Girls outshined boys at the 61st annual convocation of Xavier Institute of Social Service (XISS), Ranchi held today at Fr Herman Rasschaert Memorial Auditorium. The five gold medallist in all five branches are girls. Nishita Dey has been declared topper in Human Resource Management one of the most popular management streams offered by XISS, in Rural Management Riti Shalini Turu is topper, in Information Technology the gold medallist student is Shrishtri Sharma, Sneha Roy is topper in marketing management, while in financial management the topper is Satyapriya Mitra.
Nishita Dey, who has been placed with Vedanta Limited, after receiving the gold medal said, “The zeal within me never allowed me to give up on my efforts. And here I go, receiving the gold medal for the batch. I would like to thank the esteemed institute XISS Ranchi for providing me with all the guidance and support throughout without which I would have never been able to achieve the milestone. I got placed into Vedanta Limited and would like to take the legacy of the institute ahead and devote myself towards the development of the society personally as well as professionally.”
Meanwhile, this year 296 students graduated across five programmes comprising 74 students in Human Resource Management, 72 students in Rural Management, 35 students in Information Technology, 58 students in Financial Management and 57 students in Marketing Management respectively. 30 students from across programmes were declared the top rank holders and amongst them 12 gold, 10 silver, 5 bronze medals along with 3 cash prizes were distributed respectively. 31 students were also awarded with Institutional Scholarships worth Rs 9.7 lakhs namely Fr Michael Van den Bogaert SJ Memorial Scholarship for meritorious students of SC/ST category, Fr Michael Albert Windey SJ Memorial Scholarship for meritorious students on the whole open to all, and Fr Louis Francken SJ Memorial Scholarship for overall performance of all categories of students.
Chief Guest, Ashish Kumar Srivastava, CEO & MD, PNB Metlife India Insurance Company Limited and also a celebrated alumnus, PGDPM (Batch 1989-91) of the Institute graced the occasion. Congratulating the graduating students he said, “I want to congratulate all the graduating students as you transition into the corporate world. As a student of XISS I had an excellent opportunity to receive world class education. I keep coming back to the values because those values will be your differential element. There is a huge expectation of potential and enthusiasm from you. I am very confident that you are going to be very successful. Your journey of success is the testament of the vision of XIS.”
Advising the students to keep up the pace with the changing world he further added, “A change is happening in the world outside and it is complex and therefore the way we work is changing. There is a big opportunity outside whether you want to work or join a startup. You need to be updated with the changing world. Go out there and challenge yourself, ask your questions because you can change the world and you will.”
Fr Ajit Kumar Xess SJ, Chairman, XISS-GB earlier declared the Convocation ceremony open and said, “I wish the graduating students on their special day and wish for them to excel and succeed in their lives ahead. Be professionals with a difference and follow the path of integrity, values and righteousness and carry forward the XISS legacy.”
Director, XISS, Dr Joseph Marianus Kujur presented the Annual Report of 2021-22 highlighting the achievements, strategies, practices and learning of the Institute in the past year. He said, “It gives me immense pleasure in seeing this special Corona batch graduating today, as this batch has fought the adversities and risen up to the Institute’s motto, ‘Professionals with a difference’. The adversities have helped them become resilient and show courage in times of crisis and take charge of the situation when needed.”
He added, “XISS has instilled in them values, compassion and integrity during the rigorous academic training. It has been well reflected in their actions as well, students have wonderfully managed their academics, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. The social orientation helped them connect with the society, the management student side of their personality was displayed during the CASCADE 2022 event; which was conducted by them. It shows immense growth in their individual personalities which, I am sure, will be very helpful when they navigate through the world.”