Hyderabad - Alumni Meet 2009

Hello,

Now that I'm back in Hyderabad (joining Deloitte Consulting), I feel nostalgic about the great time I had during summer internship last year. It was fun organizing the alumni meet under the able leadership of Prof Shukla and the constant guidance from Harinarayana S., Kumara Guru, Ranjeev Lahkar, Neti Srinivasan, S. Nandkumar, Kaushik Mitter, Siddhish Sriganesh, SV Nathan and all the XL seniors at Deloitte.

Its that time of the year again. We have summer interns of the 2010 batch in Hyderabad, it gives me great pleasure to introduce the organizing committee of Hyd Alumni Meet 2009 : Suvid Anand (who is also the Placecomm Secy),Archana Rao, Debayan Biswas, Siddharth Chatterjee and Hariharan R.

We had a meeting yesterday and hope to successfully organize the meet on 23^rd May at Taj Krishna.

We would be grateful if you could help out with suggestions, tips, sponsorships, good deals for venue, etc so that we can plan out a enjoyable evening for all.

Organizations that sponsor the XLRI Alumni Meet get high impact visibility in front of Hyderabad's elite and can choose to sponsor the meet in the following ways:

1. Rs. 20000: Mention in all email communication to alumni and mention in media ads of the alumni meet.

2. Rs. 30000: All of the above & 1 Banner (dimensions 6 X 3) placed at venue. Pamphlets in all the gift packs.

3. Rs. 50000: All of the above & one extra Banner (dimensions 6 X 3) placed at venue. Access to the database collected at Venue.

4. Rs. 1 Lakh: All of the above & stalls can be put up by company for showcasing their products. Literature and Samples/Gifts can be distributed. Exclusive rights to the alumni meet.

Hope to hear from you soon.

Regards

Harbir Singh Rissam

PGD PMIR – XLRI (2009)

Hyd XL Alumni meet - report and pics

It was a great meet with more than 60-70 XLers across batches and programs turning up and total number of people easily edging past 100.

Awesome arrangement by the summer trainees and the venue at Taj Banjara was perfect for those interested in keeping their spirits up, shaking a leg, catching up with friends or in making new ones :-)

Tonnes of thanks to the summer interns Harbir and co. for putting together a stupendous show. And of course to our lead sponsor Indu Projects, and co-sponsors Seagrams, Pepsi, SABMiller, Dell, Deloitte, Microsoft.

Have clicked some snaps which can be seen on Flickr at http://www.flickr.com/photos/gautam/sets/72157604989853270/

5 snaps are also on facebook http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=13407050479

People on XLers Unlimited community can check the pictures here http://xlrialumni.ning.com/photo

Prof. Madhukar Shukla who came down for the meet has also clicked some pics and am sure he'll be uploading them as soon as he gets to campus tonight :-)

regards
GG
http://gautamghosh.net

Madhukar posted more pictures at http://xlers.blogspot.com/

Entirely agree with GG and Hari!

it was a great evening - very enjoyable, and very efficiently rolled out!!

Harbir, Neeharika, Siddhartha, Ajay, Satya (and all others, behind the scene, I may not be aware of)

As Hari mentioned/ implied... you guys have created benchmarks for which your juniors may - actually, will - curse you ;0)...

thanks on behalf of all of us... (and behalf of all those of us who refused to leave till 1:30am - so much to catch up, grax, reminiscence and conspire... and we kept you people - the gracious hosts - up at the venue ;0) - thanks and apologies ;)

Thanks to all who came and made the event a great success..., and to all who helped the team to organise the meet...

...and, of course, to the sponsors (I am not mentioning them by name again since GG's post has already done that, and it will look pretty artificial and redundant to repeat the same)... but must mention our own Xlers who helped us to get these sponsorships... and so guys, let's also thank

- Kumara Guru (05 GMP - ISB), who put us in touch with Indu Projects, and actully worked to get them to be the principal sponsors

- Ranjeev Lahkar (00PMIR), and Srinivasivas Prasad "Sugga" (97PMIR) , who I believe/ suspect - not sure ;0) - had some major role to play in the sponsorship from Microsoft ;0)

- SV Nathan (83PMIR) from Deloitte, who as usual supported (though we missed his company, as he was travelling)

- Anil Chilla (00BM) whose first sponsorship from Dell, did wonders to the tempo/morale of the team, who were organising the event

...and of course for the "liquid/spiritual" stuff, (and to get us the pan-India sponsorship for the alumni meets) thanks to:

- Bikram Basu (94PMIR) - yes, please "PMIR" ;) - Marketing Controller, Seagram

- Shantanu Das (96PMIR) Head Organisational Effectiveness, SAB-Miller

- Pavan Bhatia (90PMIR) and Vikas Joshi (99PMIR) for Pepsi/Frito-Lay...

Folks!

being trigger-happy with my camera, I have taken about 80+ pics... and have uploaded them (Entirely Unedited;0) at:

http://xlers.blogspot.com/

(as slide show)

and at:

http://picasaweb.google.com/madhukar.shukla/AlumniMeetHyderabad10MAY08

Be in Hyderabad : Tomorrow evening

Hi folks,

Hope you have marked out your calendars and are going to be there at the Moonshine hall at Taj Krishna from 7.30 pm for the Annual Big Summer Alumni Bash!
http://xlers.blogspot.com/2008/05/xlri-alumni-meet-at-hyderabad.html

Here are just some of the things in store:

1. Very nominal charge since the summers have done an awesome job in getting sponsorships. Cheers to them!
2. The presence of Prof. Madhukar Shukla (http://www.madhukarshukla.com/), the node of all alumni activities
3. Amazing games, quizzes, fun activities to keep you hooked!
4. Booze and drinks to get the spirits soaring.
5. A promised performance by the original composer of "XL ki kudiyan" (http://xlers.blogspot.com/2007/11/xl-ki-kudiyan-on-youtube.html) Rohit Munjal himself! Someone get a guitar along!


If you haven't done yet, confirm the number of people you'll be getting along, to Harbir of the 2009 batch.

And pass this along to XLers of your batches and in your organization too who might not yet have updated their details on the egroup!

A big thank you to the sponsors who are making this such an amazing experience for all of us!

Principal Sponsor - Indu Group (http://www.induprojects.com)

Co-Sponsors: Dell (http://www.dell.com), Deloitte (http://www.deloitte.com), Microsoft (http://www.microsoft.com) Pepsi (http://www.pepsiindia.co.in) SABMiller (http://www.sabmiller.com) and Seagram India (www.seagramindia.com)

Be there, or be sorry you missed it :-)

By the way, if any of you are attending the SHRM India meet today (http://gautamghosh.net/2008/05/02/shrm-india-meeting-on-9th-may/) let's meet up!

ciao,
GG
XL pmir '99
http://gauteg.blogspot.com

Invitation - XLRI Alumni Meet 2008, Hyderabad

Hello,
On behalf of the entire XL Community, you are invited for an evening filled with fun and nostalgia on 10th May, 7 p.m onwards at the TAJ Krishna (Moonshine).

You are most welcome to bring along your significant other and kids to provide them with a glimpse of the good old times at your alma mater, not to mention the first hand experience of the XL culture!!



Please cascade the invitation to your batchmates and fellow alumni members. Hoping to see you there…it won't be the same without your presence!

Thanking you,

Regards
Harbir Singh Rissam
Class of 2009
PM&IR
XLRI,Jamshedpur

Pan-India Alumni Meets - Schedule

Hello folks!

this is just an advance warning about the Annual XL Alumni Meets being planned this month - so please book your dates.

Due to either my lack of knowledge - or because the venue is still being finalised - I have not been able to mention the venue in this mail (though this is only "Version1.1" - next spam/update will contain more info )

Meanwhile the contact details of the summer interns who are part of the team organising the meets are mentioned.

But do book your date!!

ciao

madhukar

ps: and any of you who can help them out with sponsorships, etc., will get thousands of blessings from fellow xlers ;0)... though seriously, folks! they would be happy with any kind of help from you.

Hyderabad: May 10th
Contacts:
Harbir Singh Rissam
Neeharika Bhupati

Siddhartha Parida

New Delhi/NCR: May 17th
Contacts:
Devika Rajeev

Manish Bhagat
Ankit Goyal

Chennai: May 24th
Contacts:
Mulpuri Raja Rajeswari
Abhiseg Elijah

Krishanu Bhattacharya

Mumbai: May 24th
Contacts:
Akshay Sinha

Ritesh Agrawal

Bangalore: May 30th or 31st
Contacts:
Sharath N

Sugandha Agnani

Kolkata: May 31st
Contacts:
Sudipto Dey

Bharath S

Rohit Parmanandka

Hyderabad meet initial invite

Dear All,

Greetings from your alma mater, our very own XLRI. As you might be aware, every year, XLRI Alumni Chapters across the country organize Alumni meets, to celebrate the same 'XL Spirit' that glues us all together. As part of the same, we are having our annual alumni dinner as per the details given below:

Date: 10 May 2008

Time: 7:00 p.m. onwards

Venue: Taj Krishna

In addition to our entire alumni base from across batches, who along with their families reside in Hyderabad, the meet will also be attended by the professors from XLRI and students of 2008 and 2009 batch of XLRI. This is a great opportunity for building your brand on campus too, as a large number of students from the current batch will attend the meet.

We would be very privileged to have your company as a sponsor for the event. Every year, the meet is attended by the who's who of the business world from across industries. Your products/services will have the audience of the Sec A++ category consumer, who has the eyes and ears to many other consumer classes. These consumers, being key corporate decision makers would be a prime target market for your products/services.

We have various Sponsorship Schemes:

Payment can be made by a crossed cheque payable to 'XLRI Jamshedpur'. Your company may also sponsor the event "in kind" wherein your products would be offered as part of the kit that will be provided to all or as prizes to be given away during the event. You can discuss about the same with us.

We look forward to partnering with you to make this event a grand success.

Hoping for a positive response,

Yours sincerely,

The Hyderabad Alumni Meet Team

Hyderabad Alumni Meet

Dear All

Times may change but some things will always stay the same…never ending classes… intellectual ly stimulating quizzes and assignments. ..XL Utsav...the wetnights that go on till the crack of dawn…the XL-IIM C meet...the innumerable '__AXIs'... everlasting grax sessions…the view from EL-top...the mouthwatering samosas and jalebis at Dadu's…and our very own symbol of enlightenment, "the Bodhi tree"…
We have all experienced 'XL' at different times…Yet the bond we share transcends generations…Come let's all relive those moments 'XL' style once again…

On behalf of the entire XL Community we invite you for an evening filled with fun and nostalgia on 26th May, 7 p.m onwards at the Taj, Banjara (Anjuman Hall).

You are most welcome to bring along your Significant Other and kids to provide them with a glimpse of the good old times at your alma mater, not to mention the first hand experience of the XL culture!!

The registration charges are as below
Single : Rs 500/-
Couple : Rs 700/-
Family : Rs 800/-

Please cascade the invitation to your batchmates and fellow alumni members. Hoping to see you there…it won't be the same without your presence!

A confirmation reply from your side giving the number of attendees(including you) would be appreciated as it would help us organize the meet more effectively.

Regards
Rashmi Bajoria
PMIR(2006-08)

XLRI Spreads Wings to Hyderabad

[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070504/asp/jamshedpur/story_7732686.asp]

Jamshedpur, May 3 (The Telegraph): Come June 2009, and an XLRI campus would come up in Hyderabad.

Officials of the B-school said they had recently completed the necessary formalities for acquiring 30 acres of land at Alwal near Hyderabad.

The construction work of the new campus is expected to begin by the end of this month and the second campus is expected to start functioning in June 2009. The new campus would be adjacent to the Loyola College in Hyderabad.

XLRI, Hyderabad, is being set up as part of the B-school’s expansion programme. The XLRI here has no scope for expansion due to land constraints.

The Jamshedpur campus is spread across 35 acres.

The dean (academics) of XLRI, P. Venugopal, said the B-school had two options — either to increase the intake at the Jamshedpur campus or develop another. After a lot of analysis, he said, it was decided to start a new one.

The B-school authorities wanted to set up the campus in a major metro. As finding faculty would be a major concern in smaller cities, the business school authorities debated between Delhi and Hyderabad. But the southern city won as Delhi has several management colleges.

Venugopal said talks are also on with the government of Andhra Pradesh to get more land for developing additional facilities.

Apart from the flagship courses in business management and personnel management, the new campus would offer management development programmes (MDP), added Venugopal.

The MDP division at XLRI was established in 1969 to contribute more effectively to the professional development of Indian managers and administrators. Now, the division offers more than 90 MDPs every year.

As Hyderabad is well connected with other parts of the country, said XLRI officials, MBA aspirants wouldn’t find it difficult to pursue management courses from this campus. The city’s air-connectivity would also prove to be a major advantage for the B-school’s new campus.

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Posted By Madhukar to XLRI Jamshedpur - News and latest Updates at 5/04/2007 04:46:00 PM __._,_.___

Summer Alumni Meets in India... Curtain Raiser :0)

well, nothing concrete as yet :(

(unless one makes this kind of announcement as a "curtain raiser" ;)

:0))... but just to update junta.

The Summer Interns of the 08 batch are settling down and planning to organise meets at:

Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, NCR...

...hopefully elsewhere also.

Am sending this mail to seek your help and support to make the alumni meets a memorable event for all of us... (after all, it is "Alumni" Meet after all - not "Summer Intern"'s meet for alumni)

Sitting on this side of Bistupur, I have connected them to some of the alumni in these cities who have helped/ supported them earlier..

as of now, to the best of my knowledge:

- in Mumbai, they are meeting some alumni on Saturday at at Cafe CoffeeDay at Carter Road at 6pm on Saturday April 21st

- in Blore, they are meeting the Blore Chapter team on Monday April 24th (venue and time to be decided soon)

- in Chennai, most likely a meeting will happen next week (my interpretation of PNS' mail to them)

so folks!.. let's get going... if you are a game to help them to do a good job (with organising, sponsorship, ideas, ... or whatever).. these are the people in your place you can contact (Alphbetically) - there are more of them, I am only pasting the numbers of those which I have:

Bangalore:

Kuruvilla Kurian (96BMD):

Mansij Majumdar (08PMIR):

Dushyant Goyal (08PMIR):

Chennai:

Birud Shah 08BMD - CTS

Jhumur 08PMIR - CTS

Prayrita 08BMD - Standard Chartered

Hyderabad:

Kshitij Verma (08BMD) - at Delloitte

Rashmi Bajoria (08PMIR) - at Microsoft

Kolkata:

08BMD, Piyush Chamria
08BMD, Shivi Gupta
08BMD, Vibhor Mittal
08PMIR, Ram Prasanna
08PMIR, Iqbal Ahmed

Mumbai:

Jesal Doshi (08BM):

(there are 20+of them in Mumbai, and are meeting on Saturday with Anurag Srivastava 92PMIR, Akshaya Soni 99BM, and Alvin Raskina 07PMIR - at Cafe Coffee Day on Carter Road... join them,if you can)

NCR:

Anuj Khanna @ Hay Group
Anumeha Sinha @ Nokia
Bineet Singh @ Amex
Neha Ramchandani @ HSBC
Ruchi Kohli @ Reckitt
Shamit Gandhi @ Coca Cola
Tanya Naik @ Citibank
Richa Bakshi @ E&Y
Rohit Manucha @ E&Y
Divya Garg @ Hewitt

DISCLAIMER: some of the BM interns fall into "Gaon Mein Sabun Bech Raha Tha" category, so may not be able to acces your call or respond)

[The recent batches would be aware of this, but for those who are not aware of "Gaon Mein Sabun Bech Raha Tha" context - please download the Bodhi Tree GMD song from here:

http://www.jammag.com/rock/show_rock.php?article_id=66

ciao

madhukar