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..

US Visit by Dr. Jittu Singh and Fr. Abraham

Dear Friends :

Dr Jittu Singh and I will be travelling to the US to visit some universities for discussion on collaboration and exchange.. They are Cornell, Case Western, University of Minnesota, Stanford and University of Southern California. We would like to meet as many of you as possible during our visit from April 10 to April 20, 2010.

We have tentatively planned to organize Alumni get-togethers on :

April 10 : New York

April 16 : Minneapolis

April 17 or 18 : San Francisco

April 19 or 20 : Los Angeles


Looking forward to meeting you all,

Fr Abraham
--
E. Abraham S J., Ph.D.
Director
XLRI School of Business & Human Resources
C H Area (East)
PB no. 222
Jamshedpur 831001,INDIA

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

XLRI alumni to raise endowment fund for B-school's infrastructure

From The Financial Express

Jamshedpur: Alumni of the XLRI School of Business & Human Resources will be here soon to attend the Homecoming 2009, a re-union the B-School has been hosting for the last five years. They are raising an endowment fund to improve the B-School’s infrastructure.

The fund was initiated in 2008 by the 1983 batch. They will be contributing Rs 1 crore, which would subsequently go up to Rs 5 crore.

“The whole idea is to make the fund bigger, as XLRI really didn’t have much of an endowment as we always have lived from hand to mouth,” said XLRI director Father E Abraham, adding that it was only now that the institute has some money to build the infrastructure.

Members of all the alumni batches who have been visiting the B-School over the last few years to attend the Homecoming reunion have been expressing their own ideas in improving things at the institute.

The B-School has chalked out a two-day (November 21-22) programme that would make the alumni members aware of the different initiatives undertaken by XLRI including its expansion and diversification plans in the academic field.

“This forum is going to channelise all the different ideas as we have now set up an endowment fund; and through the fund we are going to channelise whatever ideas come from the alumni towards the growth of the institution”, said Rana Sinha, managing director of Telcon and president of the local XLRI Alumni Association.

XLRI’s alumni members have been behind the setting up of a unique “entrepreneurship trust” which has helped some of the B-School’s two-year management students in starting social entrepreneurship ventures like “Parichay”, “Swavalamban”, “Dream4Others”, “Brandtadka.com”, etc by way of giving seed money.

“The entrepreneurship trust is set to grow because every batch would be reinforcing it with fund and we would have more and more examples of success stories”, said Sinha.

Homecoming 2009 also proposes to confer lifetime achievement awards as well as “distinguished alumnus awards” to those of its alumni who have not only excelled in industry but also in academia. The B-School will also be honouring Father E H McGrath.

“Considering this is the 60th year of XLRI, Homecoming this year is of special importance”, said Bushen Raina, the national president of the XLRI Alumni Association, adding the response from over 150 alumni members so far has been “very positive”.

XLRI UAE Get together 2nd October

Hi,

We will be having a get-together on 2nd Oct at 7:00pm.

We are glad to have Fr.Jesusurajan, from XLRI-Jamshedpur, who is in town, and he will be joining us.

We aren’t sure of the schedule of Fr.Abraham; understand he is in Jamshedpur at present.

Fr.C.L George, Dean of Finance at XLRI –Jamshedpur, I understand is also in Dubai.

So he may also join us at the get-together.

Those of us who are attending, could you please e-mail your confirmation by noon on Thursday 1^st October 2009.

Land phone – 04 4075326

The confirmations will enable us to know the number of attendees.

Please bring along your spouse/partner if you wish so.

The per head expense could be around Dhs.100/- if not more with food and drinks.

Please try and come at 7pm; especially being Friday, the venue can get to be busy later on and restaurants (of our choice) / tables / seats can also get to be difficult.

See you on 2^nd October 2009…

Regards.Johnson.

California Alumni Meet 30 Sep

A few of us local Cisco & KLA-Tencor XLers are doing lunch next Wednesday, 9/30, at noon at the Anjappar Chettinad restaurant at the Milpitas end of Tasman drive, at the Ranch Market complex.

http://www.anjapparca.com/index.htm

If you are in the neighbourhood, do join us. Send me an email so we can make the appropriate reservation.

The occasion is to celebrate end of Q1, start of Fall, the 'very likely over'-ness of the recession or whatever else will make you have lunch with fellow XLers :-)

Regards,
Tipu
IR96

We have a nice crowd for tomorrow, with 7 'locals'.

Confirmed:
Charu Madan (IR00)
Aparna Singh (IR00)
Reema Vijay (IR07)
Samba Yarlagadda (BM96)
Tipu Purkayastha (IR96)
Sandra Mahadwar (IR86)
Sandeep Harpalani (BM92)

Will try to make it:
Shailley (IR08)
Ranu Gupta (IR96)
Dinesh Bahal (BM83)
Anurag Chhabra (BM00)

We meet at 12 noon at Anjappara. The address is 458 Barber Lane, Milpitas, CA 95035; Tel: 408 435 5500. This is on Barber Ln just as you enter the Ranch Market complex, & a little away from Ranch 99, Mayflower etc. Please be there on time.

They don't take lunch reservations, so last minute additions can always be accomodated.

See you all soon.

Regards,

Tipu

Homecoming 2009 (21-22 November, 2009)

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Dear Friends,

Here is a suggested schedule for the Homecoming -2009. We appreciate your comments and suggestions to make the event in 2009 a grant success. You may kindly place your suggestions in the remarks column and send to Roshan Dastur for firming up the final schedule.

HOMECOMING 2009 (21-22 NOVEMBER, 2009)
SUGGESTED SCHEDULE
November 21, 2009

TIME ACTIVITY REMARKS
10:00-10:30 a.m. Registration (Venue: Learning Centre Foyer)
10:30-11:30 a.m. Presentation by students on Student Initiatives - Parichay, Swalamban, Dream4Others, Goonj Clothes Collection and Other endeavours
11:30 – 12:30 p.m. Campus walk
01:00 - 2:30 p.m. Community Lunch with Board members, Faculty and Students
03:00-4:00 p.m. Presentation on XLRI by the Director
04:00- 4:30 p.m. Tea at MDP Residence
06:00 -7:45 p.m. Cultural program by Alumni and students
08:00 p.m. Diamond Jubilee Inauguration followed by Dinner
10:00 p.m. Alumni meets students over music and dances at JLT


November 22, 2009

Time Activity Remarks
6:00-8:00 p.m. Golf Tournament part I at Beldih Club
8.00 – 9.00am Breakfast hosted by Mr. Rana Sinha
9.00 – 12.00 am Golf Tournament part II at Beldih Club
12.00 - 12.30 pm Price distribution
01:00 p.m. Lunch hosted by Mr. Bushen Raina
Free time for individual catching up.....

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.

XL Canada Picnic - July 1 (With Family)

Date : July 1, 2009 (Wednesday)-Canada Day - RAIN/SHINE

Time : 12:00 pm onwards (normally lasts till 4:00 pm at least)

Location : Sunnybrook Park (Picnic Area No. 2), Toronto - see map attached

Directions : Most convenient to use the Entrance marked in Black on the Map off Leslie St.

Pot Luck Lunch - Each family brings a dish/snack to share in a pot luck format

Please bring our own soft drinks, styrofoam plates / cups/ napkins/spoons/ forks etc.
Please bring lawn chairs, Duree/sheets.
If you have a Stove, pls bring that along to to heat up the food if required.
(if your friends want to come along, welcome too)

We could also have games for the kids and play some cricket - and Fred has a cricket set so we can play some tennis ball cricket. Those who have Frisbees/Balls, or any other sport items, please bring them along too.Fred will be bringing a small stove and will make 'Chai' for all of us.

PS: if you are aware of any new Xlers that have moved to Toronto, please circulate to them.

Once again looking forward to see you all there,

Regards,
Siddharth

Delhi Alumni Meet Pictures are up

Richa Malik has uploaded her pictures of the meet.

Her message and link to her pictures, follows:

The pics are finally here...Sorry for the delay...

http://picasaweb.google.co.in/richamalik85/XLRIAlumniMeet2009Delhi#

The pictures are uploaded in their original size so feel free to download them without worrying about the resolution. Do let me know if you want me to email you some pictures, just in case.

Thank you for coming for the alumni meet.

Hope everyone had a great time.

Regards,

Richa Malik

Singapore : 29/5- yogaRUN

hello everyone

re; 29/5 meeting; 8 pm

the wine company, evans road

Since there is not much of an interest on playing sport, before the dinner I am suggesting a YOGArun in the botanic gardens. 630 pm start; end by 730 pm and still have time for a fresh up and ready for dinner. Any takers?

Best Wishes

Ramesh
ReVive Consulting Group

Europe : Alumni Meet Invite for 30th May 2009 - Basel

Dear All,

I invite you to the Alumni Meet in Basel on Saturday,May 30th, 2009.

The programme is as follows:

1) 5.15 p.m-7.30 p.m. : We meet at Cafe Bar Fumare Non Fumare, Gerbergasse 30, Near Barfusserplatz for drinks.

2) 7.30 p.m-9.30 p.m. : We proceed towards Centro am Barfi, The Italian Restaurant for dinner. Its a short walk from Cafe Bar Fumare Non Fumare.

Looking forward to meeting you and spending a good evening together.

Warm Regards,
Pallavi Bhargava
PMIR-10

xl spring time 09 meeting - Singapore - confirmed 29/5 - 730pm

XLRI ALUMNI MAY SINGAPORE meeting

here are the details again-

• date: 29/5
• time: 730 pm
• location: the wine COMPANY at 26, evans roadt - NOTE EVANS ROAD not dempsey road. ph: 67321229 ( write this down)
• cost per person - 29++ ( the reservation is under xlri)
• south african wines + chilean wines + german wines + beer+ pizza + pasta + salad + yummy chocolate dessert on offer.
• vegetarians - and rastafarians - NO PROBLEMO!!
• parking: lots available in the NUS campus
• bus / taxi - come along BUKIT timah road and turn into Evans road

SPORTS: PJ - has nicely suggested bowling - I did not hear anything from anyone after that - I am wondering ?? Any interest...

In the meanwhile, thinking aboout activities - any interest in tennis or badminton. I can book the court in the CCA building opposite where we plan to meet.If there is an interest pelase send me a text - . the facility has changing rooms. those who want to play should be ready by 530 pm; I can book the courts for 2 hours; We can after the game, just walk over to the the wine company.

guys and gals - who are seeing this mail - could you please send a friendly phone call or email to some of the friends who are not in the yahoo group or those who are not seeing them to see if they would like to come for the 29/5 Friday get together. let me know by 28/5.

Best Wishes

Ramesh
ReVive Consulting Group.
Singapore

XLRI Alumni Meet 2009 - Delhi Chapter

Hi All,
It gives me great pleasure to announce the following details for the XLRI Delhi Alumni Meet 2009.

Date: 23rd May 2009
Time: 7:00 pm Onwards
Venue: The Grand Ball Room, Tivoli Gardens

More details for the event will be uploaded soon.
Watch this space!!

Regards,
The Delhi Alumni Meet Team

Richa Malik
PGDBM – XLRI (2010)

Nakul Jain
PGDBM – XLRI (2010)

Vignesh Kalyanaraman
PMIR – XLRI (2010)

The XL Alumni Meet 2009 - Chennai

Hi,

The XL Alumni Meet 2009 - Chennai has been scheduled for the 23rd of May (Saturday). The venue for the meet is not decided yet (subject to the sponsorship we can manage for the event) and will be communicated soon. We would be grateful if you could fit this event in your plans and it would be great to meet as many of you guys there as possible.

Regards,
XL Alumni Meet Team - Chennai

Krishnan S
Meesam Rizvi
Rajat Brar

PS - We would be grateful for all the help that we can get with respect to sponsorship. Please get in touch with one of us at the above mentioned phone numbers if you can help us in any way.

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)

Mumbai - Annual Meet - 23 May 2009

Dear XLers,

The preparations for the Alumni Meet 2009 are underway. We have finalized tentatively the date and venue as follows:
Date: 23rd May, 2009
Venue: Mayfair Banquets, Worli

Time: 7:00pm onwards

At this stage, we are facing severe issues as regards sponsorship is concerned.

This being a period of recession, there are very few avenues to raise sponsorship and we have not received favourable responses from any of the avenues we have explored so far. After 3 weeks of efforts towards raising funds for the meet, we realize that this year is going to be a tougher nut to crack than we had earlier expected.

We request you to lend us your support towards this end, and help us in giving you the best Alumni Meet yet.

We seek your direction and support in this regard. Please feel free to contact any one of us for any queries / suggestions etc.

Thanks and Regards,

Gayathri Krishnan

Secretary, External Linkages,

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

XL London Get-Together Pics - thanks too!!

well, well... what a day/evening it was!!

thanks to Reena and Arun (please dont miss their pics - 1st and the last one:)... and to Garima, Saurabh, Sharky, Bpaditya... and to all who could make it to the get-together.

For those who missed (and also for those who were there), I have uploaded the pics (about 100+ of them - the "trigger-happy" me :) at:

http://xlers.blogspot.com/2009/03/xl-get-together-london-march-28th-09.html

or

http://xlers.blogspot.com/

pretty heady experience, really - came back quite rejuvenated... (ya, tired too! ;)

ciao

madhukar