XLRI Jamshedpur: Latest News, Events, Photos & Campus Reports

XLRI or Xavier School of Management is located in Jamshedpur. XLRI ranked 8th in the management category according to the July 15-released NIRF 2022 Rankings. XLRI Jamshedpur is a private management college run by Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Established in 1949, XLRI Jamshedpur is the oldest bschool in India. Read More about the recent events and happenings of the college.

XLRI conducted Ensemble Valhalla 23 rd edition from November 11th-13th, 2022

Date: November 18, 2022

The annual Ensemble-Valhalla 23rd edition, presented by XLRI in partnership with Ballebaazi, took place from November 11th–13th, 2022. The three-day festival featured participation from more than 45 business schools throughout the nation in over 40 categories.

The biggest festival in eastern India was launched on November 10, 2022, by Mr. Chanakya Chaudhary, Vice President of Tata Steel, who spoke to the XLRI community at the Tata Auditorium. This year’s theme was Symphony in Chaos.

There was something for everyone thanks to the 30+ flagship events, which included The Next Gen Leader, Strike or Yield, War of Wits, and many others. They covered the three fields of culture, sports, and management and were topped off with performances by the best artists in the nation. The programs were developed for colleges across the nation and various disciplines, including HR, social causes, consulting, art, and dance. Thousands of students attended the programs at the festival and there were also selected events curated for online and offline modes.

A speaker’s conference called Idea Summit was also held as part of the festival, bringing together veterans from various walks of life for insightful discussions. Speaking to the students this year were personalities like Krish Shankar, Miss Malini, and Sonal Agarwal on several panels like ShEO, CHRO, and Business. Featuring exclusively at the Idea Summit, there was also a Shark Tank Panel, a special addition to the panels this year, featuring Sulay Lavsi, Anushree Maloo, Ravi, and Anuja Kabra from the television program “Shark Tank Season 1”

The pro-shows, which are the most entertaining part of the festival, were held offline this year. The artists performed live on the XLRI Campus, and the good news is that the doors were open to Jamshedpur Audience as well. The magic combo Salim-Sulaiman performed live for the Artist Night on November 13th, and the stand-up comedian Azeem Banatwala performed on the comedy night.

XLRI Jamshedpur organized a 2-day Faculty Development Programme for Management Academicians

Date: October 28, 2022

Xavier School of Management - XLRI, Jamshedpur organized a 2-day “Faculty Development Programme” with an aim to equip academics with skills necessary to excel in careers as researchers and educators. The Programme will be conducted on 28th-29th October 2022 under the guidance of Prof. Munish Thakur, XLRI.

The event witnessed an active participation from XAT 2023’s XAMI members. Management academicians from premier institutions like Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA) - Chennai, St. Joseph’s Institute of Management (SJIM) - Bangalore, Xavier Institute of Development Action and Studies (XIDAS) - Jabalpur, Xavier Institute of Management - XIM University Bhubaneswar, XLRI - Delhi NCR, St. Xavier's College - Dumka, Xavier Institute of Development Action and Studies (XIDAS) - Jabalpur, St Xavier’s Univ (SXUK) - Kolkata and some more had participated.

On the inauguration day of the event, Fr. Donald D’ Silva SJ, Dean - Administration & Finance welcomed the gathering. “XAT is not just XLRI, it is indeed the participation of all our XAMI members. This Faculty Development Programme is a small initiative of XLRI to attain its mission of being committed to excellence in management education, research and training. It is going to be a small networking and learning exercise where we’ll get an opportunity to learn from each other”, he said.

A small video clip talking about the Heritage of XLRI was also played during the inauguration event. The crowd also witnessed the students' emotions towards their institution “XL Meri Jaan” and heard the Alumni talk about their achievements and success and how XLRI helped them grow.

Further during his interaction with the gathering, Fr. Donald also shared that XLRI is soon going to celebrate its Platinum Jubilee. “All our faculty and staff members have together helped us achieve our mission so far and there is a long way to go for XLRI”, he said.

Prof. Munish Thakur is the Program Director of the Faculty Development Programme at XLRI Jamshedpur. He has nearly 2 decades of experience and has extensive administrative experience as the head of research and admissions at XLRI. He interacted with the participants and said, “We are going to follow an open approach for our workshop. Institutions are now moving towards research and are establishing a presence in emerging segments of management education. Hence, we will be discussing more about the different types of research and designs, writing case studies and some more topics. I wholeheartedly welcome you all to XLRI.”

The FDP will include discussions on theory-sensitive research, research design, data analysis, data presentation, paper writing, case writing, and using various pedagogical techniques in the classroom. The FDP will engage participants through various methods, including lectures, hands-on data analysis, free-flowing discussions, and panel discussions.

XLRI Students host Innovation Challenge for school students of Jamshedpur

Date: October 27, 2022

XLRI recently concluded the inaugural edition of “Jamshedpur’s Best Young Innovators”, an innovation-based competition for school children in classes 9th-12th. This competition was ideated and conducted by final year students; Tejas Bagrecha, P Karthik, Shivani Rai, J Tanay and Naayl Humza belonging to XLRI’s flagship post-graduate management program under the Gales of Creative Destruction course by Prof Saurav Snehvrat. The competition saw the participation of students from more than 30 schools in Jamshedpur. The competition required students to identify an unaddressed or underappreciated problem in society and use innovation to develop solutions to these problems. 24 children were selected, based on their submissions, to attend a 2-hour interactive workshop on the methods of innovation delivered by the student team.

The workshop culminated in a certificate distribution by the District Education Officer of East Singhbhum, Nirmali Kumari Bareliya, the Director of XLRI, Fr. S George, SJ, and Dean Academics of XLRI, Dr. Sanjay Patro. The team was guided by Prof Saurav Snehvrat and Prof Giridhar Ramachandran in their pursuit.

XLRI as an institution aims to nurture global leaders for the greater good. It is inspired by the Jesuit spirit of “Magis” which includes Creativity and Innovation. “Jamshedpur’s Best Young Innovators” is an attempt by the above-mentioned team to nurture a spirit of innovation in young students and contribute to the local community.

XLRI PGDM (GM) has successfully completed its CHRO Conclave- KRONOS- Workplace 4.0: Creating Today for Tomorrow

Date: October 27, 2022

XLRI’s Conclave Committee hosted its CHRO Conclave – KRONOS on 15th and 16th of October 2022.

KRONOS 2.0 aims to provide a platform for sharing best industry practices and their views on what strategies the organizations can implement to navigate their organization through these turbulent times and make them future-ready, through a series of interactive panel discussions and keynote addresses by industry leaders.

The conclave was held Hybrid (Oct 15th) and Online (Oct 16th) with Aparajita Chaudhuri, Jeetu Mohan, Dilpreet Kaur, Divya Parimala Enamandra, Sohrab Faraz as Student Moderators and Prof. Sunil Kumar Sarangi as Faculty Moderator for the session. Students Sanjeevani Srivastava, Vijaynkesh Bariar, Maneesh Devarunda Raghu, Shaunak Mayur Vora, Shilpita Panigraphy, Bharath R Rao and Sarayu Nair was host and co-host for the event.

It started with the Inaugural Address by Mr. Ranaveer Sinha, President Alumni Association & Board of Governors Member, XLRI Jamshedpur. He mentioned how Jamshedpur and the house of Tata is the pioneer of HR practice. It was Tata’s who started the 8-hour workday, provident fund, maternity benefits, diversity and inclusion, Tata’s introduced the concept of Talent Value Management. He stressed that diversity is not just inclusion of women in workforce but also the lgbtq+ community. He stressed that since the last few years HR innovation has been for white collar workers, but it is time to focus on blue collar jobs once again as manufacturing is growing in India. He told that “How an HR leader is a great fit to become a CEO as he/she has the appropriate skills to handle people”

It was followed by the Chief Speaker Dr. Varadharaju Janardhanan, Vice President HR, Flipkart. He enlightened us on the topics for Data Transformation explaining its purpose, power of data and personalization. The case studies touched various aspect of innovation in HR functions. His stories and use cases are going to stay for us forever. One of the key take aways from this session is to not become a victim of the situation and have the right attitude in the face of challenge.

It was followed by Panel Discussion on Topic “The Interaction between Human and Machine Labour” by Rajnish Kumar, Group President & Head - Compensation & Benefits and Business HR- YES BANK, Anshula Verma, HR Director and National Head Talent Acquisition- EY, Chandra Mohan, Head Employee Relations- Delmonte Foods India and moderated by Aparajita Chaudhuri, student of XLRI Jamshedpur.

The speaker Rajnish Kumar, Group President & Head - Compensation & Benefits and Business HR- YES BANK, articulated that “Every time tech evolves humans resist it. Nowadays, Science fiction is becoming reality thanks to AI/ML. Consumer demand for convenience and services has increased with respect to technology. During Covid, most banking was done from home. Therefore, risk of regulation went very high. Be transparent with your employees and advise them on best practices going forward”

This was followed by Anshula Verma, HR Director and National Head Talent Acquisition- EY, saying “Mobile Phones & Technology has made life easier and technology is fantastic for taking informed decisions. She also revealed two important things about Consulting. Consulting is Client facing role and Consulting thrives on connect (conviction is essential). At EY, they use AI Products and transform business for clients”.

It was followed by Chandra Mohan, Head Employee Relations- Delmonte Foods India, stressing on that people are initially resistive to changes. They are emotionally connected to something to which they regularly interact. Workplace emotion is really vital. Implementing the mood score index is really important. Technology gives us the medium, but empathy comes from our inner emotions. If business needs to progress, then understand the basic. Retaining a right challenge is as important as getting a right challenge”

The Second Panel discussed “Hyper Personalisation in HR” by Anand Dhruv, Associate Director HR, NTT Ltd., Vinay Agrawal, Global Head- Business HR, Tech Mahindra, Majid Ali Khan, Global Head Talent Acquisition- InfoCepts and moderated by Prof. Sunil Kumar Sarangi, Faculty, XLRI Jamshedpur.

The speaker Anand Dhruv, Associate Director HR, NTT Ltd., articulated how one should be leading by example, the importance of culture in an organization and the importance of investing in learning and development in an employee. He talked about the challenges faced by HR like uncertainty of times and unpredictability of mindsets of employer. The challenges in engagement, development and experience cycle of an employee and on how to work in coordination with various stakeholders.

This was followed by Vinay Agrawal, Global Head- Business HR, Tech Mahindra. He gave certain ways to engage customers in non-conventional way. He stressed the importance of tracking the basic data. He stressed that World has recognized Indian talent and has not accepted the diversity and inclusion in Indian context. He told never be afraid of trying new things. He stressed that data is important but rely on natural instinct.

It was followed by Majid Ali Khan, Global Head Talent Acquisition- InfoCepts, stressing that “Change” is about disruption. Talent Acquisition is the backbone of the HR function. He also talked about the importance of Connect, Communication and Convert. Connect can't happen without hyper-personalization.”

On the Second Day, the First Panel discussed “Rise of People Analytics and Future of Work” by Vikas Maheshwary, Global Head HR Transformation - Biocon Biologics, Sumit Neogi, HR Director - South Asia, Middle East & Africa- The Lubrizol Corporation Corporation, Joydeep Roy, MD - HR & Talent Supply Chain Leader, PwC India and moderated by Jeetu Mohan, Student of XLRI Jamshedpur.

The speaker Vikas Maheshwary, Global Head HR Transformation - Biocon Biologics, talked about creating Personas for the management of the diversity at the workplace. He always wanted to create a lean structure with linking the required and appropriate data from the Data lake. He also stated that prescriptive analytics has taken HR data to next level than only presenting the data in Dashboard”.

This was followed by Sumit Neogi, HR Director - South Asia, Middle East & Africa- The Lubrizol Corporation, saying “People analytics has human element. Percentage of subjectivity will reduce by analytics tools. Data analytics helps narrow down decision options. Personal data privacy laws are wishy washy. Policy defines what’s confidential and not, give limited access to the personal data - ways to maintain data privacy”.

It was followed by Joydeep Roy, MD - HR & Talent Supply Chain Leader, PwC India, stressing on that human resource has transitioned from being a transactional unit to one now can talk business. He stressed that companies should have code of conduct and employees should be aligned as per it. Creating a Talent Supply chain for the tier 2 cities is a differentiating factor in generating new pool of resources which can be leveraged by the organization in the competitive advantage. We should not be blindly dependent upon technology, it makes us very much vulnerable. Technology with human decisions is the capability to be built.”

The Second Panel discussed “The Mandate of Flexible Work conditions regarding Time and Locations” by Ritesh Agarwal, Sales Capability Head- Asia BU Region, PepsiCo, Urooj Fatma, Head HR, Macawber Beekay Pvt. Ltd., Amit Chincholikar, Global CHRO - Tata Consumer Products, Satish Rajarathnam, SVP HR - Head Talent Transformation, Mphasis and moderated by Dilpreet Kaur, Student, XLRI Jamshedpur.

The speaker Ritesh Agarwal, Sales Capability Head- Asia BU Region, PepsiCo, articulated that, He nostalgically remembered how he was part of the transformation from 12-hour working shifts in plants to 8-hour shifts and now to 4 days working in a week. He also clarified how the mandate is not only required for timing but also for the location, depending on how much you are exposed to risk and how hazardous the working conditions are. At the same time, remote working is still challenging in various work areas like sales and factories. Also, flexible working comes with different disadvantages too for employees and the organization as a whole. So, in conclusion, he reminded us that everything has to be balanced efficiently to gain more and lose less; the need for today is flexible timing and location, but Still, context is as important for the implementation.

This was followed by Urooj Fatma, Head HR, Macawber Beekay Pvt. Ltd., saying “There are jobs in the IT industry which could be done from home. Whereas there are jobs that happen in plants or sites where the person has to be present. So, work from home or work from office depends on the kind of work. Also, eventually the collaboration between employees is what is needed and whatever helps in achieving that is workable. The client and deliverables decide whether work from home is workable”.

It was followed by, Amit Chincholikar, Global CHRO - Tata Consumer Products, stressing on the advent of availing any service from anywhere has changed drastically. Workplaces are coming up with their own right mix of flexibility, agility, and adaptability to thrive in these times. Coming up with this right combination requires patience on the part of the organizations as it may take them multiple iterations to find the balance and build a two-way street of trust with their customers.

It was followed by Satish Rajarathnam, SVP HR - Head Talent Transformation, Mphasis, stressing that work performed by organization or any individual has changed over the years. Adoption of digital technology helped few professions to achieve efficiency and effectiveness. Ex. doctor performing remote surgeries. The workplace has become wonderful place to collaborate with colleagues and technology makes the work easier the social environment and job quality are changed, and technology enabled flexibility in the workplace.”

The Third Panel discussed “Strategies to navigate Era of Teamwork and Collaboration” by Parsuram Dash, CHRP®, Head of Training, HR & Admin, VE Pharma Inc, Digwanta Chakraborty, Regional HR Director -Head HR, Trinity Life Sciences, Roma Bindroo, CHRO, Zepto, and moderated by Divya Parimala Enamandra, students of XLRI Jamshedpur.

The speaker, Parsuram Dash, CHRP®, Head of Training, HR & Admin, VE Pharma Inc articulated that “Culture is very important since it brings better collaboration. Inter department conflicts and conflicts between bosses affects collaboration in a firm. Collaboration & Culture along with team work helps a company achieve its goals. Business Strategy comes first, and HR strategy follows. If HR strategy doesn’t align with business strategy, then you wouldn’t be able to hire the right person. HR needs to understand the business and identify the person which would be the perfect fit for the business”. A Wonderful thought.

This was followed by Digwanta Chakraborty, Regional HR Director -Head HR, Trinity Life Sciences, saying “It is impossible to imagine any organisation moving forward without the collective effort of all the people working together in a team. "People teaming" is something which people look for and it is essentially an inherent trait of human beings to come together as part of a team. It is crucial to build team, understand their dynamics and create a unique value system where 360-degree team effort is realised during the delivery and the team effort evolves as a culture in an organisation.”.

It was followed by Roma Bindroo, CHRO, Zepto, stressing on that there is a need to devise better team work and collaboration during these tough times. At the same time, the opportunities to create that is much more. Each person is very unique. Their dynamism is very interesting. When they are bought under a team, then managing such a team is difficult. So, we have to do a deep analysis and find out the trigger for such a behaviour.”

The speaker R Alexander, Director HR, Oracle, articulated about various methodologies like Agile and Kanban that were present long before we started hearing of them. He stressed on the point that organizations need to be obsessed with customers and why Human Resources need to have a purpose and a clear vision and mission.

This was followed by Vikram Khanna, Global Talent Team Member & Global Sales Academy Lead, Solvay interpreted Agility in HR as creating Value for customers & Value for employees. He said that there are 2 ways of looking towards Agility in HR - HR for agile (How HR can create policies for people to bring agility) and Agile for HR (The new processes to build which brings Agility for HR). He also stressed that agility is more about creating values moving with business and creating avenues. It is about moving from secrecy to transparency. The idea of agile HR is to create business value, employee value & customer value.”.

It was followed by Dr. Nidhi Dhanju, Group CHRO, Praj Industries, stressing on that Agile for HR has the potential to reinvent our operational model and help us modernize as a profession. We don’t even need to work in an Agile organization to do Agile for HR and can realize the benefits very quickly by applying a few basics steps in your everyday work. Agile HR mindset is also about our people being the customer and user of the employee experience. When viewed this way, value begins to represent something that delights the customer and helps the employee be successful in their job. It also creates a need to design human-centric people practices that are validated through the direct feedback of the users”

It was followed by Rohith Kumar, Head HR, Landmark Group - SPAR India (Max Hypermarket India Pvt. Ltd., who stressed that HR is always agile in retail. He also said that agility in HR is mindset. Mindset comes from different design structure. Communication between employees and customers helps to build up agility in HR, that takes care of customers and employees at the same time. Agility in HR can be achieved by moving away from desk jobs, recruiting agile mindset people and measuring input and output matrices. In order to start the agile in HR, there is no specific touchpoint. We need to touch as many as possible touch points which come from business and which will benefit employees.” These words surely enriched our knowledge.

The grand event was concluded with a Vote of Thanks by the Conclave Committee of XLRI summarizing the whole session & bringing it to a delightful close.

XLRI Jamshedpur signs MoU with Trident Group

Date: October 27, 2022

Xavier School of Management (XLRI) Jamshedpur recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with The Trident Group on 19th October 2022 for academic collaboration to promote excellence in common areas of interest, imparting knowledge and skills that are required for XLRI students in their corporate journey. Fr. S George, S.J., Director of XLRI and Padma Shri Rajinder Gupta, Founder and Chairman Emeritus, Trident Group signed this MoU.

As a part of the MoU, Trident Group will educate and enlighten XLRI’s PGDM (GMP) students about different functions in the organization, multiple career paths and gradual progression curve. This would happen via campus engagement for the entire batch. Campus engagement programs, leadership talks, student interaction sessions will also be conducted.

Speaking on the occasion, Fr. S George, S.J., Director of XLRI said, “With a vision to nurture responsive ethical future business leaders, XLRI accepts collaborations from corporates keeping in mind the industry requirements and changing business landscape. Foreseeing these situations, XLRI has joined hands with The Trident Group. When budding business leaders interact with successful entrepreneurs, they get to know about their struggles and by taking notes of their journey it also prepares them for the struggle that they may face in the path to success.”

Padma Shri Rajinder Gupta, Founder and Chairman Emeritus, Trident Group also addressed PGDM (GM) students on the same day. He discussed how the business landscape is evolving with time and technology. He shared his entrepreneurial journey and talked about all the challenges & difficulties he faced and how he managed to overcome them. “Entrepreneurship is all about how you survive when you don’t have any options. It’s all about the mindset to tackle the problems you face in your journey”, he said.

He also spoke about the Vision of Trident and how in the coming years, they want to grow and capture the market share to survive in the textile sector. He also mentioned that they are soon going to enter the market of biofuel. The session witnessed an active participation from 120+ students and other management staff members.

XLRI as an institution aims to nurture global leaders for the greater good and we strongly believe that this collaboration will help budding executives and managers of today to hone their skills to lead their organizations in the future.

XLRI PGDM (GM) has successfully completed its CHRO Conclave- KRONOS- Workplace 4.0: Creating Today for Tomorrow (15th and 16th October 2022)

Date: October 27, 2022

XLRI’s Conclave Committee hosted its CHRO Conclave – KRONOS on 15th and 16th of October 2022.

DAY 01

It started with the Inaugural Address by Mr. Ranaveer Sinha, President Alumni Association & Board of Governors Member, XLRI Jamshedpur followed by the Chief Speaker Dr. Varadharaju Janardhanan, Vice President HR, Flipkart. He enlightened us on the topics for Data Transformation explaining its purpose, power of data and personalization.

It was followed by Panel Discussion on Topic “The Interaction between Human and Machine Labour” by Rajnish Kumar, Group President & Head - Compensation & Benefits and Business HR- YES BANK, Anshula Verma, HR Director and National Head Talent Acquisition- EY, Chandra Mohan, Head Employee Relations- Delmonte Foods India and moderated by Aparajita Chaudhuri, student of XLRI Jamshedpur. They discussed how tech evolves everytime and humans resist it and how Mobile Phones & Technology has made life easier and technology is fantastic for taking informed decisions.

The Second Panel discussed “Hyper Personalisation in HR” by Anand Dhruv, Associate Director HR, NTT Ltd., Vinay Agrawal, Global Head- Business HR, Tech Mahindra, Majid Ali Khan, Global Head Talent Acquisition- InfoCepts and moderated by Prof. Sunil Kumar Sarangi, Faculty, XLRI Jamshedpur. The panel discussed the challenges faced by HR like uncertainty of times and unpredictability of mindsets of employers. They also focused on the importance of data, connect, communication and convert.

DAY 02

On the Second Day, the First Panel discussed “Rise of People Analytics and Future of Work” by Vikas Maheshwary, Global Head HR Transformation - Biocon Biologics, Sumit Neogi, HR Director - South Asia, Middle East & Africa- The Lubrizol Corporation Corporation, Joydeep Roy, MD - HR & Talent Supply Chain Leader, PwC India and moderated by Jeetu Mohan, Student of XLRI Jamshedpur. The panel discussed developing personas for the management of the diversity at the workplace and how people analytics has a human element.

The Second Panel discussed “The Mandate of Flexible Work conditions regarding Time and Locations” by Ritesh Agarwal, Sales Capability Head- Asia BU Region, PepsiCo, Urooj Fatma, Head HR, Macawber Beekay Pvt. Ltd., Amit Chincholikar, Global CHRO - Tata Consumer Products, Satish Rajarathnam, SVP HR - Head Talent Transformation, Mphasis and moderated by Dilpreet Kaur, Student, XLRI Jamshedpur. The panel also stressed on the advent of availing any service from anywhere has changed drastically. Workplaces are coming up with their own right mix of flexibility, agility, and adaptability to thrive in these times.

The Fourth Panel discussed “An Agile HR” by R Alexander, Director HR, Oracle, Vikram Khanna, Global Talent Team Member & Global Sales Academy Lead, Solvay, Dr. Nidhi Dhanju, Group CHRO, Praj Industries, Rohith Kumar, Head HR, Landmark Group - SPAR India (Max Hypermarket India Pvt. Ltd.) and moderated by Sohrab Faraz, Student, XLRI Jamshedpur. They discussed Agility in HR - HR for agile (How HR can create policies for people to bring agility) and Agile for HR (The new processes to build which brings Agility for HR).

The grand event was concluded with a Vote of Thanks by the Conclave Committee of XLRI summarizing the whole session & bringing it to a delightful close.

XLRI PGDM(GM) to Host KRONOS 2.0, on the theme "Workplace 4.0: Creating Today for Tomorrow"

XLRI Jamshedpur

Date: October 13, 2022

XLRI PGDM(GM) batch of 2022-23 brings forth one of its kind - KRONOS 2.0 - to be held on 15th October and 16th October 2022. KRONOS 2.0 is going to be a physical event (15 oct 2022) and virtual event (16 oct 2022) and the theme for the conclave is “Workplace 4.0: Creating Today for Tomorrow”.

The event will be facilitated by Ms. Aparajita Chaudhuri, Prof. Sunil Kumar Sarangi, Ms. Jeetu Mohan, Ms. Dilpreet Kaur, Ms. Divya Parimala Enamandra, Mr. Sohrab Faraz and XLRI PGDM (GM) Student Conclave Committee.

Registration for the event can be done through the following link - https://lnkd.in/gUn4Gh6X

Workplace 4.0 is one such paradigm shift wherein organizations are realizing the need to retain, nurture and maximize the potential of their employees. The HR function has emerged as a strategic partner to the business to facilitate the future transition of the workplace. Organizations need to change to accommodate the future workplace requirement from helping employees with a hybrid work environment, to managing the entire employee experience cycle remotely.

The First day of the Conclave starts with an Inaugural Address by Ranaveer Sinha, President Alumni Association & Board of Governors Member, XLRI Jamshedpur. Our Chief Speaker will be Varadharaju Janardhanan, Vice President HR, Flipkart.

We have our First Panel on topic “The Interaction between Human and Machine Labour” which will be discussed by Rajnish Kumar, Group President & Head - Compensation & Benefits and Business HR- YES BANK, Anshula Verma, HR Director and National Head Talent Acquisition- EY, Chandra Mohan, Head Employee Relations- Delmonte F. which will be moderated by Aparajita Chaudhuri, student of PGDM(GM).

The Second Panel is titled “Hyper Personalisation in HR” which will be discussed by Anand Dhruv, Associate Director HR, NTT Ltd., Vinay Agrawal, Global Head- Business HR, Tech Mahindra, Majid Ali Khan, Global Head of Talent Acquisition- InfoCepts and moderated by Prof. Sunil Kumar Sarangi, Faculty, General Management Area, XLRI Jamshedpur.

The Day 2 of the event starts with Panel “Rise of People Analytics & Future of Work” discussed by Vikas Maheshwary, Global Head HR Transformation - Biocon Biologics, Satish Mohapatra, VP & Head HR, Siemens Smart Infrastructure, Sumit Neogi, HR Director - South Asia, Middle East & Africa- The Lubrizol Corporation Corporation, Joydeep Roy, MD - HR & Talent Supply Chain Leader, PwC India and this will be moderated by Jeetu Mohan, Student, PGDM(GM).

The next panel will be of the topic “Mandate of Flexible Work Conditions regarding Time and Location” discussed by Ritesh Agarwal, Sales Capability Head- Asia BU Region, PepsiCo, Urooj Fatma, Head HR, Macawber Beekay Pvt Ltd., Amit Chincholikar, Global CHRO - Tata Consumer Products, Satish Rajarathnam, SVP HR - Head Talent Transformation, Mphasis and moderated by Dilpreet Kaur, Student, PGDM(GM).

The Panel 3 with the topic “Strategies to Navigate Era of Teamwork & Collaboration” will be discussed by Parsuram Dash, CHRP®, Head of Training, HR & Admin, VE Pharma Inc, Digwanta Chakraborty, Regional HR Director -Head HR, Trinity Life Sciences, Roma Bindroo, CHRO, Zepto, Yogesh Patgaonkar, MCC, Chief People Officer, Persistent Systems and moderated by Divya Parimala Enamandra, Student, PGDM(GMP).

The Fourth Panel with the topic “An Agile HR” will be discussed by R Alexander, Director HR, Oracle, Vikram Khanna, Global Talent Team Member & Global Sales Academy Lead, Solvay, Nidhi Dhanju. PhD, Group CHRO, Praj Industries, Rohith Kumar, Head of HR, Landmark Group - SPAR India (Max Hypermarket India Pvt. Ltd.) and moderated by Sohrab Faraz, Student, PGDM(GM).

The grand event will be concluded with a Vote of Thanks by the Conclave Committee of XLRI summarizing the whole session & bringing it to a delightful close.

XLRI completes Summer Internship Placements 2022

Date: October 11, 2022

XLRI - Xavier School of Management has successfully achieved 100% placements for the batch of 2022-24 for its flagship two-year programmes - Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resource Management and Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management. The largest batch in the Institute’s history, comprising 510 students, secured 525 offers during the process from 103 firms across Consulting, Finance, Sales & Marketing, General Management, Product Management, Operations, Analytics and Human Resources, among other roles.

XLRI achieved record-high average and median stipends of INR 1.54 lakhs per month (LPM) and INR 1.50 LPM, marking year-on-year increases of 16.67 percent and 20 percent respectively. The highest stipend stood at INR 3.5 LPM.

The average stipend for the top 5 percent, top 10 percent, top 25 percent & top 50 percent stood at INR 2.35 LPM, INR 2.17 LPM, INR 2.02 LPM & INR 1.85 LPM respectively. 96% of all the offers secured will draw a stipend of atleast INR 1 LPM, with 67% drawing atleast INR 1.5 LPM.

Fr S George S.J, Director XLRI - Xavier School of Management commented, "We have had another astoundingly successful summer placement season at XLRI, breaking all previous records. It is a testament to the quality of leaders that XLRI has to offer to the Industry. We are extremely grateful to all our recruiters for choosing their next leaders from XLRI, and to the faculty, staff and students for their continued support in this journey"

Sectoral Overview

Consulting & Advisory:

Recruiters in the management consulting domain included Accenture Strategy, Aon Consulting, Auctus Advisors, Bain & Company, Boston Consulting Group, Deloitte, Ernst and Young, Kearney, KPMG, McKinsey & Company, PwC, and Synergy Consulting among others. Accenture Strategy was the top recruiter with 30 offers, followed by Boston Consulting Group, Bain & Company, PwC and McKinsey & Company with 22, 16, 11 and 9 offers respectively.

BFSI:

Prominent recruiters in the BFSI space included American Express, Avendus Capital, Axis Bank, Bajaj Finserv, Citibank, Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance, Goldman Sachs, HDFC Bank, IndigoEdge, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Kotak Mahindra Bank, NatWest Group, Prime Venture Partners, Shannonside Capital, Standard Chartered Bank and TresVista among others. These firms extended offers for their Hedge Fund, Private Equity, Venture Capital, Markets, Front-End Investment Banking, Wealth Management, Commercial Banking and Private Banking roles. American Express was the top recruiter in the BFSI sector with 8 offers followed by JP Morgan and Shannonside Capital with 3 offers each in their Debt Market, Sales & Trading and Hedge Fund Buy Side roles.

FMCG & Consumer Durables:

XLRI has established itself as a campus preferred by FMCGs and Consumer Durables sectors and the trend continued this year with top firms such as AB InBev, Asian Paints, Bajaj Auto, Beam Suntory, Colgate Palmolive, Himalaya Wellness, Hindustan Unilever, ITC, Mars, Mondelez, Nestle, P&G, PepsiCo, Pernod Ricard offering roles in Strategy, Digital Marketing, Sales, Brands Product Supply, Operations, Finance, IT, and Human Resources. Bajaj Auto was the top recruiter with 25 offers followed by HUL and Asian Paints with 21 and 11 offers respectively.

Conglomerates:

The conglomerate cohort saw participation from Aditya Birla Group, JSW, Mahindra Group, RPG Group and Tata Administrative Services, among others. Aditya Birla Group was the highest recruiter with 11 offers followed by Reliance and Tata Administrative Services with 9 and 6 offers respectively.

IT & E-Commerce:

In the IT and E-Commerce sector participating firms included Amazon, Atlassian, Flipkart, Freshworks, Google, Info Edge, Media.Net, PhonePe, Samsung, Star Disney, Tata 1Mg, Uber, Udaan, Walmart and Winzo among others offering roles in the Product Management, Operations, Marketing, Program Management, General Management and Human Resources. Amazon was the top recruiter in this sector with 41 offers followed by Walmart and Flipkart with 7 and 6 offers respectively.

The new recruiters this year included Airtel, Alkem Laboratories, Atlassian, Auctus Advisors, BLS International, Himalaya Wellness, IndigoEdge, Piramal, Prime Venture Partners, Providence, SBI Capital, Shannonside Capital, Something’s Brewing, Tata 1mg, United Breweries Limited and Winzo among others.

XLRI PGDM(GM) has completed the Fire Chat Interview: Sanjeev Krishan

Date: September 07, 2022

The event began with an Inaugural Address by Shilpita Panigrahy, XLRI Jamshedpur, who welcomed the Guest Speaker, Mr. Sanjeev Krishan, and the GST members offered a bouquet.

The session’s guest was Mr. Sanjeev Krishan, Chairman, at PWC India.

Sanjeev Krishan spoke about several issues and provided a great insight into the fire chat questions posed by the audience. He began discussing the qualities required to be a successful leader in any firm. Shilpita Panigrahy and Ankit Agrawal, the moderators of the event, queried Mr. Krishan on how PWC works closely with technological innovation and advised three mantras for budding managers of tomorrow for handling complex problems in the industry. The primary mantra was about the risk-taking capability of the managers and the guts to accept their failures in the initial phase of their careers. He discussed the key drivers that PWC plans to focus on in order to increase its footprints in tier 2 and tier 3 Indian cities like Bhubaneswar and Jaipur. He also explained how PWC implements the BXT approach while developing solutions keeping business and technology on the same page with changing customer requirements. He mentioned that he aspires for the 80/20 Pareto rule for the company in the future where-in 80% of its revenue would come from 20% of the major clients. He went on to discuss the importance of public collaboration with PWC to achieve net zero carbon emissions and promote sustainable developments. He spoke about acquiring Salesforce consulting firm “Venerate” recently and his plans to leverage this acquisition to enhance its consulting practices. He threw some light on the booming of the logistics and pharmaceuticals sector in the near future. While speaking on new technologies he advised the company’s focus would be primarily on resolving the client’s pain points with the use of technology.

The session ended with a few questions from the audience on technological advancements and how PWC maintains the trust of its customers. Mr. Sanjeev put forth his end notes on the mission and vision of PWC, throwing some light on its unbeatable journey and tailoring its way to a promising future in the upcoming years.

XLRI announces XAT 2023 registration begins on August 10, 2022

(XAT website: www.xatonline.in)

Date: August 09, 2022

XAT 2023 online registration commences on the 10th of August 2022 (xatonline.in). On behalf of XAMI, XLRI conducts the XAT examination. Check all XAT important dates, eligibility criteria, paper pattern, and more on this MBA entrance exam here.

The Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) is a national-level aptitude test conducted by XLRI Jamshedpur. It is one of the oldest and the second largest exam for MBA/PGDM admissions. The XAT exam will be conducted in 80+ cities across India. The scores of the XAT will be valid for admissions at XLRI Jamshedpur and other Xavier Associate Management Institutes. Apart from these, the scores are accepted by over 160 premium B-schools across the country.

With the latest technology and testing patterns, the XAT exam provides a holistic assessment of prospective business management candidates. It's critical to assess the decision-making of the candidates and this sets XAT (xatonline.in) apart from any other aptitude test.

XAT Eligibility Criteria

Candidates who have completed three years of bachelor’s degree or equivalent in any discipline, recognized by a university or Deemed University, are eligible to apply. Those completing their final examination by June 10, 2023, may also apply.

Important Dates/ Announcements

XAT Examination Date – January 08, 2023
Registration begins on August 10, 2022
Registrations ends on November 30, 2022
XAT Admit card download – December 20 onwards
Registration fees: XAT Registration Fee - Rs. 2000/-
XLRI programmes fee Rs 200 per programme

Registration Fees

XAT Registration Fee - Rs. 2000/-

XLRI programmes fee Rs 200 per programme

XLRI Programmes include:

Business Management Programme (BM)
Human Resource Management Programme (HRM)
General Management Programme (GMP)
Fellow Programme in Management (FPM)
XLRI-Rutgers Double Masters Programme

For complete details of each programme you may go through the XLRI Admissions prospectus.

Registration Process “How to Apply”

Register yourself
Verify email ID
Fill XAT Application form online
Upload required documents
Pay application fees
Submit your application form

Expected XAT Exam Pattern 2023

XAT examination will be almost like the previous years.

Verbal Ability & Logical Reasoning
Decision Making
Quantitative Aptitude & Data Interpretation
General Knowledge

The number of questions varies year to year. There will be approximately 22-30 questions in each section and total number of questions will not exceed 100-105 including General Knowledge.

General Knowledge will not be used to determine the cutoff and will be used only during the interview stage.

About XAT 2023

For more than 72 years, XLRI has been conducting Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) on behalf of XAMI. XAT is a national-level MBA entrance test held annually for admission to management programmes at XLRI and other top B-schools of India - Loyola Institute of Business Management, Chennai, St. Joseph’s Institute of Management, IMT Ghaziabad, GIM Goa, Sri Balaji University, TAPMI Manipal, XIMB Bhubaneswar, FORE School of Management, New Delhi etc.

XLRI PGDM (GM) has successfully completed its Women Roundtable Conclave- INSPIRUS- Success Stories of Women in Business

Date: August 06, 2022

XLRI’s Placement Committee hosted its annual Women Round Table Conclave – INSPIRUS on the 4th of August. Our esteemed panelists for the event were Ms. Aradhana Khaitan, Founder & Managing Director, Manya Education Pvt. Ltd., Ms. Anuranjita Kumar, Co-Founder & CEO, We-Ace, Masterchef Shipra Khanna, Indian Celebrity Chef, Author, Restauranteur, TV Personality and Ms. Shalini Pillay, Office Managing Partner Bangalore & India Leader- Global Capability Centers, KPMG India.

The roundtable was held online on the media platform Zoom with XLRI’s Human Resource Management & General Management Area Faculty, Dr. Tina K. Stephan moderating the session. Members of the placement committee Ms. Urvashi Kaul & Ms. Divya Enamandra – both from the Placement Committee – were host and co-host for the event.

The talk was centred on how important it is to have empathy – especially when it comes to women in the workforce. The central idea of the INSPIRUS event was to discuss the success stories of women in positions of power and how they achieved their ambitions despite multiple hurdles. Our speakers discussed that it is essential for both men and women to support each other and coalesce into a unit to excel in this journey called life. Women empowerment is not a gender-focused job. While both men and women have their own set of challenges, the situation gets ideal when both works together as a team.

Speakers Ms. Anuranjita Kumar and Ms. Shalini Pillay shared the opinion that their success stories were also enabled with the help of their spouses who understood & supported throughout their professional and personal journey.

Ms. Aradhana Khaitan seconded this thought and further added that it is also equally crucial to not restrain your ambitions based on the restrictive opinions and thoughts of the society around you. She spoke from her various personal experiences regarding the difficulties she had to face in order to pursue an education and the subsequent successful business venture she launched. While the most rebuttal came from her immediate family, she advised continuing to move forward without the worry or fear of the unknown outcomes holding you back. When you continue to follow your instincts relentlessly, things have a way of falling in the right place at the right time.

Ms. Shalini focused on women high on the corporate ladder and how they are subjected to sometimes question their full potential due to societal conditioning. She advised to never stop believing in oneself even when things get tricky and how the path ahead becomes narrower but clearer. In such situations helping and trusting each other to be able to nurture a better future leader is vital. Ms. Anuranjita added that the fear of failure is much higher in women, especially for the women who get promoted to higher ranks. Self-doubt and self-criticism are innate in women because of the way women are socially conditioned while they are young. Women get conditioned into vicariously living through someone else’s perspective of an ideal woman. She further expresses to corner those prejudices and take a bet on oneself.

Seamlessly fitting into it, Chef Shipra Khanna reiterated the importance of believing in yourself, especially once you are successful. She spoke of how difficult it is to maneuverer a male-dominated culinary industry and how resilience and self-reliance can help women come out of their shells to reclaim one’s worth in society. Emphasizing the contradiction of the industry for chefs – Ms. Shipra states that a career in this industry is always tricky considering women are seen as the obvious option when it comes to cooking in the household, whereas the industry is predominantly led by men as professional chefs.

Ms. Anuranjita stressed how love, respect and security can shape a woman’s thinking, converting them into better leaders without the external pressures of living up to the roles that society expects them to. She talked about how leadership programmes in industries can help add to their leadership skills. Additionally, Ms. Shalini talked about the KPMG women leadership network that facilitates a better, more encouraging workplace for women.

At the end of the day, one needs to prove their worth and claim their value irrespective of their gender. After all, when performance is appreciated it should not matter who the achiever is. A wider ecosystem is required to accommodate the changing patterns of the world. Intersectional feminism is the call of the hour and men need to step up to counter the challenges of the patriarchal world.

The grand event was concluded with a vote of thanks by Ms. Urvashi Kaul summarising the whole session & bringing it to a delightful close.

Xaviers Online Learning (XOL) Programs Inaugurated today virtually by XLRI Jamshedpur

Date: July 26, 2022

XLRI Jamshedpur inaugurated 3 masters level programs in online mode in line with the new education policy framework today virtually. The Programs are Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM), Post Graduate Diploma in Finance (PGDF) and Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management (PGDHRM). Each program will commence with a 1 week Immersion Program at XLRI Campus, Jamshedpur followed by another week of campus visit in the second year.

The event was attended by Fr. Paul Fernandes SJ, Director, XLRI; Fr. Donald D’Silva S.J., Dean - Administration & Finance, Prof. AK Pani, Dean - Academics; Prof. Sanjay Patro Chairperson of XOL Programs, all other staff and faculty members of XLRI. The virtual inauguration ceremony also witnessed active participation from the 110 students of the first batch of the XOL Programs - PGDBM with 60 students, PGDHRM with 26 students and PGDF with 22 students respectively.

The program started off with a prayer song by XLRI staff members and then followed by a small prayer & virtual lighting of the candle by Fr. Donald D’Silva S.J., Dean - Administration & Finance. The crowd was then addressed by Fr. Paul, Director of XLRI. He welcomed the students and said, “Congratulations on taking a new step and joining XLRI learning programs. With the advanced technology and accessibility to online platforms, we can reach out to one another, connect and share ideas with our community. Together we can help each other grow in a good spirit and we will help you in every step of your journey at XLRI. We will nurture you to develop yourself as a thinker, as a contributor, as a change agent and as globally responsible leaders. We look forward to a value based transformation and a great learning experience.”

In totality, around 8000+ applications were received for the XLRI Online Learning Programs out of which 3000+ applications were shortlisted and only 110 students got their seats in the program. Great conscious decisions have been made to select the best candidates and help them be the next great future leaders. XLRI is always known for Magis & Excellence. XLRI is one of the oldest institutions in the country to look at executives as leaders of the future and help them contribute to the growth.

The event was then taken over by Prof. Ashish K Pani - Dean Academics at XLRI. He introduced the students to the key people involved and the faculty list of the XOL programs.

Prof. Sanjay Patro, Chairperson of the XLRI-XOL Programs addressed the students and said, “The online post graduate diploma programs aim at bridging the gap between the aspirations of the participants and the requirements from qualified professionals; suitable for the industry. You will get involved in both synchronous and asynchronous learning and will get an opportunity to learn from the best experienced XLRI faculty as well as industry experts and peers over an interactive online platform.”

All the 110 new students were then given a chance to introduce themselves in 20 seconds each. This enabled the participants to know and understand each other. The program then ended with an introduction of the Program Directors of each online program - PGDHRM, PGDBM & PGDF.

XLRI PGDM(GM) has completed the Fire Chat Interview: Gaurav Ahluwalia

Date: July 23, 2022

The event began with an Inaugural Address by Imran Farookh, XLRI Jamshedpur, who welcomed the guest speaker, Mr. Gaurav Ahluwalia, and the GST members offered a bouquet.

The session’s guest was Mr. Gaurav Ahluwalia, Managing Director, Head Human Resources, Corporate Centers at J.P. Morgan.

Gaurav Ahluwalia spoke about several issues and provided a great insight into the fire chat questions posed by the audience. He began discussing the qualities required to be a successful leader in any firm. Imran Farookh and Surbhi Sinha, the moderators of the event, queried

Mr. Ahluwalia on the challenges that he had faced in his professional experience to date, and he explained how tactfully he has been dealing with all his challenges and balancing his work and life by prioritizing his priorities. He was asked about his views on the demographic shifts in India and America. He added how JPMC welcomes recruitments from diversified roles and gels them together in its work culture. In further conversation with the batch, Mr. Gaurav emphasized how it is part and parcel of our life to operate in uncertainties, how JPMC has put on its sail smoothly through the deadly pandemic years, and its futuristic acceptance of opportunities and threats through uncertainties.

The session ended with a few questions from the audience on technological advancements and adaptations undertaken by the company. Mr. Gaurav put forth his end notes on the mission and vision of JPMC, throwing some light on its unbeatable journey and tailoring its way to a promising future in the upcoming years.