Jamshedpur, March 25 : The momentous occasion of 61st Annual Convocation was celebrated at XLRI- Xavier School of Management with great zeal.
Students donned their graduation hats and gowns and received their medals and certificates in the presence of T. V. Narendran, chairman, Board of Governors at XLRI & MD – Tata Steel India and South East Asia, Fr. E Abraham S.J., director of XLRI, Dr. Ashis K. Pani, Dean, Academics at XLRI and other dignitaries.
On this significant day, 606 XLRI students received their graduating certificates and medals including – 358 students of 2015-17 batch of Two-year Postgraduate Diploma in Management – HRM and BM; 117 students of 2015-16 batch of Postgraduate Diploma in General Management (GM) – 15 -Months Programme; 56 students of 2014–17 batch of Three-Year Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management (Evening); 17 students of 2014 – 2017 batch of Three-Year Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management (Dubai); 30 students of 2013 –16 batch of Three-Year Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management (Dubai) and 11 students of Fellow Program in Management (FPM) from Jamshedpur Campus.
The first five rank holders in the Two-year Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resource Management (HRM) – 2015-17 batch are Jayna Maheshwari, Arbab Kausar, Abhinav Shivshankar Temani, Medhavi Gupta and Debaditya Mitra respectively.
The first five rank holders in the Two-year Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management (BM) – 2015-17 batch are Anshul Jain, Anunay Arora, Prakhar Agarwal, Pranav Sanjay Mulay and Akshar Anil Shah respectively.
The first five rank holders in the Postgraduate Diploma in General Management (GM) – 15 -Months Programme 2015-16 batch are Shashank Jain, Dhiraj Kumar, Sumit Kumar, Samudra Kallol Mukherji and Manoj Kumar Mohapatra respectively.
Congratulating the students on their graduation day, Mr. T. V. Narendran, Chairman, Board of Governors at XLRI said, “You will be facing a lot of challenges and will be making a lot of decisions which will impact the lives of many of your colleagues and fellow citizens. It is important to exercise your discernment and do the right things at all times.”
In his address Narendran further said, “Helping educate and shape the next generation of scholars and business leaders is a significant task.
For over six decades XLRI has steadfastly held on to its mission of proffering world-class education across various management-centric programs. There has never been a more exciting time to pursue management education.
Exposing management students to innovate practices and new rising sectors of growth also calls for skilling today’s students with ideas and skill-sets to help shape the world around them.
XLRI diligently strives to create a value-based and ethics driven teaching and learning environment whilst underscoring the need for all- round development. This emphasis on inculcating certain core- values is what sets XLRI apart from other B-schools in the country.”
In continuation of forty-eight years tradition, this year XLRI conferred the prestigious ‘Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal for Social and Industrial Peace’ on Mr. Adi Godrej, Chairman, The Godrej Group. He also delivered the convocation speech to the graduating students.