XLRI felicitates Alumni with ‘Distinguished Alumni Awards’
‘Home coming and Distinguished Alumni Awards 2019’
XLRI- Xavier School of Management hosted ‘Distinguished Alumni Awards Ceremony’ to felicitate its illustrious alumni on the occasion of ‘Annual Alumni Homecoming 2019’. This year nine distinguished alumni of the institute received the Distinguished Alumnus Awards in five categories. The two-day long celebration of XLRI’s ‘Annual Alumni Homecoming 2019’ was held on 14th – 15th December. This year, XLRI celebrated the Annual Homecoming for the 17th year. Over 250 XL Alumni participated in this year’s Homecoming held at XLRI Campus, Jamshedpur. The highlight of XLRI Annual Alumni Homecoming, the ‘Distinguished Alumnus Awards Ceremony’ was hosted today at the Tata Auditorium. Fr. P. Christie S.J., Director, XLRI; Mr. Rana Sinha, President of the XLRI Alumni Association and Prof. Pranabesh Ray, Chairperson, Alumni, XLRI were also present on the occasion. The Winners in different categories of ‘Distinguished Alumnus Awards’ 2019: Distinguished Alumnus Award – (Lifetime Achievement) Jitendra Singh, Professor Emeritus, XLRI, Jamshedpur, (PMIR-1970) Distinguished Alumnus Award (Practicing Manager) Mr. Krish Shankar, Group Head – HRD Infosys, Pratik Kumar, Member of Senior Leadership Team, Wipro (PMIR- 1988), Judhajit Das, Chief Human Resources, ICICI Prudential (PMIR- 1995), Ramakrishnan Ramamurthy, Chief Executive, Polycab India Ltd (BM- 1982) Distinguished Alumnus Award (Allied Fields, Arijit Biswas, Script Writer (PMIR - 1991) Distinguished Alumnus Award Entrepreneur, Dhaval Shah, Founder, Pharm Easy. (HRM- 2014), Distinguished Alumnus Award – (Academician) Dr. Anand Narasimhan, Dean (Faculty & Research), IMD (PMIR-1991), Dr. Madan Pillutla, Faculty, London Business School, (PMIR-1991) This year’s Homecoming saw reunion of the batches of 1979 and 1969 celebrate their 40th and 50th homecoming year respectively. Many alumni of Batch of 1971 also participated in this celebrations. Commenting on the Annual Alumni Homecoming, Fr. P. Christie S.J., Director, XLRI said, “The Annual Homecoming is one of the most prestigious and important events for XLRI. Our alumni are the torch-bearers of the XL-Culture and have taken the vision and mission of XLRI to the world. They are the true role models for our present and future students and are the ones who truly inspire them to carry forward their legacy. It is a proud moment for us to welcome them back to the campus and felicitate them for their achievements.”