Over 290 students of Xavier Institute of Social Services (XISS) received their management diplomas in a glittering 57th convocation ceremony organized here on college premises on Tuesday.
As many as 17 students of batch 2016-18 received the gold medal for performing exceptionally well in five management study streams – Human Resource Management, Rural Management, Information Management, Finance and Marketing.
The management graduates of batch 2016-18 received their degrees from Managing Director, Global Head (HR) of Nomura Services Private limited, Awadesh Krishna and Programme Head- Rural Transformation (Reliance Foundation) in the presence of XISS faculty members and institution’s co-founders who were the Chief Guests of the ceremony.
Besides the gold medals and degree distribution, special mention awards like Gold Medal instituted by NTPC for first rank holder amongst general and ST/SC students, Silver Medal instituted by National Institute of Personnel Management, Kolkata, Silver medal for best social worker, best communication cash award in memory of late Arunava Ray, Bradley Menezes Gold Medal for the best outgoing students of PGDM-Rural Management and silver medal sponsored by SODA for best performance in rural field work were conferred to some of the best outgoing students who outshined their batch-mates in their selected domain.
A report of final placements was released by Director – XISS, Father Dr. Alexius Ekka on the occasion. The consolidated report suggests that during final placement 6 pre-placement offers were made to the students of three Departments of this Institute -- HRM, Marketing and Rural Management.
The number of offers made was 236 with a highest salary of Rs 13.50 lakh per annum and the average salary package was Rs 5.87 lakh per annum. The Department of Finance Management, the Department of Rural Management and the Department of Marketing have achieved a placement of 96.2 per cent, 95.8 per cent and 94.2 per cent respectively. Overall placement has reached a total of 83.1 percent, the report suggests.
Also, in the presence of several dignitaries, enfolding the journey of XISS and describing a few recent initiatives taken up by the premier management institute, the annual magazine of XISS – ‘AXIS 2018’ was unveiled along with a book titled ‘leadership, Innovation and Management Education for a Sustainable World’ edited by Dr. Fr. Alexius Ekka and Professor Dr. Himadri Sinha. Notably, this book is a compendium of selected papers presented at the international conference held at XISS on February 16, 2017.
Meanwhile, following the XISS’ tradition, Fr. Alexius Ekka, felicitated the recipient of ‘Father. Michael Van den Bogaert SJ Memorial Distinguished Alumnus Award’ to Bidyut Sarkar -Vice-President and Regional Head, Peerless Securities limited, Kolkata.