This initiative has transformed CSIR into a user focussed,performance driven and accountable organization, which converts its knowledge into wealth andsocial good through a process of intense innovation. The Prime Minister of India applauded hiseffort on transformation of CSIR during his speech in the 1998 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizefunction by saying “Dr. Mashelkar is not only one of India’s foremost scientists, but he has alsoproved to be an able science administrator. Under his leadership, CSIR has regained its dynamismand prestige, besides showing itself to be capable of standing up to the challenges of liberalizationand globalization”.

Dr. Mashelkar has been propagating a culture of innovation and strong intellectual property rightsregime for over a decade. It was through his sustained and visionary campaign that growingawareness of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) has dawned on Indian academics, researches andcorporates. He spearheaded the successful challenge to the US patent on the use of turmericfor wound healing. This landmark case has set new paradigms in the protection of India’straditional knowledge base. As Chairman of the Standing Committee on Information Technologyof World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and as member of the International IntellectualProperty Rights Commission, he has brought a new perspective to the issue of IPR and theinterests of the poor.

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Dr. Mashelkar has won many laurels that do not come in the way of a normal scientist. In August1997, Business India named him as being among the 50 path-breakers in the post- IndependentIndia, along with Manmohan Singh, Dhirubhai Ambani, Amartya Sen, etc. In 1998, Dr. Mashelkarwon the JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award, the first scientist to win it; his predecessors beingAditya Birla, H.D. Parekh and Narayanamurthy. In June, 1999, Business India did a cover storyon Dr. Mashelkar as “CEO of CSIR Inc.”, a dream that he himself had articulated, when he tookover as DG, CSIR in July 1995.

Dr. Mashelkar has won numerous honours and awards nationally and internationally, some of thembeing S.S. Bhatnagar Prize (1982), FICCI Award (1987), Viswakarma Medal (1988), O.P. BhasinAward (1991), Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Technology Award (1991), G.D. Birla Scientific ResearchAward (1993), Goyal Prize (1996), Kamal Kumari National Award (1997), Bank of India GoldenJubilee Management Award (1998), JRD Tata Award (1998), Material Scientist of the Year Award(2000), H.K. Firodia Award (2000), Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Medal for excellence in science byINSA (2001), Dadabhai Naoroji Award (2002), IMC Juran Quality Medal (2002), etc.

His academic distinctions include the Fellowship of Indian National Science Academy, IndianAcademy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering. He was elected the Fellow of ThirdWorld Academy of Sciences, Trieste (1994), Foreign Member of Royal Academy of Engineering,U.K. (1996), and Fellow of World Academy of Art & Science, USA (2000). Fourteen universitieshave honoured him with honorary degrees like Doctorate of Science (honoris causa), which includeUniversities of London, Salford, Pretoria, Wisconsin, Delhi, Allahabad etc.

As the General President of Indian Science Congress (2000), he was able to give a completelynew look to it by converting it into a ‘Knowledge Congress’ and ‘People’s Congress’.

The President of India honoured Dr. Mashelkar with Padmashri (1991) and with Padmabhushan(2000) in recognition of his contribution to nation building.

The Business India cover story has summed up the contributions by Dr. Mashelkar succinctly.“Managing change requires clear goals, lucid argumentation, empathy, doggedness, faith in yourteam, optimism, and the ability to enthuse others with your dreams and convert them into collectivedreams. Mashelkar is going just that. The boy who has stars in his eyes on the sands ofChowpatty is today filling others with his dreams of an India that will be a significant player in globalknowledge economics. The prevailing gloom and cynicism, he personifies hope”.

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Year Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal1965 S R Vasavada1966 P N Krishna Pillai1967 K S Basu1968 Naval H Tata1969 B P Gajendragadkar1970 ---------

1971 Khandubai Desai1972 P L Tandon1973 R P Billimoria1974 G Ramanujam1975 J R D Tata1977 Hiten Bhaya1978 Kanti Mehta1979 Arvind Mafatlal1980 H Holck Larsen1981 Rajmohan Gandhi1982 V R Krishna Iyer1983 R H Mody1984 S Moolgaokar

Year Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal1985 Gopeswar

1986 G L Tandon

1987 P N Bhagwati

1988 V Krishnamurthy

1989 V G Gopal

1990 V R Deenadayalu

1991 Suresh Krishna

1992 V Kurien

1993 A N Buch

1994 Kesub Mahindra

1995 N Vaghul

1996 P A Sangma

1997 Jyoti Basu

1998 N A Palkhivala

1999 J N Godrej

2000 Brijmohan Lall Munjal

2001 Michael Windey

2002 M S Banga

THE SIR JEHANGIR GHANDY MEDAL FORINDUSTRIAL AND SOCIAL PEACE

The medal for outstanding contribution to industrial and social peace is named in honour of thelate Sir Jehangir Ghandy, Kt C.I.E., the first Chairman of the Board of Governors of XLRI andDirector, Tata Iron & Steel Co. Ltd., and presented annually by XLRI.Fr Marian Zelazek is the thirty-seventh recipient of the medal.

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FR MARIAN ZELAZEK, S.V.D.

From the year 1950 to the year l975 I worked among the tribal people of Orissa, so called adivasis(adi = beginning, vasi = inhabitant) which means aboriginal. Their religion is not Hinduism. They areanimists, believing in spirits, worshiping certain objects or places. The work among them wasencouraging. The church grew in number of good, convinced Catholics. For 13 years I was directorof the mission gymnasium (High School) and together with that secretary of the Catholic SchoolsCommittee, responsible for 171 mission primary schools. In the last 8 years of that period I was giventhe task to open a new Mission station. That was a beautiful time for me as a missionary, althoughvery strenuous and difficult. In 1975 our SVD Society took over the new Mission, a distance of 600kmfrom the old, in the East-South Orissa on the Bay of Bengal. The new mission was not so much aterritory, but the “ holy city of Lord Jagannath, the Lord of the world”the centre of pilgrimages forthe hindus, the town called Puri. When on the 1st June, 1975 I had arrived at Puri, it became clearto me that my missionary work would require new approaches.They were no more wellmindedadivasis. I faced the new type of people, self conscious Brahmins and other types of the high classHindus. They were no more animists, but the people, some well educated and above all proud of theirreligion-Hinduism which they call “sanathan dharma” “eternal religion” because it has no founder. Itwas clear to me that my role as a missionary would be to make Christ present in this holy Hindutown of Puri. I will make Him present by the works of charity, by a catholic school, by opening a kindof Catholic Library, place of meeting the members of other religions and finally make Him present bybuilding Him a beautiful church that the Hindu brethren may notice Him and be attracted by Him. Inevery religious centre in India, specially if it is a pilgrimage centre, you will find a good number ofbeggars, real ones and faked ones. In the outskirts of Puri there is a place of special beggars, lepers,cursed by gods and people. At least it was so in the year 1975. It was obvious to me that byregularly going to that place and doing what Christ was doing in the Gospels “touching” the lepersand “curing”them I would make Christ present in Puri. I got an ambulance from our Archbishop andstarted together with the Sisters of Charity (Bambinas) visiting regularly the lepers’ colony. Very soonthe ambulance and we were the object of the conversation of the town people.”Why do they go there?Surely to convert the poor lepers!” - an impardonable crime We did it in faith obeying theencouragement of Christ: ”Whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers, you did it to me” We didnot convert any leper so far but Christ has been made present in Puri, making invisible changes inthe hindu hearts.I must yet add that for me the work in the lepers’ colony comes easier, because Iwas once myself even worse than a leper while in the concentration camp , Dachau.

IN WHAT DOES THE WORK CONSIST FOR THE LEPROSY-PATIENTS? WHAT RESULTS HAVEYOU OBTAINED DURING THE LAST 25 YEARS?

Korunalaya-Leprosy Care Centre started to function in November, 1975, on the invitation of the thenDistrict Magistrate & Collector of Puri. It suited our general vision of the missionary work in Puri. Forpractical reasons we have got it registered as Charitable Society on 26th Sept. 1999, Registration No.5211.

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The Government District Leprosy Office carries out the work of leprosy eradication on the universaland systematic level. Korunalaya Leprosy Care Centre has concentrated its work on the leprosy-patients, living in colonies in and around the Puri town. There are 2 bigger lepers’ colonies and 7smaller places where leprosy-patients live together. Total number of inhabitants of such colonies,including children, is 820.

Aim of the Korunalaya- Leprosy Care Centre: By medical care and rehabilitation activities we wantto make the “un-wanted” feel that they are “wanted”.

> To restore the confidence and the lost human dignity.> To bring out a “smile” on the diffident faces.> To change the colony to a normal residential settlement> To reduce begging

For extreme cases we have opened an Emergency Ward, a kind of mini-hospital, with 20 beds, asmall operation theatre, laboratory, dental room, general action of cleaning teeth by a ultrasonic scalinginstrument. The treatment, including medicines is free.

LEPERS’ COLONY IS SITUATED IN PURI ,THE HOLY PLACE OF HINDUISM. HOW ARE THERELATIONS, FATHER, BETWEEN THE HINDUS AND YOU?

There was a kind of suspicion from the Hindu population at the beginning of our work in the lepers’colony. They imagined that we were going there to convert the poor lepers. The so-called DistrictLeprosy Officer (he later joined our team as the leprologist) was always in the colony when we wereholding our clinic there. As he admitted later on, he wanted to see whether we were doing the workof conversion. We had to prove the purity of our intention in working for the lepers and think, we didit well. The sympathy of the Hindus towards our work and me grew more and more. They saw inthe father a”holy man” and they treated him accordingly. Our Beatrix School for the children of theleprosy-patients was and is called “father’s school” One day the Chief Priest of the Jagannath Templebrought his grand child for the admission to our school. He always came personally to the church tooffer his good wishes for the New Year. Naturally I reciprocated him.When I was celebrating mygolden Jubilee of the priestly ordination. Sri Sri Madhusudan Mahapatra,the Chief Priest of Jagannathtemple was present at the public celebration and graced the occasion with his speech. DuringChristmas celebration our church compound is full of visiting Hindus who come to the church to payhomage to the New Born Child Jesus. When I was building the new Church in l985, the Chief Priestof the Jagannath temple, sent the massage that Father should not forget to put some Oriya designsin the new church. In the church compound we have the Reading room, which is attended daily bysome 60 readers, most of them Hindus. In recent years a kind of the wave of persecution wentthrough the country. We had it in Orissa,too. For some time our churches and institutions wereguarded by police. Puri, the orthodox Hindu city, did not show a sign of hostility towards the churchand church representatives. God be praised for that.

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FELLOW IN HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

Award of XLRI, Jamshedpurand

the Academy of HRD, Ahmedabad

To

Ginlianlal Buhril

Lizamma Thomas (Ms)

Madhavi Mehta (Ms)

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TWO-YEAR POST-GRADUATE DIPLOMA INPERSONNEL MANAGEMENT & INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS 2003 BATCH

The names of the first five rankholders in the order of merit :

I Rank : K Haritha Vashti (Ms)II Rank : Anubhuti Sharma (Ms)III Rank : Soumee De (Ms)IV Rank : Ekta Poddar (Ms)V Rank : Harminder Pal Singh Dhillon

The rest in the alphabetical order :

Abhishek Kumar Nikhil Vijay ShembekarAbraham Joseph Nikhileshwar SinghAjnav Deka Nimisha Das (Ms)Amrita Mitra (Ms) Nishant MihirAnkush Punj P B NageshwarAnupama Chatterjee (Ms) Poulomi Saha (Ms)Archana Vineet (Ms) Rallabandi Swarna (Ms)Ashish Bhojania Renuka Devi (Ms)Ashish Ranjan Rohit MunjalAshutosh Mishra Rohit SrivastavaAvinash Kumar Russell Ronald John D’CostaBarnali Sengupta (Ms) Ruzai M Athaide (Ms)Bhavna Kumar (Ms) S Sankara NarayananBilwa R Iyer (Ms) Saurabh JainC Naveen Chandra Savitha R Kutty (Ms)Chetan Prakash Shalini Saini (Ms)Debajyoti Dasgupta Sheikh Mohammed Zameer AhmedEklavya Shelly Kawatra (Ms)Farrukh Siddiqui Shibu WarrierGayatri Sharma (Ms) Shilipi Pandey (Ms)Indraneel Saha Shruti Batra (Ms)Ishita Ganguli (Ms) Sohinee Sinha (Ms)Jasmit Kaur (Ms) Sohini Sinha (Ms)Jayati Roy (Ms) Sonal Nair (Ms)Jeremy James Sonali Kumar (Ms)Jiren Xavier Topno Soumita Bose (Ms)Kaustav Dey Surya Kant RaiKeerthana Mohan (Ms) Suvro RaychaudhuriMukul Anand Swetapadma Satpathy (Ms)Nidhi Kajaria (Ms) Anjali Martyris (Ms) (2000-2003)

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TWO-YEAR POST-GRADUATE DIPLOMA INBUSINESS MANAGEMENT 2003 BATCH

The names of the first five rankholders in the order of merit :

I Rank : Ankur (Ms)II Rank : Gunjan Tilakraj Soni (Ms)III Rank : Tanwani Sandeep HashmatraiIV Rank : R Geetha (Ms)V Rank : Sundareswaran S

The rest in the alphabetical order :

Aditya Khurana Prashant DavidAditya Singh Yadav Prashant DayalAnubha Shukla (Ms) Praveen Kumar SinghAvidypta Guha R BarathBasudev Prakash Basu Ramendra SinghB Janardhan Moorthy S V SrikantBhuvan M V M Sachin AroraDebasri Ghosh (Ms) Saket JhunjhunwalaDeepak R Kumble Saugata ChaudhuriGanesh Raman Shalabh ShrivastavaGaurav Gooptu Shwetha Srinath (Ms)Gaurav Srivastava Siddhartha DuttaGirish P Shenoy Siddhish SriganeshGuruprasad Krishna Puranik Sindhu R (Ms)Indradeep Khan Somy ThomasJayeeta J Basu (Ms) Souvik BonnerjeeJinu I Jose Sreekanta ChatterjeeJyoti Garg (Ms) Subrat Kumar PandaManas Ganguly Sumit BagriManish Agarwal Sumit Kumar SinghManu Sundeep AkhouryMehernosh Malia Tuhin GhoshMukul Sanganeria Vanisree K M (Ms)Navaneel Kar Vasudha Madhavan (Ms)Naveed Ahmad Vinod Kumar GuptaNaveen Srivastava Vishal MittalPiyush Kabra Xerxes Navzar DotivalaPotdar Mangesh P

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THREE-YEAR POST-GRADUATE DIPLOMA INBUSINESS MANAGEMENT 2003 BATCH

The names of the first five rankholders in the order of merit :

I Rank : Pallab DeII Rank : Jagdish AroraIII Rank : Ajay GuptaIV Rank : S GaneshV Rank : D Ajith

The rest in the alphabetical order :

Aditya Kumar Mishra

Anup Kumar Adlakha

Anupma Kumari (Ms)

Ashutosh Agarwal

Dhwani Kant (Ms)

G B Selvaganesan

H Ramanathan

Jose V Naduthottam

Kaushal Kant Pandey

Manish Malhotra

Manish Pande

Pankaj Kumar

Prabhakara S

Puranam A S Ramakrishna

Rajeev Kumar

Rakesh Sinha

Satyendra Sahai

Shivakumar Ramdas

Subash Chandra

Tara Sankar Palit

Tirthankar Rakshit

U K Singh

V P B Karthikeyan

Vipul Tripathi

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ALUMNI JUBILARIANS : BATCH OF 1978

PM & IR

1 Fr Enthemkuzhy Abraham, S.J.

2 Mr Sarfraz Alam

3 Mr George John Ancheril

4 Mr Indru M Balchandani

5 Mr Robin Basu

6 Mr Vinod Behari

7 Mr Vincent Peter Caszo

8 Mr Benedict David

9 Mr Frederick Devas

10 Dr Keith C D’souza

11 Mr Francis D’souza

12 Mrs Nirmala Garg (Nee Thalluri)

13 Mr Suresh P Karl

14 Mr Ravinder Singh Khokhar

15 Ms Vijaya S Kumar

16 Mrs Sunita Kumar (Nee Nijhawan)

17 Mr J Amaladoss Loyola

18 Mr Ravinder S Marvay

19 Mrs Selma Miller (Nee Cherian)

20 Mr Jeswant Nair

21 Mrs Rajamma K Nampeli (Nee Leena)

22 Mr L P Nirmal Nathan

23 Mrs Meera J Parambi (Nee Suaresh)

24 Mr Daniel Rajaratnam

25 Mr U K Ashoke Rao

26 Mr Norman A Rodrigues

27 Mr B V Selvaraj

28 Mr Atindranath Sen

29 Mr Sanjay S Sen

30 Mr Subodh B Sharma

31 Mrs Kalpana Singh

32 Mr Kulwant Singh

33 Mr Dipankar Sinha

34 Mr T T Srinath

35 Mr Nayan Taunk

36 Mr Samuel John Tauro

37 Mr Joe Mohan Thomas

B M D

1 Mr Niladri Bandyopadhyay

2 Mr Anthony Braganza

3 Mr Anant V Desai

4 Mr Surajit K Ghosh

5 Mr T K Harshan

6 Mr Robin Hazra

7 Mr Verghese T Jacob

8 Mr Gopalan Jagannathan

9 Mr S Jeyabalan

10 Mr Chiramel G John

11 Mr P Joseph John

12 Mr Santosh K Joshi

13 Mr R Kailas

14 Mr Arabolu A N Kumar

15 Mr A Chandu Kumar (Expired)

16 Mr Krishna Kumar

17 Mr Harsh Kumar

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18 Mr E Prakash Kuruvilla

19 Mr Suresh Lakkaraju

20 Mr Bipin Lal

21 Mr Roy F I Menzies

22 Mr Goutam Mitra

23 Mr Bhuvnesh Nagpal

24 Br John P G Parappilly

25 Mrs Marie Pinto

26 Mrs Mini Pinto (Nee Sinha)

27 Mr Puram (Pvr) Prakash

28 Mr Bob Punch

29 Mr M V Ragavendran (Expired)

30 Mr S Raghunath

31 Mr Pon Arul Richard Raj

32 Mr A Ganesh Ram

33 Mr T R Ramesh

34 Mr Narasimhan Ramji

35 Mr Mahesh Sahasranam (Expired)

36 Mr Anurag Seth

37 Mr Ranveer Sinha

38 Mr R Sowndararajan

39 Mr Shankar Sundaram

40 Mr S K Unnykrishnan (Expired)

41 Mr Mohan P Venkataraman

42 Mr Raphael Parambi Verghese

B M E

1 Mr Sadashiv Adiga2 Mr Aquil Ahmad

3 Mr Sushil Kumar Bahadur4 Mr Satidas Burman5 Mr Shakteshwar Chandra6 Mr Borai Sonnai Chandrasekaran7 Mr Goutam Chatterjee8 Mr Habib S Currimbhoy9 Mr Desmond Dunne10 Mr Sudipta Ghosh11 Mr S N Gopalan12 Mr Ashok K Gupta13 Mr Shrikant A Gupte14 Mr Hari R Harnathka15 Mr Harsh K Jha16 Mr Varun K Jha17 Mr Rajen P Kamani18 Mr Rajeeva Kumar19 Mr Anand V Mardikar20 Mr Swapan K Mitra21 Dr P V Narayanan Nambiar22 Mr Partha Pande23 Mr Ashok Priyadarshi24 Mr S Rajan25 Mr Ashok Rohatgi26 Mr Robert A N Saldanha27 Mr Shyam M Sharma28 Mr Ashim Shekhar29 Mr Heminder Singh30 Mr J Srinivasan31 Mr J V Subrahmanyam32 Mr Shree K Varma

XLRI2002-2003

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CHAIRMANJ. J. IRANI

Director, Tata SonsMumbai

Vice ChairmanThomas P.D., S.J.Director, XLRIJamshedpur

TreasurerC L George, S.J.Dean, Administration & Finance, XIMBhubaneswar

SecretaryA. C. Jesurajan, S.J.Professor, XLRIJamshedpur

MEMBERS

Subir Choudhury50-U, Garcha RoadKolkata

James Kalapura, S.J.PresidentJamshedpur Jesuit SocietyJamshedpur

Rajive KaulChairman & Managing DirectorNICCO Corporation Ltd,Nicco House, 2 Hare StreetKolkata

Arun MairaChairmanBoston Consultancy GroupMumbai

Gautam MukherjeeManaging DirectorFusion Engg. Prod. LtdJamshedpur

B. MuthuramanManaging DirectorTata Steel LtdJamshedpur

Prem Sagar4 D, Road No. 11C. H. Area (North-East)Jamshedpur

Shashi S PrasadRiver Nest, Apt No C 21/22Koregaon ParkPune

Sharad SarinProfessor, XLRIJamshedpur

Bharat K SinghPresident (Corp. Strategy & HR)Birla Management CentreMumbai

BOARD OF GOVERNORS

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DirectorThomas P D, S.J.

Dean, AcademicsE M Rao

Financial Controller & Coordinator,Students' ActivitiesJ Santhanam, S.J.

Coordinator,One-Year General Management ProgrammeP Ray

Coordinator, Centre for Human ResourcesDevelopment & Fellow Programme CommitteeE S Srinivas

Coordinator, Centre for Rural Management,Fellow ProgrammeP Venugopal

Coordinator, Centre for Small EnterprisesReshmi Mitra

LibrarianS S Sirurmath

Adminsitrative OfficerS Akhtar

Officer, AdmissionsJ D David

Officer, MDPJanaki Jagan

Administrator, Coordinator, Computer Servicesand Hostel PrefectE A Augustine, S.J.

Coordinator, Exec-PGP and Centre forLogistics & TransportationT A S Vijayaraghavan

Coordinator, Centre for Educational Management,Leadership and ResearchJ Saldanha, S.J.

Coordinator, Centre for International Managementand External LinkagesSharad Sarin

Coordinator, Centre for Services ManagementSanjay Patro

Coordinator, Research & Publication,Financial MarketsH K Pradhan

Editor, Management and Labour StudiesA C Jesurajan, S.J.

Officer, EstateM K Sarkar

Officer, AlumniB Jagan Rao

Officer, PlacementLily Joe

ADMINISTRATION

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FACULTY

A. C. Jesurajan, S.J.

Ashis K Pani

Ashis Mishra

Biswatosh Saha

E. A. Augustine, S.J.

E. M. Rao

E. S. Srinivas

H. K. Pradhan

I. S. F. Irudayaraj

Ignatius Puthiadam, S.J.

James Santhanam, S.J.

Joe Saldanha, S.J.

M. Srimannarayana

Madhukar Shukla

Mathai B. Fenn

Mohan Lal Agrawal (on leave)

P. K. De

P. K. Padhi

P. T. Joseph, S.J.

Paul Fernandes, S.J.

Pingali Venugopal

Pitabas Mohanty

Pranabesh Ray

Prithwiraj Nath

R. K. Premarajan

Ram Kumar Kakani

Reshmi Mitra

S. S. Sirurmath

Sabyasachi Sengupta

Sanjay Patro

Sharad Sarin

Supriya Kumar De

T. A. S. Vijayaraghavan

T Gangopadhyay

Thomas P. D., S.J.

Veena Pailwar

Venkat R. Krishnan

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NON–TEACHING STAFF

Joseph, Shirly [Ms]

Karmarkar, Dulcie [Ms]

Kindo, Vijay Paul

Kispotta, Dibiya [Ms]

Kumar, Niraj

Maity, BS

Maity, Sunil

Mathew, Biju

Mukherjee, Samir Kumar

Nandi, Tapash

Pereira, Doris [Ms]

Peters, Fabian

PK Dutta

Ramachandram, Janaki [Ms]

Rao, Bh Jagannadha

Rao, K Govind

Rodrigues, Sandra [Ms]

Saha, Sanjay

Sarkar, MK

Sebastine, Gracy [Ms]

Sengupta, Manima [Ms]

Tigga, Lawrence

Tirkey, James Prakash

Tiwary, Suyas Kumar

Verghese, Mary P [Ms]

Verma, Prabha [Ms]

Abraham, Kochurani [Ms]

Aind, John B

Andrews, Santosh

Athaide, Lazerus

Bhengra, John

Charles, Mavis [Ms]

D’Sa, Treasa [Ms]

D’Souza, Fredrick

D’Souza, Julie [Ms]

Dastur, Roshan N [Ms]

David, Jesudas

Deshmukh, Dilip Kumar

Dutta, Sunanda [Ms]

Fernandes, Andrew

Francis, Alexander

Francis, George A

Gabriel, Noreen J [Ms]

Guha, Kalyan

Gupta, Sangeeta [Ms]

Gupta, Shankar Prasad

Haldar, Prabir

Hassan, MN

Jagan, Janaki [Ms]

James, Lizamma [Ms]

Joe, Lily [Ms]

Johnny, Mary [Ms]

Joseph, Johnny M

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Ajay Kumar

Appa Rao

Basanti Pingua

Benjamin Tigga

Bijoy Mahato

Bom Bahadur

Chandra Bahadur

Dulari Bai

Ganesh Bahadur

Gopal Tanthi

Gorakh Nath Mukhi

Gouri Kachhyap

Gyanbathi Sahu

Hari Bahadur

Hari Prasad

Jacinta Kispotta

Jhingi Soy

Kalicharan Baskey

Kamala Polas

Kesh Bahadur

Krishna Bahadur Adhikari

Krishna Sahu

Madhu Pradhan

Mangala Soy

Mannu Ram

Marinaus Kispotta

Min Bahadur

MAINTENANCE STAFF

Mohan Lal Sahu

Naina Bahadur

Nathu Ram

Nicholas Tirkey

Nirmala Kujur

Poornima Bagh

Raja Ram Sharma

Ram Bahadur I

Ram Bahadur II

Ramji Bhagat

Rashid Ansari

Ravi Kumar Dey

S Hamid

Sambhu Sardar

Samir John Barjo

Shanti Bai Sahu

Shashi Sona

Shiv Nath Mukhi

Shivabathi Sahu

Sona Ram Saran

Sonia Jaganath

Sri Nath Mukhi

Subal Gope

Sumant Ram

Suresh Rai

Sushil Polas

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!!!!! Retirement of FacultyMr R Natarajan retired in October 2002.

!!!!! New Faculty JoinedDr M Srimannarayana

April 4, 2002 PM&IR AreaDr P K Padhi

Sep 9, 2002 PM&IR AreaDr Pitabas Mohnaty

Aug 21, 2002 Finance AreaDr Biswatosh Saha

Sep 21, 2002 Strategic Mgmt Area

!!!!! New Electives approved by the AcademicCouncil :

1. Advanced Management Accounting2. Business Analysis & Valuation3. Economic Indicators : Data Base & Estimation4. Emotional Intelligence and Managerial

Effectiveness5. Impression management6. Industrial Economics & Competitive Strategies7. Information Security and Risk Management8. Marketing Decision Models9. Marketing Law10. Measuring HR11. Money Banking and Finance12. Neuro Linguistic Programming13. Risk Management and Insurance14. Strategic Marketing15. Value at Risk

Revision of Course Curriculum

Keeping in tune with the changes taking place in themarket and with a view to cope with the demand forintroducing new courses and modifying old ones, twoFaculty Committees were appointed with Dr. E SSrinivas and Dr. Mathai B. Fenn as Convenors toreview the curriculum of PMIR and BM Programmesrespectively. The two Committees conducted anextensive study of the practices prevailing in otherreputed National and International B-Schools andsubmitted their comprehensive Reports during March2002, suggesting a host of changes in theprogrammes. The reports were scrutinized andaccepted by the Faculty Council during May 2002.The revised curriculum has been put in placeeffective 2002-04 Batches.

New Academic Medals

Prof. M A Vanjour Memorial Medal (For the beststudent in the OM and Systems Areas of BMProgramme)

Number of graduates :

PM&IR 65 (Including Ms AnjaliMartyris of 2000-2002 batch)

BM Day 60Exec-PGP 29FHRD 3

E. M. RaoDean (Academics)

ACTIVITIES OF DEAN (ACADEMICS)’S OFFICE

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FPM students have been actively involved inResearch and publications. The details of theresearch and publications by FPM students aregiven below. Some of the research papers havereceived awards also (details given below).

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS BY FPMSTUDENTS

International Conferences

Siddharth Patnaik (2002). “Federalism”. Students’symposium - St Gallen, Switzerland.

Tripti Singh (2002) ‘Effect of influence tactics onwork outcomes of knowledge workers’ Third AsiaAcademy of Management, Bangkok.

Lakshmi Narshimanan (2002) “Conditional CAPMand cross sectional returns - A study of Indiansecurities market” coauthored with Prof H.K.Pradhan. Allied Social Science Association Annualconvention, 2003 – Washington DC.

National Conferences

Lakshmi Narshimanan (2002) “Asymmetricvolatility and risk in Indian Stock Market” coauthoredwith Prof. H.K. Pradhan. Capital Markets Conference- UTI Institute of Capital Markets, Mumbai.

Doctoral level symposium

Lakshmi Narshimanan (2002) “Financial MarketLiberalization and Indian Stock Market - Evidence onIncreasing informational efficiency”. Cosmar -Doctoral students Symposium at IISc Bangalore.

Siddharth Patnaik (2002). “Making Sense ofCareer”. Cosmar - Doctoral students Symposium atIISc Bangalore.

Siddharth Patnaik (2002) “Personality types andcareer anchors”. Doctoral symposium - IIM,Ahmedabad.

Anand Jaiswal (2002) “WTO Agreement on Sanitaryand Phytosanitary Measures (SPS): StrategicImplications for Indian Food Trade” COSMAR2002, Doctoral student research conference IndianInstitute of Science, Bangalore, INDIA.

International Journals

Lakshmi Narshimanan (2002) “Stock Price Behaviorin India since liberalization” - coauthored with ProfH.K.Pradhan forthcoming in Asia Pacific journal ofDevelopment Economics

National Journals

Anand Jaiswal (2002) ‘Impact of SPS and TBT WTOagreements on Indian Food Industry’ Accepted byEconomic and Political Weekly (EPW).

Tripti Singh (2002) “HR practices across culture”,(Communicated to Prabhandhan)

Tripti Singh (2002) “Exploratory study to findrelationship between creativity andpersonality orientation” (Communicated toPrabhandhan)

Amit Aghrahari (2002) “Enhancing brand loyalty”www.indiainfoline.com August-September 2002.

Niti Singh (2002) “Organizational Commitment:Antecedents to Consequences- Learnings forOrganizations” (Communicated to Prabhandhan)

Niti Singh (2002) “New Diversity Challenges for HRProfessionals- A Case Study” (Communicated toPrabhandhan)

XLRI-Working Papers

Tripti Singh (2002) “Effect of trust and culture ontacit and explicit knowledge transfer” coauthoredwith Prof. R.K. Premarajan

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Awards

Amit Aghrahari (2002) First prize in Supply chainmanagement case study during “ensemble2002”.

Amit Aghrahari (2002) Second prize in IT casestudy during “National IT seminar”.

Lakshmi Narshimanan (2002) Capital MarketsConference - UTI Institute of Capital Markets,Mumbai Received best paper award with a cashprice of Rs 10,000.

EXECUTIVE POST GRADUATE PROGRAMME IN MANAGEMENT(Exec-PGP)

Executive PGP in India

The institute is offering this programme from theAcademic Year 2000 for working and experiencedexecutives in India or Abroad with potential to reachsenior management positions. This programme aimsto provide an opportunity to them to study and earna Postgraduate Diploma in Management whileworking without interrupting their career. Thecurriculum is similar to that of our postgraduateprogrammes which exposes the managers to a widerange of management theory and practice.

The Programme has the following uniquefeatures

! This programme is national and international inscope. The participants are drawn from allparts of the country or abroad fromorganisations of repute.

! The participants will spend 16-20 days on theCampus thrice a year to complete the courserequirements with additional work required ascarry-home projects and assignments. The on-campus part of the programme will be verydemanding and the participants will be spendingclose to 16 hours a day on studies.

! The mix of participants, which may includeentrepreneurs, executives from variousfunctional areas, provides the most conduciveenvironment for team learning. Themanagement theory taught in the light of their

collective experience will be extremely effective

! Consist of 40 courses - 26 core (compulsory)and 14 elective courses and a dissertationwork during the Third year.

! Organized in 9 terms with each term spans forabout three months. The course outlines, studymaterial, and assignments are given toindividual participants before the term begins.

! Participants are expected to come to thecampus for 15-18 days on an average in aterm. This period is announced in advance forleave purposes. . During this period there willbe no holidays or any other break.

! Courses are offered during their stay on thecampus.

! Each course is scheduled in 15 sessions of 2hours each to meet the academic requirement.

! During the period of their stay on campus,participants participate in intensive classroomsessions and required to be available full time.

! The sessions required for the courses arecompleted during the Campus Visits with fewcarry-home assignments and reading materialsfor the subsequent Campus visits to completethe formalities of the previous terms and thecurrent term courses. This cycle continues forall the nine terms.

! The core courses in the first two years dealwith certain basic disciplines such as

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Economics, Quantitative Methods,Organizational Behaviour, and functional areasof management: Marketing, Finance,Production, and Human ResourcesDevelopment. On completion of the corecourses, participants can pursue electivecourses dealing with the functional areas of theirinterest in the Third Year.

The Institute awards the Three Year Post-GraduateDiploma in Management to participants who havesuccessfully completed course work equivalent to120 credits, and fulfilled the academic standards. Thediploma is awarded at the Annual Convocation, whichis usually held in March-April.

The first batch that was admitted in 2000 will begraduating this year. The second and third batcheshave completed respectively their Second and FirstYear courses.

Executive PGP in Dubai

Realising the importance of international collaborationand exposure and its commitment to globalise itspresence, XLRI initiated an effort in the UAE withlaunching of its Executive Postgraduate Programmein Management in Dubai for the executives of theUAE in September 2001 in collaboration with AlAbbas Group, Dubai.

The Executive Postgraduate programme in Dubai willbe a good opportunity for the NRIs in Dubai tobenefit from such a programme. XLRI is offering itsExecutive PGP and few Management DevelopmentProgrammes in collaboration with Al Abbas Group inDubai, a major business conglomerate in Dubai.

The academic administration is with XLRI in terms ofproviding faculty resources, curriculum, academicstandards and certification. AIT, Dubai would provideclassrooms, computers and library facilities and othersupport. Evening hours in the weekdays and in theweekends are utilised for classroom inputs, whichwill be given by Faculty from XLRI who would visitDubai to conduct the courses. XLRI also plans tooffer few selected Management DevelopmentProgrammes for the UAE Executives by its facultyduring their visits

The Second batch of students were admitted inSeptember-October, 2002 with 46 students and thefirst batch of the Dubai Programme are continuingtheir electives courses this year.

T. A. S. VijayaraghavanCoordinator

Executive Postgraduate Programme in Management

The major activities of the Centre for HumanResource Development (CHRD) and FPC (FPHRD)for the year include:

1. Fellow Programme in Management (FPC) :Five students successfully completed therequirements of the FPHRD and three of themwill be receiving their Diplomas at thisConvocation.

2. During the year the CHRD initiated researchstudies on HRD Practices in India. Surplusmoney generated from the first two National HR

CENTRE FOR HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND FPC (FPHRD)Conferences organized by CHRD is thesource for the initial seed money for theseactivities. Detailed proposals are being drawnfor research studies on emerging areas likeSpirituality in OB and OD. Through theseinitiatives XLRI will be playing a leading role inbuilding knowledge base in the country.

3. Dr E S Srinivas, Coordinator, Centre for HRD,presented two papers at the AnnualConference of the Academy of Managementheld in August 2002 in Denver, Colorado.

E. S. Srinivas

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The Centre for Logistics and TransportationManagement was started in 1999 and is set up tocater to the growing needs of the areas of Logistics/Supply Chain Management and TransportationManagement. The Centre has the following Visionand Mission

The Vision

The Centre for Logistics and TransportationManagement will provide leadership for evolvinglogistics profession through the development,dissemination, and advancement of logisticsknowledge

The Mission

! to create a forum for the exchange of conceptsand best practices among logisticsprofessionals through networking of relatedinstitutions and professional bodies

! to conduct research that advances knowledgeand leads to enhanced value for the society

! to create a forum for policy review, consult ongovernment initiatives, raise private sectorissues with government, and developrecommendations for both the public andprivate sectors

! to encourage innovation through co-ordinatingresearch promoting co-operation in research,and ensuring excellence in the conduct ofresearch

! to develop an understanding of opportunities forimproving the efficiency and effectiveness ofsystems for managing the movement ofmaterials, products, and people and therebydeveloping, defining, understanding andenhancing the logistics process

! to foster skills which enable the exploitation ofthese opportunities through research, trainingand consulting

! to act as a transportation community network,and provide information by focusing attentionon matters important to the transportationcommunity, other industry sectors and thegeneral public

" The Centre for Logistics and TransportationManagement publishes an e-Newsletter“LogistiX”. Besides, the centre has undertakenfew research studies to understand thelogistics processes in Indian organisations. Thecentre plans to conduct few certificate courseson Logistics and Supply Chain in the future.

T. A. S. VijayaraghavanCoordinator, Centre for Logistics and Transportation

Management

CENTRE FOR LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT( CLTM)

REPORT ON THE CENTRE FOR SMALL ENTERPRISES

The Centre’s activities covered the followinginterventions in training, consultancy, research andstudent initiatives:

Training

A workshop for senior executives was organized forCARE, Delhi, by Professor Reshmi Mitra on

“Adopting a Rights Based Approach ToMicrofinance”.

Consultancy

Consultancy was provided to SIDBI, the governmentof West Bengal and Union ministry of HRD, CAREIndia and CARE Andhra Pradesh .

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Research

Professor Reshmi Mitra obtained a RockefellerFoundation research grant for research on “Corporate Social Responsibility: A PartnershipManagement Framework For Reducing Vulnerabilityin Marginalized Communities.”

Student Initiatives

Under the aegis of the Centre For Small enterprises,a student body comprising 30 senior and juniorstudents called The Social Initiative Group ( SIG) ofXLRI had taken up a consultancy project for MicroEnterprise Analysis and Corpus Fund Managementof the Don Bosco Self-Employment ResearchInstitute,(DBSERI) Howrah. It is a vocational training

center for school dropouts, managed by the Salesianpriests. The small, yet dedicated group of students,under the guidance of Professor Reshmi Mitra andProfessor Sabyasachi Sengupta, have successfullycompleted the project and have made a presentationof their findings at a seminar on ‘Vocational Trainingfor Development – New Perspectives’ held at Kolkataon the 13th of February, 2003. The final report for theassignment is to be submitted shortly.

Another proposal for strategic management of thehealth care services of TISCO for slum dwellers inthe peri urban areas of Jamshedpur is beingdeveloped by students under the guidance ofProfessor Sanjay Patro.

Reshmi Mitra

CENTRE FOR EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT, LEADERSHIP AND RESEARCH

1. Ten Day workshop to School Heads (35) of theTibetan Childrens’ Village Schools atDharamsala, April 15-25, 2002.

2. Needs Assessment Tibetan Children’s VillagesSchools, country wide.

3. Inauguration and first contact programme of thePost Graduate Diploma in EducationalLeadership PGDEL: May 26 – June 12, 2002.

4. Workshop on Effective Teaching to Red RoseSchools, Bhopal, June 24-29, 2002 (65)

5. Eight day workshop to Tibetan Village SchoolTeaching Staff, (69) at Ladakh. July 25- August3, 2002.

6. Six day Workshop on Planning andImplementation to the Jesuit Province ofDarjeeling, at Matigara, (35) August 12-17,2002

7. Second Contact programme to the PGDEL:Sept. 22,2002 - Oct. 9,2002.

8. Ten day workshop to Principals (30) of theAssociation of Schools of the Indian SchoolCertificate Examinations, at XLRI, October 13-23, 2002.

9. Three day Workshop at Guwahati, Oct. 24 –26, 2002 to (52) Educational Leaders of theNorth Eastern Conference on Education.

10. Fifteen day workshop to Principals (27) ofJesuit Institutions (IJELP) at Mango,Jamshedpur, Oct. 30-November 13, 2002.

11. Eight day workshop to Tibetan Village SchoolTeaching Staff, (61) Bylakuppe, Karnataka,Dec. 11-21, 2002

12. Five days workshop to the Daughters of St.Anne Leaders,( 47) at Loadih, Ranchi onPlanning and Implementation, January 14-18,2003

13. Three day workshop on Alternative EvaluationStrategies at College, to St. Edmund’s CollegeFaculty, Shillong, Meghalaya, February 8-11,2003.

14. Ten day workshop to School Heads andVillage Directors, Tibetan Childrens’ Village,Dharamsala, April 2003

15. Third and final Contact programme to PGDEL:May 4, – May 21, 2003.

Joe Saldanha, S.J.Coordinator

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COMPUTER SERVICES

! In an effort to replicate the traditional “live andInteractive” classroom environment, theInstitute has introduced satellite basedmanagement programmes in association withHughes Escorts Communications Limited(HECL). XLRI is offering certificate and othermanagement programmes in India using thenetwork and services set up by HECL underthe brand name: DirecWay Global Education

! Video Conferencing facility through ISDN linesis made available for placement interviews, pre-

placement talks by MNCs, and interactivelecture and dialogue sessions.

! Intranet services for total computerization ofacademic activities including student’s grade,feedback, course outline, class schedule,bulletin board facility, etc. have beenintroduced.

! Internet facility has been extended to individualrooms at the MDP residence for MDPparticipants, EXPGP students and visitingfaculty.

E. A. Augustine, S.J.

For the XLRI Aptitude Test (XAT) 2003 onlineregistrations started on August 1, 2002 andcontinued till December 31, 2002. This year thereare twenty institutes taking XAT scores. Comparedto last year when only eight institutes subscribedto XAT, it was almost a threefold increase. With welldirected and focused media plan, including Internetand email followed by the newspaper advertisementand XAT posters we were able to reach diversesection of the population for prospective candidates.

Online registration which was pioneered in India byXLRI has become very popular for its ease ofoperation, flawless documentation and elimination oferrors, use of paper and paper work. 27,325

REPORT ON ADMISSION ACTIVITIES

candidates registered and paid to appear for XAT.Processing of the scores started soon after the testof January 5, 2003 and the results were ready byJanuary 12, 2003.

The interviews are scheduled to be held at fourplaces viz Chennai, Delhi, Jamshedpur and Mumbaistarting from February 20 till March 14th, 2003 andthe final list of selected candidates for the variousprogrammes are expected to be announced duringthe first week of April 2003.

J. D. DavidAdmissions Officer

MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES ANDIN-COMPANY/IN-HOUSE PROGRAMMES

In its primary objective “Training for Excellence” XLRIimparts training to executives from both Public andPrivate sector organizations.

XLRI announced 82 Management DevelopmentProgrammes (MDPs) during 2002-2003 and later 3

more programmes have been added to this. Around1037 nominations have been received out of whichapproximately 670 participants, including some fromcountries like Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bangladesh,attended these programmes. XLRI in collaborationwith Hughes Escorts Communications Ltd, Gurgaon

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conducted 4 satellite based online workshops in 12major cities of India.

The Annual Calendar for the year 2003-2004 hasbeen released. 78 programmes will be conductedduring April 2003-March 2004. The programmes aredesigned both for general and senior categoryexecutives. Beside covering the requisite functional,managerial and behavioural skills, emphasis is laid onthe training related to tasks or roles that managersare continuously subjected to in their organizations.This year a few new programmes namely, ManagingInternational Business in a Globalizing World,Strategic Management for Business Leadership,Valuation of Companies, Balance Scorecard,Managing the Training Function, PsychologicalTesting Approach to Competency Mapping, andStrengthening the Corporate Image, have beenincluded in the list. Also, a 21-day programme hasbeen included for the middle management executives.

Apart from offering MDPs, XLRI accepts requestsfrom companies to design and conduct in-company/in-house training programmes as per the need/requirement of the organizations. While a largenumber of such programmes conducted during2002-2003 are of short duration, some of theprogrammes are conducted for 2/3 weeks. To namea few organizations, those benefited from theseprogrammes, include NTPC, HCL, Ranbaxy, PowerGrid, Tata Steel, Philips Software, Goa Shipyard andONGC. Other than private sector organizations, thisyear some of the in-company/in-house programmeswere also conducted for public sector/governmentorganizations, including a programme exclusively forIndian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS).

A programme on “Stewardship Skills for Priests” wasalso organized.

Janaki Jagan

CAMPUS RECRUITMENT PROGRAMME - 2003

Management, in its true sense and spirit, was inaction when XLRI Jamshedpur successfullyrelocated the entire Campus Recruitment Process(CRP) to Kolkata at a very short notice of less than12 hours. The programme was slated for February9-11 at the XLRI campus but was conducted atThe Hyatt Regency, Kolkata.The MCC called a 48-hour statewide bandh onFebruary 9 and 10. This posed an inconvenience torecruiters who usually come down to the campus forthe CRP, so XLRI decided to shift the entireplacement procedure to Kolkata. Though thisinvolved immense extra cost and a Herculeanlogistics effort for the students as well as theorganising committee, it was felt that the recruiters’and the graduating students’ well being came aboveeverything else. XLRI defied all odds andsuccessfully completed the whole process inKolkata.As in the past, CRP 2003 had the corporate who’swho vying for XLRI talent. With the economyrecovering from the downturn, XLRI had fabulous

results to report. On the 9th, a phenomenal 93students (around 75% of the batch) were placed.The average salaries touched Rs. 6.82 lakhs. Thebiggest offer this year was the Rs.14 lakh packageof McKinsey & Co. Other big recruiters were Bankof America, Standard Chartered, ITC, HLL, Hewitt,Accenture.The FMCG sector was the largest recruiting sectorpicking up 30 students. The highest was ITC’s lateraloffer of Rs. 8.1 lakhs. This was closely followed byHLL, Coke, Pepsi, Marico, Reckitt & Benckiser,Colgate Palmolive and Heinz. Procter & Gambleannounced a Pre Placement Offer (PPO) worth Rs.8 lakhs.Banks and financial services companies picked up27 candidates. Among the banks, Bank of Americahad one of the best salaries going with Rs. 9 lakhson offer. Standard Chartered Bank was a closesecond. ABN Amro, ICICI Bank, UTI Bank, Citibankand IndusInd Bank were some of the otherrecruiters.

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Among the finance companies SBI Caps was thelargest recruiter. Security Trading Corp. Ltd., GE SBIand GE Group also hired extensively.Consultants, a constant dream for managers todayas it gives them an opportunity to explore and usetheir knowledge of cross-functional expertise, haveaccounted for 10 Xlers. McKinsey & Co. whoconducted its process a few weeks back in Mumbairecruited one student after a hiatus of 2 years andtheir offer was the best on view going up to aphenomenal Rs. 14 lakhs. Hewitt, the specialized HRconsultants, was another big recruiter as wereAccenture and PriceWaterhouse Cooper.This year also saw a lot of action in the IT sectorwith 26 students being taken up by the technologymajors. Infosys was the largest recruiter, closelyfollowed by Wipro, HCL Tech, ITC Infotech, Patni,CTS, and Polaris.Diversified conglomerates and core sectorcompanies like Murugappa, Hero Honda, TELCO,

Larsen & Toubro made their presence felt. Exporthouses, pharmaceutical companies, the BPO industryand Telecom accounted for the rest.A lot of companies nowadays favour the use ofAssessment Centres as the mechanism for judgingthe suitability of candidates. Accenture, ColgatePalmolive, Citibank, Hewitt and ICICI Bank used thispre-process technique to evaluate the candidates’competencies.Xlers all over the world are recognised for theirexcellent team skills and interpersonal abilities. Thefeedback from the recruiters reiterated this fact andXLRI could look forward to an even more impressiveCRP 2004.XLRI would like to express its sincere gratitude to allthe participating companies of CRP 2003, and willlook forward to their participation in CRP 2004.

Reshmi Mitra

ALUMNI OFFICE

Periodic meetings have taken place throughout theyear like the previous year.A web site has been created In October 2002 whereour alumni can have their own login and passwordto change their contact details online as and whennecessary. This would definitely help us updating ourdatabase.The existing Memorandum of Association and Rules& Regulations has been modified and submitted forregistration for an official status of the AlumniAssociation.Beginning from this year we plan to hold anexclusive Alumni Meet at XLRI. This year the variousChapter Presidents have been invited for this meetduring the Convocation. The election of our nextNational President will take place during this meet.Also a two-day seminar is being planned inviting andinvolving our alumni holding top positions.An e-Newsletter has been introduced in February2003.

Following the trend set by the batches of 1975 &1976, the batch of 1977 held their reunion for 3 daysduring the last week of December 2002. Out of 21who could make it, 2 from Jamshedpur itself (1 is afaculty member at XLRI), 1 came from Ruwi (Oman),1 came from Nairobi (Kenya), 1 came from Missouri(USA). Special invitees for this memorable gatheringwere Fr E Abraham, sj (1978-PM&IR) and Fr E HMcGrath, sj. The batch had an interaction with theDirector and faculty members.

The year saw the demise of Mahesh Sahasranam(Mahadevan) - 1978 BM (Day).

Every year our 1st year students during theirsummer internship play a great role in organizingalumni meets at various places to strengthen thecontacts and renew our relations with the alumni.

B Jagan RaoAlumni Officer

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The widespread dissemination of informationtechnology coupled with the increasing use ofInternet has created a new way to provideinformation and associated services. The advancesin computing, networking and communicationtechnologies have resulted in a remarkableexpansion in the ability to generate, process anddisseminate electronic information at the Sir JehangirGhandy Library.

Collection Added1838 Books (Total No. 51724)0272 Bound Volumes (Total No. 12696)0324 National and International Journals (Hard Copy)0187 Dissertations (Total No. 11537)0074 CD-ROMs (total No. 1326)0038 Video Cassettes Total No. 567)

Electronic Database1850 ProQuest Electronic on-line JournalsISI-Emerging Markets (On-Line)Prowess (LAN)IBID (On-Line)Lexsite.com (On-Line)Supreme Court on CD-ROM (LAN)AfW Library DatabaseJ-Gate On-Line database Journal

LAN facilities for accessing database:Lan facilities - Library is a nodal center and studentsand faculty can access simultaneously the followingdatabases:

! PROQUEST! CMIE! AfW/OPAC! IBID! AIR Supreme Court! Electronic Reference Sources

ServicesCAS & SDI.Bibliography

On-Line SearchReprographicsPress ClippingsCurrent ContentsIndustrial InformationArticle Alert

New ServicesOn-Line1. Journal of Current Contents through LAN2. CD Network service has been started for faster

access of electronic database archives in theform of CD ROM. It will be possible to accessFull Text through LANBIT Server and will be ofimmense benefit for faculty and students in andoutside Campus.

3. Database of books and other sources On-linePublic Access Catalogue and Access outsidethe XLRI Campus through network, especiallyfor Ex-PGP (Dubai, Ex-PGP (Jamshedpur),PGCBM Course (All over India), OutsideMembers, Libraries, and Alumni.

e-Mail! New Acquisitions, Current contents of Journals

& Report! Web Alert

Library Publications! Know Your Library! Guide to Management database! E-News

ConferenceXLRI-Library and MANLIBNET, organized 5th AnnualNational Convention on "Emerging Digital LibraryInitiatives and future of Business and ManagementInformation in India" on 6-8th March 2003.

S. S. Sirurmath

SIR JEHANGIR GHANDY LIBRARY, XLRI

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Book Published by Faculty

Sirurmath S Sangayya (Ed.) “Electronic libraries”Allied Publishers, 2002.”

Joseph P T “E-Commerce: A ManagerialPerspective”, Prentice Hall of India, EasternEconomy Edition, 2002.

Conference Presentations by Faculty during2002-03

Kakani, Ram Kumar, The Dark Side of Diversificationin Business Groups: Long Run Evidence from Indiapresented at the Sixth International Business andEconomics Research (IBER) Conference in LasVegas: USA, Oct. 2002 [Won Best Paper Award].

Kakani, Ram Kumar and P. Venugopal; ManagementEducation: A Framework for Grading presented atthe 7th South Asian Management Forum by AMDISAat Male: Maldives, Apr. 2002.

Venkat R. Krishnan, Do business schools changestudents’ ”values along desirable lines? A longitudinalstudy. Paper presented at ”the Sixth InternationalConference on Social Values, Department of”Educational Studies, University of Oxford, July2002.

Mitra, Reshmi “Microfinance for sustainabledevelopment: Emerging” management issues” at theSouth Asian AMDISA Conference, with Prakash”Dasot, Maldives, April 2002.

Reshmi Mitra , “The Entrepreneurship TrainingModel : Its variants and impact on regionaldevelopment in India.” at the InternationalEntrepreneurship Conference , Annual Conferenceof the International Entrepreneurship Forum,Organized by the University of Birmingham, ANGTechnology, UK , Beijing , Sept 5-7, 2002.

Reshmi Mitra, “The role and importance of ruralenterprises in rural development” at theConfederation of Indian Industries (CII) NationalConference on Rural Enterprise , 23rd-24thDecember 2002.

Pradhan HK, “Infrastructure Financing in the State ofJharkhand”: Special Reference to Roads, sessionchair and presentations at the CII-Government ofJharkhand Conference on Financing Infrastructure,September 2002.

Pradhan HK, “Municipal Bond Markets in India”,paper presented at the International conference heldat Kuala Lumpur, November 2002.

Premarajan, R.K.., & Marat, D. “Correlates ofPsychological,” Behavioral, and Social Strains: AStudy of Unemployed Youth in India.” Presented atthe VIth International Conference of ANZAM/IFSAM,10-13, July 2002 at Queensland, Australia.

Ghosh, S & Premarajan, RK Life Role Salience, andRole Conflict among ”Dual Career Couple: A crosscultural study” Presented at the VIth InternationalConference of ANZAM/IFSAM, 10-13 July 2002 atQueensland, Australia

Premarajan, R.K. Organizational CareerDevelopment in India: State of the Practice. Paperpresented at the Asia Academy of Management atin December 2002 at Bangkok, Thailand.

Rallabandi, S and Premarajan, R.K. “Correlates ofFamily-Work Spillover, and Career & FamilySuccess: A Study among the Indian Managers”paper accepted for the Academy of Managementconference to be held in Seattle in August 2003.

Prithwiraj Nath “Resource, Service Quality andPerformance Triad: A Framework for MeasuringEfficiency of Indian Public Sector Banks” (co-authored) in “The International DEA Symposium2002: Efficiency and Productivity Analysis in the 21st

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Century” organized by Institute for Systems Analysisof Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.

Saha, Biswatosh, ‘State support for R&D in hi-techindustries in developing economies: Case of C-DoTin India’ accepted for presentation in 12thInternational Conference of the ‘InternationalAssociation for the Management of Technology’, atNancy, France, forthcoming in May 2003.

Saha, Biswatosh, ‘Foreign entry and restructuring ofdomestic industry: Case of white goods industry inIndia’, presented at ‘International Seminar on ForeignInvestment, Reforms and Economic Development inChina and India’, organized by Institute of ChineseStudies, New Delhi and IIM Calcutta, at IndianInstitute of Management Calcutta February 28 -March 2, 2002.

Saha, Biswatosh, ‘Foreign entry and restructuring ofdomestic industry: Case of white goods industry inIndia’, presented at Strategic Management Forum:Fifth Convention at Management DevelopmentInstitute, Gurgaon, April 25-27, 2002.

Shukla, Madhukar, Role of Human ResourcesDevelopment in Knowledge Management. KeynoteAddress delivered in 1st Asian Conference ofAcademy of HRD on Human ResourcesDevelopment Trend in Asia: Trends & Challenges,October 29-30, 2002, Bangalore.

E S Srinivas(with SooMin Toh and ShungJae Shin,and Arup Varma) “The Relationship between CulturalValues and the Importance of ContextualPerformance: A Two-Country Comparison”,Presented at the Annual Conference of Academy ofManagement held between August 9-14, 2002 atDenver, Colorado, U.S.A.

E S Srinivas(with Ping Ping Fu, J.Kennedy,M.H.Bond, G.Yukl, A.Cheosakul, TK Peng,P.Koopman, J.Howell, M.F. Lacassagne, H.Higashide,J.Tata) “Exploring the Effect of Cultural Values on theRelationship between Social Beliefs and ManagerialInfluence Strategies in Twelve Cultures” Presented atthe Annual Conference of Academy of Management

held between August 9-14, 2002 at Denver, Colorado,U.S.A.

Vijayaraghavan T A S “ Logistics in the EmergingEconomies” organised by the Global ResourcesDubai in collaboration with TransLogistique, Canadaheld during 22-23, October, 2002 in Dubai on “Inventory Management and Bullwhip Effect in SupplyChain Management”.

XLRI Working Paper 2002-03

Ashis K. Pani, ERP and e-Business: An EvolvingRelationship, XLRI Working Paper June 2002.

E. S. Srinivas(with Soo Min Toh and ShungJae Shinand Arup Varma), The Relationship between CulturalValues and the Importance of ContextualPerformance: A Two-Country Comparison, XLRIWorking Paper June 2002.

Ram Kumar Kakani & Pranabesh Ray, ManagerialRemuneration: Changing Guidelines, Fatter PayPackets, and Incentives to Performance, XLRIWorking Paper July 2002.

Mayank Kaul and Ram Kumar Kakani, FirmPerformance and Size in Liberalized Era: The IndianCase, XLRI Working Paper August 2002.

Madhukar Shukla, Revisiting KnowledgeManagement: Integrating “Knower” with theKnowledge Processes, XLRI Working Paper August2002.

Veena K. Pailwar, Market Imperfections, CAS Bill andthe Social Welfare: A Case Study of the Cable TVIndustry, XLRI Working Paper Aug 2002.

P Mohanty, Who Gains in Share Buyback?, XLRIWorking Paper, November 2002.

Ram Kumar Kakani and KM Rajesh on “FinancialPerformance of Indian Business Groups”: A SoftComputing Approach, XLRI Working PaperDecember 2002.

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Publications during 2002-03

Augustine, E. A. Tribal Health Issues in Jharkhand”published in a Jharkhand State Publication called “Health Policy Issues in Jharkhand” in September2002.

P.Radhakrishna and S.K.De , A fuzzy approach tobuild an Intelligent Data Warehouse, Journal ofIntelligent and Fuzzy Systems, 11 (1-2) 2001, 23-32.

S.K.De and P.Radhakrishna, Mining Web Data usingclustering technique for Web Personalization, International Journal of Computational Intelligence andApplications (IJCIA), 2(3) 2002, 255-265.

Kakani, Ram Kumar & P. Ray; ‘ManagerialRemuneration - Of Changing Guidelines, Fatter PayPackets, and Incentives To Performance,’Management and Accounting Research, ICAI, 2003.

Kakani, Ram Kumar and P. Venugopal; Grading inManagement Education; in ‘South Asian Management:Challenges in the New Millennium’ edited by DharaniP. Sinha, Association of Management DevelopmentInstitutions in South Asia (AMDISA): Hyderabad,2002, pp. 57-74.

Kakani, Ram Kumar and M. Kaul; ‘Firm Performanceand Size in Liberalized Era: The Indian Case’Prabandhan, Jul. 2002.

Kakani, Ram Kumar and P. Venugopal; ‘ManagementEducation: A Framework for Grading’ Managementand Labour Studies, Vol. 27[3], Jul. 2002, pp. 57-72.

Kakani, Ram Kumar, K. M. Rajesh and S. Sehgal;Managing Global Competitiveness in the IndianPower Sector; in ‘Managing Global Competitiveness:What Indian Companies Should Do?’ edited by A. K.Sengupta and Amit Gupta, Excel Books: New Delhi,2002, pp. 60-70.

Kakani, Ram Kumar; ‘The Gucci-LVMH BattleAnalysis’ Case Folio, ICFAI Press, Jan. 2003.

Kakani, Ram Kumar & Pranabesh Ray; CEORemuneration: The Ballooning Issue (Part I & II), The

Hindu Business Line, 13 & 14 August 2002 [alsofeatured in CNBC Asia, Business Standard and othernewspapers]

Pradhan HK and Lakshmi Narasimhan, Stock PriceBehavior in India Since Liberalization, Asia-PacificDevelopment Journal, December 2002.

Sangeetha Rajan & Venkat R. Krishnan. (2002).Impact of gender on ”influence, power, andauthoritarianism. Women in Management Review, 17”(5), 197-206.

”Raman Kumar Singh & Venkat R. Krishnan. (2002).Impact of impression ”management and valuecongruence on attributed charisma. NMIMSManagement ”Review, 14 (1), 86-94.

”Rama S. Iyer & Venkat R. Krishnan. (2002). Choiceof influence ”strategies: Role of need for power, needfor affiliation, and ”inhibition. Prabandhan, 1 (3), 28-34.

Paper on “Institutional Investors and CorporateGovernance in India” was presented in the NationalStock Exchange, Mumbai in the first week of August,2002.

Prithwiraj Nath and Avinandan Mukherjee (2003), “AModel of Trust in Online Relationship Banking,”International Journal of Bank Marketing, 21(1), 5-15.

Saha, Biswatosh, Foreign Investment policy regimein India, report prepared for Consumer Unity andTrust Society for the project titled Investment forDevelopment, co-sponsored by National Council ofApplied Economic Research, New Delhi andDepartment for International Development, UK. Thereport was presented at conferences in Kolkata,October 8, 2002 and New Delhi, 24-26 November2002.

Sirurmath S. Sangayya “ Knowledge management ine-environment: A challenge for library and informationservices” In “Electronic libraries” Ed. by Sirurmathand others, Mumbai, Allied Publishers, 2002. Pp 1-13.

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Sirurmath S. Sangayya “ Electronic library: A vision”In “Electronic libraries” Ed. by Sirurmath and others,Mumbai, Allied Publishers, 2002. Pp. 63 – 94.

Sirurmath S. Sangayya “ Emerging electronicinformation services in a business and managementlibrary: An analysis” In. Electronic informationenvironment and library services A contemporaryparadigm”. Ed. by PSK Sharma, New Delhi, ILA,2003. pp. 662-677.

Shukla, Madhukar, Revisiting Knowledge: Where’s the“Knower” in Knowledge Management?. In UdaiPareek, Aahad M Osman-Gani, S Ramnarayan andTV Rao (Eds.) Human Resources DevelopmentTrends in Asia: Trends & Challenges. New Delhi:Oxford & IBH Publishing Company, 2002.

E S Srinivas, Gupta, V. J. Rajasekar, and GLOBEassociates “Managing Performing Workforce: TheCase of India - Challenges and Legacies” InPattanayak, B. and Gupta, V., Eds., CreatingPerforming Organizations: International Perspectivesfor Indian Management, New Delhi: Sage Publications(2002).

Mohanty, Pitabas “Evidence of Size Effect on StockReturns in India” published in the July-September2002 issue of the Vikalpa, The Journal for DecisionMakers.

Mohanty, Pitabas “Institutional Investors andCorporate Governance in India”, published in theJuly 2002 issue of NSE News.

Mohanty, Pitabas “Who Gains in Share Buyback”published in the November 2002 issue of the ICFAIJournal of Applied Finance.

XLRI Funded Research Projects during 2002-03

Rao E M, Industrial Jurisprudence: A Proposal toWrite a Book Sanction Date: April 3, 2002

Srinivas E S, Social Exchange in a CollectivistContext: Test of A Model of Perceived OrganizationalSupport: Sanction Date: July 18, 2002

Pani A K .Intelligent Agent based e-Commerce:Sanction Date: June 12, 2002

Mishra A and P Venugopal, Develop Strategies ForMulti-Channel Retailing In India: Sanction Date: June5, 2002

Pradhan HK, Sub-national Fiscal and FinancialManagement: A State Level Study: Sanction Date:June 5, 2002

Shah B, State Support for R&D in Hi-Tech Industriesin Developing Economies: A Case of C-Dot in India:sanction date: December 31, 2002

Nath P, Measuring Online Shopping Experience: AStructural Modeling Approach: Sanction date:December 31, 2002

Srimannarayana M, Training and DevelopmentPractices – A Study in Select Organisations:sanction date Jaunary 8, 2002

Mohanty P, Understanding Mergers and Acquisitionsin India: Jaunary 8, 2002.

Conferences Conducted during 2002-03

National Labour Conference held at XLRIJamshedpur during 28-29, 2002 (Coordinators: EMRao and P K Padhi).

International workshop on Value at Risk organized byXLRI Jamshedpur in collaboration with RiskMetricsGroup New York during December 16-18, 2002 atMumbai (Coordinator: HK Pradhan).

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1. THE STUDENTS' AFFAIRS COUNCIL

The Students Affairs’ Council takes care of variousstudent activities and is the interface between thestudents and the administration, and takes upissues like infrastructure, course restructuring andextra curricular activities. It is the forum for periodicdiscussion between the students and theadministration on issues regarding academics,discipline, extra-curricular activities and infrastructuredevelopment. Over the years the function of thecommittee has changed considerably both in itsscope and nature. Nevertheless, the committee hasalways been an all-pervasive player in studentaffairs - at the hub of activities at all times. Rightfrom the days when the committee had to co-ordinate the activities of four other committees(Placement, MAXI, Mess & Sports) to the presentday when the committee is trying to integrate theactivities of fourteen other committees it has been inthe unenviable task of helping in the everydayrunning of student affairs and giving direction to futureactivities. The Students Affairs Council is therepresentative committee of the student body ofXLRI. One of the major events of The StudentsAffairs council is Ensemble- XLRI’s inter B-schoolfest every year.

2. EL:

XLRI has become known as an institute whichprovides quality and comprehensive learning in thescience of business management. It is the standardof a good management institute which many otherstry and emulate and imitate to the largest extentpossible. We have achieved leadership in the field ofmanagement education what remains is that this factis known by all, so that our worth was recognised.

It is for this purpose that External Linkages wasformed. The External Linkages Cell is the interfacebetween XLRI and the outside and is responsible formaking sure that all relevant information about XLRIreaches everyone outside.

The mission of External Linkages is to showcaseXLRI and its traditions to the world so that they arebetter able to understand and appreciate what XLRI

is, and what it stands for. The target of ExternalLinkages encompasses everyone who might beinterested in knowing about XLRI, and its activities,i.e. the press, the corporate world, alumni, potentialstudents, faculty, other institutions and now evenforeign institutions. It is the effort of External Linkagesto cater to all the above and make sure thatadequate and relevant information reaches each ofthese parties.

For this purpose, External Linkages tries to build longlasting and mutually beneficial relationships with thepress. Through this, it ensures that all main eventsof XLRI or achievements are adequately covered.Going beyond this, it also arranges for discussionswith undergraduate students, liaisons with a PRagency and coordinates with various othercommittees to ensure that any publicity needs theyhave are met.

This year, External Linkages is also making effortsto become more proactive: to create stories whichcan go into media. Examples are publicizing anydissertations or summer projects that the pressmight find print worthy, organising “Xpress” a mediaplanning contest for undergraduate students, mailingcompanies directly with information about our eventsetc.

3. XLNC

XLNC, XLRI’s Nature club, promises the buddingmanagers a “Hike through Life” by organizing variousindoor and outdoor activities to rejuvenate the harriedstudents. Moreover, it strives to keep alive the socialawareness and concern for community that XLersare known for.

XLRI wants to make Xlers aware of the magnitudeof difference they can bring about in their lives andthose of the people around them by small gesturesof love, care and concern. Besides, the activitiesorganized for the students themselves give themmuch-needed break from the daily grind of classes,quizzes and umpteen presentations.

In its infancy, the club focused mostly on concernsof nature & environmental issues but later took uponitself the onus of developing the future managers

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holistically by organizing outdoor team activities likeadventure sports. Slowly but surely it took on socialhues wherein it brought about the values ofcorporate citizenship and social responsivenessamong students, faculty etc.

Various self development activities and lifestylemanagement programmes like Yoga classes and quitsmoking campaigns, horse riding, parasailing, teamadventure sports like river rafting, rock climbing,trekking, environmental awareness drives likereduction of plastic usage on campus, socialactivities like blood donation camps, Cheshire HomeVisits, sale of handmade candles, cards andhandicraft by inmates of School of Hope are justsome of the ”fun filled value add” extra curricularactivities that XLNC brings to let the students havean opportunity to unwind. The other major activitiesinclude organizing seminars, lectures and workshopsin various environmental related fields to bringingabout a better understanding of how humans can livein harmony with the environment. XLNC also interactswith other environmental and social organizationssuch as World Wildlife fund.

4. ASTERIX:

ASTERIX is the “Association for Strategy andEntrepreneurship in XLRI”. Born in December’ 97,ASTERIX provides the students with the opportunityto undertake consulting assignments forEntrepreneurs and Industrial Establishments.

ASTERIX is not about keeping the ball rolling, itsabout setting up self-sustaining processes, whichkeep themselves afloat even after we leave thisplace.

Amongst the things we did in the past year are:arranging case study workshops, organizing functionspecific case studies and running a business plancompetition, which had entries from nine of the bestB-Schools, nationwide. Eventually, the winning entrywas of an XL team. Surprised?

Some of Our Focus Areas

! Consulting business simulations with well-known consultancies

! Entrepreneurship workshops! Consulting Assignments! Guest Lectures on Strategy and

Entrepreneurship! Case Analysis workshops

Some events conducted by ASTERIX

! Business plan contests open only to the bestB-Schools

! Supply Chain Management exercise

! Case Analysis series

! Talk on lateral thinking by Edward De Bono

! Workshops on strategy and entrepreneurshipin sync with various consulting firms, includingMcKinsey, PwC, Accenture and Hewitt

5. SOCRATES

SOCRATES (The Society for the Rapid Assimilationof Technology and Systems) is student initiative toprovide a thrust in academic area and maintainingand upgrading the IT infrastructure on the campus.Socrates is a medium to bring technology closer topeople. It is not only responsible for updating theSystems Course curriculum to keep it in tune withthe requirements of the industry, but also undertakesthe co-ordination of workshops, seminars, guestlectures and live projects to keep the buddingmanagers of XLRI well informed about the latesttrends in the field of Information Technology. Everyyear, SOCRATES conducts its flagship event calledthe National IT Seminar (NITS). The seminar servesas a purposeful platform where top brains in theindustry, academia, and the pioneers of tomorrowexplore innovative ways of leveraging IT forachieving objectives of development and growth. Thetheme for NITS 2002 held in September 2002 was“A Business Case for IT Investments”.

6. BRIDGESBRIDGES imbibes in it’s functioning a novel spirit -aggressive, focused and very much rooted in thepresent. BRIDGES endeavours to be the focal point

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of all research related work in XLRI, fostering aculture of enrichment and creative solution building.It aims to act as a facilitator, providing Xler’s with allrequired resources for their research undertakings.

The past year:

Tutorial session on paper-writing: A tutorialsession was conducted by Dr. Venkat Krishnan inAugust 2002 to acquaint students with the nuancesof writing papers and research articles.

Internal paper-writing contest: A paper-writingcontest was conducted for the first time in August-September 2002. Papers were invited in Finance,Marketing, IT, HR and Strategy. The aim of thiscontest was to initiate the junior batch into writingpapers. The papers were evaluated by facultymembers, who gave feedback for all the entries.

Prabandhan, Vol. 1, No. 3, July 2002 -The journalwas given a huge facelift in terms of the content,cover design, and paper quality. As an attempt toincrease the subscription base, the journal was sentto over fifty B-schools and about 70 corporates. TheBRIDGES team is currently in the last leg of finalisingthe Spring issue of Prabandhan (Vol.1, No.4, Mar2003.)

Lekh 2002- Lekh, which was organized as a part ofEnsemble, continued to be the largest managementresearch paper presentation contest of its kind at theinter-b-school level. Entries were invited for papersin 6 streams: HR, Finance, Marketing, Operationsand IT. We received 222 entries across streams inthe first phase, which were evaluated by a team of8 faculty members.

The year ahead:

Registration of Prabandhan- Bridges is workingtowards fulfilling the legal requirements to getPrabandhan registered as a journal at the nationallevel. Such a legal status would be helpful when inthe future the journal has a wider subscription base.It also comes as a precursor for us to outsource thepublication of the journal

Research Database- Bridges has a very richdatabase of the various research papers submittedfor Lekh over the past three years. However, we

have not yet given public access to this database,because we were yet to work on the structure andsecurity aspects for the same.

In the ultimate analysis, all of its functions are gearedtowards firmly planting XLRI on the research initiativepath.

7. MAXI

The Marketing Association of XLRI (MAXI) wasconceived in the year 1979 under the guidance ofProfessor Sharad Sarin. It serves as a forum for thedissemination of knowledge on marketing andenables students to gain meaningful insight into newlines of thinking in marketing. Over the last 25 yearsMAXI has grown from strength to strength and witha host of innovative activities and a rich clientele ofblue chip companies in it’s portfolio.

The flagship event of MAXI is the MAXI Fair enablesIndia’s leading FMCGs to supplement their marketresearch with valuable inputs provided by a uniqueinteraction between them XLers and consumersthrough the medium at the fair. This year ReckittBenckiser, Colgate Palmolive and ITC presentedmarket research problems to XLRI. The teemingcrowds at the fair are an indicator of the successand popularity of this fair among the population ofJamshedpur.

Lecture series from industry experts is anotherinitiative that MAXI undertakes in order to givestudents a feel of the pulse and trends in theindustry.

MAXI endeavors to provide students with a rich andvaried experience on the various facets of marketing.In essence MAXI aspires to popularize the conceptsand practice of marketing discipline in XL and makeit the preferred choice among students.

8. FINAX

With the vision of empowering XLers with knowledgefrom the financial world, Finax was started more thana decade back by a group of XLers. By exposingstudents to real life situations and through industryinteractions it ensures that the students get a holistic

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perspective in finance. The committee also organizesone-day workshops, guest lectures and financialgames by inviting the hot shots from the industry tointeract with XLers. The motive here is also tofacilitate learning in finance by way of fin- games,which excite the student community. It alsoaddresses the student concerns and issues relatedto finance area at XLRI. Some electives have beenfloated with the active involvement of Finax and theindustry. The association intends going from strengthto strength by leveraging technology to help studentssolve and experience real life cases in the financialworld. Finax tries to enhance the interface ofstudents of the Personnel Management area tofinance by suggesting improvements in the financecourses offered by the institute in the PM&IR area.

This year Finax organized an online stock marketsimulation game POONJI during ENSEMBLE 2002,which was a huge success. The software used forPOONJI, which was developed in house was wellappreciated by the participants as well as thesponsors. Finax looks forward to develop morechallenging and exciting games, which really addlearning value to the students. Moreover Finax isplanning to organize a national Finance Conferenceduring the year 2003-2004.

In short, at Finax, we can proudly say, “We arepassionate about finance.”

9. POISE

XLRI sees its role as being more than just a changeagent, transforming students into leaders of thefuture. The integration of international economies isfast transforming the commercial landscape in whicha business house operates. Globalization hasheralded a new business paradigm, which calls fordynamic managers with an international perspective.

Keeping up the mantle of a proactive BusinessSchool, and to work towards its motto of “Todevelop globally competitive managers”, XLRIenvisages a symbiotic climate of internationalcooperation amongst the centres of managementexcellence across continents. With this objective inmind POISE ( PrOgramme for International

Student Exchange) has been set up. It is theyoungest committee on campus and seeks tofacilitate a two way exchange programme forstudents.

The Exchange Program at XLRI seeks to equipfuture managers with an increased exposure tocultures and business practices beyond their nationalboundaries, as well as to acquaint and sensitizethem to political, social and economic issues andbusiness ethics at the international level, tocomplement their knowledge of the Indian scenario.The committee has set for itself the target ofenabling a student exchange programme for XLRIfrom this batch onwards and thus be able to putIndian business schools on the international mapalong with the IIMs.

10. SAPPHIRE

SAPPHIRE, the Students Association for thePromotion of Personnel Management, HumanResources and Industrial RElations at XLRI, is thestudent’s body aiming to integrate the experiences ofpractitioners with the theoretical knowledge ofacademicians in the area of human resourcesdevelopment.

Our Mission: To enable development of world-class,well-rounded HR professionals who are capable ofdelivering and creating value in the emergingbusiness environment.

Central to this mission is the unshaken belief thatcontinuous interaction with industry is needed to givea well-rounded, practical business perspective thatadds to the quality of management education byproviding students at XLRI with a deeperunderstanding on real issues and the actuality ofcorporate existence.

Our activities: Through its 15 years of existence,Sapphire has organized a consortium of events,which facilitate interaction between students andindustry on issues relevant to a budding HRprofessional. Some of these activities, which haveserved a platform for debating and discussing state-of-the-art HR and Industrial Relations practicesinclude:

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! Seminars and conferences! Guest Lectures from practicing HR

professionals and academicians! Showcase on current trends in HR! Essay competitions! Newsletter, etc.

Focus for the year 2003: 2002 was a landmarkyear for Sapphire, the committee having earned thedistinction of organizing the maximum number ofevents on campus. Sapphire has successfully beenable to build a brand for itself in the industry andefforts shall be aimed to increase the interactionbetween the industry and the institute.

Agenda:

1. The 3rd National HR Conference in 2001placed XLRI on the map once again andSapphire intends to continue with the trend.Efforts will be directed at harping on the pastachievements and churning out the 4th NationalHR Conference, a forum for the corporateworld to discuss the emerging trends in HR.Without doubt, the event is set to be thegreatest event of the institute this year.

2. Sapphire got its 1st Consultancy Project, one-learning; from Mr. Jeevan Joshi; Sr.Consultant PwC; Sydney, Australia. Theproject involves developing web based trainingmodules. 12 students of PM&IR, BMD andFPM are working on this project. Apart fromsuccessfully completing the project during thisyear, we seek to bag more projects and thus,strengthen our relationship with the industry.

3. The biannual issues of the Sapphire newsletterare scheduled to be released in March andSeptember.

4. In 2002, Sapphire organized TCS Workshop, onActivity Based Management; by Mr. RamjeiNarasimhhan, Head ABM, TCS; Chennai andAsian Paints Workshop & Case Study Contest,on International Compensation. The workshopsthis year will be targeted during the 4th and 5thsemester; the series being conducted by

industry experts on contemporary issuesrelated to HR and IR.

5. To take the already existent relationshipbetween Sapphire and National HRD Networkto greater heights. The earlier effort in thisdirection was that of launching of the one-stopHR portal, and this year we seek to completelyintegrate the framework.

6. As a part of Ensemble 2002, we organized,Eveready Live Case Study Contest, beingattended by Mr. Rajeev Chopra, VP-HR,Eveready Industries India Ltd. Students gotthe opportunity to try their hands on a live caseof Guindy Plant of Eveready. Sapphire intendsto continue with the same concept oforganizing live case studies. We alsoconceptualized and organized an innovative HRGame- SappHR Game, the most sought afterevent at Ensemble-2002. The response to this3 stage game involving different scenarios wasoverwhelming, and we seek to make this eventa permanent one for Ensemble. Apart from thetwo events mentioned above, Sapphire alsoproposes to come out with a game in livecollective bargaining (a simulation of whatactually happens in organizations). The eventwill be wrapped up with a short talk by an IRstalwart who would be providing a deeperinsight into what a collective bargaining sessionis like in reality.

7. Efforts have been directed in the past towardsfulfilling our dream of launching the subjectHRIP (Human Resource in Practice) and weshall strive to have the dream fulfilled and havean elective on contemporary HR for us.

8. The sapphire bulletin-board has been an HRand IR news & information board. We hope tomake it more informative and useful for thestudents of PM&IR by posting articles oncontemporary HR and IR as well as corporatetrivia.

9. “Manthan” was another initiative, where wetried to provide a platform for students to share

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their summer training experiences with batchmates and also with the juniors, in order tohave a comprehensive learning about variousorganizations. Having overcome the initialhiccups last year, we seek to streamline theentire process this year and gain more duringthese knowledge-churning sessions.

Sapphire has been able to hit the corporate world ina big way during the past years. Attempts shall bemade at harping on these relationships and nurturingthem so that they could be used to our benefit in thecoming years.

11. SPORTSCOMM

If you think that XLRI is all about studies, think again!At XL, we believe in slogging it out, be it theclassrooms or the sports field. To take care of theall the sports and games activities, we have theSports Committee @ XLRI.”XL was gripped bysports fever during the months of August andSeptember, when the Ratanjee Memorial Sports Meetwas held. The senior versus junior meet was closelycontested with the seniors prevailing over the juniorsin a nail biting finish. The purpose of the tournamentis to bring out the team and competitive spirit in thestudents. At the end of the tournament, the bestjunior players are identified for the XL team, which willrepresent it in the mother of all clashes - the XL-IIMC Meet!!

No sermon on sports in XLRI is complete without theAnnual XL-IIMC Meet. In the early 70s, the studentsof two of India’s finest and premier B-Schools – XLRIJamshedpur and IIM Calcutta, felt the need for aninteraction that would facilitate an exchange of ideasand thoughts and also have some fun. Though theywere separated by a few hundred kilometers only,there was hardly any meeting between the twoinstitutes. So, the students planned an annualrendezvous wherein they would participate inacademic seminars, presentations and some sportsover a weekend in November. Unfortunately, over theyears, the raison d’être behind the meet – exchangeof ideas, thoughts etc, lost its sheen among thestudents. Fortunately, the interaction continued

thanks to an event that was originally included togenerate interest and fun – sports. This year too themeet was held in the month of October when thewhole student community of IIM-C came down toXLRI & slugged it out in true “business spirit” of dogeat dog!!

12. DRACULA

Dracula… well is not the title of the latest Ramsaybrothers’ movie or Spielberg’s next venture. This isthe acronym for the Dramatics and CulturalAssociation at XLRI.

Our goal:

“We seek to employ fun practices, inorganizing a high quality of variedentertainment content, which stimulate thecreative potential of a diverse studentfraternity.”

But, what exactly is a dramatics and culturalassociation doing in a B-school? Imagine the scenario- people going crazy about midterms, end terms, andproject deadlines. Sleep starved zombies runningaround printing out projects or just last minutecramming. In the middle of all this frenzy, their lasthope at retaining their sanity is the host of eventsorganized by Dracula, the society that gets thecreative juices flowing and gives the much- neededdistraction from the hectic (understatement of theyear!) schedule. In short WE KEEP THE CAMPUSALIVE!

And this is how we achieve our goal:-

The Junior’s Nite

A fun filled evening organized by the seniors for theirjunior colleagues. Starting off with a liveentertainment show put up by the seniors and endingwith a seven course meal. The junior’s nite is one ofthe many ice breaker sessions between the seniorsand the juniors.

The Talent Nite

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artists, bathroom singers, stand up comedians andHollywood wannabes; to show off their talent to theseniors.

The Senior’s Nite

A nite filled with music, skits, laughter and tearfulgoodbyes as we go by the year’s idiosyncrasies andlet the juniors conjure up a magical night that leadsinto a feast fit for royalty and make sure that thememories never fade. The XLRIan way of saying“bon jour” seniors.

Fangs

When the marketing theories and the OB fundasbecome too monotonous to handle, the Dracula isthere again to the rescue. Our newsletter Fangs shallbite into those creative juices waiting to be tapped,be it a story, a joke, a photograph, a cartoon, andall those interesting b-school anecdotes that becomea part of us forever.

National Festivals

Be it the festival of colors or the festival of lightsDracula to light up those crackers and splattercolor...infusing the campus with the festive spirit. Themulti-cultural student fraternity just gives us anexcuse to celebrate all festivals round the year...!!

13. FIRE@X

FIRE@X (Forum for Industrial Relations at XLRI) isone of the youngest committees on the campus andhas gained tremendous campus presence in the year2002-03.One of the primary reasons has been the2nd National IR Conference organized this year. Itwas successfully conducted from 27-29th ofDecember 2002. The theme for the conference was“Redefining IR- From Apathy to Initiative”.

It was a landmark event for the committee as wellas for our esteemed institute. It boasted of eminentspeakers like Mr. Patwardhan, (VP, HR),

Asian Paints, Mr. B.N.Sarangi (CHIEF HR, IR),TISCO and Mr.O.P.Malhotra who is an authority inthe field of industrial disputes.

The committee organized “Samiksha- the IR casedebate” for ENSEMBLE, for which there was anoverwhelming response. It has encouraged us toconduct such events in the future not only internallybut also try and have external case studycompetitions.

We took out two newsletters this year one of whichwas a conference issue, which was morecomprehensive and was distributed among theparticipants and faculty during NIRC-2002.

We plan to have more plant visits next year, have anewsletter per term basis, organize an internal aswell as external case study competitions , sharing ofsummer gyan with juniors and complete theFIRE@X- TISCO project on which work in terms ofdata collection had been done this time but could notbe completed due to time constraints.

14. Plato

Plato, the committee that feeds, or at least attemptsto feed, your minds through the exhaustions ofGango, Tasvi, Venki, Kakani, comprises of SaketJhunjhunwala, Kaustav De, Shilpi Pandey, SumitSingh, Russel D’Costa, Kaushik Sen & MohanVamshi.

We had the enviable task of satisfying the tastes ofa group as varied as the XLers. We were subjectedto the maximum brickbats but also at the endcomplimented a lot, mostly by the seniors. So Ibelieve that we improved the conditions though a lotremains to be done. We hope that as the junior Platowill be able to improve things a lot more. With lots ofhope— signing off: Plato

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