XlRI, Xavier School of Management, one of India’s premier B-Schools organized the ‘Distinguished Alumnus Awards Ceremony’ at the ‘Annual Homecoming 2014’. A total of 24 prominent alumni of the institute received the Distinguished Alumnus Trophy from Fr. E. Abraham S.J., Director, XlRI, across seven categories.
Rana Sinha, Managing Director, Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. ltd & National President, XlRI Alumni Association and Prof. Sharad Sarin, Chairperson, Alumni, XlRI were also present on the occasion. About 250 Xl Alumni participated in this year’s Homecoming that included the batches of 2004 who celebrated their 10th reunion year and 1979 batch that is celebrating their 30th reunion. Fr. E. Abraham S.J., Director, XlRI commented on the occasion, “XlRI Homecoming is an important annual event for us. Presently, the alumni base of XlRI is around 14,000 and we intend to engage all our alumni, across programs and year to participate in this event.”
“Our alumni are the torch bearers of XlRI’s values and mission and role models for our generation. I congratulate the recipients of The Distinguished Alumnus Awards,” he added. Prof. Sharad Sarin, Chairperson, Alumni, XlRI said, “Today, on the occasion of the Annual homecoming, we are felicitating our 24 alumni, who are the winners in their respective fields”.
“XlRI can claim to have the most active networking of Alumni amongst Indian Business Schools. Every year the alumni chapters have their get-togethers in cities across India and abroad. Recently, in October 2014, alumni meets were held in various cities in USA, Dubai and Toronto” he added. lifetime Achievement Award went to B.l. Raina - (BME-1973 batch) Former MD, Tinplate Company of India ltd (TCIl), David D’Costa – (BMD-1976 batch) MD, Pure Water House and Mario lobo – (PMIR-1977 batch) MD, Personal Search Services.