XLRI – Xavier School of Management recently welcomed its new batch of students for the academic session of 2017. A ceremony of commencement was held on June 12 at the XLRI campus in Jamshedpur.
A total of 537 students joined the XLRI student fraternity, including those from the three flagship programmes:
o Business Management (PGDM-BM: 2017-19 batch) - 181 students
o Human Resource Management (PGDM-HRM: 2017-19 batch) - 181 students
o Fifteen-months General Management Programme (PGDM-GM: 2017-18 batch) - 109 students
Along with:
o Three years Post-Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM-BM, part time: 2017-20 batch) - 51 students
o Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) - 9 students
o Executive Fellow Programme in Management (EXEC-FPM) - 6 students
Welcoming words
The new students were welcomed in presence of all the current students, faculty and staff members. The welcome ceremony was addressed by Fr E Abraham, SJ, Director; Ashis K Pani, Dean (Academics) and Jerry Cutinha, SJ, Dean (Administration and Finance) at XLRI.
Welcoming the new batch of students, E Abraham said, “XLRI, besides being a higher learning institution is also a social institution. A strong connection with society will provide the edifice for value-oriented learning. This will instill in future business leaders a sensitivity that will inspire you to search for solutions to vexed socio-economic problems in the environment in which we are living. It is expected that you will hold personal values and beliefs consistent with your role as responsible flag bearers of this institution.”
“The hallmark of XLRI culture is: not to walk along the beaten path but to strike new routes; not to benchmark but to be benchmarked; to be second to none, but to be the first to respond to the needs of the people and the nation, by taking up the tasks which are bold but necessary, which nobody has hitherto taken up. This enterprising and pioneering spirit can be witnessed throughout the history of XLRI,” he added.
Jerome Joseph, Chair Professor of Industrial Relations at XLRI, also addressed the students on the occasion and spoke on the future of management education.
Orientation programmes
The new students will be taken through a special orientation programme drawn up by XLRI to update their knowledge before regular classes commence. The first-year students will also be taken for XLRI’s compulsory Village Exposure Programme and the Outbound Programme. Both the programmes have been specially designed for students to create awareness about the realities rural India.