XLRI Jamshedpur to hold 67th annual convocation on April 4, Harsh Mariwala to receive Jehangir Ghandy Medal for Peace

Jamshedpur, April 3: B-school XLRI would confer the prestigious ‘Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal for Industrial and Social Peace’ to Harsh Mariwala, chairman, Marico. He will also deliver the convocation address to the graduating students at the event on Tuesday. The programme will be held at Tata auditorium, XLRI.

Marico Chairman Harsh Mariwala, who comes from a business family, set up the consumer products business practically from scratch. Over the past four decades, he has not only built Marico into one of the leading FMCG companies in the country, but has also transformed what was essentially a family-managed business into a professionally managed one. Mariwala, who has seen the FMCG space transform over the past few years, will be an attraction.

In the past years, XLRI has conferred the Sir Jehangir Ghandy medal on eminent business leaders like Arundhati Bhattacharya, chairman, State Bank of India in 2014, Mallika Srinivasan, chairman & CEO, TAFE (Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited) in 2015, Sunil Kant Munjal, Jt. managing director of Hero MotoCorp & Chairman, Hero Corporate Services Pvt. Ltd. in 2016, Adi Godrej, chairman, The Godrej Group in 2017, TV Mohandas Pai, chairman, Manipal Global Education and Aarin Capital & President of AIMA in 2018, Anu Aga, former chairperson of Thermax Ltd in 2019, Sanjiv Mehta, chairman & MD, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. in 2020 and Sandeep Kataria,  global CEO, Bata Corporation in 2021. Last year, Dr Preetha Reddy, executive vice-chairperson, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited bagged the medal.

XLRI is all set to hold its 67^th Annual Convocation on 4 April. The convocation ceremony will be held at the XLRI Jamshedpur campus to bid a final farewell to the graduating students.

On this significant day, 510 XLRI students will receive their graduating diploma including – 176 & 180 students of Postgraduate Programmes in Management – BM, and HRM; 93 students of 15-months PGDM (General Management) Programme; 11 students of Fellow Program in Management (FPM) and 37 students of PGDM-BM Programme (Evening).

Speaking about this momentous occasion, Father S George, director, XLRI – Xavier School of Management said, “Convocation Ceremony is a significant & huge step towards the future. The accomplishments of our students during a worldwide pandemic wouldn’t have been possible without the efforts of XLRI family – governing body, faculty members, staff, students and alumnus”

T. V. Narendran, chairman, board of governors at XLRI & MD – Tata Steel India and South East Asia said, “Established in 1949, XLRI has consistently striven to uphold its mission of shaping business leaders who are competent yet upholding high personal values and societal concern. XLRI has always given high importance to its students adopting ethical conduct, cultivating a value-driven culture and shaping an integral character formation of its students and this is what sets XLRI apart from other B-Schools in the country.”