PINAKI MAJUMDAR
Jamshedpur, June 20: The XLRI Alumni Association presidents of different chapters across India gathered together at XLRI Jamshedpur Campus and addressed the new academic batch.
Mario Lobo, chairman at PSS-R&B-LOBO Group of Companies (Batch 1975-1977); Ronald DCosta, Owner at The Boulevard Hotel (Batch 1965-1968); Raj Narayan, Mentor, Coach & Advisor (Batch 1982-1984), Srini Vudumala, Chief People Officer, Bharat Financial Inclusion Ltd (Batch 1989-1991) and Suresh Ramasubramanian (Batch 1989-1991) were a part of the event.
Ranaveer Sinha, President, XLRI Alumni Association; Prof. TAS Vijayraghavan, Chairman, XLRI Alumni Association; Prof. Sanjay Patro, Dean (Academics) also joined in to grace the occasion.
Mr Ranaveer Sinha (President, XLRI Alumni Association) addressed the gathering and welcomed the guests for the event.
Sinha is an XLRI Alumnus. He shared his experience as a student at XLRI and said, “XLRI has produced many leaders in the industry and these leaders control the intake of freshers into their organisations.”
Ronald DCosta, president of the Jamshedpur Chapter of XLRI Alumni Association welcomed the students. “Money doesn’t come first. Ideas and Projects come in. Money follows good ideas and it will follow you too”, he said.
Mario Lobo, president of the Mumbai Chapter of the XLRI Alumni Association discussed how the process of hiring has evolved over the last 42 years. “Give more than you take”, he shared these words of wisdom said by Fr. E. H. McGrath, his mentor and one of the Founding Fathers of XLRI.
Srini Vudumala, president of the Hyderabad Chapter of the XLRI Alumni Association discussed about why XLers progress a lot in the HR Domain. “Reason being, as an HRM student you are exposed not only to the HR subjects but you get to learn and have an understanding of all the different aspects of a business. XLers score better in the quizzes that life throws on them as compared to other students from any other B-Schools”, he said.
Raj Narayan, president of the Bangalore Chapter of XLRI Alumni Association shared his mentor’s words of wisdom while Suresh Ramasubramanian, president of the Delhi Chapter of XLRI Alumni Association addressed the students saying, “Network is equal to net worth. We can pull together anytime anything across the world. We have global CEOs too. Alumni system works globally only at XLRI.”
Prof. Sanjay Patro, Dean (Academics), XLRI Jamshedpur delivered the vote of thanks.