An evening with Abhijit Bhaduri in Bangalore

XLRI Alumni Bangalore Chapter is happy to host XL Alumnus and author Abhijit Bhaduri( currently with Wiro,Bangalore) at the KGA on Friday evening March 19th from 7.30PM onwards

Programme: Fellowship, book reading and  Q & A with Abhijit-featuring excerpts from his latest book, Married but Available. .Abhijit is trying to get books through his publisher at a discount for this event which he will sign for all those buying a copy, but this is subject to confirmation.

Those who attended the last HH, a few years ago, featuring him after his first book, will recall it as a very enjoyable evening.This will be followed by cocktails and dinner.

http://abhijitbhaduri.com/category/best-seller-lists/


Venue: First Floor Party Hall at the main clubhouse, plenty of parking is available.

Dress Code: Casual-shoes and collared T shirts are fine, open neck T-shirts are not allowed

Cover charge,Rs 250 per head including dinner and soft drinks, liquor available at extra charge

Please email me confirmations since we need to make arrangements for the dinner. If anyone has any questions please ask.

Thanks
George

P.S. Important: This is likely to be the last HH before the Summer Alumni Dinner in May, and we welcome any volunteers who can help direct the effort to make this summer's dinner a big success..

XL Bangalore Alumni Golf Introduction Workshop

XLRI Bangalore Chapter is conducting a workshop to Introduce you to Golf( Yes, the same game that Tiger Woods plays!). This session is aimed at beginners and wannabe golfers, and will cover all aspects of the game-how to start, where to learn, who will teach you, what it will cost,etc.

Date:   Saturday Feb 27th 12.30-200PM
Venue: Karnataka Golf Assn Clubhouse, First Floor Party Hall, Old Airport Road(opposite Royal Orchid Park Plaza)
Panel : Tarun Sardesai, Senior Teaching Pro,KGA,  and XL Alumni George Ollapally & Ajay Das (MD Timken India)

Format: 30 min Presentation by Tarun Sardesai,  covering all basic aspects of the game, followed by Q & A session with all 3 panelists.
Cover charge: Rs 300 per head, covering lunch + soft drinks.

Permission from the KGA is being sought to allow participants to visit the KGA Driving Range and observe golfers practising. Should this not be possible, then participants will have the option of paying the normal guest charge to use the range.

P.S. If you have any friends whom you may want to bring along with you, the same cover charge is applicable.

Please email confirmations to George Ollapally.

Christmas Party - Bangalore

Hi Xlers,

We are planning a christmas party on the 11th of Dec at the KGA party hall. Unlike the regular Happy Hours, this will be a 'with family' event where the kids can come and have fun too!

Any suggestions / idea on what we can do are most welcome. Any volunteers to be Santa? :)


Regards
Pratik Bhartia
Secretary, XL Bang Alumni

31 Jul - Bangalore - The Economic Meltdown - Is the Worst Over for India?

Hi,

For those of you who missed the excellent Happy Hours with Prof P C Narayan of IIMB (BM-75) on Oct '08, we have another one with him this Friday.

PC Narayan gives us a talk on "The Economic Meltdown - Is the Worst Over for India?"
Details:
- 7:00 PM, Friday, July 31, 2009
- KGA, Old Airport Road
- Car parking: Adequate parking available at the club
- Cover charges: Rs 150 per head
- This includes dinner & soft drinks. Drinks are Rs 50 each.
- Adult guests are allowed


About P C Narayan:
P C Narayan is a faculty member in the Finance & Control Area, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB).

Narayan holds a Bachelor's degree in Engineering from the Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirapalli and an MBA from XLRI, Jamshedpur. He has also completed the Advanced Management Program at IFAP Rome, Italy.

Prior to joining IIMB, he was with (a) a private sector bank in India with management responsibility for retail banking, operations and information technology, (b) a multinational bank for several years based overseas and (c) a global banking technology company also based overseas.

Apart from teaching courses in corporate finance, international banking and financial markets at IIMB, Narayan has been conducting seminars/workshops and undertaken consulting engagements with several organisations in India and abroad. His list of present and past clients include Union Bank of India, UCO Bank, Syndicate Bank, Vijaya Bank, Clearing Corporation of India (CCIL), BBK (Bahrain), DBS Bank (Singapore), as well as leading information technology companies in the banking and finance domain.

Having travelled to over 40 countries, and worked or implemented projects in 20 different countries, he brings a unique cross-cultural perspective and a breadth of global experience.

Bangalore - Annual Dinner 2009! - Sat, May 30

Hey Everyone,

IT'S HERE AGAIN!! The Annual Alumni Dinner bash for this year is being organised on the 30th of May at the Hotel Jayamahal Palace.

The Alumni Committee along with the summer trainees for the 2010 batch are working hard to make it a fun filled event for all.

• Please plan your calendar and make sure you are in Bangalore and at the bash on the 30th, along with your families
• Pour in with you suggestions on what we can do to make the experience better!

More details will follow.

See you all!

Regards

Pratik Bhartia
Seceretary, Bangalore Chapter, XL ALumni

28 Mar : Bangalore observes Earth Hour

2,712 cities, towns and municipalities in 83 countries have already committed to VOTE EARTH for Earth Hour 2009, as part of the worlds first global election between Earth and global warming.

8:30PM local time, wherever you live on planet earth. Saturday 28 March 2009

You may have heard about Earth Hour or seen an advertisement or hoarding in Bangalore city. Some of my friends in Bangalore have been actively promoting Earth Hour - a huge global campaign to spread awareness about global warming and climate change.

If you want to be a part of this campaign, all you need to do is switch off your lights this Sat (Mar 28) from 8:30 PM to 9:30 PM.

Some huge organizations in India are joining this campaign, the RBI, AIR (yes, govt bodies!), ING Vysya Bank, HSBC Bank, HP, Wipro, Intel, Infosys, Google, and TPI.

Even better, get your friends and families to switch off their lights too. There’s a whole bunch of activities and resources that you can get on this from www.frogg.in.

If you would like to take it a step further, you can join the candle campaign at Forum mall at 8:30pm on Saturday. Thanks to the efforts of passionate individuals like Kuruvilla Kurian and Sonalee Panda, even Brigade Road Association and Forum Mall have agreed to observe Earth Hour and turn lights out for a whole hour on Saturday. They have also signed up Anil Kumble to help them promote the cause in Bangalore. (

More details on Earth Hour, can be seen on :

http://www.earthhour.org/home/
http://www.earthhour.in/
http://www.frogg.in/

Join the Fan Group on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=59682824420

Show your commitment to the environment. Save our planet!

Getogether in Bangalore

Here are some enthu reactions to last nights meet in Bangalore.

Hi,
One always has to look to the East for good things in life and apparently they come in small packages.The advantage of this venue was that we hardly bumped into any outsider.
Three Cheers to the Honourable Sebastian Chandy for organising this meet where old stories were indeep swapped. Look forward to more such efforts from you, Saji!!! It would of course be easier for him if people who confirmed didn't drop out without notice. Many must have had a genuine reason. But that is what cell phones and SMS are for.
The numbers are a major headache for any organiser.
Warm regards
Gayatri



Hi All,
Gayatri, I couldn't agree with you more!
The effort from Sebastian was very good, and another 10 more people turning up would have made it a lot more worthwhile. Good interaction, some interesting thoughts thrown up for future meetings, a good venue, no parking issues, and a very short commute for us folks.
George Olapally


Good job Saji.
Good venue, good arrangements, and good food. I may be rationalising but the total turnout is not important for these dos. The important thing is for each person to be able to connect/reconnect with a few people in a meaningful way.
Thanks much for the initiative. Thanks to David for organising the venue.
We would encourage others from different areas in Bangalore, like Indra Nagar, Koramangala, Jayanagar to organise similar local event in their areas. You can contact me or anyone else on the committee for any kind of assistance that you may require, including arranging a venue.
Kuru


Smaller local meets to beat the traffic, so we can meet more often and interact in smaller batches throughout the year seems to be a good idea. Hope more people take the initiative to organise these little do's around town across the metro's where distance seems to be a major deterrent to meeting more often.

XL Happy Hours Wed, 28th Jan - Bangalore

Hi all,

It’s that time of the year to meet and share stories of yester years. XL Happy Hours!!! Calling all Xlers for a great evening with good food, music and catching up.

Venue : The ITC Club Hall on Coles Road (Some of you had difficulty locating the venue. Please find attached the map of the location. The red spot indicates the ITC Club, Coles Road)

Date : Wed, 28th Jan 1900 to 2230 hrs

Food/Snacks/Beverages will be available at the club and will be charged at Rs 150/- per head.

Booze will be available across the counter for nominal rates.

Also please confirm your attendance at the earliest. (Do inform your friends who have not yet subscribed to the Yahoogroups as well. )

It would really help us a lot with the logistics. As mentioned in the previous mail, do let me know if any of you require cabs for the journey back.

Looking forward to meet you all tomorrow.

Cheers,

Sebastian Chandy

IR ‘07

Bangalore East Happy Hours! - 28 Jan

In an effort to make it easier to meet up, even if it means smaller groups, Alumni groups are getting together in smaller areas. These meets aren't restrictive, alumni from all over are welcome, but this makes it easier for groups in a restricted area to meet up more easily.

Bangalore is the first in this effort and I think this is a move that has a lot of potential in cities like Delhi and Bombay too.
Kim

Hi all,

Happy New Year to all!

It’s that time of the year to meet up and share them stories of yester years. The Bangalore East Happy Hours!!!

Calling all Xlers from Bangalore East (Frazer Town, Richards Town, Cooke Town, Benson Town, etc) for an evening a good music, drinks and catching up.

Venue : The ITC Club Hall on Coles Road

Date : Wed, 28th Jan, 1900 to 2230 hrs

Food/Snacks/Beverages will be available at the club and will be charged at Rs 150/- per head.

Booze will be available for nominal rates.

Smaller the Better? Well, small it is and closer to home! It should definitely help us get to know each other a lot better.

Do let us know if you need cabs for the night, considering that all of us are bound to be in high ‘spirits’. It would really help us in the logistics, if you could confirm your attendance for the evening by mail.

So hope to see you all soon.

Cheers,

Sebastian Chandy

Edited to add Kuru's response:

Hi,

There were some questions raised about hosting a local program within the city. Given the limited turnout we have for the monthly meetings, having local meeting may make sense to many people, especially given the time, traffic, and logistical issues that we face on a daily basis.

XLBang has always had a tradition of trying new things and this is no exception. My experience in organising alumni events has taught me that each program we organise appeals to a specific audience and only the Annual Dinner appeals to the majority of alumni. We hope this local event appeals to the people who live/work in this locality.

We invite all of the alumni to come forward with more ideas and the initiative to organise non-commercial events that are relevant to the XLBang alumni.

Regards,
Kuru
(BM-96)

Swarathma Album Launch Tour

The Swarathma Album is here!

With all of your best wishes, we've done it. Eight songs, our best, on one album produced by Amit Kilam (Indian Ocean) releasing on Virgin Records, as part of RC Live. It's been a hard day's night, but every second has been worth it.

Swarathma Launch Tour will feature a live performance, and you can pick up the CD at a discounted rate. Really hope to see you there.

Bangalore :: Jan 5, 8.30pm
Opus: 4, 1st Cross Main, Off Palace Road, Bangalore ENTRY FREE!

Pune :: Jan 7, 8.30pm
Club One: 1 - Lounge ,Koregaoon park,Mundwa road opp Satelite Towers, Pune

Mumbai :: Jan 8, 8.30pm
Bonobo: 3rd flr, Kenilworth, Linking Road, Bandra (W), Mumbai ENTRY FREE!

New Delhi :: Jan 10, 8.30pm
Q-Bar: 42/43, Connaught Circus, Connaught Place, New Delhi

Keeping the faith, hoping for your best wishes and love, as always.

Peace

Jishnu Dasgupta

Meet Prof Sharad Sarin

We've had quite a good response for this evening's cocktails and dinner program with Prof Sharad Sarin. John Idicula even pointed out that he's been at XL since 1975 so he's touched quite a few of us as probably the longest serving professor at the insti.

If you'd like to carpool to the KGA, we're allowing postings on the group so people can find others coming to the KGA from nearby localities. Please email with your name, specific location details, and your mobile number.

I'll be picking up Prof Sarin from The Atria at 6:15 PM and then heading directly to the KGA through MG Rd, Command Hospital, Airport Rd, and there's space for 2 more people. We'll be returning the same way after dinner. Please call me on 98451-41464 if you would like to join us.

See you on the evening. This will be in our usual Happy Hours format except that we will be serving dinner early and having the Q&A session post dinner.

Agenda: 7:30 PM - Bar opens
8:00 PM - Dinner starts
9:00 PM - Dinner closes
9:00 PM Onwards - Q&A Session with Prof Sarin
Venue: KGA (First Floor Hall), HAL (Old Airport) Road
Cover charges: Rs 150 (incl dinner), please pay as you enter the hall
Club Host: George Ollapally

Yours,

Kuru

Bangalore : Cocktails and Dinner with Prof Sharad Sarin - Sept 18th

Hi,

We are fortunate to have Prof Sharad Sarin visiting Bangalore next week. We will be having an evening of cocktails and dinner with him. There will be no formal presentation but Prof Sarin will take a Q&A session for 20-30 mins. This will be in our usual Happy Hours format.

Date & Time: 7:30 PM, Thurs, Sept 18th

Venue: KGA (First Floor Hall), HAL (Old Airport) Road

Cover charges: Rs 150 (incl dinner), please pay as you enter the hall

Club Host: George Ollapally

Regards,

Kuru

Xlers in Bangalore - check (post blasts)

Just saw the reports about the Bomb blasts in Bangalore.

Hope all Xlers and their families are safe along with most others.

The news says that there have been only 3 casualties. I hope that number doesn't change.

Cell phones aren't working, but internet networks seem to be ok. So if anyone wants to check in that they are fine or want to find out about someone you can post a comment on this entry.

I will also update the details that I know.

XLBang!!! : What a Party!

A big thanks to everyone who came for the party. We had a great time!

Despite the rain and the IPL semis, we still had 250 people including alumni, our families and a few friends.

Congrats to Satish & Sonali for winning the HolidayIQ trip to Goa!

Here's a quick note to thank everyone who made it a success. First our sponsors:

Principal Sponsor
- Deutsche Bank

Diamond Sponsors
- Upside Learning
- Dell

Gold Sponsors
- 3M India
- SAP
- Airtel
- Wockhardt

Holiday sponsor:
- Holiday IQ www.holidayiq.com

Beverage Sponsors:
- Seagram's India - Pernod Ricard (Blender's Pride)
- SAB Miller (Fosters and Castle Lager)

The awesome tireless Summer Interns who put the show together:
Sharath N, Dhruv Suri, Sugandha Agnani & Akhil Mathew.

Big thanks to the DJ, Hari Menon (BM-96) who never left the console.
He had us rocking all evening.

Committee members Apprameya Ravi, Bijou Kurien, David D'Costa, George Ollapally, and John Idicula. Also thanks to the XL kids Krshna, Swati, Shreya, Madhulika, Kavya and who ran the
registration desk.

Yours,
Kuru
(BM-96)

I haven't seen any pictures yet, was waiting for those before I published Kuru's report. Any kind souls who have taken pics and can send me links to online albums?
Kim

XLBang sent Maria Pinto to the Hyatt in Goa last year

Folks,

Maria Pinto won the trip to the Hyatt in Goa last year and this year it could be you! We have a great holiday package up for grabs courtesy www.holidayiq.com.

If you miss out on that, you can always get Rs 1,000 vouchers for Reliance Time Out shops.

The XLBang Annual Dinner
Gateway Residency Hotel
Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 7:00 PM
Cover: Singles - 200, Married couples & families - 400, Guests - 400 each
(We've dropped the rates a bit.)

Thank you sponsors!

Principal Sponsor (Day 0)
Deutsche Bank

Diamond Sponsor (Day 1)
Upside Learning
Dell

Gold Sponsor (Day 2)
3M India
SAP
Airtel
Wockhardt

Beverage Sponsors (Night 2)
Blender's Pride & 100 Pipers from Seagrams - Pernod Ricard
Fosters from SAB Miller

Gifts (Weekend 1)
www.holidayiq.com
Reliance Time Out

XL Bangalore Alumni Meet (May 31st, Gateway Residency Hotel)

The XLBang Annual Dinner
Gateway Residency Hotel
Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 7:00 PM
Cover: Singles - 250, Married couples & families - 400, Guests - 400 each

Special thanks to our sponsors:

Principal Sponsor:
Deutsche Bank Platinum Credit Card

Diamond Sponsors:
Dell
3M
Airtel
Hewitt
SAP Labs
Wockhardt Hospitals

OMAXI Patrons:
Seagrams
SAB Miller

Drive to Residency Road and not Airport Road this Saturday!!!

The XLBang Annual Dinner
Gateway Residency Hotel
Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 7:00 PM
Cover: Singles - 250, Married couples & families - 400, Guests - 400 each

Do...
... call your buddies and families and come.
... give the car to the valet.

Don't...
... go to Airport Road. It's at the Gateway Residency Hotel this year.
... ditch if it rains, most of the party is in the hall and in the covered verandah.

Special thanks to our sponsors:

Principal Sponsor:
Deutsche Bank Platinum Credit Card

Diamond Sponsors:
Dell
3M
Airtel
Hewitt
SAP Labs
Wockhardt Hospitals

OMAXI Patrons:
Seagrams
SAB Miller

31 May : Bangalore Invitation

Fellow XLBangers,

We're just a week away from our annual bash.

Annual Dinner Details:
Date – Saturday, May 31, 2008
Time – 7:00 PM
Place – Gateway Residency Hotel, Residency Road

Cover - Singles - Rs 250, Married Couples & Families - Rs 400,
Guests - Rs 500 each

Like always, we have excellent sponsors without whom this would not be
possible:

Principal Sponsor:
Deutsche Bank Platinum Credit Card

Diamond Sponsors:
Dell
3M
Airtel
Hewitt
SAP Labs
Wockhardt Hospitals

Excitement Sponsors:
Seagrams
SAB Miller

Holiday Sponsor:
Holiday IQ (www.holidayiq.com)


See you next week!

Kuru

31 May : Bangalore : Shaken & Stirred

Friends,

The mother of all XL alumni events is back. The XLBang Annual Dinner 2008.

When: Saturday, May 31, 2008

Where: Gateway Residency Hotel, Residency Road (please don't go to the Royal Orchid by force of habit)

How: Drive there and use the valet parking

Ingredients of Great Alumni Meet:

• The sweat of many Summer Trainees, so take good care of them when they come calling
• Lots of your batchmates, so make sure you call everyone and make sure junta comes
• Lots of sponsorships, more sponsorship = lower rates = greater turnout, so please get us some sponsorships from your organisation or pass on some interested contacts
• Seagram's by the case with lots of ice, Fosters & Castle Lager
• Great Music

Shake vigorously and serve fresh. Serves 250 XLers.

See you there!

Kuru

8 May : Summers, Art, and Booze

Executive Summary:

Free booze and dinner with the summer trainees and Bengali art exhibition at KGA, Thursday, May 8th, 7:00 PM.

Details:

Hi,

It's been a while since we've had a program, so it's nice to have a welcome dinner for the batch of summer trainees. There are about 25 of them working with various Bangalore blue chips like IBM, E&Y, Yahoo!, ITC, and Madura Garments.

We'll also be having an exhibition of Bengali art. It is part of the inauguration of the second in the series of "Best of Bengal" art exhibitions, brought to Bangalore by Arun D'Silva and Amitabh Bhattacharya of the batch of '80, in association with Gallerie Karma of Kolkata.

They have been gracious enough to sponsor the dinner & cocktails so a big round of applause to them.

The dinner is on Thursday at 7:00 PM at the KGA poolside (Airport Road).

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Kuru


Hi everyone!!

Rdg Kuru's mail..We'll look forward to meeting all of you at the KGA on 8th eve. Some awesome water colours will be on display thanks to our link up with Gallerie Karma of Kolkotta. Special prices for XLers so be sure to pick up one.

We plan to welcome the summer trainees as well so some innovative welcome drink recipes may be a good idea.

Special invite goes out to any out of town "80 batcher who may be visiting Bangalore on 8th... Just shout and we'll pick you up...

Cheers,

Arun and Amitabh. IR '80


HI ALL

It is a pleasure to invite you to the innauguration of the second in the series of "Best of Bengal" art exhibitions, being brought to Bangalore by us, in association with Gallerie Karma of Kolkotta. This time we are featuring 15 artists, and as always,the emphasis is on nurturing hitherto unknown talent from the state of West Bengal.

The exhibition is scheduled between 5th May and 10th May at the Alliance Francaise de Bangalore,(Thimmaiah Road) and on 10th & 11th May at the lovely tea house "Tranquiltea", located in the campus of the Lakeview Farms, on the Marathahalli - Whitefield road, (near the Shell petrol bunk).

The inauguration of the exhibition is scheduled for 5th May at 6pm at the Alliance Francaise, and we would specifically look forward to you joining us on this occasion. We have invited a few close friends for this inauguration, and we are sure you will enjoy their company.

Warm Regards
Arun D'Silva and Amitabh Bhattacharya
BATCH of '80

Update on 8th Morning

A reminder of this evening's dinner with the Summers and Bengali Art.

Thanks to the elections, instead of an evening with "free booze" it'll be an evening "free of booze".

Thanks again to Gallerie Karma for sponsoring the dinner.

See you there.

Kuru