XLRI Jamshedpur

Strength and Sparkle

Campus Recruitment Programme Placement Brochure 2010

Contents
Director’s Message 02
Placement Coordinator’s Message 03
Why XLRI? 06
History 07
Infrastructure 08
Committees on Campus 09
Finance 11
Marketing 15
Human Resources 19
General Management / Strategy & Consulting 23
IT 27
Operations 31
BM – Batch of 2008-10 35
PMIR – Batch of 2008-10 46
Placements 58
CRP/LRP 59
Travel & Accommodation 60
Placement Committee 61
 Shining like the diamond, creating a galaxy of new stars

sixty
Theme
As XLRI celebrates its diamond jubilee, it brings to the world
60 years of sparkling excellence. Its hallowed portals are a
gleaming testimony to the making of radiant stalwarts whose
virtuosity and brilliance have shaped new ideas. Today XLRI
has grown in strength, and like the diamond with all its sharp
dimensions, has become even more cutting edge, illuminating
the way for more newer and newer stars to shine ever more
brightly in horizons that are forever changing to encounter
fresh challenges.
 Director’s Message
In this fast paced competitive world, unabated learning and ability to
innovate are the key focus areas of most organizations. We, at XLRI
have designed our programmes keeping exactly these demands of
the industry in mind to ensure that the students get opportunities to
maximize their learning and increase the horizon of their knowledge.
In these 60 years since its inception, XLRI has always tried to maintain
high standards of quality both in terms of its curriculum and also
in terms of the students who pass out of these hallowed portals.
The BM programme at XLRI gears the students with an all round
approach to the management functions along with inculcating into
them a strong sense of managerial skills.The PMIR programme, which
is its oldest programme, enables the students to imbibe into them
the modern concepts and techniques in the field of human resources
along with helping them build an understanding on the functional
aspects of management.

At XLRI, apart from the academic focus, we also believe in the

development of social and emotional quotient of the students
which would ultimately help in shaping their personality as a whole.
This integral and value based formation will propel our students
to be innovative, competent, creative and socially aware leaders
of tomorrow who would seek to bring in continuous learning and
growth in the organizations they join. The diversity and knowledge
of the batch would surely help you in seeking young talent for the
various challenging roles in your organizations. It is a privilege for me
to welcome you to XLRI and its placement process and I’m sure the
expectations of your organizations would be duly met by this current
batch of management graduates of XLRI.

E. Abraham, S.J. Ph.D

Director
XLRI Jamshedpur

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Placement
Co-ordinator’s
Message
Dear Recruiters,

It gives me great pleasure to invite you to the Placement Program at

XLRI School of Business and Human Resources, Jamshedpur.

The time comes again for us to share with you the excitement of
interacting with the best minds we have. The student mix in the
batch is hand-picked from some of the most diverse walks of life. This
diversity has resulted in experiential learning and appreciation of varied
cultures and tastes. These students come from the best campuses and
corporations, and are groomed so that they are able to meet the ever-
changing demands, expectations and requirements of organizations such
as yours. I assure you that your expectations will not just be met, but will
be topped significantly.

In this age of change, we at XLRI have been keenly aware to dynamically

align the curriculum to the needs and aspirations of the industry so that
our students meet the exacting requirements that we have learnt to
expect from you, the organizations that recruit our students.You will find
our students to be equipped with strong academic concepts, analytical
and decision-making skills required to be the leaders in the dynamic
world of business.

XLRI has maintained an aura of culture and legacy over the six decades
of innovative growth and excellence. Our students-filled with enthusiasm
and the will to succeed-are found in the board rooms of frontline
organizations all over the world. This is testimony to the trust and belief
that the industry has bestowed in us for the past 60 years and more
importantly is a commitment from XLRI to deliver the best consistently.

This brochure contains all the relevant information needed for your
participation in the Placement Program.We look forward to strengthening
our already existing bonds, and to forging new ones in the course of our
placement activities. Welcome home to XLRI!

With regards and good wishes,

Prof. Rajiv Misra

Placement Chairperson

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 XLRI VALUES
One of the oldest B-schools in the country, XLRI School of Business and Human Resources
was established in 1949 and counts among the very best of B-schools India has to offer. Located
at the confluence of India’s Industrial landscape and a town-planning spectacle of Jamshedpur,
XLRI has come to be known as one of the most respected B-schools in Asia. Having groomed
managers and leaders of the corporate sphere for six decades, XLRI has entered its diamond
jubilee year. The name diamond is derived form the ancient Greek (adámas), which means
“unalterable” or “unbreakable”.
XLRI boasts of a legacy of unparalleled Excellence & unalterable Integrity – The values XLRI
inculcates in every student. Inspired by the Jesuit spirit of Magis – ‘Ever Greater’, XLRI aims at
being a management school with a passion for academic excellence, uncompromising human
values, a sensitive social conscience and an abiding commitment to improving the quality of life
in organizations and society. It is these values that make an Xler sparkle like a diamond.

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 XLRI

Creating paradigm shifts launching the

imagination to change perceptions with bright
insights of sparkling ideas.
 WHY XLRI?
Culture
Over the years, XLRI has developed its own unique culture. The culture of XLRI is such that it accelerates the members’ passion for
achieving excellence in everything that they do. The hall mark of this identity is, not to walk on the beaten path but to strike new
routes, not to benchmark but to be benchmarked against, to be second to none but to be the first to respond to the needs of the
people and the nation, by taking up the tasks which are bold but necessary which nobody has hitherto taken up.This enterprising and
pioneering spirit can be witnessed throughout the history of XLRI.

Students – A ‘1-out-of-450’ find

The admission process prospective XLers have to go through before being selected is rigorous to say the least. The first step is an all
India aptitude test, the XAT- One of India’s most competitive B-School Entrance Tests. Only those students who secure the top few
percentile ranks qualify for the next stage of Personal interviews. The rigor does not end with the admission. Every student has to
complete six trimesters of rigorous academic work and about 10 weeks of summer internship to qualify for the diploma.This ensures
that our recruiters expect and get nothing but a pool of exceptional students.

Curriculum – A choice of over 18 different specializations

The academic curriculum 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. The
curriculum encourages students to apply theoretical learning to real-life scenarios in the form of case studies, research, events, live
projects and the likes.

Faculty – Highest faculty to student ratio in the country

XLRI boasts of the best of faculty in terms of teaching experience, subject matter expertise, industry & government recognition and
student appreciation. Most of the faculty members have undertaken consulting assignments in corporate arena and have donned
advisory roles to government agencies in India and abroad. They have authored books of international repute and have published
research papers in some of the world’s most distinguished journals.

Recruiters – 76 companies, 172 offers, the best in class salaries across the board year on year
Over the years, Brand XLRI has created a niche for itself in the business world. This has culminated in the best of the companies
offering challenging profiles to our students on campus. Notwithstanding the financial crisis, XLRI maintained its stand as a premier
recruitment destination for the best of the companies. The confidence that an XLer can face any uncertainty and raise the bar on
excellence has resulted in the companies looking forward to recruiting year on year. These esteemed recruiters have endorsed the
quality of the students.

Strong alumni – A network built over 60 years.

As the students walk out of XLRI, they embark upon a journey to put their learnings into best use.Their experiences and knowledge
have helped in realizing optimal solutions and best industry practices. They have achieved goals that are unreachable for many in a
manner that leaves an everlasting shadow behind. The students of yester years look back upon their alma mater as the reason for
their success while the institute looks up to them as the reason for its pride and glory.

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Public recognition – Received the “Best B-School Award” at Asia Pacific HRD Conclave
The US-Based international accreditation agency The Association of Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) has accepted
XLRI as a Member Institution.The membership is the first step towards the accreditation process. 555 institutes have been accredited
by AACSB worldwide. No Indian business-school has been awarded accreditation so far.

Recently, XLRI became the 5th Institute in India and 6th in South Asia to receive SAQS Accreditation from Association of Management
Development Institutions in South Asia (AMDISA).

The institute’s concerted and honest effort towards learning has led to results that speak for themselves. The change brought about
by a student from XLRI not only in the field of business but also in the realm of the society has ensured that people associate XLRI
to quality and excellence.

HISTORY
XLRI was born out of the vision of Father Quinn Enright, S.J. It was founded in 1949 in the Steel City of
Jamshedpur. Fr. Enright visualized XLRI to be a partner in the liberation and development journey of the
independent India with a vision of “renewing the face of the earth”. Fr. Bill Tome joined hands with him to
bring that vision to fruition. Both, together with the other Jesuit companions, worked tirelessly towards
translating the Vision “Renewing the face of the earth” into action.

During the first seven years of growth, several courses of management and trade unions were developed
and organized by the institute. In the year 1953, the 2 year full time industrial relations program was started
which is now the most widely acclaimed Personal Management and Industrial Relation (PM & IR) course. In
the year 1968 the 2 year full time business management (BM) course was introduced and it is now one of the
most sought after programs.To mark the fifty years of service to the executive world, XLRI started the three
year executive post graduate program in the year 2001. It started the three-years Executive Postgraduate
programme in Business Management (Singapore) and the International Student Exchange Programme (ISEP) in
2006. In 2007 the one-year Postgraduate Program (PGP) in Management and Insurance (with ICICI Prudential
Life Insurance Company), 12 months Postgraduate Certificate (PGC) in Retail Management (Satellite based
live classrooms across the country) and the 12 months Postgraduate Certificate (PGC) in Sales & Marketing
Management (Satellite based live classrooms across the country) was started.

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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 center and an examination hall.
The classrooms are equipped with OHP’s, computers and LCD projectors to facilitate teaching and learning. Closed circuit television
facility is available for recording and playback of exercises.

The Sir Jehangir Ghandy Library

The Sir Jehangir Ghandy library is a veritable powerhouse of knowledge for management studies and research. It provides a vast
and constantly updated resource to its students to ensure their overall development. The aim of the Library is to serve the needs of
XLRI’s faculty, Research Scholars, Students and Members of the Library. It is the heart of the institution and acts as a center for the
collection of literature predominantly related to labor relations, management and its allied subjects and develops a comprehensive
collection of information that is useful for teaching and reference purpose. User satisfaction is the current day approach to library
service. To cope with this development, the library has stepped into Library Automation. This year XLRI becomes the first Indian
educational institution to implement automatic self check-in and RFID system.

Resources Total Collection

(As on 29-02-2009)
1. Books 62500

2. Foreign journals 220

3. Indian journals 155

4. Project Reports and Dissertations 14000

5. Theses 26

6. News Papers 14

7. CDROM & DVDs 1400

8. Company Annual Report 500

9. Video Cassettes 590

10. CDROM & DVDs 1400

11. Company Annual Report 500

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The Academic Block
The building has air conditioned lecture halls, an examination
hall, computer centre and syndicate rooms all of which contain
access points to the campus wide network.

Computer Centre
The computer centre houses computer labs having:

• Latest servers (IBM, Sun Microsystems, HP and Acer)

• for hosting various applications, gateways, intranet and proxy.
• A dedicated helpdesk for software and hardware related
queries.
• Printing hub for centralized network printing from the
hostel.
• Xerox and scanning facility.

IT Infrastructure initiatives at XLRI are:

• The IT infrastructure at XLRI includes state–of–the–art
campus network, a Wi-Fi enabled campus with dedicated
20Mbps raw bandwidth internet connectivity.
• The campus also has a GIGABIT Fiber backbone throughout
the campus to support the Institute’s local area network.
• The academic activities are supported efficiently through
e-bulletin boards and discussion forums.
• There are more than 300 units of latest Intel workstations,
close circuit camera, multimedia projectors.
To enable tech-savvy managers of the next generation the XLRI
campus holds a lot of e-initiatives. The institute has partnered
with Google.com to provide a high end communication facility
through the Google Apps service. The students are provided a
large capacity mail box and other collaborative tools to effectively
communicate with other students under the name “XL Connect”.
This was also recognized as the best implementation in India by
Google in 2008-09.

The institute also has its own video conferencing facility through
dedicated ISDN lines.

COMMITTEES ON CAMPUS
SAC
The Students Affairs Council (SAC) is the apex body and the
representative council of the students of XLRI. It takes care
of various student activities and is the interface between the
students and the administration. SAC also organizes XLRI’s inter
B-school flagship festival - Ensemble, every year. Ensemble has
grown from an intra-college event to one of the most awaited
events among B-schools.
SAC also takes up issues such as restructuring academic content,
enhancement of infrastructure and facilities, and coordinating
extra-curricular activities. SAC directs and governs all activities
that happen on campus and strives for continuous betterment
of the entire course and student amenities.
water surfing, rock climbing, paragliding, parasailing, kayaking and
jungle camping. It seeks to inculcate the spirit of adventure and
sensitivity towards nature in fellow XLers.
LIBCOMM
The Library Committee (LibComm) acts an interface between
the students and the library administration. The commitment to
keep this vast resource updated, appropriate and available for the
students is carried out by this student body. The committee has
contributed significantly towards making XLRI the first Indian
educational institution to implement automatic self check-in and
RFID system.
SPICMACAY

XLANC
XLRI Adventure and Nature Club (XLANC), is one of the most
vibrant and popular committees on campus and is actively
involved in conducting adventure programs for students
throughout the year. It strives to encourage XLers to realize
a unique harmony with the outer environment as well as with
their inner-self. To unleash the love for nature among XLers and
to bring out various out-door leadership and team building skills
essential for all B-school students, a major endeavour of XLANC
is the organizing of adventure sports activities. Over the last two
years, it has executed events like trekking, white water rafting,
The Society for Promotion of Classical Music and Culture Among
Youth (SPICMACAY) at XLRI was started in 2004 to bring
knowledge and create sensitivity to different Indian cultures.
The main activities of the committee on campus include
Organizing performances by stalwarts of Indian classical music,
Organizing events during ‘Ensemble’(the annual fest at XLRI),
Eastern Musical Night, and celebrating Indian traditional festivals
on campus. XL Utsav, the flagship event of the committee is an
event spanning one and half days which includes a number of
cultural, sports and fun events wherein the students, faculty and
their families come together in true XL style of camaraderie and
bonhomie.

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 CII- Yi
XLRI, in collaboration with Young Indians (Yi), an integral part
of Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), established the
first Yi Net at XLRI, Jamshedpur through a MoU in April 2008.
The Yi Net at XLRI is an initiative to empower the students
to work towards the development of education, employability,
environment, youth affairs and health sectors. It also facilitates
interaction of students with young achievers.
EXTERNAL LINKAGES CELL
External Linkages has been entrusted with the task of creating
unparalleled brand equity for XLRI and forging media relations.
It holds press conferences and press releases with an objective
of disseminating information regarding all the meaningful work
done by various committees on the campus. Exclusive features
on XLRI are conducted through coverage on channels of
electronic media such as CNBC and Sahara TV. The cell also
publishes articles on current affairs written for various Business
newspapers, Business magazines and online portals with the
purpose of holding the brand XL high.
SIGMA
The strength of light is felt more in places where darkness
has prevailed for most of the time. At XLRI we have a social
Initiative Group for Managerial Assistance (SIGMA), a student
body that creates a platform to network with NGOs, Corporate
Governance cells & Government Departments for the purpose
of community capacity building. The main aim of this student
body is to help NGOs formulate effective fund-raising strategies,
develop new programs, curtail expenses and perform better. In
essence, they work together for a better tomorrow. They have
worked with 17 NGOs on 21 live projects involving 73 students;
they have started the BCLP – Computer literacy program for 50
village youth.They have started the unique Shilp Mela – Marketing
platform for NGOs.
SPORTSCOMM
“A sound mind in a sound body to keep the light in all as bright
as ever”; this has always been a school of thought at XLRI.
SportsComm, a student body at XLRI aims to help nurture sports
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on campus. They perform various functions like providing and
maintaining sports infrastructure on campus, conducting sports
events, procure equipment for players and arrange sports/game
coaching camps.
DRACULA
The plays of lights and shadows have dimensions that can be
enacted by the most talented of us. Dracula, the dramatics and
cultural committee of XLRI works towards bringing alive on
campus these plays. They conduct a gamut of cultural events,
dance, FANGS and theatre shows. The organization of large
scale events like rock shows and inter B-School quizzes provides
a hands on event management experience to future managers.
ISEP
The tiny glow of a candle fills the room with light. Such is the
nature of light. We at XLRI believe in bringing light beyond the
horizons of India. ISEP, the student body representative of the
International student exchange program helps in the same. Every
year they help students to study abroad in one of the foreign
institutes that XLRI has a tie up with. The vision of the body is
“To provide every XLer an opportunity to gain an international
exposure and enrich their academic experience by providing an
international perspective to”. In the year 2008, the program had
15 partners and 45 seats. The student body aims at strengthen
existing collaborations, identify and negotiate with new partners,
organize the exchange program for XLRI students, ensure that
the incoming students blend in well with the rich academic and
cultural environment at XLRI by organizing buddy programs,
orientation and industrial visits. They also organize short term
study tours for foreign students, explore new avenues for
scholarships and promote faculty exchange programs.
INFRACOMM
XLRI is a home away from home to every student. The student
body INFRACOMM, ensures that every individuals needs are
satisfied to the best of the institutes capabilities. It ensures
that mess, hostel and other basic amenities are maintained and
provided to all. This job counts for handling the permanent
employees of the mess and maintenance staff and is handled by
students with tact and responsibility.
 Finance
FINANCE

Knowledge is more precious than all the

surplus capital, it is the wealth that’ll illuminate
the unexplored world of finance.
 FINANCE
Finance is one of the prized specializations here at
XLRI. The course is specially designed to help students
analyse and examine the nuances of finance and fund
management and at the same time appreciate its role as
the life blood of business organization. This knowledge
is complemented with a thorough understanding of the
financial decision making process in the corporate
world through regular industry interactions. This is
indeed what is needed to sustain and build the
resurgence in the finance sector today. XLRI has the
distinction of offering its students a specialization in
Economics, thus acknowledging the significance of the
knowledge of the environment in which one operates
and its implications on business. The curricula and
pedagogy are state-of-the-art and are constantly
evolving to meet the needs of the industry. Electives on
niche areas such as Microfinance demonstrate our
focus on a dynamic course design. Instrumental in
disseminating this wide pool of knowledge is a team of
distinguished and eminent faculty. Over the years,
finance has been one of the biggest attractions at XLRI.
The student committee FINAX is instrumental in
reaching out and nurturing interest and enthusiasm
through its wide range of activities and events, and has
helped make finance part of our very life.

COURSES
FINANCE
• Basic Financial Accounting (Core)
• Cost and Management Accounting (Core)
• Financial Management-I (Core)
• Financial Management-II (Core)
• Advanced Management Accounting
• Business Analysis & Valuation
• Capital Expenditure Planning & Control
• Commodities Derivatives Market
• Corporate Taxation
• Financial Analysis Planning & Control
• Financial Markets
• Financial Modeling using Excel
• Fixed Income Securities
• International Financial Management
• Options & Futures
• Risk Management and Insurance
• Security Analysis and Portfolio Management
• Financial Risk Management
• Mergers, Acquisitions & Corporate Restructuring
• Commercial Banking
ECONOMICS
• Macroeconomic Theory & Policy (Core)
• Managerial Economics (Core)
• Basic Econometrics
• Demand & Business Forecasting
• Strategic Game Theory for Managers
• Development Economics
• Economic Indicators: Database & Estimation
• Economics of Human Resources
• Entrepreneurship & New Ventures
• Industrial Economics & Competitive Strategies
• International Business Economics
• Managing Private-Public Partnership
• Money Banking & Finance

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FACULTY
FINANCE
Gourav Vallabh
• An Honorary Advisor, Ministry of Revenue, The Government
of Rajasthan
• Awarded the ‘Best Young Researcher’ award by ICWAI and
IAA
H K Pradhan
• Fullbright Post Doctoral Research Fellow with the Columbia
University Business School (New York)
• Associated with the Indian Planning Commission,
Commonwealth Secretariat London, UN and the Asian
Development Bank
• Has been appointed as member of “Index and options
committee of NCDEX”
James Santhanam, SJ
• Worked as Financial Controller at XIM, and Faculty Member
at Centre for Research and Development
Pitabas Mohanty
• Co-authored Principles of Corporate Finance with Brearley
and Myers.
• Co-authored Investments with ZVI Bodi, Alex Kane, Alan
Marcus
Prantik Ray
• A long teaching experience in various colleges
• MBA (Finance), MA (Economics), DBF (ICFAI)
Ram Kumar Kakani
• The best paper award at 2002 IBER Conference held in USA
• An Aditya Birla Research Scholar at the London School of
Business
S Jayapandian
• Recipient of three national awards for outstanding services,
achievements and contributions.
Sabyasachi Sengupta
• Has specialized in developing Accounting & Costing Systems,
structuring MIS reporting, dealings with Banks and Financial
Institutions and in various fields of Management Consultancy
service
Uday Damodaran
• PG from Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi; Fellow from IIMB.
• An authority in Fixed Income Securities, Corporate Finance,
Derivatives & Risk Management.
ECONOMICS
Arundhati Sarkar Bose
• Has taught in London School of Economics
• Her area of research is International Trade and Finance,
Labour Economics and Economics of Education.
P C Padhan
• Has published several research papers in reputed journals,
presented papers in various conferences, has actively
participated in various seminars/workshops.
• To his credit, he has qualified UGC-NET (JRF) in
Mathematical Economics.
Prabal K Sen
• Has served the Institute of Rural Management Anand
(IRMA) as Bank of Baroda Chair Professor.
• Has offered consultancy services to the Ministry of Rural
Development, Indian government and the SIDBI Foundation
for Micro Credit
• Was invited by the chairman of Jharkhand Development
Forum to be a member of editorial board for the forum’s
biannual journal titled “Jharkhand journal of social
development”
Reshmi Mitra
• Worked as Enterprise Development Adviser for DFID,
Government of UK
• Has been a Fulbright senior scholar at the Harvard Business
School and visiting faculty at Babson, Massachusetts
Santanu Gupta
• Has held research and teaching positions with the London
School of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Development Foundation and Institute of Technology and
Management
Suma Damodaran
• M.A. (Economics) Madras University, Fellow IIM Bangalore
• Has been in academics for sixteen years with Xavier
Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, Goa Institute of
Management and Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
Sumit Sarkar
• Taught in London School of Economics
• Has published his works as well refereed for international
refereed journals.
• Authored book on “Network Industries” published in
Germany
Vishwa Ballabh
• Was the RBI Chair Professor, IRMA
• Associated with The Ford Foundation, Royal Netherlands
Embassy, UNICEF and International Water Management
Institute
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 FINAX-FINANCE ASSOCIATION OF XLRI
The Finance Association at XLRI, popularly known as FINAX is one of the most prominent student bodies of the campus. FINAX
works with a two-fold agenda of enriching the finance-quotient amongst the students and bringing the financial corporate world
closer to the students. It works to establish XLRI as a leading national B-school in the finance specialization.

It envisions to empower every student with in-depth knowledge from the financial world and to enhance XLRI as a name synonymous
with financial expertise. FINAX helped XLRI become the first Indian B-school to conduct NCFM certifications for its students which
helps a great deal to improve the financial expertise of the students.

OUR ILLUSTRIOUS ALUMNI

Abraham Chacko Rajeev Kaul
• Exective Director - Global Trade Advisory, ABN Amro, • Executive Vice Chairman & CEO, The Blackstone group
Singapore
Ramanathan Srikumar
Ankur Choudhary • Vice President, Citibank, Singapore
• VP & Head Institutional Sales, J P Morgan Chase
Ramki Muthukrishnan
Jamshed Daboo • Director, S&P Company
• Head , National Sales & Services Organisation,
Tata Capital Ltd Raphael Parambi
• CEO, Muscat Finance, Oman, Muscat
Jaspal Bindra
• Director, Asia, Standard Chartered Bank Sanjay Bhandarkar
• MD, N M Rothschild, India
K N Venkatraman
• Global Risk Manager (Americas), Deutsche Bank Sanjiv Bhasin
• GM & CEO, DBS Bank India
M Shankar Narayanan
• MD, The Carlyle Group Surojit Shome
• MD & CEO, Rabo India Finance Limited
Neil Rodricks
• Managing Principal, Intellectual Capital, Toronto, Canada Sutapa Banerjee
• Unit Head Wealth Management, Ambit Capital
Pankaj Agarwal
• MD, Investment Banking Division, CLSA V Anantaraman
• MD, Credit Suisse India

PAST RECRUITERS
• 8 Capital Hedge Fund • Deloitte • Jindal Steel and Power
• ABN Amro Bank • E&Y TAS, UAE • L&T treasury
• AIG • Edelweiss Capital • Lazard
• Allegro • Goldman Sachs • Lehman Brothers
• American Express • HDFC Ergo • Lotus AMC
• Axis Bank • HSBC Bank • Marico
• Bank of America • ICICI Bank • MCX
• Bank of Baroda • ICICI Lombard • Nomura
• Barings PE • ICICI Prudential • NM Rothschild
• Bharti AXA • ICICI Prudential Life Insurance • Ocwen Financials
• BNP Paribas • ICRA • Rabo Bank
• Calyon Bank • IDBI • SBI Capital
• CCIL • IDBI Bank • SBI Mutual Funds
• Centrum • IDFC Private Equity • SEBI
• Citibank • Indea Capital • Standard Chartered Bank
• CRISIL • Indusland Bank • Tata Steel
• Cummins • JP Morgan Chase • The Carlyle Group
• UTI Bank
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 MARKETING

Marketing

Time shapes the diamond, time shapes the

ever changing world of marketing. What’s new
today will be history tomorrow.
 MARKETING
Marketing has long been the forte of XLRI. Over the years, XLRI has 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
turmoil of change – in preferences and in perceptions.Thus, the curriculum and pedagogy have been structured
to flexibility and adaptability to meet the demands of the corporate world. The focus is laid on practical, case
based learning and active participation is encouraged. Over the course, students pickup nuances of marketing
thanks to some innovative activities and events conducted by the Marketing Association at XLRI and in course
of their internships with the best in the industry. XLRI has prided itself in the innovation of MAXI Fair as an
innovative way for companies to solve marketing research problems, some of whom have used the fair to
launch products. The confluence of a great talent pool, distinctive pedagogy and top-notch faculty has resulted
in a string of distinguished alumni from this domain, leaving footprints all across the globe.

COURSES
• Marketing-I (Core) • Marketing Fair
• Marketing-II (Core) • Marketing in Practice
• Advertising and Sales Promotion • Marketing Law
• Business to Business Marketing • Marketing Research
• Competition and Globalization • Product and Brand Management
• Consumer Behavior • Retail Marketing
• Strategic Marketing • Rural Marketing
• International Marketing • Sales and Distribution Management
• Integrated Marketing Communications • Services Marketing
• Marketing Decision Models

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FACULTY
Pingali Venugopal
• Member of the steering committee for the Jharkhand
Development Report being prepared for the Planning
Commission, Government of India.
• Authored books on Marketing Channel Management: A
Customer-Centric Approach, Input Management: The State
of the Indian Farmer: A Millennium Study, and Managing the
Sales Force: A Motivational Approach
Sharad Sarin
• Visiting faculty to University of Colorado at Boulder and
Rhode Island, USA, Helsinki School of Economics, Finland
and IIM, Ahmedabad
• On the board of Mudra Institute of Communications,
Ahmedabad, Tata Refractories Ltd, Rane Madras Ltd and Tega
Industries Ltd.
Sanjay Patro
• Has handled consulting assignments for many organizations
in the field of Marketing and Strategy.
• Areas of interest are Strategic Marketing, Product and Brand
Management, Services Marketing and Rural Marketing.
Srinivas Govindrajan
• Has helped conceptualize innovative methods of revenue
collection mechanisms in rural areas that have been
incorporated in the Electricity Act, 2003 and appreciated by
leading development banks including the World Bank.
• Has worked in the industry for six years and this includes
stints at PricewaterhouseCoopers and MAA Bozell.
Narasimhan Rajkumar
• Ph.D. study from Utkal University in the area of Marketing
with specific focus on Retail Price Perceptions.
• Areas of interests are Consumer Behavior, Numerical
Cognition and Retail.
• Has 5 publications to date and is currently working on a
book on Pricing Management.
Sanjeev Varshney
• Thesis on Outshopping Behaviour (in the domain of retailing
and consumer behavior) using a Mixed methodology, was
awarded the Best Paper of the Year at COSMAR 2006 (IISc,
Bangalore).
• Has worked for companies like Britannia, Tata Sky, Nokia,
Cargill Foods and his last assignment was with Sales Excel
Pvt. Ltd (Gurgaon)
Smitu Malhotra
• Thesis on the impact of globalization on competitive
practices of Indian firms.
• Other areas of interest include social entrepreneurship and
marketing communications.
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 MAXI-MARKETING ASSOCIATION OF XLRI
The Marketing Association of XLRI is one of the most popular and exciting student committees on campus. This association has
behind it a saga more than thirty years old and acts as a common forum for all those with an enthusiasm for marketing to come
together and have a shared learning journey. MAXI is involved in hosting a slew of events and activities across the year. Apart from
holding various seminars, symposiums it organizes an annual two-day Ad Workshop in association with big names in the advertising
domain. Workshops like these stimulate creative thought process and help exploring new avenues of learning. Perhaps one of the
most sought after event in XLRI is the MAXI Fair- a three day carnival-like milieu which has emerged as an accredited market research
tool. While students try to extract unbiased consumer perceptions and preferences, elicit meaningful information they actually gain
insights which inculcate the finer aspects of Marketing. Events like these are complemented with live projects and industry interaction
with experts. MAXI ensures that the business school experience is filled with exciting events which make learning more challenging
and close to practice.

OUR ILLUSTRIOUS ALUMNI

Amar Babu Mini Pinto
• MD, Lenovo India • Global Customer Insights Director, Merck Corp Inc., New
Jersey, USA
Bijou Kurien
• President & CE, Reliance Retail Percy T. Siganporia
• MD, Tata Tea Limited
Brajesh Bajpai
• Country Head, Middle East & North Africa, Marico Group Pooja Arora
• Brand Manager, P&G, Singapore
Chitra Talwar
• VP, Sales Capability, Pepsico Beverages International, New Preeti Reddy
York • CEO, Lanka Market Research Bureau

Kalyan Ganguly Sandeep Kataria

• President, Breweries Division, UB Group • Global Brand Director, Unilever

Madhukar Kamath Vikram Rao

• MD & CEO, Mudra Communications • Director, Textile & Apparel Business, Aditya Birla Group

Vinod Sawhney
• President & Chief Operating Officer, Bharti Retail

PAST RECRUITERS
• Asian Paints • Hindustan Unilever • Seagrams
• Bharti • HPCL • Sony Entertainment
• BPCL • ICI Paints • UB Group
• Britannia • Indian Oil • Whirlpool
• Cadbury’s • Intel • Wockhardt
• Coca Cola • ITC • Yahoo!
• Colgate-Palmolive • Johnson & Johnson • L’Oreal
• Dabur • Marico • Titan
• Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories • Murugappa • Castrol
• Electrolux • Nestle • Bharti Airtel
• Eveready • Nokia • Reebok
• GE • P&G • Kellogs
• GlaxoSmithKline • Pepsi • Virgin Mobile
• Godrej • Pfizer • Amul
• Heinz • Ranbaxy • AstraZeneca
• Hero Honda • Reckitt Benckiser • AC Nielson
• Hewlett Packard • Spencer Retail • Tata Elxsi
• Hindustan Times • Saint Gobain • Times Group
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 Human Resources

Human Resources

The most invaluable chain in the organization

is the human. The key to building great
entrepreneurship is to invest in the brightest
talents.
 HR/IR
The Personnel Management and Industrial Relations course is the oldest and one of the most prestigious at
XLRI. XLRI was the first institute in India to recognise the importance of human resource management and
employee relations and the need for specialized 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 manage 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 relationships in the framework of state regulations. This programme has produced some
of the biggest names in the industry today.

COURSES
Personnel Management and Industrial
Relations
• Employment Relations Laws – I (Core)
• Employment Relations Laws – II (Core)
• Employment Relations Laws – III (Core)
• Fundamentals of Industrial Relations (Core)
• Fundamentals of Labour Laws (Core)
• Fundamentals of Management and Human Relations (Core)
• Human Resource Planning (Core)
• Performance Management and Appraisal (Core)
• Wage Determination and Administration (Core)
• Advanced Manpower Planning
• Collective Bargaining and Negotiation Process
• Economics of Human Resources
• Executive Compensation
• Grievance Resolution
• Human Resource Management in Service Sector
• Human Resource Information Systems
• Industrial Jurisprudence
• International Human Resource Management
• Labour Law Applications
• Managerial Competencies and Career Development
• Managerial Counselling
• Managing Redundancy
• Marketing Decisions for HR Professionals
• Measuring HR
• Operations Research for HRM
• Organizational Change and Development
• Participative Management
• Strategic Human Resource Management
• Occupational Testing
• Training and Development
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Organizational Behavior
• OB-I : Individual Behaviour in Organization (Core)
• OB-II : Group Behaviour in Organization (Core)
• OB-III : Organizational Structure, Design & Change (Core)
• Assertiveness Training
• Building Learning Organizations
• Consulting to Management
• Cross-Cultural Management
• Designing Organizations for Uncertain Environment
• Impression Management
• Indian Philosophy for Leadership Excellence
• Leadership, Influence and Power
• Management of Creativity
• Management of Relationships
• Managerial Competencies and Career Development
• Managerial Counselling
• Organizational Change and Development
• Personal Effectiveness and Leadership
• Personal Growth Lab
• Occupational Testing
• Strategic Human Resource Management
• Stress Management
• Transactional Analysis
FACULTY
E M Rao
• Has published more than 20 papers on personnel/human
resource management, industrial relations and labour law.
• Edited the 6th edition (2004) of the famous “Law of
Industrial Disputes”, authored by Mr O P Malhotra.
• Authored the widely acclaimed book titled “Industrial
Jurisprudence” (2004).
Jeetu Singh
• Ph.D from Wharton
• Played a pivotal role in designing many of the HR systems
and practices at Tata Steel for which the company is
renowned.
• Also spearheaded its learning centres for 20 years.
Madhukar Shukla
• Visiting Professor at ESADE (Barcelona), Spain during 1993-
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• Authored two books: “Designing Organizations” and
“Competing through Knowledge” and about 30 papers in
professional journals.
P K Padhi
• Published 10 books and 15 articles of high repute during his
18 years of experience in teaching and research
• His areas of specialization include industrial relations, labour
aw, company law, trade law, collective bargaining, child labour,
and intellectual property rights.
Abhijit Gangopadhyay
• Worked as the national expert with International Labour
Organization (ILO) and Asian Productivity Organization
(APO), Tokyo.
• Current research interests include organizational
restructuring & design, diversity management and
management of occupational health & safety.
• Doctoral Thesis on Energy Security
Santanu Sarkar
• Published papers in national & international journals &
conferences and co-authored a book.
• Visiting Fellow (Jt. Research) at the Dept. of Mgmt Sciences
& Decision Making, TKU, Taipei, and was reviewer for AoM &
EIBA Conferences – 2004-07; presented papers at Academy
of Management & EIBA.
Pranabesh Ray
• His teaching, consulting and research; emphasizes on
Managing Redundancy, Managing Negotiations, Performance
Management, Union Management Corporation, and
Employment Relations in the service sector.
• Has published numerous papers in reputed journals.
• Invited as visiting professor, Indo-US professorship in
management studies by Loyola university, Chicago (LUC),
USA.
I S F Irudayaraj
• Rendered consultancy services to many public and private
organizations
• A life member of NHRD network.
L Gurunathan
• Thesis focus on the determinants of Executive Knowledge
Management Behaviour.
• Areas of interests are Compensation, especially executive
compensation, Strategy and HRM, and International Human
resource management.
M Srimannarayana
• Gold medallist in M.A. (IR&PM).
• His Doctoral work is on training and development in public
sector undertakings.
Badrinarayan S Pawar
• Co-authored/solo academic works include papers published
in Academy of Management Review, Long Range Planning,
Best Papers Proceedings of the Academy of Management,
a chapter in Handbook of Organizational Citizenship
Behaviour.
D P Sinha
• Prior to joining XLRI he was Corporate Vice President (HR),
Zuari Industries Ltd in Goa.
• He has designed and conducted a number of management
excellence programmes.
E Abraham, SJ
• Worked as Joint Director of the Academy of HRD, and the
President of the Association of Indian Management Schools.
Ekkirala S Srinivas
• Received Best Research Paper Award from AIMS
• Gold Medal for Best Doctoral Thesis
Gloryson R B Chalil
• He has presented papers in various seminars and
conferences including Academy of Management, US.
M G Jomon
• Gold medallist in masters from Loyola, M.Phil from Delhi
University.
• Authored four books and over 20 articles.
Manish Singhal
• Eclectic profile with qualifications in mechanical engineering,
financial and general management, organizational behaviour
and sociology and experience in the disciplines of
anthropology, archaeology, journalism and yoga
R K Premarajan
• Ex-faculty, TISS; Executive Assistant to the Chairman,
National Dairy Development Board.
Soumendra N Bagchi
• Doctoral dissertation in the phenomenon of employee
retaliation within organizations.
Tina K Stephen
• Presented papers at national conferences as well as
published articles in national journals.
• Also organized several seminars and workshops for law
students on Intellectual Property Law, Cyber Law, Corporate
Mergers and Acquisition etc.
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 RELATED COMMITTEES
SAPPHIRE
Providing a strong thrust to the domain of human resources
knowledge at XLRI is SAPPHIRE, The Students’ Association for
the Promotion of Personnel Management, Human Resources
and Industrial relations. SAPPHIRE over the years has acted an
interface between the industry and the academia and provided a
forum for discussion and debate on prevalent HR concepts and
best practices. Throughout its 23 years of existence, SAPPHIRE
has organized a consortium of events which have served as
platforms for debating and discussing state-of-the-art HR and
industrial relations practices. As a student body, it aims to integrate
the experiences of practitioners with the theoretical knowledge
of academicians in the area of Human Resource development.
SAPPHIRE in association with Mercer launched XHumE, the first
ever HR magazine to be launched by a B-School.

FIRE@X
The Forum for Industrial Relations at XLRI, focuses on new trends in
Employee/Industrial Relations and attempts to integrate shop floor
experiences with management concepts learnt in the classroom.
The other focus areas include an e-newsletter, factory visits, case
studies, the IR quiz and the paper writing contests held during the
year. The National IR Conference, organized every second year, is
the flagship event of the committee - contemporary issues in the
field of IR are discussed by experts from across the industry.

OUR ILLUSTRIOUS ALUMNI

Abhijit Bhaduri K Shankar
• Chief Learning Officer, Wipro • Director HR, Bharti Airtel Ltd.

Aquil Busrai Kulshaan Singh

• Executive Director, Human Resources,IBM Corporation, • Country Manager (Singapore),Hewitt Associates
India
Leena Nair
Deodutta Kurane • Executive Director (HR), HUL
• President, Human Capital,Yes Bank
Madan Mohan Pillutla
Gaurav Lahiri • Professor, Organisation Behaviour, London Business School
• Director, Hay Group, Singapore
N S Rajan
Hayagreeva Rao • Partner, Human Capital & Global Advisory, HR Ernst & Young
• Professor, Organisation Behaviour, Graduate School of
Business at Stanford University N T Arunkumar
• CEO, Dun & Bradstreet Predictive Sciences & Analytics
Indranil Roy
• MD, Korn/Ferry Leadership & Talent Consulting Group Sunit Sinha
• Senior Manager & Human Capital Analytics Lead, Accenture
Jayaram Philkana
• Asst.Vice President HR,Cargill Inc., North America

PAST RECRUITERS
• Aditya Birla Group • Hewitt Associates • Nokia
• Asian Paints • HUL • Nomura
• AstraZeneca • IBM • Novartis – Switzerland
• Atul Industries • ITC • Pepsi
• Cadbury • Johnson and Johnson • Pricewaterhouse Coopers
• Coke • KPMG • Procter & Gamble
• Colpalm • Lehman Brothers • Reach Potential
• Cummins • Marico • RPG
• Deloitte • Mercer • Standard Chartered Bank
• Ernst and Young • Microsoft • Tata Motors
• Hay Group • Nestle • Telcon
• Texas Instruments
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 General Management
Strategy & Consulting

GM & Strategy

Looking at a diamond is like seeing new

patterns. The beauty of strategic thinking is
that it establishes new patterns to elevate
enterprises to newer pinnacles.
 GM/STRATEGY & CONSULTING
General Management

General management as a sphere of activity is 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
General Management

necessary for effective general management. The course is structured to encompass these very values and to
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 citizenship 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 recognised
this need and has established a focused course designed to imbibe in its students the ability to understand and
analyse businesses 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 market requirements.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.

COURSES
General Management Strategy & Consulting
• Business Law (Core) • Strategic Management (Core)
• Business Research Methods (Core) • Building Learning Organizations
• Managerial Communication (Core) • Competition and Globalization
• Emotional Intelligence and Managerial Introduction to • Designing Organizations for Uncertain Environments
• Social Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship • Business Networking
• Analysis for Managerial Decision Making • Technology Management
• Marketing law • Sustainable Development and Corporate Environmental
• Managerial Ethics (Core) • Management
• Corporate Image Building • Entrepreneurship and New Ventures
• Neuro Linguistic Programming • International Management
• Art of Public Speaking • Managing Private-Public Partnerships
• Resource Based Strategy
• Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Restructuring
• Contemporary Business Practices
• Transformation of Sustainable Superior Performance
• Strategies for Managing International Health Systems
• Strategies of Co-operation
• Strategic Game Theory for Managers
• Strategic Marketing
• Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship

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FACULTY
STRATEGY AND CONSULTING
(Rear Admiral) Rakesh Chopra
• Senior Research Fellow with the Oxford Leverhulme
Programme on the Changing Character of War
• Founding member, Board of Directors of a think tank “Peace
Operations Institute” in USA
• Founding Member & Chief Instructor, College of Naval
Warfare
Tata L Raghu Ram
• Fulbright Environment Leadership fellow at Kennedy School
of Government, Harvard University, U.S.A
• Consultant to the World Bank & The Ministry of
Environment & Forests, GOI
• Addressed the U.N. General Assembly
Ram Kumar Kakani
• An Aditya Birla Research Scholar at the London School of
Business
• The best paper award at 2002 IBER Conference held in USA
• Coauthored the book “ How to read a balance sheet” with
Dr. N Ramachandran
Rajesh S Upadhyayula
• Part of Corporate Think Tank / intelligence wing for Tata
Consultancy Services (TCS).
• During his fellowship, he was a visiting research scholar
at INTECH, United Nations University, Maastricht and an
Infosys Fellow.
Manoj T Thomas
• Has published papers in areas related to technology
management, strategic issues in development organizations,
and public systems
• Doctoral Thesis focussed on the organizational systems and
processes in large canal systems in India
Munish Thakur
• Doctoral work in area of entrepreneurship exploring how
entrepreneurs create success
• Cases and papers published in both national as well
international conferences and journals
Biswatosh Saha
• Visiting scholar at the John Curtin International Institute,
Curtin University, Australia
• Projects for DFID, UK and UNCTAD
GENERAL MANAGEMENT
A C Jesurajan, SJ
• Conducts workshops for CEOs and other senior level
managers, in India and abroad
Jeetu Singh
• Ph.D from Wharton
• Played a pivotal role in designing many of the HR systems
and practices at Tata Steel for which the company is
renowned.
• Also spearheaded its learning centres for 20 years.
P K Padhi
• Has 18 years of experience in teaching and research,
published 10 books and 15 articles of high repute.
Sarosh J Ghandy
• JRD Tata Professor of Business Ethics
• Resident Director of Tata Motors.
• MD of Telcon. Also the Asia Pacific Director of Caux
Initiatives for Business.
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 CRESCENT
The Committee for Research, Strategy, Consulting and Entrepreneurship (CRESCENT) is the result of the endeavour of the student
community of XLRI to promote an environment of creative solution building amongst the students of the institute, while reaffirming
high ethical standards and values, and fostering personal development in the pursuit of excellence. It aims to provide a forum for
continual interaction of students, academicians and the corporate world to share ideas and initiate activities in these areas. Apart
from organizing national competitions in collaboration with industry leaders like Mahindra and Hindustan Unilever, CRESCENT also
launched the C3 - Crescent Consulting Club: an initiative to develop and increase the understanding of consulting and equip students
with all the skills and resources necessary to be successful in consulting industry.

OUR ILLUSTRIOUS ALUMNI

Ajay Kaul Joe Simon
• CEO, Domino’s Pizza • CIO, Viacom

Akash Khurana Nadeem Khan

• MD & CEO, Nimbus Communications • Project Leader, Boston Consulting Group, Chicago

Amar Babu Nimisha Jain

• MD, Lenovo India • Principal Consultant, Boston Consulting Group, India

Anurag Behar Prashant Menon

• CEO, Wipro Limited • Engagement Manager, Booz Allen Hamilton, USA

Asitava Sen Ramki Sundaram

• CEO, Nielson Consulting in India • Head M&A and Advisory Aviation Investec, UK

B Muthuraman Sujit Bakshi

• MD, Tata Steel • President- Corporate Affairs, Tech Mahindra

Dinu Poonacha Suman Bose

• Senior Manager, Accenture Consulting • MD, Siemens PLM India
Gunjan Soni Samir Palli
• Engagement Manager, McKinsey & Co., India • President & CEO, Adventa Strategy Inc.

Hari Prakash Vineet Nayar

• CEO, Omega Industries Pvt Ltd • CEO, HCL Technologies

Jagdish V Dore
• MD & CEO, Matrix Laboratories Limited

PAST RECRUITERS
General Management Strategy & Consulting
• Aditya Birla Group • Accenture Business
• Air India • Alia Group
• Al Ghanim • Aptivaa
• Arcelor Mittal • Boston Consulting Group
• Bharti • Cognizant Business Consulting
• Eicher Group • Consulting
• Essar • Deloitte Consulting
• Hinduja • Ernst & Young
• L&T • Hay Group
• Manipal Group • Hewitt Associates
• Murugappa • iCRM
• Ranbaxy • KPMG
• RPG • Mckinsey & Co.
• TAS • Mercer
• Trident • Monitor Group
• UB Group • Pricewaterhouse Coopers
• Wockhardt • RPG
• Tata Strategic Management Group
• Vertebrand
• WNS
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 IT

IT

Like a multifaceted diamond there are infinite

facets to technology. The more we discover,
the more we realize that there’s a whole new
universe waiting to be explored.
 IT
IT has been another domain where XLRI has been a
name to reckon with, given the unique faculty, curriculum
& pedagogy. With its rapidly changing business needs,
the institute has constantly worked towards customising
the curriculum in order to be in synchronization with
the industry and it has successfully done so.The courses
offered in this 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 learning
through continuous exposure to the industry, the
students bring to the table a unique combination of
knowledge and competency.

COURSES
Information Systems • Decision Support Systems
• Management Information Systems (Core) • Information Security and Risk Management
• Cyber Law & I P R • Business Modeling Through System Dynamics
• DBMS with Oracle • Data Warehousing and Data Mining
• Enterprise Resource Planning • e-Business
• Business and Data Communications Networks • Information Systems Strategy
• Data Structures

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FACULTY
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Rajeev Sharma
• Was awarded UNESCO-IFIP grant for his doctoral work.
• Has published several papers and attended international
conferences.
• His academic achievements include Director’s Merit
Certificate for being the best Doctoral Student at IIMB
Supriya Kumar De
• Worked with Institute for Development and Research in
Banking Technology (IDRBT), Hyderabad.
• Published a number of research papers in leading
international journals.
Swarup Mandal
• His doctoral research is in the area of radio resource
management in mobile cellular networks at IIM Calcutta.
• Published several research papers in international
conferences and journals.
R Parameswaran
• 17 years of experience in this profession and has published
articles in refereed journals and conference proceedings.
Ashis K Pani
• Thirteen years of teaching, research and consulting
experience in business computing.
• Published and presented several papers in leading journals
and national/international conferences.
• Received IBM global faculty award for 2008
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 SOCRATES

Society for Rapid Assimilation of Technology and Systems is the students’ initiative to provide thrust in the
systems academic area. The society manages the IT infrastructure on campus and is in charge of the official
website of XLRI. It organises the national IT Seminar every year and also undertakes the co-ordination of
workshops, seminars, guest lectures and live projects.

PAST RECRUITERS
• Microsoft • Wipro
• Infosys • Google
• ITC Infotech • NIIT
• IBM • CTS
• HCL

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 Operations

Operations

Shaping the edges of a diamond is a fine art.

Shaping insights and polishing strategy also
requires the fine art of operational manoeuvres.
 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 of 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.

COURSES
Production & Operations Management • Project Management
• Operations Research (Core) • e-Business
• Production Management – I (Core) • Materials Management
• Production Management – II (Core) • Technology Management
• Quantitative Techniques – I (Core) • Advanced Inventory Control
• Quantitative Techniques – II (Core) • Enterprise Resource Planning
• Advanced Operations Research • Production Planning and Control
• Logistics and Supply Chain Management • Total Quality Management

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FACULTY
PRODUCTION & OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT AREA
T Gangopadhyay
• Published fifteen papers in International Journals such
as Discrete Mathematics, Utilitas Mathematica, Ars
Combinatoria and also in Springer Verlag Lecture Notes
Series.
T A S Vijayaraghavan
• Areas of interest include Logistics and Supply Chain
Management, Operations Research, Statistics and Six Sigma,
Transportation Planning and Management and Services
Management.
• Published papers in National and International Journals and
a Member of few international and national professional
bodies.
Bijaya K Mangaraj
• Got gold medals and awards for some of his research works.
• Published in National and International journals and is also a
reviewer of European Journal of Operational Research.
• Held several administrative positions at XIMB and Utkal
University including Head of the Deptt of MBA, Utkal
University.
• Also consulting experience with Govt. and Private sectors.
D S Broca
• Served at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
• Had a brief stint with Nestle India Ltd.
Rajiv Misra
• Senior Divisional Manager at TRF
• His interests are in the areas of Production Planning,
Project Management, Theory of constraints and managing
Manufacturing-Supply Chain interfaces.
Trishit Bandyopadhyay
• Undertaken Management Development and Organization
based training programmes in Quality, Strategy and
Innovation.
• Done consultancy assignments in the Power, Health and
Tourism sectors and made presentations in state-level and
international conferences.
Sanjay Kumar
• Has published / presented papers in various international
journals and conferences
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 AXIOM
Association at XLRI for Industrial and Operations Management (AXIOM) has taken giant strides in aiding the corporate branding of
XLRI through its ambitious ongoing ISO certification program. XLRI is ISO certified for its Library and flagship events like Ensemble
and MAXI fair.

AXIOM has started the academic year by inaugurating the carbon-neutral business school concept which will make XLRI, the first
business school to move in this direction.

PAST RECRUITERS
• GAIL
• BPCL
• ONGC
• Coal India Ltd.
• BHEL
• Punj Lloyd

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 BM: Batch of 2008-2010

Work Experience Sectors of Work Experience

4% 1% 7%
14% 0 Months 5%
50%
27% 1-12 Months 8% IT Consulting/ Services
13-18 Months Engineering
19-24 Months Consulting
25-36 Months Finance
37-48 Months Others
39% 13%
48 Months + 30%
2%

Graduation Stream College Background

BM (2008-10)

1% 8% 20%
1%
3% IIT’s / IT BHU / BITS
B. A. DCE / NSIT
B. Com/ B.B.A 7% LSR / SRCC / St.
BE Xavier’s / St. Stephens
B Sc 9% NIT’s
MBBS Others
9%
55%
87%
 BM : Batch of 2008-10
Amit Kumar, 27 years Arun Raveesh, 26 years
B Tech - Production Engineering & Management B Tech - Electronics & Communication
NIT, Trichy Engineering
SIP: ICRA Management Consulting Services College of Engineering, Trivandrum
„Effect of global financial on capital expenditure on SIP: Wipro (Corporate Finance)
Indian companies across different sectors‰ „Optimizing demand aggregation and fulfillment
Work Exp.: 35 months process in Wipro Technologies‰
Tata Motors; Manager Work Exp.: 42 months
Infosys Technologies; Software Engineer (24)
Tata Elxsi; Engineer (4 months)
NTPC; Engineer (14)

Ankit Agarwal, 25 years Ashish Agrawal, 30 years

B E - Electronics & Communication Engineering B E - Civil Engineering
Govt. Engg. College Modasa BIT, Durg
SIP: WNS Global Services M S - Water Resources
„1. IT strategy for WNS 2. Rationalize Telecom Cost Dwight Look College of Engineering
across WNS‰ SIP: Vertebrand
Work Exp.: 33 months „Growth opportunity for Vertebrand‰
Satyam Computer Services; Software Work Exp.: 38 months
Engineer Post, Buckley, Schuh & Jernigan; Engineer
1 month - Florida 38 months - Florida

Ankita Chaturvedi, 25 years Bineet Banka, 28 years

B Tech - Electronics & Communication B Tech - Industrial Engineering
Engineering IIT, Kharagpur
Jamia Milia Islamia CFA Level II, FRM
SAS certification : Advanced SAS Test, Base and SIP: SBI Caps
Core Modeling, Predictive Modeling Certification „Study the feasibility of setting up of power plant in
SIP: Colgate Palmolive Indonesia--financial, regulatory, political, social.‰
„1.To study and recommend effective business Work Exp.: 36 months
builder solutions for Minimarts 2.To study and Headstrong; Senior Associate (20)
recommend effective POP/in store execution IBM; Software Engineer (16)
solutions for Hyper marts‰
Work Exp.: 24 months
Inductis; Programmer Analyst (16)
American Express; Business Analyst (8)
1 week - Pakistan

Archana Rao, 25 years Dikshit Sindhwani, 26 years

B E - Computer Science B Tech - Electronics (Instrumentation & Control)
R V College of Engineering YMCA Institute of Engineering, Faridabad
SIP: Aditya Birla Group SIP: Johnson & Johnson - Consumer Healthcare
„Review of Store-wise SKU-wise inventory and MBQ „Evaluated the test launch of JohnsonÊs Baby Prickly
– formulation of Inventory Optimization Plan and heat powder in South Region‰
implementation of the same to reduce net working Work Exp.: 36 months
capital.‰ Freescale Semiconductor; Design Engineer
Work Exp.: 34 months (5)
Fidelity Investments; Software Engineer HCL Technologies; Other (Lead Engineer)
(31)

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Ishneet Kalra, 25 years Mohit Gupta, 25 years

B E - Mechanical Engineering B E - Electronics & Communication Engineering
Thapar Institute of Engineering & Tech, Patiala Delhi College of Engineering
SIP: TAS SIP: CCIL
„Formulation of strategy to take on 20% share from „Efficiency of NSE MIBOR and study of money
Red Label in its strong geographies- Andhra Pradesh, market instruments‰
Karnataka, Maharashtra & Madhya Pradesh‰ Work Exp.: 34 months
Work Exp.: 24 months Perot Systems; Associate
Maruti Suzuki; Assistant Manager

Jasmeet Bhatia, 26 years Nitin Tirkey, 25 years

B E - Information Technology B E - Computer Science
NSIT, Delhi NSIT, Delhi
Technical certification on Microsoft’s Dot Net SIP: NIIT
Framework for Professionals „Continual Improvement of processes, projects and
SIP: Punj Lloyd services‰
„Business Development in Telecom Tower Work Exp.: 34 months
Infrastructure business for Punj Lloyd‰ Aricent Technologies; Software Engineer
Work Exp.: 24 months 6 months - Southwood U.K.
Perot Systems; Associate (9)
Aricent Technologies; Software Engineer (15)

Kuldeep Kulshreshtha, 28 years Panzika Baweja, 26 years

B E - Mechanical Engineering
Datta Meghe College of Engineering
SIP: Colgate Palmolive
„Category adjacencies in self service store formats‰
Work Exp.: 37 months
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation
Limited; Engineer
B E - Civil Engineering
Delhi College of Engineering
SIP: Cadbury
„Analyze financial viability and strategic fit of the
bouquet of services under CadburyÊs cocoa
procurement (acceleration) plan.‰
Work Exp.: 34 months
Computer Sciences Corporation; Software
Engineer (19)
Infosys Technologies; Software Engineer (15)
3 months - USA

Manan Shamihoke, 25 years Peddi Ajay Kumar, 29 years

B E - Computer Science And Engineering
Shri U.V. Patel College of Engineering
SIP: AstraZeneca
„Development of brand building framework for
Arimidex, the breast cancer treatment drug from
AstraZeneca‰
Work Exp.: 26 months
eInfochips; Embedded Engineer
B Tech - Mechanical Engineering
NIT, Warangal
SIP: Tata Steel
„Establishing customer realtionship management
process for Tata Steel growth shop‰
Work Exp.: 59 months
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited; Dy.Manager
(Manufacturing) (48)
True Value Solutions; Other (11)

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Pradipta Banerjee, 26 years Sandip Shinde, 25 years
B Tech - Computer Science And Engineering B E - Computer Science
College of Engineering, Trivandrum K.J.Somaiya College of Engineering, Mumbai
SIP: Mahindra & Mahindra SIP: Hindustan Times Media
„Analyzing potential trends in automotive electronics „A qualitative analysis of the success of Hindustan
and usage of IT in consumer car buying process‰ Times in Dehradun, Haridwar and Roorkee vis-a-vis
Work Exp.: 33 months its competitors‰
IBM; SAP Consultant Work Exp.: 33 months
3 months - Switzerland Amdocs; Software Engineer

Pranav Chaudhary, 25 years Saurabh Mittal, 26 years

Nautical Science
Training Ship Chanakya
Certificate of Competency - Second
Mates(Foreign going) - Government of India,
GMDSS - General Operator Certificate
SIP: Punj Llyod
„Business development: Launch of Punj Llyod into
telecom tower constrution business.‰
Work Exp.: 31 months
Seaarland Shipping Mgmt; Navigating officer
31 months - Holland
B Tech - Information & Communication
Technology
Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and
Communication Technology, Gandhinagar
SIP: Tata Elxsi
„Identifying opportunities for Tata Elxsi in Japanese
telecommunications sector‰
Work Exp.: 30 months
Infosys Technologies; Software Engineer

Rohan Mandora, 25 years Shwetank Jain, 26 years

B Tech - Information & Communication B Tech - Electrical Engineering
Technology IIT, Kharagpur
Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and SIP: P2 Power Solutions
Communication Technology, Gandhinagar „Design and implement a new assembly unit at
SIP: ICRA Management Consulting Services Kharagpur‰
„Comparison of automotive manufacturing cost Work Exp.: 35 months
competitiveness of Russia with other BRIC countries‰ Headstrong; Senior Associate (11)
Work Exp.: 35 months P2 Power Solutions; Executive officer (24)
MindTree; Software Engineer
3 months - USA

Rohini Maithani, 28 years Snehil Gupta, 26 years

B E - Information Technology B Tech - Metallurgical & Material Science
SGSITS, Indore Engineering
SIP: SBI CAPS IIT, Roorkee
„Road sector financing at state level:opportunities SIP: Axis Bank
existing at state level road development projects‰ „1. Lending strategy for the hospitality sector in India
Work Exp.: 48 months for Axis Bank 2. Applicability of floating interest rates
HSBC GLT; Senior Software Engineer in auto loans‰
6 months - New York Work Exp.: 35 months
Wipro Technologies; Project Engineer (8)
Wipro Technologies; Analyst (13)
Wipro Technologies; Business Analyst (14)

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Swapna Kumshi, 25 years

B E - Electronics & Communication Engineering
University College of Engineering, Osmania
University
CFA Level I
SIP: HSBC
„1. Options for resource re-allocation across
branches based on CASA/TMD growth performance
pan-India 2. Competitor benchmarking & profitability
analysis of the debit card revenue model in India‰
Work Exp.: 31 months
Sukratej Diamonds; Family Business (6)
Ittiam Systems; Software Engineer (25)

Varun Madan, 26 years

B E - Instrumentation & Control Engineering
NSIT, Delhi
NSCFM
SIP: Wipro Ltd.
„Study of potential market for alternate delivery
models‰
Work Exp.: 32 months
IBM; Software Developer

Varun Singla, 26 years

B E - Computer Science And Engineering
NIT, Surathkal
Certified SCRUM MASTER by
SCRUMALLIANCE Org.
SIP: Wipro Consulting Services
„Security Awareness to reduce risk‰
Work Exp.: 45 months
Nokia; R & D Software Engineer (9)
Huawei Technologies; Software Engineer (33)
Infosys Technologies; Software Engineer (3)
7 months - China

Vinay Ghai, 28 years

B E - Mechanical Engineering
Delhi College of Engineering
CFA Level I
SIP: RPG Group
„A strategic Roadmap for green energy solution
rollout by Raychem RPG Infocom Business‰
Work Exp.: 47 months
Sify; Senior Executive (21)
Tata Consultancy Services; Assistant Systems
Engineer (26)

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Abhinav Singhal, 23 years Anand Lakhotia, 24 years
B Tech - Metallurgy B Com (Hons.) - Accountancy
Institute of Technology, BHU The Bhawanipur Education Society College
SIP: JP Morgan & Chase, Singapore CA PE II
„1.Valuation of Oil Reserves 2. Prepay financing for a SIP: Larsen & Tubro (Treasury)
upstream client‰ „Treasury and Corporate Finance - Strategic Finance‰
Work Exp.: 11 months Work Exp.: 13 months
Deloitte; Analyst Shree Kishandas Sitaram & Brothers;
Senior Accounts Manager

Abhishek Grover, 25 years Ankit Gupta, 23 years

B Tech - Mechanical & Automation Engineering B Tech - Chemical Engineering
Amity School Of Engineering And Technology NIT, Surat
JLPT-3 (Japanese Language Proficiency Test SIP: Marico
Level-3) „Value Chain Analysis of Rice in India & devising a
SIP: Mahindra & Mahindra procurement strategy for Marico‰
„Development of Marketing Strategy to Break Tata Work Exp.: 6 months
ACEÊs Dominance‰ Indian Oil Corporation Limited; Officer -
Work Exp.: 21 months Business Development
HCL Technologies; Member Technical Staff

Aditya Khemka, 26 years Ankit Rai, 25 years

B Tech - Electronics & Communication
Engineering;
Institute of Engineering & Management
SIP: CCIL
„Analysis of Indian Money markets and efficiency of
MIBOR as a benchmark interest rate.‰
Work Exp.: 21 months
Tata Consultancy Services; Assistant Systems
Engineer
B Tech - Computer Science And Engineering
Vellore Institute of Technology
SIP: Atul Industries
„Working Capital Management Policy, PP Site - An
Analysis‰
Work Exp.: 23 months
Wipro Technologies; Project Engineer

Adwait Manke, 25 years Ankur Gupta, 24 years

B E - Electronics Engineering
Fr. CRCE Bandra Mumbai University
SIP: Reckitt Benckiser
„Benchmarking different types of counter top and
wall mounted display units and suggesting the best
solution‰
Work Exp.: 21 months
Larsen & Toubro; Project Engineer
B E - Electronics & Electrical Communication
Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh
SIP: Tata Elxsi
„To identify market opportunities for Tata Elxsi
Semiconductor division in India & abroad‰
Work Exp.: 9 months
Cypress Semiconductors; Applications
Engineer (8)
Conexant Systems; Design Engineer (1)

Amit Agarwal, 25 years Anwar Syed, 25 years

B Tech - Information Technology B E - Electronics & Communication Engineering
NIT, Allahabad PESIT,VTU
SIP: ICICI Prudential Life Insurance SIP: Standard Chartered Bank
„Cash Management for Traditional Insurance Funds‰ „1. NBFC risk management practice 2. MFI - rating
Work Exp.: 23 months and risk issues 3. Design an excel based LGD
Goldman Sachs Services; Programmer calculator‰
Analyst Work Exp.: 21 months
12 weeks - New York Wipro Technologies; Project Engineer

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Ashish Goyal, 23 years Ipsita Dastidar, 25 years

B Tech - Mechanical Engineering B Tech - Computer Science And Engineering
NIT, Warangal Institute Of Engineering & Management
CFA Level I SIP: ICICI Bank
SIP: Axis Bank „Markov Analysis Of Credit Card Base of ICICI‰
„Emerging trends in renewable energy sector & Work Exp.: 21 months
optimal financing mechanisms‰ SkyTech Solutions; Associate Systems
Work Exp.: 22 months Engineer (8)
Achhru Parshotam Solvex; Marketing Tata Consultancy Services; Trainee Software
Engineer (14) Engineer (13)
Larsen & Toubro; Trainee (8)

B Prathik, 24 years Kalanidhi Salugu, 27 years

B E - Computer Science And Engineering B Tech - Metallurgical & Material Science
Sinhgad College Of Engineering Engineering
SIP: Brandtadka.com NIT, Nagpur
„Started own venture brandtadka.com and operated SIP: Mahindra & Mahindra
it for 6 months.The venture was online based „Value Engineering and Value Analysis to reduce
apparel stores.‰ overall material procurement cost‰
Work Exp.: 21 months Work Exp.: 13 months
Infosys Technologies; Software Engineer Hindalco Industries; Engineer

Chandan Kumar, 25 years Karan Parmanandka, 24 years

B E - Electronics & Communication Engineering B Com (Hons.) - Accountancy
BIT, Sindri Bhawanipur Education Society College
CFA Level I, FRM CA PE II
SIP: ICRA Management Consulting Services SIP: ICICI Bank
„Market risk measurement models for Equity and „Scrutiny and Improvement of the Global Trade
Fixed Income portfolios‰ Transactions at ICICI Bank‰
Work Exp.: 21 months Work Exp.: 12 months
Satyam Computer Services; Software Hemant Impex; Assistant Sales Manager
Developer

Farah Alam, 23 years Kumar Harshdeep, 24 years

B A (Hons.) - Economics B E - Polymer Science And Chemical Technology
Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi Delhi College of Engineering
SIP: Aditya Birla Group SIP: Telcon
„Branding and consumer analytics for LP by Louis „Branding and the best way forward for Telcon‰
Philippe‰ Work Exp.: 8 months
Work Exp.: 8 months The Smart Cube; Analyst (2)
B L Gupta & Co.; Assistant Manager Infosys Technologies; Software Engineer (6)

Gayathri Krishnan, 24 years Mandar Kulkarni, 24 years

B E - Information Technology B E - Computer Science
Mumbai University VJTI, Mumbai
SIP: JP Morgan & Chase Mutual Fund Advisor Certification by Association
„1. Long-Term Foreign Currency Swap Pricer 2. of Mututal Funds in India (AMFI)
Potential Client target Analysis 3. FX regulations in SIP: Allegro Capital Advisors
India‰ „Technical Analysis Tool‰
Work Exp.: 10 months Work Exp.: 22 months
Microsoft India (R&D); Software Developer Webaroo Technology; Senior Software
Engineer

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Maninder Singh, 24 years Mona Galhotra, 25 years
B B A - Finance MBBS - Surgery, Medicine
St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata Govt. Medical College And Hospital, Chandigarh
CFA Level II SIP: Johnson & Johnson - Medical
SIP: Citibank „Enabling the growth of lower limb interventions in
„Wallet share analysis for trade services: current India‰
share & future opportunities‰ Work Exp.: 2 months
Work Exp.: 22 months Govt. Medical College And Hospital; Junior
McKinsey Knowledge Center; Junior Resident
Research Analyst

Manoj Joshi, 24 years Mrinal Pareek, 27 years

B Tech - Civil Engineering B Tech - Metallurgical & Material Science
NIT, Allahabad Engineering
SIP: Brandtadka.com NIT, Nagpur
„Setting up a website to sell Apparels „differently‰ to SIP: Citibank
cater to the needs of consumers in Tier 2 and Tier 3 „Scoping of public sector‰
cities‰ Work Exp.: 21 months
Work Exp.: 11 months Tata Motors; Assistant Manager
Shapoorji Pallonji & Co; Graduate Engineer
Trainee

Manoj Kamath, 24 years Nakul Jain, 23 years

B Tech - Electrical & Electronics Engineering B Com (Hons.) - Accounting & Finance
College of Engineering, Trivandrum SRCC, Delhi
SIP: Glaxo Smithkline - Consumer Healthcare SIP: Reebok
„Project Canvas: Assessing the progress of super „Develop and roll out a customer loyalty program for
distribution model for GSKCH in south‰ increasing footfalls in stores‰
Work Exp.: 22 months Work Exp.: 11 months
Larsen & Toubro; Executive Engineer Inductis; Analyst

Mansi Chandra, 25 years Neha Jain, 24 years

B Sc (Hons.) - Mathematics B E - Electrical Engineering
Miranda House Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh
M Sc - Operational Research SIP: Times Business Solution
Hindu College/ Delhi University „Brand building through online marketing strategies
CFA Level I for portal magicbricks.com‰
SIP: Allegro Capital Advisors Work Exp.: 22 months
„Validation of mutual fund rating models‰ Infosys Technologies; Software Engineer
Work Exp.: 22 months
Infosys-Knowledge Services; Senior
Associate

Meesam Rizvi, 24 years Nipun Narang, 25 years

B Tech - Computer Science And Engineering B E - Chemical Engineering
IIT, Roorkee Department Of Chemical Engineering And
SIP: KPMG Advisory Services Technology
„Impact of branding in education sector‰ SIP: Union Bank of India
Work Exp.: 23 months „Scope of introducing interest rates futures in India‰
Adobe Systems; Member Of Technical Staff (II) Work Exp.: 22 months
Reliance Industries; Manager (20)
Chambal Fertilizers & Chemicals; Trainee
(2)

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Nisrita Sanagaram, 25 years Praneeth Badde, 25 years

B E - Telecommunication Engineering
MSRIT, Bangalore
SIP: KPMG Advisory Services
„Analyzing the evolution of captives and designing a
new paradigm to assess the captive value
proposition‰
Work Exp.: 20 months
TESCO HSC; Software Developer
B E - Mechanical Engineering
Gandhi Institute Of Technology And
Management,Vishakapatnam
BSC, APICS
SIP: Wipro Consulting Services
„Business plan for suggesting operating model to
Wipro for addressing the requirements of 1 MW &
solar PV power plants in India‰
Work Exp.: 22 months
Larsen & Toubro; Senior Engineer

Pallavi Pradhan, 25 years Pratima G, 24 years

B Tech - Computer Science And Engineering B E - Computer Science And Engineering
NIT, Rourkela PESIT,VTU
SIP: Larsen & Tubro (Treasury) SIP: TAS
„Setting up of export credit financing channel‰ „Sankalp Operations - Design and implementation
Work Exp.: 23 months support for critical cost and revenue initiatives at
Amdocs; Programming Subject Matter Expert Tata Teleservices‰
Work Exp.: 22 months
IBM; Software Engineer

Pankhuri Gupta, 24 years Preema Nanavati, 24 years

B Tech - Electronics & Communication B E - Computer Science
Engineering Fr. CRCE Bandra Mumbai University
IGIT, GGSIPU CFA Level I
SIP: TAS SIP: Axis Bank
„Developing a sustainable business strategy for Tata „1. Currency Futures- a study
Teleservices international long distance foray‰ 2. Local current account - an analysis‰
Work Exp.: 11 months Work Exp.: 22 months
Sapient Corporation; Associate Amdocs; Subject Matter Expert

Pooja Bhati, 25 years Priya Geddi, 24 years

B Tech - Electronics & Communication B E - Electronics & Telecommunication
Engineering Engineering
NIT, Allahabad D.J.S.C.O.E, Mumbai
CFA Level I CFA Level I
SIP: Standard Chartered Bank SIP: Alia Group
„FX and Derivatives - Pricing and Hedging‰ „Does a branding design House need to brand
Work Exp.: 22 months itself?‰
Grail Research; Business Analyst (10) Work Exp.: 23 months
Freescale Semiconductors; Design Engineer Tata Consultancy Services; Assistant Systems
(12) Engineer

Prabhjot Kaur, 27 years Raashi Gupta, 25 years

B Arch - Architecture B E - Information Technology
IIT, Roorkee NSIT, Delhi
SIP: Hewitt Associates CFA Level I
„Research on international assignee policies and SIP: Ireo Management
practices‰ „Housing demand estimation and costing of
Work Exp.: 23 months apartment in NCR‰
Aricent Technologies; Software Engineer Work Exp.: 11 months
Grail Research; Business Analyst

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Ranjan Thakur, 25 years Samir Gupta, 25 years
B Tech - Electrical & Electronics Engineering B Tech - Mechanical Engineering
Vellore Institute of Technology NIT, Trichy
SIP: FTKMC SIP: Alia Group
„Financial markets‰ „Importance of branding for an educational institute
Work Exp.: 22 months and ways to do the same.‰
Tata Consultancy Services; Assistant Systems Work Exp.: 11 months
Engineer Onmobile Global; Software Engineer

Richa Malik, 24 years Sanmoy Talukdar, 26 years

B Tech - Electronics & Communication B E - Telecommunication Engineering
Engineering Siddaganga Institute Of Technology, Tumkur
IGIT, GGSIPU SIP: Coca Cola
SIP: Procter & Gamble „Correlation between brand health metrics and
„Coverage revalidation in Delhi and bleeder store media inputs‰
analysis in metro‰ Work Exp.: 21 months
Work Exp.: 22 months Tata Consultancy Services; Assistant Systems
Sapient Corporation; Software Engineer Engineer

Risha Oberai, 23 years Seshadri Narasimhan, 25 years

B Sc (Hons.) - Chemistry B E - Information Technology
St. Stephen’s College Mumbai University
SIP: TAS SIP: Marico
„Designing of a distribution and sales network for „Post-launch assessment of a new hair oil‰
Fastrack accessories business in the pilot phase and Work Exp.: 23 months
creation of a launch plan for the same‰ Tata Consultancy Services; Assistant Systems
Work Exp.: 10 months Engineer
Reckitt Benckiser; Associate Business Analyst,
Information Systems (GT)

Ruchir Pandey, 25 years Shobhith Verma, 25 years

B Tech - Electronics & Communication B Tech - Chemical Engineering
Engineering IIT, Bombay
NIT, Rourkela SIP: Colgate Palmolive
SIP: Cadbury „To prepare the marketing plan and communication
„To develop a model to increase the sell-in to a plan for visible white - ColgateÊs professional teeth
wholesaler from the company & the sell-out to the whitening agent‰
retailer from the wholesaler in tier II & tier III towns‰ Work Exp.: 20 months
Work Exp.: 11 months Indian Oil Corporation Limited; Engineer
Samsung India Software Centre; Software - Production Dept
Engineer

Sachin Paul, 24 years Subodh Sharma, 25 years

B E - Computer Science And Engineering B B S - Financial Management
Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh Kathmandu University
SIP: MCX SIP: Tata Sky
„Technical analysis modeling for market jobbing „Improving the potential of Tata Sky experience
strategies and their efficiency analysis‰ zones‰
Work Exp.: 23 months Work Exp.: 20 months
Adobe System; Software Quality Engineer BNS Stores; Proprietor
(13)
Aricent; Software Engineer (10)

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Tapojoy Chatterjee, 25 years Vidhi Garg, 25 years

B Tech - Electronics (Instrumentation & Control)
NIT, Jalandhar
SIP: Standard Chartered Bank
„Analysis of medical tourism sector and designing
the marketing mix for the product offering‰
Work Exp.: 22 months
Samsung India Electronics; Senior Software
Engineer
B Tech - Information Technology
Bharati Vidyapeeth’s College Of Engineering,
New Delhi
SIP: Citibank
„Project management resource optimization and
cost/effort tracking framework‰
Work Exp.: 22 months
Conexant Systems; Software Engineer

Usha Venugopal, 25 years Vikash Prasad, 25 years

B E - Electronics & Communication Engineering B E - Computer Science and Engineering
NIT, Surathkal NSIT, Delhi
SIP: TAS SIP: Times Group
„1. Expansion strategy for Taj Exotica brand of luxury „Design the offline marketing strategy for
resorts 2. Planning the relocation of office and magicbricks.com‰
residential property of Indian Hotels‰ Work Exp.: 23 months
Work Exp.: 22 months Conexant Systems; Software Engineer (9)
Tata Motors; Assistant Manager Adobe Systems; Software Engineer (14)

Vaibhav Maheshwari, 24 years Vishal Agarwal, 26 years

B Tech - Metallurgical & Material Science B E - Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Engineering NIT, Surathkal
IIT, Kanpur SIP: ITC
SIP: Telcon „Launch proposal for Micro Size Filter Tipped
„Branding & the best way forward for Telcon‰ (MSFT) segment of cigarettes‰
Work Exp.: 22 months Work Exp.: 21 months
IBM; Assistant Systems Engineer Cisco Systems; Software Engineer (21)

Varun Patnaik, 25 years

B E - Mechanical Engineering
Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh
SIP: Nestle
„1. UHT and chilled dairy analysis 2. Analysis: Chilled
dairy in Delhi/ NCR/ Chennai/ Hyderabad 3. Market
Intelligence on Quaker Oats 4. Curds Survey in Delhi/
NCR‰
Work Exp.: 21 months
Tata Consultancy Services; Assistant Systems
Engineer

Vasudha Verma, 24 years

B E - Computer Science And Engineering
NSIT, Delhi
SIP: Wipro Consulting Services
„To find consulting opportunities in 10 prospective
key accounts for Wipro Consultancy‰
Work Exp.: 22 months
ST Microelectronics; Software Engineer (5)
Conexant Systems; Software Developer (17)

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Abhilasha Keshariya, 24 years Anshuman Ghosh, 23 years
B Tech - Information Technology B E - Production Engineering
NIT, Bhopal Delhi College of Engineering
SIP: Citibank SIP: Aditya Birla Group
„1. Segmentation and targeting of public sector bank „Analyze the energy business of Thai Carbon Black
subsidiaries 2. Potential clientèle for Citibank in to enhance their utilities revenue stream and
power and telecom sectors‰ minimizing systemic energy losses‰

Abhinav Berdia, 23 years Atul Kumar, 22 years

B Tech - Electrical Engineering
NIT, Bhopal
Mutual Fund Advisor Certification by Association
of Mututal Funds in India (AMFI)
SIP: BASIX India
„Micro insurance: Assessment and Improvement at
BASIX‰
B Tech - Electronics & Communication
Engineering
Amity School Of Engineering And Technology
SIP: PricewaterhouseCoopers
„Creating a strategy and implementing it for
Aerospace and Defence vertical of the organization‰

Aditya Gandotra, 22 years Deepika Bhalla, 23 years

B Tech - Electronics & Communication
Engineering
NIT, Hamirpur
SIP: Aditya Birla Group
„To drive sales of Private Label Products by activating
an action plan for loyalty consumers.‰
B Tech - Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Vellore Institute of Technology
SIP: Johnson & Johnson - Consumer Healthcare
„Assortment Planning in Sanitary Protection
Category in Modern Retail‰

Akshay Jog, 22 years Devika Bhartiya, 23 years

B E - Telecommunication Engineering
Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune
SIP: Reebok
„Development of business plan for ReebokÊs Women
related business.‰
B Tech - Computer Science And Engineering
Jaypee Institute Of Information Technology
University
SIP: Aditya Birla Group
„To assess the Quality Approval System of VFY
(Viscose Filament Yarn) at Indian Rayon in
accordance with the customer expectations and
suggest improvements‰

Ankit Agarwal, 24 years Himanshu Gupta, 22 years

B Tech - Information Technology B Tech - Electrical Engineering
University School of Information Technology, Institute of Technology, BHU
GGSIPU CFA Level I
SIP: Glaxo Smithkline - Consumer Healthcare SIP: Hindustan Unilever
„Growth of Junior Horlicks in Bihar and Jharkhand‰ „Developing the Performance Measurement tools for
supply management function‰

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Kartik Bakshi, 23 years Neetika Gupta, 22 years

B E - Mechanical Engineering B Tech - Information Technology
Manipal Institute Of Technology Institute of Engineering & Technology, Lucknow
SIP: Citibank SIP: Heinz
„Devised strategy for CitibankÊs IPO distribution „Leveraging assortment to build sales profitably‰
network‰

Kevin Dsilva, 23 years Nutan Toppo, 26 years

B Tech - Information Technology
VJTI, Mumbai
SIP: Coca Cola
„To develop a comprehensive and executable
engagement program for brand Fanta‰
B Com (Hons.) - Finance
SRCC, Delhi
M Com (Hon) - Finance & Marketing
Rajdhani College, Delhi
SIP: SREI Infrastructure Finance
„Business model for development of Model Village
Haat.( New Project Development)‰

Krishnan S, 22 years Piyush Puri, 22 years

B Tech - Instrumentation & Control Engineering B Tech - Civil Engineering
NIT, Trichy Institute of Technology, BHU
SIP: Larsen & Tubro (Infrastructure Finance) CFA Level I
„Opportunity mapping for project finance business in SIP: SBI Caps
the road sector‰ „Concession agreement model for private sector
projects in major ports‰

Misha Singhal, 23 years Puneet Aggarwal, 23 years

B Tech - Electronics & Communication B Tech - Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Engineering NIT, Surathkal
Nirma University SIP: Kelloggs
SIP: Johnson & Johnson - Medical „Launch of a new cereal brand in milk food drinks
„Business consolidation and strategic roadmap of category.‰
fogger business‰

Mohita Mehra, 21 years Rajat Brar, 23 years

B B A - Finance B Tech - Electronics & Communication
Sukhdev College of Business Studies, Delhi Engineering
University NIT, Kurukshetra
SIP: ITC SIP: NIIT
„Cost rationalization across Wills Lifestyle Delhi NCR „1. Developed & evaluated strategies and
stores‰ frameworks to use open content as a source for
content development 2. Evaluated the competitive
structure of the SLS and mapped the opportunities
in the SLS sector to the firms‰

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Rohit Agarwal, 23 years Subha Behera, 23 years
B B A - Finance B Tech - Mechanical Engineering
St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata NIT, Rourkela
CFA Level II (ICFAI University) SIP: ABG Shipyard
SIP: WNS Global Services „Balance scorecard driven perfromance
„Automation of the corporate treasury‰ management system‰

Rohit Suresh, 23 years Suhasini Venkataramanan, 23 years

B Tech - Mechanical Engineering B E - Electronics Engineering
NIT, Surathkal Mumbai University
SIP: Procter & Gamble SIP: Procter & Gamble
„1. Benchmarking of a competitive set of companies „Market analysis for Olay in AAI‰
across Go To market models 2. Identifying P&GÊs
strengths and opportunity areas versus the best‰

Shruti Bardia, 22 years Suvid Anand, 23 years

B Com (Hons.) - Accountancy B Tech - Electronics & Communication
SRCC, Delhi Engineering
SIP: ICICI Bank Jss Academy Of Technical Education, Noida
„Nuclear power in India: economics and SIP: Aditya Birla Group
opportunities‰ „Review & revamp of Club MORE program in
Andhra Pradesh, formulation of special programs for
club MORE members‰

Shubham Khurana, 22 years Tapan Malhotra, 22 years

B Tech - Electronics & Communication B Sc (Hons.) - Computer Science
Engineering Hansraj College
IIT, Roorkee SIP: ITC
SIP: TAS „Formulation of marketing strategy for Wills
„Startegy of Tata Elxsi to venture into brand Lifestyle`s women`s western wear.‰
consulting‰

Stuti Kajaria, 23 years Vikrant Jindal, 22 years

B Sc (Hons.) - Economics B E - Electronics & Electrical Communication
St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh
CFA Level I SIP: AstraZeneca
SIP: Lazard „Key account engagement in oncology at
„Analysis of the private equity landscape in India AstraZeneca‰
and identification of M&A opportunities from PE
exits‰

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 Freshers

Vineet Sharma, 23 years

B E - Computer Science And Engineering
University Institute Of Engineering & Technology,
Chandigarh
SIP: ITC
„Brand portfolio SKU rationalization for business
maximization‰

Vistar Sharma, 23 years

B E - Civil Engineering
SGSITS, Indore
SIP: WNS Global Services
„WNS climate change journey‰

Vivek Seshadri, 23 years

B E - Electronics & Telecommunication
Engineering
Mumbai University
CFA Level II
SIP: Johnson & Johnson - Consumer Healthcare
„To evaluate the opportunity for a new product
launch in the baby-care segment‰

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PMIR : Batch of 2008-10

Work Experience Sectors of Work Experience

3%
7%
0 Months
49%
1-12 Months
18% 31% 38%
13-18 Months IT/ IT Consulting/ Telecom

19-24 Months Manuf. / Engg. / Auto

25-36 Months Consulting

36-48 Months Finance

8% Others
48 Months +
31% 2% 5%
2% 6%

Graduation Stream College Background

8%
5% 15%
5%
8% IIT’s / IT BHU / BITS
B. A. 2% DCE / NSIT / NITs
B. Com/ B.B.A (Finance) LSR / SRCC
BE Others
B Sc

75%
82%
 Work Exp. 24+

Akhilesh Sahu, 26 years Arindam Nandy, 30 years

B Tech - Computer Science B Tech - Metallurgy & Material Science
Bharati Vidyapeeths College Of Engineering NIFFT
SIP: Hewitt Associates SIP: Punj Lloyd Group
„e-Enabled performance Management System : „Standardization of Employment Terms and Benefits
Process and approach optimisation‰ across Group Companies‰
Work Exp.: 24 months Work Exp.: 65 months
Sapient Corporation; Associate Steel Authority of India Limited; Assistant
Manager (53)
IndusInd Ind Bank; Trainee (5)
Vikrant Alloys and Forging; Management
Trainee (7)

Amitabh Yadav, 26 years Arun Kumar, 25 years

B Tech - Information Technology B Tech - Chemical Engineering
G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Institute of Technology, BHU
Technology SIP: RPG Group
SIP: Ernst & Young „Cultural integration at chakan plant post
„Bipartite agreements & wage settlements/joint acquisition‰
Notes in Indian banking industry‰ Work Exp.: 24 months
Work Exp.: 32 months Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited;
Tata Consultancy Services; Assistant Systems Executive Officer
Engineer

Ankur Jain, 25 years Gaurav Goyal, 25 years

B Tech - Electronics Engineering
Aligarh Muslim University
SIP: ICICI Bank
„Standardization of HR operating procedures across
international Banking locations‰
Work Exp.: 24 months
Tata Consultancy Services; Assistant Systems
Engineer
B E - Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering
SGSITS, Indore
SIP: Wipro Technologies
„Development of Niche Skill based Compensation
structure to increase hiring & reduce attrition‰
Work Exp.: 24 months
Tata Consultancy Services; Assistant Systems
Engineer

Anudyuti Das, 27 years Gaurava Sahi, 26 years

B Tech - Mining Engineering B E - Information Technology
Institute of Technology, BHU Army Institute Of Technology
SIP: ITC SIP: Aditya Birla Group
„Competency Mapping‰ „1. Range creation for business across the group
Work Exp.: 43 months 2. Creation of syllabus for HR academy
IITians PACE; Business Development 3. Benchmarking for PMS across universities for
Executive (15) development of PMS at BITS Pilani‰
Gravity Classes; Business Development Work Exp.: 28 months
Executive (10) ABN AMRO Bank; Senior Officer-Collections
Tata Steel; Manager (18) (4)
PMIR (2008-10)

HSBC; Officer-Collections (18)

ICICI Bank; Senior Officer (6)

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 PMIR : Batch of 2008-10
Hameeduddin A, 25 years
B E - Mechanical Engineering
S A Enggineering College
SIP: Atul Industries
„1. Developing a Framework to align HR unit as a
Business Partner, by employing Balanced Scorecard.
2. Developing a suitable model and the relevant tools
to Measure Training Effectiveness
3. A report priorotizing the demands of the unions
ahead of the collective bargaining exercise‰
Work Exp.: 34 months
Verizon; Analyst
Lenin Mandalapu, 26 years
B Tech - Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
IIT, Roorkee
SIP: Procter and Gamble
„Labour risk vulnerability assessment on P&G
manufacturing sites in India and recommending a
labour strategy to support P&G India business‰
Work Exp.: 35 months
Ur Choice Parcels; Family Business (9)
Vedanta Resources Plc.; Other (26)
3 months - Liverpool

Hariharan R, 24 years Mayukh Mitra, 30 years

B E - Computer Science B B A - Finance
Government College of Technology, Coimbatore J.D. Birla Institute, Kolkata
SIP: Microsoft SIP: Glaxo Smithkline - Consumer Healthcare
„Manager Capability Roadmap‰ „Empowerment at GMS at Glaxo Smithkline-
Work Exp.: 24 months Consumer Healthcare‰
Tata Consultancy Services; Assistant Systems Work Exp.: 42 months
Engineer Bella Vista; Partner

Krishna Padarthi, 27 years Namrata Jain, 27 years

B E - Electrical Engineering
NIT, Durgapur
Oracle Certified Siebel7.7 Consultant
SIP: Reckitt Benckiser India
„Productivity Study on different lines at Sitarganj
Plant‰
Work Exp.: 35 months
Oracle; Senior Associate (17)
IBM; Software Engineer (18)
B E - Information Technology
Madhav Institute Of Technology and Science,
Gwalior
SIP: Wipro Technologies
„Mergers and Acquisitions: Developing a tool to
assess cultural fit of Target Company with Wipro‰
Work Exp.: 31 months
Wipro Technologies; Project Engineer

Kshitij Jain, 26 years Pallavi Bhargava, 25 years

B Tech - Electrical Engineering B E - Electronics & Communication Engineering
Institute of Technology, BHU Nirma Institute Of Technology
SIP: Tata Motors SIP: Novartis International AG
„Project over Functional Competency Framework for „1. End-to-end planning and integration for Results
the managers‰ Analysis and Cascading Phase of the Novartis Global
Work Exp.: 24 months Employee Survey 2009
Tata Consultancy Services; Assistant Systems 2. Analysis of Talent review process and
Engineer recommending best practices for Early Talent
Identification‰
Work Exp.: 33 months
Tata Consultancy Services; Assistant Systems
Engineer

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 Work Exp. 24+

Praneet Haldar, 24 years Sumit Singla, 28 years

B E - Computer Science B E - Civil Engineering
NIT, Durgapur Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh
SIP: Reach Potential Consulting SIP: Microsoft
„1. Design of Job Evaluation Model „Design of a leadership development plan for
2. Feasibility study for setting up an education Microsoft India‰
services vertical‰ Work Exp.: 69 months
Work Exp.: 34 months Genpact; Assistant Manager (37)
Wipro Technologies; Project Engineer IBM Global Services; Senior Executive (32)

Priyanka Shukla, 26 years Vijay Nandal, 25 years

B E - Electronics & Communication Engineering B E - Instrumentation & Control Engg.
Army Institute Of Technology NSIT, Delhi
LOMA certified SIP: Citibank
SIP: Citibank „PRIME Leadership Development‰
„1. Study of benefits and policies of Unionized staff Work Exp.: 30 months
at MNC banks in india; Sunlife Financial; Software Test Engineer (11)
2. Develop MIS dashboard for Senior management‰ Infosys Technologies; Software Test Engineer
Work Exp.: 25 months (19)
Computer Sciences Corporation; Software 1 month - USA
Engineer (15)
Cognizant Technology Solutions;
Programmer Analyst (10)

Puneet Chavhan, 29 years

B Tech - Computer Science
NIT, Jallandhar
SIP: MindTree Consulting
„Designing of Employee Health system‰
Work Exp.: 45 months
Oriental Bank Of Commerce; EDP Officer
(36)
Voxtron Dezign Lab; IVRS Programmer (9)

Sahil Sinha, 25 years

B Com (Hons.) - Accounting and Commerce
Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi University
SIP: Standard Chartered bank
„Productivity analysis and framework-The Banking
sector‰
Work Exp.: 33 months
DSP Merrill Lynch Fund Managers;
Executive Officer

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 PMIR : Batch of 2008-10
Anupam Ajmani, 25 years Nidhi Rawal, 25 years
B Tech - Computer Science B E - Electronics & Electrical Communication
G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Engineering
Technology Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh
SIP: AstraZeneca SIP: Marico
„Benchmarking Recruitment Practices‰ „Developing „Internal Training Modules‰ for High
Work Exp.: 22 months Impact Programs to optimize training and
Perot Systems; Associate development‰
Work Exp.: 23 months
Infosys Technologies; Software Engineer

Dipti Sharma, 26 years Ramaswamy Venkataramani, 25 years

B Tech - Electronics & Instrumentation
Engineering
Anand Engineering College, Agra
SIP: Microsoft
„Enhancing Diversity in Microsoft India‰
Work Exp.: 22 months
Infosys Technologies; Software Engineer
B Tech - Electrical & Electronics Engineering
NSS College Of Engineering, Palakkad
SIP: Glaxo Smithkline - Consumer Healthcare
„Absenteeism management amongst the permanent
workers in Rajamundhry site of GSKCH‰
Work Exp.: 18 months
Cognizant Technology Solutions;
Programmer Analyst

Hrishikesh Kashyap, 26 years Rashmi Kamath, 24 years

B Tech - Instrumentation And Control B E - Information Technology
Engineering Father Agnel College of Engineering
NIT, Trichy SIP: HSBC
SIP: Aditya Birla Group „Employee Benefits Proposition for External and
„Streamline and strengthen Competency Assessment Internal Talent‰
and Development process at ABG‰ Work Exp.: 20 months
Work Exp.: 22 months Tata Consultancy Services; Assistant Systems
TVS Motor Company; Member- Research Engineer
And Development

Kumar Anshu, 26 years Reju Mathew, 25 years

B Tech - Computer Science B E - Electronics & Communication Engineering
Vellore Institute of Technology NMAM Institute Of Technology
SIP: Tata Steel SIP: Aditya Birla Group
„Strengthening the Daily Management of IR „Benchmarking best practices in talent
department by developing SOPs for key IR Processes‰ management‰
Work Exp.: 23 months Work Exp.: 21 months
Wipro Technologies; Project Engineer Tata Consultancy Services; Assistant Systems
Engineer

Mahima , 25 years Roma Bindroo, 26 years

B E - Electronics & Communication Engineering
M.S. Ramaiah Institute Of Technology
SIP: Tata Steel
„Design and conduction of an Assessment Centre for
IL4 and IL5 level HR officers‰
Work Exp.: 11 months
Robert Bosch; Associate Software Engineer
B E - Information Technology
Padmabhushan Vasantdada Patil Pratishthan’s
College Of Engineering
SIP: GSK (Pharma)
„1. Analysis of the existing development form
2. Communication to the employees for the new
development form and bonus plan
3. Performance appraisal‰
Work Exp.: 21 months
Infosys Technologies; Software Engineer

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 Work Exp. 1-23

Saloni Gupta, 24 years Sreedevi R, 24 years

B E - Electronics & Telecommunication B Tech - Chemical Engineering
Engineering NIT, Rourkela
Maharashtra Institute Of Technology College Of SIP: Axis Bank
Engineering,pune „1.Training Needs Analysis of Wealth Managers
SIP: Ernst & Young 2. Designing a Performance Improvement Plan for
„Leadership practices survey‰ the under performers in the organization.‰
Work Exp.: 6 months Work Exp.: 21 months
Infosys Technologies; Software Engineer Cognizant Technology Solutions;
Programmer Analyst

Shivin Tikoo, 25 years Srinath Sridharan, 24 years

B Tech - Electronics & Communication B E - Computer Science
Engineering BITS, Pilani
SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur SIP: WWF India
SIP: Mahindra and Mahindra „Attrition Analysis for WWF‰
„Effectiveness of online as a medium to deploy Work Exp.: 19 months
change management initiative „Ingenious‰ New Break India; Associate (10)
Work Exp.: 23 months I-flex Solutions; Software Developer (9)
Wipro Technologies; Project Engineer

Shruti Tewari, 24 years Tushar Walwadikar, 25 years

B E - Information Technology B E - Mechanical Engineering
NSIT, Delhi Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology,
SIP: Aditya Birla Group Bangalore
„Rewards and benefits portfolio‰ SIP: Al Ghanim Industries, Kuwait
Work Exp.: 10 months „Designing HR metrics and maturity model for
IBM; Assistant Software Engineer talent management‰
Work Exp.: 20 months
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd - Automotive
Division; Assistant Manager

Siddharth Chatterjee, 25 years Vignesh Kalyanaraman, 22 years

B E - Computer Science B Sc (Hons.) - Mathematics
Laxmi Narain College Of Technology, Bhopal Sri Sathya Sai University
SIP: Microsoft SIP: Ernst & Young
„Design and implement an employee engagement „Benefits, rewards and welfare policy design‰
framework in APEX‰ Work Exp.: 9 months
Work Exp.: 20 months Ericsson India; Project Coordinator
Tata Consultancy Services; Assistant Systems
Engineer

Sonal Gupta, 24 years

B Sc (Hons.) - Economics
Presidency College
SIP: Mercer
„To create a statistically valid questionnaire to
measure employee engagement‰
Work Exp.: 12 months
Frost and Sullivan; Analyst

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 PMIR : Batch of 2008-10
Amit Mehta, 23 years Bhavya Acharya, 22 years
B Tech - Information Technology B E - Information Technology
VJTI D.J.S.C.O.E, Mumbai
SIP: Hindustan Unilever Limited SIP: Johnson & Johnson Medical
„Business adoption approach in human resource „Evolving a people and leadership strategy for
transformation‰ Johnson and Johnson Hospital Supplies‰

Anjali Agarwal, 23 years Debayan Biswas, 24 years

B Tech - Biotechnology
Jaypee University Of Information Technology
SIP: Cadbury
„Development of the best sourcing model for
technical roles in Cadbury‰
B Tech - Electrical Engineering
NIT, Bhopal
SIP: Microsoft
„1. Developing a framework for a consistent
candidate experience across all 6 Microsoft
businesses in India
2. Benchmarking staffing practices of Microsoft with
relevant competitors‰

Apoorva Kothari, 24 years Dibakar Mitra, 23 years

B E - Electronics & Telecommunication B E - Electrical Engineering
Engineering Jadavpur University
Cummins College SIP: Wipro Infrasructure Engineering
SIP: Aditya Birla Group „1. Leadership capability assessment and future road
„Employee engagement and Q12‰ map in Hydraulics business, Asia
2. Organization structure and framework for Wipro
Eco-energy‰

Asheeta Chhabra, 22 years Garima Bawa, 22 years

Bachelor of Finance and Investment Analysis -
Accounting & Finance
Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies
SIP: Ernst & Young
„Developing an Executive Coaching Docket and a
Succession and Career Management Toolkit‰
B A (Hons.) - Sociology & Psychology
Government College For Girls, Chandigarh
SIP: Hindustan Unilever Limited
„Reward and recognition: Implementation in mega
sites‰

Asif Khan, 22 years Hema Pachisia, 23 years

B E - Computer Science
University Institute Of Technology
SIP: Cummins
„1. Process for Identification and Development of
High Potential Associates (Workers)
2. HR Processes improvement‰
B Com (Hons.) - Accountancy
Shri Shikshayatan College, Kolkata
SIP: Aditya Birla Group
„Developing an internal communication framework
for enhancing and increasing employee engagement
across all businesses of the group across the globe‰

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 Freshers

Raghav Pareek, 25 years Sugat Dabholkar, 25 years

B Tech - Information & Communication
Technology
Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and
Communication Technology, Gandhinagar
SIP: Mahindra and Mahindra
„Conceptualize, implement and analyze the findings
of climate survey of Gear business units‰
B Sc (Hons.) - Industrial Microbiology
M.E.S’s Abasaheb Garware College, Pune
M Sc - Biology
National Centre For Biological Sciences,T.I.F.R
SIP: Reach Potential Consulting
„Development of Competency mapping tool for
Healthcare Professionals‰

Rajdeep Bhattacharyya, 23 years Upasana Pindwal, 23 years

B Tech - Computer Science B A (Hons.) - Economics
NIT, Surat Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi
SIP: Aditya Birla Group SIP: ITC
„Manpower Rationalization in SFD Nagda‰ „Contract Labour: A risk assessment at Bangalore
factory‰

Ramaa Ramesh, 22 years Veena Narasimhan, 24 years

B Com - Accounting & Finance
Meenakshi College For Women
SIP: Aditya Birla Group
„Talent Management & Employee Engagement‰
B E - Electrical & Electronics Engineering
M.V.S.R Engineering College, Hyderabad
SIP: UNICEF
„Gap Analysis of the HR Personnel and Assesment
Centre for UNICEF programme managers‰

Ritesh Agarwal, 23 years Vineeth Kumar Ravichandran, 22

B Tech - Electronics & Communication years
Engineering B Tech - Computer Science
NIT, Nagpur J.B. Institute Of Engineering And Technology,
SIP: Aditya Birla Group Hyderabad
„Develop job evaluation, Job Analysis (Writing Job SIP: Heinz India Private
Descriptions) and Role Clarity refresher module & „Creation of Job Descriptions for management roles
communication deck‰ at the Head Office‰

Shweta Gupta, 24 years

B A (Hons.) - Economics
Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi University
SIP: Procter & Gamble Asia Pte Ltd, Singapore
„Compensation & Benefits in Asia – To Incorporate
Gen Y Focus‰

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 PLACEMENTS

The Placement Office is managed 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, arranges
Pre-Placement Talks and Personal Interviews on campus and provides all the facilities required by the visiting companies.

BUILDING CAMPUS PRESENCE

A successful recruiting effort is possible only when the students know you better. XLRI offers you many opportunities to help build
a good corporate image among the students. The following are our recommendations for the same.

Pre-placement Talks (PPTs)

The pre-placement talks are presentations organized by the company on the college campus. Over the years, they have become the
primary forums for company-student interaction. These talks give the student a chance to learn more about your company, your
people and your work culture. The students can also learn about the opportunities for growth, learning and advancement that your
company offers. They can also form a first-hand impression of your company and can make an informed decision about applying for
the placements. We have over the years found that senior executives are the most effective in delivering the PPTs and also making
a strong statement of commitment to recruiting from this institute. The PPTs can take place on any mutually convenient day. If the
company wishes to display some promotional material on campus, the final form of the material can be sent to the Placement Office,
which will arrange for its display.

Distributing the Published Material

An effective way of creating awareness about your company among the students is to provide them with information.The information
could be in the form of annual reports, company brochures, pamphlets, research material and other published information. The
placement office will ensure distribution of such material amongst the students. The students could also be provided with live case
studies. This could be done by conducting Case Contests. A panel comprising company executives with/without XLRI faculty could
evaluate the student presentations.

Conferences, Workshops, Academic Fairs

Various events, speaker series, panel discussions, conferences, workshops and academic fairs can be organized in which your company
may participate directly or contribute through partnerships. Institute scholarships and awards can also be sponsored by your company
as a way to express your companies’ commitment to excellence in the student community at XLRI.

Sponsoring Projects
Projects are an integral part of the academic curriculum at XLRI. Over the years, many students have taken up live projects with many
organizations. This provides the students involved, a basic understanding of the company’s operations. It also raises your companies’
profile among students and the faculty.

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LRP / CRP
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 the 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.
The Pre-Placement Talk
The company conducts the recruitment process in the
Scheduled Placement Slot. Companies are encouraged to give
pre-placement talks well before the recruitment process begins.
This helps the student in making an informed choice about the
organization. Ideally, the PPT must include:-
• Company Profile
• Projects on offer
• Compensation details
• Possible openings in the next year
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.
Student Resumes
Companies have the option of circulating their customized
application forms amongst candidates, or accepting 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 the GDs and Interviews
Placement Fee Strcuture
A placement fee would be charged for the companies participating
in the recruitment process.The fee would comprise of two parts
- a) Participation fee b) 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 companies recruit candidates.
This Recruitment fee would vary with the number of students
recruited. This overall placement fee would be dependent on
whether the company is participating in the LRP or the CRP or
both.
The bill for this placement fee would be drawn at the end of
the complete recruitment process and the payment for the
same would have to be made within one month of the candidate
joining the company.
Important Information
The Placement Committee, in consultation with the student body
and the faculty, arrives at the norms of the placement process.
The committee reserves the right to modify any such norms,
where such norms are in the overall interest of the candidates
participating in the process. In the event of any conflict in the
interpretation and implementation of the norms, the decision of
the Placement Committee shall be binding on the students and
the companies.
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 Travel and Accommodation
TRAIN SCHEDULE
Jamshedpur is well connected to Kolkata(Howrah) by rail. The train timings are as indicated below.

Kolkata – Jamshedpur ( Tatanagar ) Jamshedpur – Kolkata

Train Departure Arrival Train Departure Arrival
Kolkata Jamshedpur Jamshedpur Kolkata
BBN Janshatabdi 6:20 hrs 9:40 hrs BBN Janshatabdi 17:10 hrs 20:50 hrs
Ispat Express 6:55 hrs 10:40 hrs Ispat Express 14:30 hrs 18:45 hrs
Steel Express 17:30 hrs 21:25 hrs Steel Express 6:15 hrs 10:20 hrs

FLIGHT SCHEDULE
One can also reach Ranchi by air and proceed to Jamshedpur by road. Regular taxi services ply on
the Ranchi-Jamshedpur route. Transport can be arranged on request between Ranchi and XLRI.

Mumbai to Ranchi Ranchi to Mumbai

Airline Departure Arrival Airline Departure Arrival
Indian (IC809) 8:00 hrs 12:55 hrs Indian (IC810) 15:00 hrs 19:55 hrs
Kingfisher (IT571) 11:10 hrs 14:55 hrs Kingfisher (IT571) 15:25 hrs 17:35 hrs

Delhi to Ranchi Ranchi to Delhi

Airline Departure Arrival Airline Departure Arrival
MDLR (9H171) 9:10 hrs 10:50 hrs MDLR (9H172) 13:30 hrs 15:20 hrs
Kingfisher (IT3335) 15:30 hrs 17:10 hrs Indian (IC810) 15:00 hrs 16:40 hrs
Indian (IC809) 11:20 hrs 12:55 hrs Kingfisher (IT3335) 17:40 hrs 20:35 hrs

All intra-city transport expenses will be borne by the institute.

ACCOMMODATION
Hotel Phone No.
Ginger +91-657-6663333
Centre Point +91-657-2224200
Hotel Nataraj +91-657-2426061/64
The Sonnet (Formerly Regent) +91-657-2226932
MDP residence (XLRI)
Accommodation and return journey reservation can be arranged in advance.

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Placement Committee Student Members
Chairperson Akhil Dave
Prof. Rajiv Misra
Ashutosh Shukla
Student Placement Secretary Chhavi Dixit
Tushar R Walwadikar
Deepak G N
Placement Officer
Jaideep Pamani
Ms. Rashmi Prasad
Sandeep Sharma
Siddharth Narayanan
Venkatesh Kommineni
XLRI Jamshedpur
Circuit House Area (East), Jamshedpur 831035, Jharkhand, India
Ph. : 91-657-3983215, 91-657-3983216, 91-657-3983221
Fax : 91-657-2227814, Email : placement@xlri.ac.in, Web : http://www.xlri.ac.in