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Finance
Why XLRI?
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Director’s Message
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Infrastructure Marketing
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Placement Chair Message
 Placements
IT 30
HR 25
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What began 68 years ago as a modest centre to impart Industrial

Relations training to TATA Steel, is now at the centre of the Human
Resource revolution in India. From a place where it all began, XLRI
has re-invented itself to be THE destination for business education.
The endeavour to constantly outdo ourselves has been a part of
our DNA from the start, and that continues as we explore infinite
possibilities with the best minds of the nation, striving to make
ourselves and those around us better.

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General Management/ Operations
Strategy & Consulting
 Message from the
Director
Dear Recruiter,

Today’s dynamic business environment is competitive, far-

reaching, and transcends boundaries, whilst seamlessly
connecting economies across the globe. To survive in this
highly competitive landscape, all players – old and new –
need to defend their market footprints or create new ones.

Keeping in mind today’s marketplace, it is important for

executives to continuously update their knowledge base and
acquire new skill-sets and competencies. At XLRI, we guide
our students with industry-ready course content, engaging
lectures, and ample faculty interactions. Our approach to
learning embraces a meticulous, explore-every-solution
attitude and an appraisal of every business problem through
the lens of varied management disciplines.

Academic excellence, together with moral rectitude and

intellectual integrity is the essence of XLRI. This ensures that
our students are groomed to become successful leaders who
make an impact on the world.

We have been awarded accreditation from

prestigious  international and  national accreditation bodies.
We are proud to be part of the exclusive group of global
business schools who have received accreditation from AACSB
(The Association to Advance Collegiate School of Business),
AMBA (Association of MBAs) and NBA (National Board of
Accreditation).

This achievement is the result of continuous hard work

and support by our staff, students and alumni, and assures
you that our institution has spared no effort to make our
curriculum world-class and deliver it in the most effective
manner.

I welcome you to interact with these highly motivated future

leaders and I am certain that they are ready to lead your
organization towards sustainable growth and development.

With prayers and blessings

Fr. E. Abraham, S.J.

Director
XLRI, Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur

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Message from the
Placement
Chair
Dear Recruiter,

I am very pleased to be presenting the Human Resources

Management (HRM) and the Business Management (BM)
students of XLRI’s 2017-2019 Batch. We have selected
the women and men of the 2017-2019 batch with great
care. Literally hundreds of faculty-hours have gone into
the selection process. Simultaneously, we have been
finely calibrating our course curriculum to ensure that
our graduates are capable of delivering maximum value
to the enterprises that employ them or the enterprises
that they choose to build.

We take the summer internship program very seriously.

Every year we debrief our students after their internship
stints, finding out areas that they found challenging,
looking for gaps in our curriculum and ensuring that the
next batch is even better prepared to deliver from Hour
1. We, as an Institute, have therefore been using the
summer internships to make our programme relevant
and current.

Our recruiters too seem to be benefitting from the

summer internship programme as evidenced by the
large number of Pre-Placement Offers (PPOs) and
Pre-Placement Interviews (PPIs) that our students
have been awarded. The summer of 2017 has been
particularly heartening; the feedback that we have
received from the participating companies has been
extremely positive.

Do visit our beautiful campus and participate in the

Summer Internship Programme; I am sure it will be
mutually beneficial.

Prof. Uday Damodaran

Placement Chair Person
XLRI, Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur

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 XLRI
History & Values
XLRI began its journey in the year 1949, pioneering management
education in India. Over the last six decades, the institute
has grown into a top-ranking business management school
of international repute, with a wide portfolio of management
programs and research publications. Its alumni are spread around
the globe and have demonstrated responsible and sustainable
business leadership in their organizations. XLRI continually strives
to contribute to the professional growth and management of
numerous organizations and institutions across industry sectors.

XLRI is unique in that it passes on its spirit of “Magis” – ever

greater, ever better, excellence - to its students, and propels them
to strive for integral development as well as academic excellence.
This understanding, that a multitude of skills and competencies
form the key to success in the business world, is a critical and vital
part of the institute.

Its value-based system propels its protégés to balance the

dichotomies of

Innovation vs Exploitation | Patriotism vs Global vision

Assertiveness vs Humility | Profit vs Social Consciousness

Why

The curriculum encourages students Alumni network which

Only 1 out of 250 to apply theoretical learning to is going strong for
make it to the campus, and real-life scenarios 68 years, and will keep
merit is the only criterion. being a family for years to come.
and prepares them for what is
expected out of an XL-er.

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 Culture
Over the years, XLRI has developed its own unique culture. Our students do not follow beaten
roads, they strike new routes, they do not benchmark, but are benchmarked against, they are
second to none and the first to respond to the greater good, pioneers in taking bold tasks and
making things possible. The enterprising spirit is exemplified throughout the rich history of
this institution.

Students – a one out of 250 find

XAT is one of the most difficult admission tests in the nation, and the complete application process
which aspirants need to go through before making it to their dream destination is rigorous to say
the least. The top few percentile holders in XAT only qualify for the next stages of the process and
by the means of behavioural questionnaire, video submissions, GD and Personal Interview, are
tested to bring out the best in them. Only 1 out of 250 make it to the campus, and merit is the only
criterion.

Curriculum – A plethora of specializations

The rigor does not end with the difficult admission procedure. Once on campus, the
students are subjected to a rigorous curriculum which is structured to address the needs
of the industry and is aligned towards imparting contemporary knowledge to the students.
An optimal mix of learning methods ensures a holistic personality development of the
students. After the first year, each student goes to 8-10 weeks of summer internships which
brings industry exposure. Students decide what fields to pursue in the second year and
choose how and what they want to learn to take them towards future industry leadership
roles. All in all, the curriculum encourages students to apply theoretical learning to real-life
scenarios and prepares them for what is expected out of an XL-er.

Faculty
XLRI boasts of the best in class faculty in terms of teaching experience, subject matter
expertise, industry recognition and most importantly, student appreciation. Most of the
faculty members undertake/have undertaken consulting assignments in the corporate area
and/or advisory stints for the government agencies in India and abroad. They have authored
some of the finest management books of international repute and have published research
papers in some of the most distinguished journals in the world.

139 Recruiters - 386 Offers for a batch of 359

Over the years, brand XLRI has gone from strength to strength, creating a niche for itself
in the business world. This has culminated in some of the best organizations worldwide
offering challenging profiles to our students on campus. The confidence that an XL-er
is able to face any challenge not only by himself, but also inspire a business to achieve
greatness is what brings them back year after year.

Alumni - a network that is 12000+ strong

As the students walk out of XLRI, they embark upon a journey of leadership. However, it is their
bond with the school which they hold dearest. That is why XLRI students, who are legends in the
industry, look back at their alma mater and attribute their success to the hallowed halls of the
institution. The institution is proud of the vast, yet close knit alumni network which is going strong
for 68 years, and will keep being a family for years to come.

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InfrastructurE
The campus spanning an area of 40 acres, is situated in the sylvan surroundings of Jamshedpur. The campus boasts
of a state-of-the-art academic block. It has eight air-conditioned amphitheatre classrooms, syndicate rooms, a
computer centre and an examination hall.
The classrooms are equipped with OHPs, computers and LCD projectors to facilitate teaching and learning. Close
circuit television facility is available for recording and playback of exercises.

Sir Jehangir The Academic supplemented with new courses,

workshops, seminars and live projects
Ghandy Library Block empower students to integrate
technology solutions to workplace
The Sir Jehangir Ghandy Library is a Old campus: There are 12 state-of- challenges.
veritable powerhouse of knowledge the-art classrooms with multimedia
for management studies and presentation support. The seating
research, serving generations of arrangement is amphitheatre style
Information &
students and faculty at XLRI over the
last 67 years. Constantly striving to
and each lecture hall has a capacity
for 70. These classrooms also
Communication
improve its level of service rendered
along the academic, professional
support closed-circuit recording
and playback of lecture sessions.
Technology
and overall development fronts, The four syndicate rooms are multi- Facilities
the Library , first amongst Indian purpose areas for other academic
B-Schools to adopt Self-Check in exercises. In addition to this the Having transformed into a completely
and RFID systems, has now instituted new academic complex is equipped Wi-Fi enabled campus, XLRI’s repertory
The Knowledge Portal – a One Click with latest servers and workstations of computing resources include latest
gateway to the vast resource base. to facilitate the learning process. servers and workstations, a state-of-
the art campus network and leased
The Library has also established New campus: The new learning line of 310 MBPS raw bandwidth WAN
full fledged Digital Resource Centre centre is meticulously designed to connectivity. The high-end servers,
with more than 21 online database create spaces that support learning provide critical service including
including journal database like and encourage lively discussions. hosting of XLRI intranet services,
ProQuest (ABI/ lnform), EBSCO There are 15 classrooms, each with library database and SNTP server,
(Business Source Complete), Emerald a capacity for 75, and six syndicate Oracle, SAS, DB2 and other software.
Insight, Science Direct, J-Gate, Sage rooms (50-60 seaters each). A
online and JSTOR Archives, covering 75-seater computer lab is fitted with Extremely efficient and reliable ISDN
almost 21,000 full text e-journals; latest servers and workstations to lines and IP connectivity are available
industrial database like Bloomberg, facilitate the learning process. for pre-placement interviews and
ISI-Emerging Markets, CMIE’s nine preplacement talks by MNCs/
online products, IBID, CRIS, INFAC The wholly Wi-fi enabled campus corporates and for interactive lectures
Indiastat.com and Supreme Court and other infrastructure facilities and dialogue sessions.
cases on CDROM (LAN), apart from (charging and LAN ports),
the e-brary portal covering over
5,500 e-books

Total Collection
• 63300 Books
• 5000+ eBooks
• 16032 Bound Volumes of Periodicals
• 266 Foreign Journals
• 175 Indian Journals
• 14100 Project Reports and Discussions
• 40 Theses
• 14 Newspapers
• 500 Video casettes
• 1444 CDROM & DVDs
• 500 Company Annual report
• 5000 Government Publications
• 24 Online Databases
committees on campus
SAC (Apex Administrative Body) Dracula
The Apex Student body is elected every year to oversee Calling themselves “The Infected Breed”, the Dramatics
all the student related activities that happens on campus. and Cultural Association of XLRI, or Dracula, prides itself
Led by a General Secretary, this five member team on being the soul of the campus. From Stage plays to
convenes all the official events held on campus, acts as Quizzing Leagues, Street dance to Debates, Dracula has
a liaison between the administration and the students. something to satisfy the myriad creative needs of the
The college takes pride in letting students handle their diverse student populace.. Despite the academic rigors
affairs, thereby ensuring inculcation of leadership skills of XLRI, the DRAC helps keep the inner child alive, and
and bonding in students. encourages talent to find its way.

AcadCom E-cell
The Academic Committee, or AcadCom as they are Entrepreneurship Cell of XLRI works to create a culture
popularly known, is elected to manage all the academic of entrepreneurship for all the stakeholders of the
concerns of the students. As class representatives, they institute -- students, alumni and faculty. The group of
voice the needs and opinions of a class to the faculty, students along with its advisory board, comprising
and ensure that all the academic activities are conducted faculty members and eminent guests, strives to inculcate
smoothly; deadlines are met; and everyone emerges and nurture the spirit of entrepreneurship.
successful through the academic rigors of XLRI.
External Linkages
Alumni Committee (ALCOM) EXLINK (External Linkages) is responsible for the online
XLRI has one of the most widespread alumni networks and offline branding of XLRI. It is the official Media cell &
in the country, with graduates going back to the 1950s. PR committee of the college, and the editorial team for
This extensive network of over 12,000 is connected to the the college publications. It serves as a point of contact
school through the Alumni Committee. ALCOM facilitates for all XLRI aspirants, through their tremendously
interaction of the current batches with alumni who are successful Sansarg Initiative on Facebook, and also runs
today industry stalwarts across domains. · the official student website of XLRI - XLMeriJaan.com

CII Young Indians Infracom

CII-YI at XLRI, coming under the Young Indians (YI) net INFRACOM (Infrastructure Committee) looks after
of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) takes up students’ residential and dining facilities. The
socially responsible projects, like building environmental committee liaises with the administration and resolves
awareness and working towards facilitation of infrastructural complaints of students. Infracom is the
knowledge. In-charge of conducting one of the most backbone of all student activities and events on campus
fondly remembered events in the city – Jamshedpur Run, during Ensemble, Valhalla and Placements.
CII-YII also runs numerous other projects.
ISEP
One of their core initiatives, Kshitij, is a platform to nurture
talent and creativity of, encourage quest for knowledge, ISEP representing the student body of the International
among the underprivileged. Jagriti, meanwhile, is an Student Exchange Program at XLRI is responsible for
awareness campaign aimed at sensitizing slum-dwelling managing current and potential tie-ups with universities
women regarding. female hygiene and sanitation. across US, Asia and Europe, where students can go on
Also, CII-YI’s Jamshedpur Run brings all of Jamshedpur exchange, and study for a term. The committee also
together, highlighting XLRI’s mission, “For The Greater handles the initiation and cultural acclimatization of
Good”. visiting international exchange students from partner
universities.

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Samarthya SportsCom
SAMARTHYA is the youth wing of Centre of Education SPORTSCOM (Sports Committee) provides students with
Management, Leadership and Research (CEMLR). The opportunities to relieve the stress of academic rigour
society helps school students to cope with academic and focus on personal development. It interfaces with
pressure and emotional setbacks. Samarthya actively the administration and is responsible for developing
collaborates with educational institutes in Jamshedpur and maintaining the sports infrastructure on campus
and runs the programme across multiple standards. that includes gym, tennis, basketball, volleyball courts,
football field, cricket pitches, etc.
SIGMA
SIGMA (Social Initiative Group for Managerial Assistance) XLANC
creates a platform to network with NGOs, corporate XLANC (XLRI Adventure & Nature Club) organizes various
governance cells and government departments for the adventure activities and emphasizes the responsibility
purpose of community capacity building. The main aim of future managers towards the environment and
of this student body is to help NGOs formulate effective community. Some of the events organized are trekking,
fund- raising strategies, develop new programmes, wall-climbing, water-rafting, horse-riding, archery, rifle-
curtail expenses and perform better shooting, obstacle races, eco-friendly activities and
term-break trips. XLANC is credited with making XLRI the
Spic Macay first Indian B-school to encourage experiential learning
SPICMACAY (The Society for Promotion of Indian in the form of a leadership expedition to Mt. Everest base
Classical Music and Culture among Youth in XLRI works camp.
closely with the Jamshedpur chapter of the same. The
committee organizes classical art programs in the PiXL
campus for various fests and events and endeavors to Photography and XL Culture, these two things come
keep the beauty of Indian art alive in the minds of young together to create PiXL, the photography enthusiasts
students. club of XLRI, tasked with capturing the beautiful campus
in all its vibrancy.

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 FINANCE
FINANCE
Finance is one of the most sought after
specialisations, here, at XLRI. The course has been
specially designed to help students analyse and
examine critically the nuances of finance and fund
management, while simultaneously appreciating the
overarching role Finance, as a stream, plays in the
Business Organisation. XLRI has the distinction of
offering its students a specialization in Economics,
distinct from Finance, making it one of the few
schools to acknowledge very much relevant
business implications of the macroeconomic
environment.

The technical knowledge of students is

complemented with a thorough understanding
of the financial decision making process in
the corporate world through regular industry
interactions. Electives based on niche areas of
study like Microfinance and Structured Finance
stand as illustrations to the industry readiness of
XLRI pedagogy and curriculum. Instrumental in this
successful transformation of students is a team
of distinguished and eminent faculty. The student
committee FINAX, and Student Investment Fund,
play a crucial role in reaching out and nurturing the
enthusiasm of students – making finance a very part
of student life at XLRI.

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 Courses
FINANCE
Core Courses Electives -- Financial Modeling Using Excel
-- Financial Management -- Behavioural Finance* -- Financial Risk Management
-- Financial Management-II -- Business Analysis and Valuation -- Financial Technical Analysis and
Introduction to Global
-- Management Accounting -- Capital Expenditure Planning and
Control -- Intermarket Analysis
-- Management Accounting-II
-- Commodities Derivatives Market -- Fixed Income Securities
-- Corporate Taxation -- Indian Accounting Standards
-- Financial Analysis, Planning and -- International Business Economics
Control -- International Financial
-- Financial Decision Making Under Management
Information Asymmetries* -- Issues in Empirical Finance
-- Financial Markets -- Management of Banking

ECONOMICS
Core Courses Electives -- Firms, Markets and Global
Dynamics
-- Macroeconomic Theory and -- Applied Econometrics for
Policy Managers -- Game Theory for Managers
-- Managerial Economics -- Demand and Business Forecasting -- Industrial Economics and
Competitive Strategies
-- Development Economics
-- International Business Economics
-- Economics of Human Resources
-- Managing Private-Public
-- Economics of Information and
Partnerships
Network Industries
-- Money Banking and Finance
-- Entrepreneurship and New
Ventures -- Social Banking and Microfinance
-- Time Series Analysis*

FINANCE FACULTY
--Sabyasachi Sengupta --Prantik Ray --Ram Kumar Kakani
Chartered Accountant (ICAI), Cost MBA (Finance), MA (Eco), DBF (ICFAI) Former Director National Center
Accountant (ICWAI), Company Consultant for institutes of repute- for Leadership Development &
Secretary (ICSI) Asian Development Bank, West Bengal Competency Assessment (NCLDCA)
Has specialised in developing Industrial Development Corporation, Government of India
Accounting & Costing systems, Orissa Ford Foundation, etc Former ICCR Chair Professor, Lagos
structuring MIS reporting, Extensive Teaching experience in Business School (LBS), Lagos,
dealings with Banks and Financial various colleges spanning 22 years Nigeria, Aug.Dec. 2013
Institutions and in various fields of Recipient - Best Young Teacher
Mangement Consultancy Service --Pitabas Mohanty
Award of the Association of Indian
MA (Economics), CFA, Fellow (IIM B),
--Santosh Sangem Management Schools (AIMS);
Fulbright Scholar at NYU Stern Research Grant from the National
Chartered Accountant (ICAI); Fellow
from IIM C, Chartered Financial Member - Economic Policy Stock Exchange of India Limited,
Analyst Formulation team for Government of Mumbai; Aage og Elva Nimbs
Jharkhand Scholarship at the Copenhagen
Authority on Monetary
Recipient - Citibank Research Business School, Denmark
Economics, Economics of Banking,
Management Control Systems and Excellence Award, P D Agarwal
Performance Analysis Foundation Award

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--Uday Damodaran --Gaurav Vallabh Extensive experience and
PG from Indian Statistical Institute, Certified Financial Risk Manager expertise in the areas of Coporate
Delhi; Fellow from IIM B (GARP, USA), Chartered Accountant Finance; Mergers, Acquisitions
(ICAI), Company Secretary (ICSI) and Restructuring; Financial
An authority in Fixed Income
Statement Analysis and Alternative
Securities, Corporate Finance, Former Director with The Institute
Investments
Derivatives & Risk Management of Chartered Accountants of India,
New Delhi (ICAI) --HK Pradhan
--Trilochan Tripathy
Selected as a Professor and Ph.D (University of Pune), Post
18 years of strong research
Head (School of Finance), Indian Doctoral Fellow Scholar (Columbia
consultation experience in market
Institute of Corporate Affairs Univ. New York)
integration, cross listing, currency
(Ministry of Corporate Affairs,
risk modeling, banking liquidity Advisor, Commonwealth Secretariat
Government of India)
crisis and regulations and asset & Ministry of Finance, Fiji Islands
pricing and valuations --A Kanagaraj
Consulted for clientele to the likes Nominated by the Forward Markets
of Concern World Wide, U.K, NRI, Commission, GOI, as Board Member
DFID & World Bank, World Vision in National Board of Trade Ltd
India, Plan International and the (NBOT)
IFHE University

ECONOMICS Faculty
--Arundhati Sarkar Bose Transmission Mechanism, The Stock
Authored the book Analysing Market Channel, Liquidity Adjustment
GATS - Settlement of Disputes and Facility
Implications for Education Sector, Member - Indian Econometric Society;
published by Lambert Academic Indian Economic Association; Indian
Publishing, Germany Society of Labour Economics
Serves as visiting faculty as Lady --Santanu Gupta
Shriram College for Women (Economics) Sir Ratan Tata Fellow, London School
and Maitreyi College - University of of Economics and Political Science
Delhi (LSE)
--Prabal K Sen Fellow - India Development
Has served as the Chair Person of IRMA, Foundation (IDF), Gokhale Institute of
member of Board of various NBFCs and Politics and Economics
MFIs Invited by the Public Choice Research
Has rendered consultancy services to Centre, University of Turku, Finland,
the Ministry of Rural Development and for a researcher visit
SIDBI Foundation for Micro Credit --Suma Damodaran
Member, Economic Affairs Panel; and B.A (Economics) Madras University ;
Indian Economic Association (IEA) M.A (Economics) Madras University;
--Sumit Sarkar Fellow,, IIM, Bangalore.
Has authored the Jharkhand Economic Has undertaken a research project on
Survey 2010-11, sponsored by ept. of Tribal Development in Kerala titled
Finance,Govt. of Jharkhand Mar, 2011 Wyanad Initiative sponsored by the
Chairperson of the Forum on Industrial Government of Kerala.
Organization and Marketing, LCBR Has authored multiple papers
European Marketing Conference, on Industrial Economics and
Portugal Management Education
--PC Pradhan --Vishwa Ballabh
Recipient of the Reserve Bank of India Served as the RBI Chair Professor,
Fellowship at Institute for Social and IRMA
Economic Change Has been associated with the Ford
Has published numerous papers Foundation, Royal Netherlands
on Dynamic Inter-linkages between Embassy, UNICEF and International
Financial Markets, Monetary Policy Water Management Institute

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FINAX
The Finance Association at XLRI, popularly known as The XLRI Students’ Investment Fund, an initiative of FINAX,
FINAX, is one of the most prominent student bodies is XLRI’s in-house equity fund which gives students the
of the campus. FINAX works with a two-fold agenda of experience of managing an investment portfolio.
enriching the finance quotient amongst students and
bringing the financial corporate world closer to the The Fund comprises of senior and junior analysts who
students. track various sectors of the Indian economy and generate
investment recommendations. The sectors that are
The flagship event of FINAX, GNOSIS, is a national level currently being tracked are as follows:
conference that is annually organised in Mumbai.
-- Banking
Last year, the symposium boasted of participation by
-- Financial Services and Insurance
14 leading speakers as well as numerous corporate
delegates and students from institutions all over
-- Pharmaceuticals
India. The keynote speech was given by Chairman and -- Technology, Media and Telecommunications
Manging Director of Bank of Baroda, Mr. P.S. Jayakumar, -- FMCG and Agriculture
Senior management from top financial institutions like -- Automobiles and Logistics
Standard Chartered Bank, Citi Bank, IDBI Bank, Paytm The Fund has a current portfolio of INR 1.2 Lakhs and
etc. provided a plethora of insights on the topic of has recorded a return of 15.92% as at the latest six-
‘Changing Landscape of Banking and Financial Services’ month period ending June 2017.

Our ALUMNI
Abhinav Sharma Pankaj Agarwal
HSBC, Head ALM Solutions, CLSA, Senior Managing Director
Global Markets Raghu Menon
Ajay Bagga Gulf Bank, Chief Risk Officer
OPC Asset Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Rajat Gupta
Executive Chairman Genpact, Vice President- CFO
Anantharaman Venkataramanan Rakesh Das
Standard Chartered Bank, MD ABN Amro Bank, Head, Consumer
Ashok Kumar Sonthalia Business Risk Review (APAC)
L&T Infotech, CFO Ramki Muthukrishnan
Bharati Jacob Standard & Poor’s, Senior Director
Seedfund, Founder-Partner and Analytical Manager
Jeryn Jacob Sanjiv Bhasin
JP Morgan Chase & Co., Executive AfrAsia Bank Limited,
Director, Risk Management Chief Executive Officer
M Shankar Narayanan Shriram Ramanathan
The Carlyle Group, Managing L&T Mutual Fund,
Director, Co-Head of Carlyle Asia Head Investments - Fixed Income
Growth Partners Srikumar Ramanathan
Manasije Mishra Mphasis,
Aetna India, MD SVP, Head Industry Solutions, PAST
Mukul Sukhani Banking and Capital Markets
Citi Bank, Country Head - Credit Sudhir Nemali RECRUITERS
Cards & Personal Loans Deutsche Bank, Managing Director
American Express, Aviva Life
Nandini Chopra Sunil Kumar Nandamudi Insurance, Axis Bank, Bharti AXA,
Alvarez & Marsal, Managing RBS, Head, Sustainability Citibank, CRISIL, Development Bank
Director, Corporate Finance Surojit Shome of Singapore, Edelweiss Capital,
Navneet Singh Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC Bank, ICICI,
Avendus, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer IDBI, IDFC, JP Morgan Chase, NM
Head - Infrastructure Group Sutapa Banerjee Rothschild, SBI Capital, Standard
Neil Rodricks Ambit Capital, Chief Executive Chartered Bank, The Carlyle Group,
Intellectual Capital, Officer- Private Wealth Yes Bank
Managing Principal Vaibhav Goel
SAIF Partners, CFO
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 MARKETING
MARKETING
Marketing has for a long time now been the undisputable reigning ground
for XLRI. Over the years, XLRI has been known to be the institution that
churns out a talented pool of managers who have consistently proved
themselves by carving a niche in the ever competitive, pulsating and
exciting domain of Marketing. The only constant in the industry has been
the perpetual stir of change – in preferences and in perceptions. Thus, the
curriculum and pedagogy have been structured to instill flexibility and
adaptability, in students, to meet the demands of the corporate world –
with focus laid on practical, case based learning encouraging active class
participation.

Over the course of their study, students pick up nuances of marketing, not
just in classroom but through a plethora of innovative activities and events
conducted by the Marketing Association at XLRI (MAXI), and their summer
internships with some of the best firms in the industry.

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 Courses
Marketing
Core Courses Electives
-- Marketing Management-I -- Advertising and Sales Promotion -- Marketing Metrics for Marketing
-- Marketing Management-II -- Business-to-Business Marketing Performance Evaluation*
-- Competition and Globalisation -- Marketing Performance Assessment
-- Consumer Behaviour -- Marketing Research
-- International Marketing -- Pricing Management
-- Internet Marketing -- Product and Brand Management
-- Marketing Decision Models -- Qualitative Market Research*
-- Marketing Engineering* -- Retail Management
-- Marketing in Emerging Countries* -- Sales and Distribution Management
-- Marketing in Practice -- Services Marketing
-- Marketing Law -- Strategic Marketing

MARKETING FACULTY
--Pingali Venugopal Author of two books on Outshopping
Visiting Faculty - IIMs Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Bheaviour and Product Development cases
Kolkata, Ranchi, Kashipur and Indore; American respectively
University of Armenia Has consulted for over 30 organisations on
Invited by Govt of India to prepare the report Marketing and Sales assignments
“State of Indian Farmer- A Millennium study” --Narasimhan Rajkumar
Member steering committee of the Jharkhand Authored the book Titled Pricing Management
Development Report prepared for the Planning published by Tata McGraw Hill
Commission Has rendered consulting services for firms
Conferred Best Citizen of Indiaaward 2009 by like Tata Chemicals, Ultratech Cement, Indian
International Publishing House, New Delhi Railways, Airtel,etc
Undertook Consultation for State Governments --D Israel
of Jhakhand, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala Chair, Session on International Marketing in
--Sanjay Patro the XXIX INFORMS International Marketing
Member of the Executive Council of Jharkhand Science Conference held at Singapore
Education Project Council, constituted by Govt. Management University, Singapore
of Jharkhand Chair, session on Social Influence in the 2011
Selected as an outside expert in the INFORMS International Marketing Science
Evaluation Committee of Bharat Sanchar Conference held at Rice University, Houston,
Nigam Limited (BSNL) for appointment of Texas, USA
Distributors and Dealers for their cellular --Teidorlang Lyngdoh
operations in Jharkhand and Bihar Winner, Best Doctoral Paper at Global
Consultant for Marketing of of DWCRA and IRD Sales Science Institute (GSSI) conference,
Products in Orissa sponsored jointly by UNICEF Birmingham, UK
and Panchayatiraj Department,Govt. of Orissa Recipient, Paul. R. Lawrence Fellowship, North
--Sanjeev Varshney American Case Research Association, Florida,
Won Best paper award at 3rd International USA
Conference of Management and Finance in Winner, Best Proposal, Manthan National
University of Colombo Awards, India

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--Purohit Basant Kumar --Smitu Malhotra
Fellow, IIM Ahmedabad Invited as Retail Expert and nominated as member
Research interests include Marketing Management, of the Mentor Council for Organized retail sector by
Strategic Marketing, and Research Methodology Ministry of Labour and Employment , GOI
--Debasis Pradhan Handled Consultancy projects on Retail Management
for TSWWS retail stores Tata Steel, Spencers retail,
Chaired the track on celebrity endorsements in
Onida group of companies, amongst others
INFORMS Marketing Science Conference in June 2011
organised by Rice University at Houston, Texas --Arpita Srivastava
Reviewer - Asian Journal of Communication, Emerald Paul R. Lawrence Fellowship with a grant of $1800 for
Emerging Markets Case Studies, ournal of Rural attending the NACRA conference 2015.
Studies, International Journal of Rural Management Served as Visiting Faculty at Weatherhead School of
--Ravi Sekhar Kumar Management (USA), Case Western Reserve University
(Cleveland, USA), Tongji University (Shanghai, China)
Recipient of Second Best Doctoral Dissertation
and Allied Institute of Management Studies (Dubai,
proposal award at International Conference in
UAE)
Marketing, Special mention award at second
International Conference of Brand Management
Reviewer of 18th Pacific Asia Conference on
Information Systems (PACIS 2014), China

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 Our ALUMNI MAXI
Anubha Shukla Raghuvesh Sarup The Marketing Association of XLRI,
American Express Microsoft or MAXI as it's fondly known as, is
Director Customer Marketing CMO India the oldest committee on campus.
India & Area Countries Rakesh Kapoor Established forty-six years ago,
Ayyappan R Reckitt Benckiser in 1971, MAXI's mandate has been
Global Chief Executive Officer simple – to popularize the field
Flipkart
of Marketing at XLRI and ensure
Senior Director Sachin Varghese Paladion
that fun and quirkiness are an
Bijou Kurien EVP Americas & CMO
integral part of the entire process.
L Capital Sajid Shamin This is achieved through a mix of
Board Member Qplexus Private Limited competitive events (MAXI Bazaar,
Brajesh Bajpai Director MAXI Section League, AdTwist) talks,
Vodafone Sameer Seth interaction sessions (MindScapes,
Global Head of Segment Dolby Laboratories Food For Thought), conferences and
Marketing Director Marketing of course, the world-renowned MAXI
Chandrasekar CR Fair (Live Consulting for FMCG giants
Samir Bhutada
Specialty Chemicals MNC like HUL, Nestle, ITC and many more)
The Coca-Cola Company, Senior
Chief Executive Officer Global Marketing Director It is often said that Marketing
Gunjan Soni is something that needs to be
Sandeep Das
Myntra Head Jabong and CMO experienced rather than studied,
Myntra Intertek, Director : Strategy and
Business Development and MAXI uses this as one of its
Mini Pinto guiding principles. All events
Merck Corp Inc Sandeep Kataria conducted by MAXI are designed to
Global Leader, Market Vodafone India give students a deep, working insight
Research, Oncology CBL Chief Commercial Officer into what Marketing is really about.
Nitin Agarwal Sanjeev Kapur MAXI is possibly the best-known
Hotstar VP Metlife CMO, Asia and most respected committee,
Marketing both within and outside XLRI. The
Sonalee Panda
P Sujan Gowda flagship Marketing event Circus
Kotak Mahindra Bank
Edudemy Labs Maximus, held during Ensemble –
CMO
Chief Executive Officer the annual XLRI Fest, is perhaps the
Vikas Gupta
Pavan Panchamukhi most hands-on Marketing event on
9.9 Mediaworx Pvt Ltd
enEXL Technologies & the B-school circuit
Founder & Director
Solutions Pvt. Ltd
Vinod Sawhny An ISO 9001 organisation, MAXI
Co-founder and Chief
Executive Officer Reliance Communications Ltd is probably the only student
Chief Executive Officer committee in India to hold a Limca
Pooja Arora
Vishal Chowla and a Guinness World Record. Our
Flex Talent
Save the Children social media and web presence is
Founder & Managing Director
Director Resource Mobilisation unparalleled in the Indian B-school
Pradeep Ramarathnam and Marketing circuits as well, with our Facebook
Unilever page having over 57,000 likes and
Marketing Director Jamshed Daboo
Trent Hypermarket Pvt Ltd - Star a peak weekly reach of over 20
Preeti Reddy Bazaar million and our YouTube channel
Kantar Insights, Chief MD which has about 1 million views.
Executive Officer, South Asia Our website, www.maxi-xlri.com, is a
great source of marketing news and
related articles. Never one to rest
on its past laurels, strives to achieve
OUR RECRUITERS new heights in marketing, and has
recently entered the Research,
Analytics and Web domains to help
Asian Paints, Bharti Airtel, Britannia, Castrol, Coca Cola, Colgate – XLRI students keep up with the
Palmolive, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, GE, Glaxo Smith Kline, Godrej, latest industry trends.
Hero Motocorp, Hindustan Unilever, Indian Oil, ITC, Johnson &
Johnson, Kelloggs, L’Oreal, Marico, Microland, Nestle, P&G, Pepsi,
Reckitt Benckiser, Titan, Times Group, Whirlpool

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 HR/IR
The Human Resource Management course is the oldest and one of the most
prestigious courses to be offered at XLRI. XLRI was the first institute in India to
recognize the importance of human resource management, employee relations and
the need for special training in this regard. Ranked as the best programme in the
Asia – Pacific region, this course aims to equip students with the competencies and
skills required to manager HR. Its major thrust areas are Human Resource Planning,
Human Resource Information Systems, Selection, Performance Management,
Training and Development, Compensation Administration and Fostering harmonious
Employer-Employee relations in the framework of state regulations. The program’s
relevance to the world can be observed by its contribution to some of the industry’s
best known HR managers in today’s times.

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 Courses
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Core Courses Electives -- Managerial Counselling
-- Employment Relations Laws: -- Advanced Manpower Planning -- Managing Diversity in the
Law of Industrial Relations Workplace
-- Collective Bargaining and
-- Employment Relations Laws: Negotiation Process -- Managing Redundancy
Law of Social Security -- Employee Empowerment -- Measuring HR
-- Fundamentals of Human -- Executive Compensation -- Occupational Testing
Resource Management -- Grievance Resolution -- Organisational Change and
-- Fundamentals of Industrial Development
-- HR Issues in Mergers &
Relations Acquisitions -- Participative Management
-- Fundamentals of Labour laws -- Human Resource Management -- Principles of Labour
-- Human Resource Planning in Service Sector Administration
-- Performance Management and -- Industrial Jurisprudence -- Role of HR in Knowledge
-- Wage Determination and Management
-- International Human Resource
Administration Management -- Selection
-- Labour Law Applications -- Strategic Human Resource
Management
-- Managerial Competencies and
Career Development -- Taxation
-- Training and Development

ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR

Core Courses Electives -- Management of Creativity

-- Individual and Group Behaviour -- Building Learning Organizations -- Management of Relationships
in Organisation -- Consulting to Management -- Personal Effectiveness and Self-
-- Organisational Structure, Leadership
-- Corporate Governance
Design & Change -- Personal Growth Lab
-- Cross-Cultural Management
-- Political Behavior & Impression
-- Designing Organizations for
Management in Organizations
Uncertain Environment
-- Stress Management
-- Indian Philosophy and
Leadership Excellence -- Transactional Analysis
-- Leadership, Influence and Power -- Zen and the Executive Mind

HR/IR FACULTY
--Ms Tina K Stephen --Soumendra N Bagchi Integrated Development
With a degree in LLM, she has A specialist in performance Corporation Limited, Mazagon
an experience of more than a management and appraisal and Docks Limited, etc
decade. She has contributed strategic HRM, he has written 5 --Dr Santanu Sarkar
valuable articles and papers in scholarly books and numerous
A Fulbright Nehru Senior Research
international journals papers & articles
Fellow and Eureca Erusmus
Her cases features in Asian Has been consulting for various Mundus Visiting Fellow, he has
Case Research Journal (ACRJ) organizations including State 19 articles , 1 scholary book, 30
& Chicago-Kent Journal of Govt. of Jharkhand, Garden Reach paper presentations, 7 key note
Intellectual Property Shipbuilders and Engineers, presentations and a case to his
Andaman & Nicobar Islands literary credit

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--Dr R K Premarajan books published by the likes of --Dr K R Shyam Sundar
Holds membership with National McGraw Hill Education(India) Pvt Has been appointed as a Member
HRD Network;SHRM; American Ltd, Publication of Association of the Editorial Board of the Indian
Psychological Association; National of Indian Management Schools, Journal of Labour Economics,
Association of Psychologists; ROI National Institute of Personnel Indian Society of Labour
Institute, Alabama, USA Management and Publication of Economics and Editorial Board of
Academy of HRD the Amity Journal of Economics,
Has conducted training programs
for industry leaders in Measuring He has published 26 Journal New Delhi
HR, Art and Science of Behavioral Articles and presented in 4 paper His contribution incudes 43 journal
Interviewing, Assessment Centre presentation articles, 11 scholarly books, 18
Approach to Competency Mapping, --M Srimannarayana paper presentations and a text
etc book on Contract labor in India,
His contribution to the literary
issue & perspective
--Dr Pranabesh Ray world extends to 30 journal
Has consulted for organizations articles, 5 paper presentations and --Prof. Jatinder Kumar Jha
across sectors including Mines a conference proceeding A Fellow from IIM Ahmedabad and
& Mineral, Heavy Engineering, He serves as a valuable member in an MBA, he is a member of British
Defence, Power, Social security, Association of Talent Development Academy of Management (BAM),
Transport, Infrastructure and PSUs - USA, Indian Society for training United Kingdom, Indian Society of
Has developed more than 15 and Development, Indian Society Labour Economics (IJLE), New Delhi
cases for academic purposes and of Labour Economics, National and Indian Institute of Banking &
contributed 19 journal articles & HRD Network and board of studies, Finance (IIBF), New Delhi
paper presentation Department of HRM of Andhra He consulted for the Seventh Pay
University, Sikkim University & Commission, Government of India
--Pramod Kumar Padhi North-Eastern Hill University Study in 2015
A renowned name in law,
he consults for numerous --Dr L Gurunathan --Dr Anita Sarkar
organizations in the industry Renowned for his specialization A Fellow from IIM A, she has
including L& T, Godrej, GRSE, in .Wage Determination And undertaken consultancy with
Reliance, XL Health, GRSE and Administration, Executive Manpower Study, KRIBHCO (2013),
Hindustan Zinc Ltd. Compensation and Strategic Training Manual Development,
Human Resource Management, he Accenture (2012), HRD training
His Scholarly Books Legal
has been consulting for numerous effectiveness, Urban Local Bodies
aspects of Business and Labour
organizations including NPCIL, TCIL, in Rajasthan (2008)
& Industrial Laws are referred
Goa Shipyard Limited, Tourism
throughout industry by HR She has conducted workshops and
Corporation of India Limited,
managers training programs for orgnisations
Reliance India Limited and Sixth
including L&T, DRDO, HAL, ONGC,
--Dr M G Jomon Pay commission, Government of
Indian Oil, BPCL and National Small
In his experience of 20 years, he India
Industries Corporation
has co- edited various scholarly

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SAPPHIRE FIRE@X
SAPPHIRE, the Students’ Association for the Promotion The Forum for Industrial Relations at XLRI - FIRE@X is
of Personnel Management, Human Resources and the committee for promotion of industrial relations
Industrial Relations at XLRI, is a student body which at XLRI. It helps the students foray into the dynamic
aims to integrate the experience of practitioners with world of industrial disputes, resolutions, bargaining
the theoretical knowledge of academicians in human and agreements. FIRE@X organizes acclaimed events
resource management and development throughout the academic year, such as industry
interface, live projects/case studies, intra college events,
SAPPHIRE conducts numerous events and competitions
e-newsletter.
(quizzes, case studies, inter discipline activities) centred
around current themes of human resources trends All the activities of FIRE@X are designed with the same
(national and international) to this end. This year, for purpose in mind: spreading awareness and enthusiasm
instance, the national HR-IR Conference was conducted about the field of Industrial Relations and Labour Law
with the theme of ‘Realigning Skills, Systems and in new and interesting ways. It is said that ‘In theory,
Practices in the face of Globalization’. Further, SAPPHIRE there is no difference between theory and practice, but
brings out a bimonthly newsletter XPRESS HR and an in practice, there is’ FIRE@X aims at bridging this gap by
annual publication SYNAPS – a collection of intriguing exposing students to the realities of the industry.
and thoughtful pieces from all corners of India, B-school
students, industry professionals and academics alike.

Our ALUMNI
Abhijit Bhaduri Kaizad Sethna Rajeev Sharma Middle-east/ Africa
Abhijit Bhaduri & Associates Tata Sons Ltd Royal Enfield Distributor Operations,
Founder Vice President Group HR CHRO and Indian Sub-continent
Anil Jalali Kinjal Choudhary Rekha M Menon Steve Correa
Capgemini India VE Commercial Vehicles Accenture Diageo India
CHRO Senior Vice President and Chairman and Senior Chief Human Resources
Group CHRO Managing Director Officer
Anuranjita Kumar
Citi, South Asia Kulshaan Singh Saurabh Nigam Sunit Sinha
Managing Director, CHRO Mercer Singapore Omidyar Network Accenture Strategy
Chief Executive Officer Vice President, Human Managing Director, Talent
Aquil Busrai
Capital & Organization
Aquil Busrai Consulting Leena Nair
Chief Executive Officer Unilever Sheela Sukumaran Tanuj Kapilashrami
CHRO Mercer Standard Chartered
Deodutta Kurane
Partner, Technology Global Head of Talent
Yes Bank Madan Pillutla
Industry Leader Vijay Iyer
Group President - Human London Business School
Capital Management Deputy Dean Sonali Roychowdhury HeadStart Education LLP
Procter And Gamble Managing Partner
Dr NS Rajan Madhavi Lall
HR Director - India/
IDFC Bank Deutsche Bank
Group CHRO and Group Managing Director, Head
CMO - HR
Hayagreeva Rao Nalin Miglani
Stanford Graduate School EXL Service
Of Business EVP & CHRO OUR RECRUITERS
Professor of Organizational Nathan SV
Behavior Deloitte Aditya Birla Group, Amazon, Aon Hewitt, Asian
Indranil Roy Partner and Chief Talent Paints, Cummins, Deloitte, Ernst and Young,
Deloitte Officer Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Ltd, HUL,
Chief Strategy Officer and Prabir Jha IBM, ITC, Johnson and Johnson, KPMG, Korn
Asia Pacific Leader Cipla Ferry, Lodha Group,Mercer, Microsoft, Pepsim
Jayaram Philkana President & Global Chief PWC, P&G, RPG, Standard Chartered, Texas
UPL Limited People Officer Instruments
CHRO

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 GENERAL MANAGEMENT/
STRATEGY & CONSULTING

GM & STRATEGY
GENERAL MANAGEMENT
General Management as a sphere of activity in concerned with the leadership and management of any business
as a whole. Here, at XLRI, we understand the importance of inculcating in our students the values and qualities
necessary for General Management. The course is structured to encompass these very values and expose students
to philosophies and strategies that sustain successful enterprises. At the core of the study in this field, is the focus
of ethics and corporate as we understand the linkage between the enterprise and the broader community.

STRATEGY AND CONSULTING

Strategy and consulting over the years has carved a niche segment for itself in the market. In today’s extremely
competitive environment, the need to differentiate oneself from one’s competitors is of paramount importance.
It is therefore the need of the hour to have managers equipped with skills and mindsets that will foster quick
understanding of the businesses and their environment, thereby enabling quick decisions. XLRI has recognized
this need and has established a focused course designed to imbibe in its students the ability to understand
and analyse organisations and their strategies with respect to their environment and promote out of the box
thinking. Due to the pulsating and the dynamic nature of businesses and factors that influence it, the strategy and
consulting courses at XLRI are designed to evolve with the market requirement. The faculty, deeply respected by
companies around the globe is involved with several consulting projects in the private and public domain and
brings to the students a plethora of knowledge enriched by their experience in the field.

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 Courses
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
Core Courses -- Competition and Globalisation -- Introduction to Social
-- Contemporary Business Entrepreneurship
-- Introduction to Sustainable
Development and Corporate Practices -- Managing Private-Public
Sustainability -- Designing Organisations for Partnerships
-- Strategic Management Uncertain Environment -- Mergers, Acquisition and
-- Entrepreneurship and New Corporate Restructuring
Electives
Venture -- Resource Based Strategy
-- Advanced Environmental -- Entrepreneurship Planning -- Strategic Game Theory for
Management and Green and Development: with Managers
Marketing special reference to Tech- -- Strategic Marketing
-- Applied Quantum Innovations Entrepreneurs and Professionals -- Strategies of Co-operation
-- Balanced Score Card International Management -- Technology Management
-- Building Learning Organisations -- Strategy International Relations -- Transformation for Sustainable
-- Business Networking and Management Superior Performance

GENERAL MANAGEMENT/STRATEGY &

CONSULTING FACULTY
--Saroj Kumar Pani --Indrajit Mukherjee
Conferred “AIMS Best Young Teacher Award at 27th AIMS Has Best Paper Awards over multiple years for
Annual Management Convention his work analysing emerging economy firms ,
Conferred “Outstanding Reviewer” Award by Academy in international conferences like Academy of
of Management and “Best Paper” Award at the pan-IIM Management Conference (2010&2011), Strategic
World Management Conference Management Society (2008)
Has successfully delivered on multiple Consultancy Has served as a member of evaluation panels of
projects for Rajya Sabha, Mahindra Finance, SBI Life, comprehensive qualifying exam and Thesis Advisory
Thomas Cook, etc Committees
Keynote Speaker in the 6th National e-governance --Manoj Thomas
conference hosted by Government of India Recipient of the IWMI-TATA (International Water
--Munish Thakur Management Institute- Sir Ratan Tata Trust)
Doctoral work in the area of entreprenership exploring Has served as the Independent Director for Tata
how entrepreneurs create success Sponge and Tata Steel.
Has published numerous cases and papers in highly --Rakesh Kumar Pati
prestigious national and international conferences, Fulbright Visiting Scholar & Research Assistant
journals at Carlson School of Management, University
--Atul Arun Pathak of Minnesota Strategic Management &
Entrepreneurship
Awarded the Prof.Tirath Gupta Memorial Thesis Award
(2015) for the best FPM thesis among doctoral students Recognised by BPS Dissertation Consortium for
being among top 20 papers globally at the AOM
Has developed muliple cases pulished by IVEY
Annual Meeting (2013)
Publishing, the Case Centre (formerly ECCH)
--Kalyan Bhaskar
--SaurabhKaushik Pandya
One of six researchers chosen from India and the
Has authored a Paper on Senior Manager Leadership
EU for finals of the 2016 Inno-Indigo Young Scientist
Development selected for Best Paper Proceedings of the
Award, 2016.
Academy of Management, Boston, USA
Invited as an expert for stakeholder discussion on
Member of esteemed bodies - Academy of International
Horizon Technologies for New Energy Policy of India
Business (AIB), European Group on Organization Studies
at NITI Aayog, New Delhi
(EGOS)
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--Fr Francis Peter, SJ -- Prof Paramjyot Singh
Conferred the British Council Technical Collaboration Awarded Fulbright DPR Fellowship 2010-2011 to pursue
Scholarship Award 1988-89 doctoral research at Indigenous Law Policy Center
Member Search Committee for Vice Chancellor M.S. (IPLC) Michigan State University College of Law, USA
University Tirunelveli Governing Body Felicitated for Outstanding Leadership in the Field
--Fr Jerome Cutinha, SJ of Law, by Jual Oram, Honble Union Minister, Tribal
Development, Government of India
Served as Assistant Director, Human Life Centre,
Bhubaneswar --Prof Rahul Kumar Shukla
Served as Asst. Director, Tribal Research and Training Awarded Fulbright Fellowship Grant for the session
Centre, Chaibasa, Jharkhand 2008-2009 (at University of Pennsylvania).
--Fr Oswald A J Mascarenhas, SJ Awarded a Startalk Fellowship for Summer 2009 (At
University of Pennsylvania).
Recongnised Kern Foundation Fellow for
Entrepreneurship --Prof Sunil Kumar Sarangi
Presented President`s Award for Teaching Worked with Dale Carnegie India as a Talent Trainer
and Research Excellence, College of Business and Business Manager after completing the gruelling
Administration, University of Detroit Mercy Endorsement process (for 1 year 5 months).
--Sr Doris D’Souza Worked as a Consultant for National Entrepreneurship
Network (NEN) - the leader of entrepreneurship
Won the R.D. Birla Sara Kush, Bombay Research
education in South Asia.
Fellowship award
Recipient of Research Award from St. John`s Medical
College

CRUX
CRUX - Consulting and Research
Undertaking at XLRI is the exclusive
committee for consulting on campus,
functioning with a vision to promote
XLRI as a premier consulting
destination-a naturally envisioned
development given the proliferation
of XL alumni in senior leadership
positions across the industry.

Regular events (Annual Conference,

Synergy - seeing industry stalwart
participation), competitions and
activities (like live consultancy and
research services to startups and
organizations) are organized by CRUX
which help equip students with the
tactics and knowledge required to
successfully convert opportunities
in the consulting industry. CRUX also
organizes Orion – CRUX’s flagship
case challenge - which witnessed
participation from 1200 students
across 50+ B schools in 2017.

Further, the committee provides

students with resources that refine
their case analysis and interviewing
skills through publication of the
official XLRI Casebook, information
sessions, interview workshops, and
strategy simulation games

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 Our ALUMNI
Akash Khurana K. Pandiarajan Partho Kar
Nimbus Communications Limited Ma Foi Management Consultants Ltd Biswa Bangla Retail ,
MD & Chief Executive Officer and CIEL HR Services Government Of West Bengal
Amar Jha Founder Chief Consultant
Jharkhand Skill Development Ketan Awalegaonkar Prabhakar Jain
Mission (JSDM) Mu Sigma Pidilite Industries
Chief Executive Officer Executive Vice President Chief Executive Officer
Anup K Srivastava Krishnakumar Natarajan Samir Palli
FICCI Skills Development Committee Mindtree Adventa Strategy
Chief Executive Officer Executive Chairman Principal Consultant
Anurag Behar Madhukar Kamath Saurabh Mishra
Azim Premji Foundation DDB Mudra Group McKinsey & Company
Chief Executive Officer Group Chief Executive Officer and Partner
Ashish Bhatnagar MD Shashi Arora
ITBirbal.com Nadeem Khan Airtel Payments Bank
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Capital Group American Funds MD and Chief Executive Officer
Digital Officer Head of Corporate Strategy & Sujit Baksi
Asitva Sen Development
Tech Mahindra
World Bank / International Finance Nimisha Jain Chief Executive - Business Services
Corporation Boston Consulting Group Group
Senior Agribusiness Expert Partner and Director Suman Bose
Bipin Lal Nirvikar Jain Siemens Industry Software India
Century Pulp & Paper National Bank of Abu Dhabi Managing Director and Chief
Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer - India Executive Officer
Ganesh Shermon P Senthil Kumar Thakur Ramesh Kumar Sinha
KPMG, Managing Partner Gardener Consulting PAM Consultants
Hari Prakash Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer
Omega Power Infratech P Limited
Managing Director

OUR RECRUITERS
GENERAL MANAGEMENT
Aditya Birla Group, Future Group,
Mahindra & Mahindra, Reliance
Industries, RPG, Tata Administrative
Services, Tech Mahindra

STRATEGY AND CONSULTING

Accenture Strategy, Aon Hewitt,
Capgemini Consulting, Cognizant
Business Consulting, Deloitte
Consulting, Everest Group, EY, EXL
Service, Infosys Global Consulting,
Korn Ferry, KPMG, Mckinsey
&Co, Mercer, PWC, Tata Strategic
Management Group, The Boston
Consulting Group

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 IT
IT has been another domain where XLRI has been a name to reckon with, given the
unique faculty, curriculum and pedagogy. With today’s rapidly changing business needs,
the institute has constantly worked towards customizing the curriculum in order to be in
synchronization with the industry and it has successfully done so. The courses offered in
the area have practical relevancy and aim at apprising the students of the various facets
of this domain – technical, operational and strategic. The robustly designed curriculum
is further reinforced by the faculty – some of the most eminent names in the industry.
Backed by this approach of a well rounded curriculum and experienced faculty, besides
IT

learning through continuous exposure to the industry, the students bring to the table a
unique combination of knowledge and competency

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 Courses
INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Core Courses Electives

-- Management Information -- Business and Data -- I S Strategy
Systems Communications Networks -- Information Security and Risk
-- Business Intelligence and Data Management
Mining -- Intellectual Property Rights
-- Business Modeling Through -- Managing Business Process
System Dynamics Outsourcing
-- Cyber Law -- Object-Oriented Programming
-- Data Structures -- Software Project Management
-- DBMS with Oracle
-- Decision Support Systems
-- e-Business
-- Enterprise Resource Planning

IT FACULTY SOCRATES
--Rajeev Sharma SOCRATES (The Society for Rapid Assimilation of
Was awarded the UNESCO - IFIP grant for Technology and Systems) is a functional committee
his doctoral work created to provide a thrust to the Systems academic
His academic achievements include area and to upgrade the IT infrastructure in XLRI. It
being awarded the Director’s Merit was created with the intention of bringing technology
Certificate for being the best Doctoral closer to the global business leaders of tomorrow. The
student at IIM B aim is to provide a platform where future managers can
gain experience from real-life issues and problems in
--Supriya Kumar De
Management of Information Systems. We are responsible
Has worked with the Institute for
not only to update the Systems Course curriculum to
Development and Research in Banking
keep the students abreast of emerging trends and
Technology (IDRBT), Hyderabad
technologies, but also to conduct workshops, seminars,
Has published a number of research guest lectures, live IT consultancy projects, etc.,
papers in leading international journals
On the functional side- Socrates overlooks the
--Ashis K Pani
maintenance and upgradation of the IT systems at
Has thirteen years of extensive teaching,
XLRI. This includes providing necessary student inputs
research and consulting experience in
to Academic Information System(AIS)- which has been
business consulting
developed natively on Linux by XLRI as well as the XLRI
Recipient of the IBM Global Faculty websites. We have also developed on our own initiative
award for 2008 XL Dock- a mobile application for students to access
--Soumyakanti Chakraborty academic content on the Android Platform. Socrates also
Authority over Information Systems, provides key inputs to administration on maintenance of
Business Modelling,Economics of the network infrastructure.
Network Industries
Has developed a case analyisng Rawls OUR RECRUITERS
Position to determine Selection Criteria
in a Discrete Nash Demand Game Played Capegemini, Cloudtail, Cognizant, Directi, Flipkart, HCL
from Behind the Veil of Ignorance Infosystems, IBM, Infosys, Lenovo, L&T Infotech, Microsoft,
PayTm, Samsung R&D, Siemens, TCS, Tech Mahindra,
Thoughtworks, Wipro

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 OPERATIONS
XLRI, with its distinct curriculum and pedagogy in the field of Operations, has
made its study a totally insightful and practical one for students who embark
upon it. Courses offered are tuned to the demands of the industry. The strategic,
operational and technical requirements of the business are a major area of focus of
the eminent professors who handle the courses in this field.

Apart from the classroom sessions, students also get opportunities to expand their
knowledge through live industry interactions and guest speaker sessions. Because
of the value the field offers, companies across the globe have traditionally been
recruiting students from this specialization for various roles.
OPERATIONS

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 Courses
PRODUCTION, OPERATIONS & DECISION SCIENCES
Core Courses -- Demand and Business -- Service Operations Management
Forecasting [also Eco] [1.5 Credits]
-- Operations Management - I
-- e-Business [also IS] -- Supply Chain Analytics
-- Operations Management - II
-- Enterprise Resource Planning -- Technology Management [also SM]
-- Operations Research
[also IS] -- Theory of Constraints
-- Quantitative Techniques - I
-- Logistics and Supply Chain -- Total Quality Management
-- Quantitative Techniques - II
Management
Electives -- Materials Management
-- Advanced Inventory Control -- Production Planning and Control
-- Advanced Operations Research -- Project Management

OPERATIONS FACULTY
--Ajith Kumar J --Dipankar Bose
Member - Production and Operations Management An authority in the areas of capacity planning,
Society (USA), North American Case Research stochastic programming and quality control
Association (NACRA), USA A reviewer for the European Journal of Operational
Has undertaken Process improvement and Heuristic Research (Elsevier)
Design for SAP Labs --Abhishek Chakraborty
--Rajiv Misra A doctoral fellow from IIM C, also holds a Masters
Has served as the Senior Divisional Manager at Tata Degree in Applied Mathematics
Robins Fraser for over a period of 22 years Has reviewed for the European Journal of Operational
An authority in the areas of Production Planning, Research
Project Management, Theory of Constraints and has --Amitava Mukherjee
authored papers presented in multiple international
Conferred U.S. Nair Young Statistician Award by Indian
Conferences.
Society for Probability and Statistics in January 2010
--Tamonas Gangopadhyay Guest Editor for a special issue on “Nonparametric
Has received Ph.D and Masters in Statistics from the Statistical Process Charts Quality and Reliability
Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata Engineering International, A Wiley-Blackwell Journal
Has published numerous articles (over 30) in Has served as visiting faculty at City University of Hong
esteemed journals like the International Journal of Kong, Visiting Professor Aalto University - Finland,
Computer Applications, Discrete Mathematics, Ars Memorial Unversity - Canada, Ume University - Sweden
Combinatoria, etc. and IIT Madras
--Trishit Bandyopadhyay --Bijaya K Mangaraj
Served as the visiting faculty of IIM Kozhikode, Asian Finalist for the Operations Research for Development
Institute of Management - Philippines, IESEG School of Award at the IFORS conference in Spain (2014)
Management - Paris and Lille
Winner of “First Aditya Birla India Centre Case Study
Has delivered on Consultancy assignments in the Development Initiative (2007” by London Business
Power, Health and Tourism sectors and presented in School; 18th Dewang Mehta Business School Award for
State, National and International Conferences “Best Teacher in Operations Management”
--TAS Vijayaraghavan --Dilbag S Broca
M. Stat. (ISI), PGD in SQC & OR (ISI), Fellow (IIM Holds an MBA from KU Leuven - Belgium, M A Sc from
Bangalore) University of Waterloo - Canada
Has undertaken Consultancy projects for the Ministry Has a rich teaching experience spanning over 20
of Surface Transport, State Trading Corporation of years spanning University of Lethbrirdge - Canada, IIT
India, and Skill Development Board of Jharkhand Roorkee and BITS Pilani
Invited as the Keynote Speaker for multiple national
and international conferences on Supply Chain

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AXIOM
When it comes to Operations management, “The Best Operations and Supply Chain Club” in India (Recognized by
ScNext, 2014), belongs to XLRI. The flagship event for AXIOM, Synergy, is held in association with CRUX and FINAX, in
Mumbai. AXIOM ensures a number of important training and certifications for students throughout the year like PMP
and CSCA, Lean Six Sigma etc in campus, the likes of which sees enthusiastic participation from the students. The
inter and intra B-School events held by AXIOM are hugely popular among students of numerous B-Schools.

Our ALUMNI
Amar Babu Mahesh VN Rahul M
Lenovo India Maverik Systems Ltd. SCM World
Vice President and Chief Operating COO Head of Operations
Officer, Asia Pacific Malcolm Noronha Ramakrishnan Ramamurthi
Amitabh Roy Chowdhury Spectrum Group Bajaj Electricals
Prisma Global Limited COO Executive Vice President, COO
Executive Director & COO Marut Dilawari Ramesh Chavan
Ashwani Khillan Tata Tele Services Ltd. Hettich India
American Tower Corporation VP HUB/ COO Plant Head - Operations
COO Neti Srinivasan Ramesh Menon
Chitti Babu Vakati Ryan International Group of Hypercity Retail
Adani Power Institutions Chief Executive Officer
COO - O&M Office COO Ravi Shankar Mishra
CVL Srinivas Pankaj Kumar Medinfi Healthcare
GroupM Hindustan Zinc Limited Founder Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer South Asia COO Riju Vashisht
Girija Sankar Patnaik Pawan Kumar Genpact
RAK Ceramics SAP COO - Consumer Goods, Life
COO Operations Director - Asia Pacific Sciences, Retail and Healthcare
Ivan Saldanha Phani Karra Sadashiv Nayak
BNP Paribas Canada Inspiredge IT Solutions Future Group
COO Cofounder Chief Executive Officer Business Head - Big Bazaar
John Franklin Prashant Dayal Shailesh Agarwal
Investcorp Investment Advisers Pepsi CO IBM
COO Business Head Franchise Operations Director Strategy Operations
Kshitij Rishi Prasoon Ranjan Vinay Kumar P
GE Healthcare Health Kart Greenko Energies Pvt. Ltd.
Operations and Marketing Leader Senior VP - Operations COO

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 Placements
The Placement Office is manages by the Placement Committee which
consists of student representatives. A placement Chairperson is
selected from the faculty. The activities of the Placement Committee
include coordinating for the Summer Internship Program, the
Lateral Recruitment Program & the Campus Recruitment Program. It
corresponds with the prospective employers, arranged Pre-Placement
Talks and Personal Interviews on campus and provides all the facilities
required by the visiting companies. Prof. Uday Damodaran is the
current Chairperson, Placement Committee for BM and HRM courses.
He can be reached at uday@xlri.ac.in.

Building Campus the PPTs and also making a

strong statement of commitment
Presence to recruiting from this institute.
The PPTs can take place on any
A successful recruiting effort is mutually convenient day. If the
possible only when the student company wishes to display some
know you better. XLRI offers you professional material on campus,
many opportunities to help build the final form of the material can
a good corporate image among be sent to the Placement Office,
the students. The following are our which will arrange for its display.
recommendations for the same.

Distributing
Pre- Placement
the Published
Talk (PPTs)
Material
The pre-placement talks are
presentation organized by the An effective way of creating
company on the college campus. about your company among the
Over the years, they have become students is to provide them with
information. The information
the primary forums for campus-
student interaction. These talks could be in the form of annual
Conferences,
give the student a chance to learn
more about your company, your
reports, company brochures,
pamphlets, research material
Workshops,
people and your work culture. The and other published information.
The placement office will ensure
Academic Fairs
students can also learn about the
opportunities growth, learning and distribution of such material Various events, speaker series, panel
advancement that your company amongst the students. The discussions, conferences, workshops
offers. They can also form a first- students could also be provided and academic fairs can be organized
hand impression of your company with live case studies. This could in which your company may
and can make an informed decision be done by conducting Case participate directly or contribute
about applying for the placements. Contests. A panel comprising through partnerships. Institute
We have over the years found that company executives with/without scholarships and awards can also
senior executives are the most XLRI faculty could evaluate the be sponsored by your company as
effective in influencing the decision student presentations. a way to express your companies’
regarding applying to their firm commitment to excellence in the
for placements. We have over the student community at XLRI.
years found that senior executives
are the most effective in delivering

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Sponsoring Projects The Pre-Placement Talk
Projects are an integral part of the academic The company conducts the recruitment process in the
curriculum at XLRI. Over the years, many Scheduled Placement Slot. Companies are encouraged
students have taken up live projects with to give pre-placement talks well before the recruitment
many organizations. This provides the process begins. This helps the student on making an
students involved a basic understanding informed choice about the organization. Ideally, the PPT
of the company’s operations. It also raises must include:
your companies’ profile among students
Company Profile
and the faulty.
Projects on offer
Compensation Details
Possible openings in the next year

Campus Recruitment
Process
The placement process consists of the
following stages:
The company conducts a Pre-Placement
Talk
The resumes of the interested candidates
are sent to the company
The student body ranks the companies
under supervision of the faculty
chairperson
The company is informed of the day on
which interviews have been scheduled
based in the ranking
The company sends a shortlist of students
and the Recruitment Process details to the
Placement Office

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 The Ranking
The following parameters are used to rank the
companies.
• Past record of recruitment
• Relationship of the company with the institute
• Career growth opportunities in the company
• Compensation offered
• Market performance of the company
• Alumni feedback
Since the slot arrived at is a collective decision
of the students, no request for the change of
slots shall be entertained. Companies have the
option of circulating the customized application
forms amongst the candidates or accepting
the personalized resumes from the shortlisted
candidates.

Recruitment Process
The company shall inform the Placement Office
about the following details well in advance.
• The method of Recruitment (Preliminary Test,
GD, Interview, Case,etc.)
• Number of Rounds of the GD and group size
• Number of rounds of interview
• Approximate duration of GDs and Interviews

Placement Fee Structure

A placement fee would he changed for the
companies participating in the recruitment
process. The fee would comprise of two parts:
• Participation fee
• Recruitment fee
The participation fee indicates that the
company would be charged a certain amount
for participating in the process whereas the
Recruitment fee would be charged when the
Important Information
companies recruit candidates. This Recruitment The Placement committee in consultation with the
fee would vary with the number of the students faculty arrives at the norms of the placement process.
recruited. This overall placement fee would The committee reserves the right to modify any such
be dependent on whether the company is norms, where such norms are in overall interest of
participating in the LRP or the CRP or both. The the candidates participating in the process. In the
bill for this placement fee would be drawn at event of any conflict in the instruction interpretation
the end of the complete recruitment process and implementation of the norms, the decision of
and the payment for the same would have to be the Placement Committee shall be binding on the
made within one month of the candidate joining students and the companies.
the company. However, there are no charges for
participating in the Summer Internship Process.

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 Placement Committee
Ambar Mittal 8877080172 Mainak Mukhoty 8877080166

Anirudh Kudva 8877080171 Neha Arya 8877080168

Awantika Goel 8877080167 Sai Sravani Nimmagadda 8877080162

Gurpreet Singh Saini 8877080888 Shahzeb Alam 9836084249

Jeevan C Raghu 8877080173 Shivam Garg 8877080163

Kunal Shah 8877080161 Shreya Agrawal 8877080170

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REACHING XLRI Ginger Hotel

The railway station at Jamshedpur is known as Tatanagar Plot no 678 & 1008,
and is well connected by trains from Alleppy, Bangalore, Opposite Voltas Building,
Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Kolkata (Howrah), Bistupur Main Road, Jamshedpur,
Mumbai, Patna and Pune. The nearest airports to Jamshedpur Jharkhand 831001
are Kolkata and Ranchi. Both airports are serviced by all major Phone: 0657 666 3333
domestic airlines. The journey to XLRI will take approximately
3.5 hours to 4 hours from Kolkata by train and 2.5 hours to 3 J.K. Residency
hours from Ranchi by road. Beside Sakchi Gurudwara,
Behind HP Petrol Pump,
Railway Station Jamshedpur 831001
Tatanagar Phone: 0657 655 6999
Connected by trains from
Alleppy, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Fortune Hotel Centre Point
Kolkata (Howrah), Mumbai, Patna and Pune. 2, Inner Circle Road, Bistupur,
Jamshedpur 831001
Nearest Airports Phone: 0657 398 8444
Kolkata and Ranchi

One can reach Ranchi by air and proceeed to Jamshedpur

by road. Regular taxi services ply on the Ranchi-
Jamshedpur route. Transport can be arranged on request
between Ranchi and XLRI.
Placement Office
XLRI Jamshedpur
School of Business & Human Resources
C. H. Area (East), Jamshedpur - 831001,
Jharkhand, India
Phone : +91-657-665 3221
email : placement@xlri.ac.in
www.xlri.ac.in