XLRI's 48th annual convocation

B-SCHOOL BEAT

The Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur, recently concluded its 48th annual convocation where students of the 2004 batch received their post-graduate diplomas.

In all, a batch of 62 students each from the business management, and personnel management and industrial relations streams, seven students from the Fellow Programme in Management and 55 Executive Post Graduate Programme (EPGP) students graduated this year. This included the first batch of EPGP students from Dubai who completed their three-year course for working executives.

The event was also the occasion to present the 37th Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal for Industrial and Social Peace.

This year it was presented to the Congregation of the Missionaries of Charity, Kolkata for promoting peace through the celebration of human dignity. Sister Nirmala, who took over as the organisation's Superior General after Nobel Laureate Mother Teresa, accepted the honour.

At the event, B Muthuraman, managing director, Tata Steel and chairman of the Board of Governors for XLRI, advised students not to treat their career "as a 100-metre race but as a marathon".

"Many MBAs experience burnouts early in their career due to the high stress that comes with the enormous responsibilities and round-the-clock work expected from them. To finish this race, what one requires is a lot of stamina," he said.

Part-time management course from WIM

For working executives who have missed out on a formal MBA, Prin. L N Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research, Mumbai, has introduced a post graduate programme in management studies (PGPMS).

Although the programme is an independent one, its syllabus covers the key subjects of the PGDBA/MMS programmes. To be eligible, the candidate should be a graduate from a recognised university and have at least three to four years of work experience.

Classes will be held on Saturday or Sunday. Selection of candidates will be on the basis of a written test and interview.

email: eh.iyer@welingkar.org

'Graduation day' at ISB

The Hyderabad-based Indian School of Business (ISB) celebrated its "graduation day" recently "" marking the passing out of its third batch. ISB presented its Scholars of Excellence awards to two of the top students for their exceptional academic performance.

It paid tribute to professor Sumantra Ghoshal, who was closely associated with the setting up of the school, and presented the Sumantra Ghoshal Award for Excellence in Strategy and Leadership & Change Management to a student.

ISB also announced its Professor of the Year awards for outstanding teaching. This year, the award goes to Wharton's Jagmohan S Raju; and N R Prabhala, University of Maryland.

Guests at the occasion included Reliance Industries Vice chairman and Managing director Anil Ambani, Dipak Jain, dean, Kellogg School of Management "" one of ISB's partner schools "" and George W Gau, dean, McCombs School of Business, Austin.

Ambani praised ISB's infrastructure and its education standard, and urged the School to encourage more women students and create a way for them to take leadership roles in corporations.

Jain of Kellogg said that his institute is committed to making ISB a world-class institution and praised ISB for producing quality students and keeping education standard high.