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.

XLRI gears up for National Working Conference on Social Entrepreneurship

From The Daily Pioneer

City-based premier B-school XLRI is gearing up to play host to the second National “Working Conference on Social Entrepreneurship” from January 29. Vijoy Prakash, Prinicipal Secretary, Rural Development, Government of Bihar would deliver the inaugural address of the three-day event.

The theme of the conference is “Solutions for Inclusive Development” and it aims to provide a common space to the practitioners like social entrepreneurs, CBOs/NGOs, Government agencies, academics, funding agencies, support organisations and corporate for interaction and learning from each other.

“We are happy to share that more than 160 development sector professionals from across India, have registered to participate in the conference. This year’s event is designed as a “working conference” which would allow the participants to not just listen and learn, but also to share, discuss and co-create solutions, alternatives as a take-away, by actively and collectively engaging in solving real, live problems, which are of their interest and concern,” said Prof Madhukar Shukla, coordinator of the conference.

He further added that about 25 social entrepreneurs and development sector professionals have been invited to participate in the conference as resource persons for the “Working Groups”.

The professor went on to inform that several resource persons have confirmed their participation,which includes Abhijit Ray, director, Unitus Capital, Anshu Gupta, founder-director, Goonj Ashoka Fellow, Arbind Singh, executive director, Nidan Ashoka Fellow, Arun Diaz, trustee and member of investment board, Aavishkaar India Micro Venture Capital Fund, Ashish Rajpal, co-founder and managing director, Discovery Ashok Kamath, CEO, Akshara Foundation, Ashwin Naik, co-founder and CEO Vaatsalya Healthcare Systems Pvt Ltd.

“Based on our interactions with practitioners in the field, we have also tentatively identified a few broad themes/groups for the working groups in the conference. In each group, we also plan to have Resource Persons, who have made significant contribution to the space, and would help bring greater value to the group, and lead the discussions,” he noted.

XLRI, Jamshedpur to Host 31st Annual Marketing Fair

From Cool Avenues

XLRI, Jamshedpur to Host 31st Annual Marketing Fair
The Marketing Association of XLRI, popularly known as MAXI, is set to organize its Annual MAXI Fair on the 17th of January, 2010. Started in 1979, the MAXI Fair is a unique and innovative approach to conduct Market Research in a fun format.

The idea was conceptualized 31 years ago, much ahead of its time, by Sharad Sarin, Professor of Marketing at XLRI and a visionary. Year after year since then, major Indian corporate houses bring their market research problems to the students of XLRI, who design elaborate games around them. These games are hosted in the XLRI grounds, and are open to public who visit the fair and have a good time apart from winning prizes. The students, on the other hand, get useful data about public preferences, which they then analyze to solve the problems faced by the companies. This makes the task of conducting the otherwise boring and mundane research easier and interesting.

This year, Hindustan Unilever(HUL) and Tata Main Hospital (TMH) are taking part in the MAXI Fair. While HUL wants to understand consumer behavior and preferences in its Face Care category, TMH wants to determine the factors which drive or inhibit the people from visiting their hospital.

HUL and other companies from the Tata Group, among many others, have been taking part in the Fair in previous years also, which provides a testimony to the quality of the research conducted at the Fair. In fact, the idea has been so popular and effective that it has been replicated and implemented by business schools all over India.

The magnitude of the Fair can be estimated by the fact that the number of people gathering in the XLRI grounds runs into thousands, in a span of just one day. The footfalls last year were over 2000, which are expected to increase by 50 percent this year, to over 3000 people.

The popular game stalls last year were ‘Bhutiya Haveli’, helping Tata Steelium determine consumer preferences in furniture, and the ‘Wonderland’ which took the visitors on a joy ride to the land of Alice and Genies, facilitating Spencer’s to judge its brand image relative to other retail stores. This year as well, the preparations for the Fair are up in full swing in the XLRI campus, with everything being done and managed by the students. Let us see what experiences Maxi Fair has in store for the public this year.

97 batch XLer's - Rajiv Rajendra - play in Sydney

Folks

 

belated Happy New Year

 

a play directed by Rajiv "Jeeves" Rajendra (97BMD) - citi-banker turned entrepreneur and also in theatre:) is scheduled in Sydney during Feb 3 and Feb 7... details below

 

ciao

madhukar

 

 

The Fruits of War @ Sydney

Written by Earl T Roske
Directed by Rajiv Rajendra

Start Time: Wednesday, February 3 at 8:15pm
End Time: Sunday, February 7 at 8:15pm
Where: Newtown Theatre, NSW, Australia
THE FRUITS OF WAR

For tickets please visit www.shortandsweet.org or call +61 2 8507 3034.

2nd National Conference on Social Entrepreneurship @ XLRI - Registration Details

Hello Folks!

I am happy to invite your participation in the 2nd National "Working" Conference on Social Entrepreneurship, which we are organising at XLRI Jamshedpur (Jan 29-31).

The registration details of the conference are enclosed and also pasted below - and I am also enclosing the Nomination Form.

If you know of someone who may be interested in attending this conference, please forward these too - thanks!

Wishing you all a wonderful and meaningful 2010

ciao
madhukar
ps: er.... a bit of "ambush marketing" ;0) - if you have not much to do, pl also have a look at my article in WSJ which got published yeterday :)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126258063197814415.html


<http://2nd-se-conference-at-xlri.blogspot.com/>

Why a "Working Conference"? - Purpose & Theme

Welcome to a conference with a difference!

Breaking away from the format of outlined agenda, specified topics, and fixed speakers, the <http://2nd-se-conference-at-xlri.blogspot.com/> 2nd National Conference on Social Entrepreneurship is designed to collaboratively explore, discuss, learn from each other, and co-create.


Designed as interest-based 'facilitated' Working Groups, the conference aims to:
facilitate learning by actively involving the participants in collaboratively solving real, live problems, which are of their interest and concern.

. leverage the rich experience and competence available in the participants' community to address real challenges, issues and opportunities facing the sector, and help learning from each other.

. result in relevant "take-home" learning (solutions and alternatives) for the participants, which can be implemented.

The Themes & Design

The Conference is designed around seven broad themes for the Working Groups; each group would be anchored by Social Entrepreneurs/ Resource Persons, who have contributed significantly to that particulars space, and will add value to the discussions and outcomes:

. Market Linkages: Mainstreaming the Marginalised Producers
. Employment & Livelihood: Organising the Unorganised
. Universal Primary Education: Investing in the Future
. Financial Inclusion: Creating an Equitable India
. Healthcare & Hygiene for All: Making a Healthier Society
. Access to Technology & Societal Resources: Empowering the Masses
. Grass Root Innovations: Supporting Social Entrepreneurship

Dates: January 29 - 31, 2010

Venue: XLRI, Jamshedpur

For Whom:
Development sector professionals, i.e.,
. Social entrepreneurs,
. NGOs,
. Government officials operating in development space,
. CSR executives,
. Academicians, and
. Interested students

3. Participation Fee

** due to "interactive working groups" methodology, the conference will accept limited number of participants on a first-come basis

The Cheque/DD should be drawn in favour of XLRI Jamshedpur


Download Nomination Form

Nominations should be sent to:
Prof Madhukar Shukla
Conference Coordinator
The 2nd National Entrepreneurship on Social Entrepreneurship
XLRI
CH Area (East), Jamshedpur 831 001
Ph: 0657 - 398 3333 Fax: 0657 - 398 3200
Email: seconference@xlri.ac.in> seconference@xlri.ac.in
Conference Blog : http://2nd-SE-Conference-at-XLRI.blogspot.com/

Confirmed Resource Persons:

Mr Arbind Singh
Executive Director
<http://www.nidan.in/> Nidan & Ashoka Fellow

Mr Arun Diaz
Trustee & Member of Investment Board
<http://www.aavishkaar.in/> Aavishkaar India Micro Venture Capital Fund

Mr Ashish Rajpal
Co-Founder & Managing Director
http://www.idiscoverii.org/> iDiscoveri

Mr Ashok Kamath
CEO
<http://www.aksharafoundation.org/> Akshara Foundation

Dr Ashwin Naik
Co-Founder & CEO
<http://www.vaatsalya.com/> Vaatsalya Healthcare Systems Pvt Ltd

Dr Balaji Utla
CEO
<http://www.hmri.in/> Health Management & Research Institute

Mr Devendra Shukla
Director
<http://www.jaipurrugs.org/> Jaipur Rugs Foundation

Mr GN Murthy
General Manager - New Initiatives
<http://www.echoupal.com/> ITC - Agri Business Div

Dr Joe Madiath
Founder & Executive Director,
<http://www.gramvikas.org/> Gram Vikas & Skoll Social Entrepreneur

Mr Kirti Prasanna Mishra
Partner
<http://www.martrural.com/> MART

Mr Niraj Subrat
Vice President -Marketing
<http://www.ide-india.org/> International Development Enterprises - India

Mr Paul Basil
Founder & CEO
<http://www.villgro.org/> Villgro & Ashoka Fellow

Mr Pravin Mahajan
Founder & Executive Director
<http://www.janarth.org/> Janarth

Mr Rohit Magotra
Chief Operating Officer
<http://www.ekgaon.com/> Ekgaon Technologies

Mr Samit Ghosh
CEO
<http://www.ujjivan.com/> Ujjivan

Mr Sandeep Farias
Founder & Managing Director
<http://www.elevarwquity.com/> Elevar Equity

Ms Saloni Malhotra
Founder & CEO
<http://www.desicrew.in/> DesiCrew Solutions Pvt Ltd

Ms Sohini Bhattacharya
Director, South Asia Partnerships
<http://india.ashoka.org/> Ashoka: Innovators for the Public

Mr Soumen Biswas
Executive Director
<http://www.pradan.net/> PRADAN

2nd National Conference on Social Entrepreneurship @ XLRI (Jan 29-31, '10)

Hello folks! Season’s Greetings from XLRI! I am happy to inform you that we are the 2nd National "Working Conference" on Social Entrepreneurship @ XLRI during Jan 29th-31st, '10. This mail is both to inform (in case, some of you would like to attend), and with a request to pass it on to those who you think may be interested. The theme of the Conference is "Solutions for Inclusive Development" and it aims to provide a common space to the practitioners (social entrepreneurs, CBOs/NGOs, Government Agencies, Academics, Funding Agencies, Support Organisations and Corporate) for interaction and learning from each other. We were greatly encouraged by the participation in the last Conference, (http://social-entrepreneurship-at-xlri.blogspot.com) which was attended by about 160 practitioners from the development sector as participants. This year's event is designed as a "working conference" which would allow the participants to not just listen and learn, but also to share, discuss and co-create solutions/alternatives as a take-away, by actively and collectively engaging in solving real, live problems, which are of their interest and concern. Based on our interactions with practitioners in the field, we have tentatively identified a few broad themes/groups for the working groups in the Conference. In each group, we also plan to have Resource Persons, who have made significant contribution to the space, and would help bring greater value to the group, and lead the discussions. · Market Linkages: Mainstreaming the Marginalised Producers · Employment & Livelihood: Organising the Unorganised · Universal Primary Education: Investing in the Future · Financial Inclusion: Creating an Equitable India · Healthcare & Hygiene for All: Making a Healthier Society · Access to Technology & Societal Resources: Empowering the Masses · Grass Root Innovations: Supporting Rural Entrepreneurship In addition, the conference will be interspersed with panel discussions on relevant themes (I am pasting below the tentative schedule of the Conference for your reference). We are working on the registration details for the conference (that being the function of sponsorship – if we can get those :0), and will share the same soon. We expect about 25 Social Entrepreneurs and Development Sector Professionals to participate in the Conference as Resource Persons. I am also happy to share, that as of now, the following have confirmed their participation as Resource Persons - Mr Arbind Singh (Executive Director, Nidan) Ashoka Fellow & Social Entrepreneur of the Year '08 http://www.nidan.in/ - Mr Arun Diaz (Trustee & Member of Investment Board, Aavishkaar India Micro Venture Capital Fund) http://www.aavishkaar.in/ - Mr Ashish Rajpal (Co-Founder & Managing Director, iDiscoveri) http://www.idiscoveri.org/ - Dr Ashwin Naik (Co-Founder & CEO, Vaatsalya Healthcare Systems Pvt Ltd) http://www.vaatsalya.com/ - Dr Balaji Utla, (CEO, Health Management & Research Institute) http://www.hmri.in/ - Mr Chandra Shekhar Ghosh (Chairman & Managing Director, Bandhan Microfinance) Senior Ashoka Fellow & winner of Microfinance Award '09, http://www.bandhanmf.com/ - Mr Devendra Shukla (Director, Jaipur Rugs Foundation) http://www.jaipurrugs.org/ - Mr GN Murthy (General Manager – New Initiatives, ITC- Business Div) http://www.echoupal.com/ - Dr Joe Madiath (Founder & Executive Director, Gram Vikas) Senior Ashoka Fellow & Skoll Social Entrepreneur http://www.gramvikas.org/ - Mr Niraj Subrat (Vice President, Marketing, International Development Enterprises-India) http://www.ide-india.org/ - Mr Paul Basil (Founder & CEO, Villgro) Ashoka Fellow http://www.villgro.org/ - Mr Pravin Mahajan (Executive Director, Janarth) Ashoka Fellow http://www.janarth.org/ - Mr Samit Ghosh (Founder & CEO, Ujjivan Financial Services Pvt Ltd) http://www.ujjivan.com/ - Mr Sandeep Farias (Founder & Managing Director, Elevar Equity) http://www.elevarequity.com/ - Ms Saloni Malhotra (Founder and CEO, DesiCrew Solutions Pvt Ltd) http://www.desicrew.in/ - Ms Sohini Bhattacharya (Director, South Asia Partnerships, Ashoka Innovators for the Public) http://india.ashoka.org/ - Mr Soumen Biswas (Executive Director, PRADAN) http://www.pradan.net - Mr Upmanyu Patil (Managing Director, Sakhi Retail Pvt Ltd) http://www.sspindia.org/resources/SRPL_profile_09.pdf ======================== Tentative Agenda of the Conference January 29th 2:00-3:30 Inauguration, Design of the Conference, Inaugural Address 4:00-5:30 Panel: Social Entrepreneurship & Inclusive Socio-Economic Development January 30th 9:00-10:30 Panel: Inclusive Growth: Challenges, Opportunities and Impediments 11:00-6:00 Working Group Discussions - Themes: · Market Linkages: Mainstreaming the Marginalised Producers · Employment & Livelihood: Organising the Unorganised · Universal Primary Education: Investing in the Future · Financial Inclusion: Creating an Equitable India · Healthcare & Hygiene for All: Making a Healthier Society · Access to Technology & Societal Resources: Empowering the Masses · Grass Root Innovations: Supporting Rural Entrepreneurship January 31st 9:00-12:30 Sharing/ Presentations by Groups 2:00-3:30 Panel: Scaling the Impact 3:30-4:00 Conclusion ================================ Dr Madhukar Shukla Coordinator - 2nd National Conference on Social Entrepreneurship (Jan 29 -31, '10) & Professor (OB & Strategic Mgt) XLRI Jamshedpur CH Area (East) Jamshedpur 831001 (India) ph: 91-657-398 3333 mailid: madhukar@xlri.ac.in / seconference@xlri.ac.in/