Xavier Institute of Social Service (XISS), Ranchi inaugurated the new academic session of batch 2024-26 in the Fr Michael Van den Bogaert Auditorium in its campus on Saturday. The inaugural session was attended by Chief Guest, Pawan Kumar Singh, Director, IIM Tiruchirappali along with guests Salil Lal, Executive Officer & CHRO, Maruti Suzuki India Limited and an esteemed alumnus of the institution, Suparna Prasad Dev, Deputy Director in Ministry of Defence, Government of India, along with all faculty members and students from four programmes of XISS namely Human Resource Management, Rural Management, Financial Management, and Marketing Management participated in the inauguration.
Chief Guest, Pawan Kumar Singh, Director, IIM Tiruchirappali, and an esteemed alumnus of the institute addressed the audience and said, “Maintaining a balance of humility and assertiveness is an excellent approach for growth in young managers you aspire to become. Without your effort you will not achieve anything in life; but you will not achieve anything worthy due to your effort alone.”
Dr Joseph Marianus Kujur, Director, XISS in his address welcomed the incoming batch and said, “The students are beginning a new chapter in their lives and going on a transformative journey in pursuit of excellence and for this one must slog, work-hard and make sacrifices. XISS will be a medium to teach you how to turn negatives into positives. The young minds will be shaped in conformity with the vision and mission of the institution.”
The Maruti Suzuki XISS Awanish Kumar Dev Memorial Scholarship, is constituted in the memory of Late Mr Awanish Dev, GM Plant HR, Maruti-Suzuki India Ltd. who was an alumnus of XISS PM&IR batch 1982-84. He lost his life during a workers’ unrest at the auto major’s Manesar plant on July 18, 2012.
XISS with Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. has jointly set up the Maruti Suzuki XISS Awanish Kumar Dev Memorial Trust where the purpose of the scholarship is to encourage competitiveness and learning amongst the HR specialization students at XISS, Ranchi.
During the Inaugural Ceremony the names of winners of the Maruti Suzuki XISS Awanish Kumar Dev Memorial Scholarship of batch 2023-25 declared by Suparna Dev, wife of Late Awanish Kumar Dev and Salil Lal.
Anirban Nandi, Khushi Poddar and Khyati Raj of HRM Programme of batch 2023-25 were each awarded with Rupees One Lakh only as the winners of the memorial scholarship this year which has been awarded since 2013.
