XLRI will hold its 65th annual convocation on a virtual mode on April 24.
The convocation ceremony will be held for the 2019-21 batch.
During the convocation function, 509 students of the B-school will receive their graduating diploma including 178 and 181 students of postgraduate programmes - Business Management and Human Resource Management (HRM); 101 students of 15-months Post Graduate Diploma in Management ; six students of Fellow Program in Management (FPM) and 43 students of the 2018 - 2021 batch of Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Evening).
Fr. P Christie, director of XLRI, said, "Convocation is a significant milestone event in the academic journey of every student, faculty and staff as it is the culmination of all the efforts put in by an individual during their time at the XLRI campus. The event will take place online because of the pandemic."
T. V. Narendran, chairman, Board of Governors at XLRI and managing director of Tata Steel said, "For over seven decades, XLRI has steadfastly held on to its mission of proffering world-class education across various management-centric programs. XLRI diligently strives to create a value-based and ethics-driven teaching and learning environment while underscoring the need for all-round development. This emphasis on inculcating important core- values is what sets XLRI apart from other B-schools in the country."
This year XLRI would confer the prestigious Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal for Industrial and Social Peace to Sandeep Kataria, global CEO of Bata.
He will also deliver the convocation address to the graduating students at the event.
Kataria is the first Indian to hold the position in the company's 126-year history. He had 24 years of experience at Unilever, Yum Brands, and Vodafone in India and Europe before joining Bata India as CEO in 2017.
Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal for Industrial and Social Peace, instituted by XLRI in 1966, in honor of the Late Jehangir Ghandy, former chairman of the Board of Governors- XLRI is awarded to those who have contributed towards the growth of their respective organisations and the nation in a significant way.
Some of the recipients of the medal includes eminent business leaders like N.R. Narayana Murthy, chairman emeritus and chief mentor, Infosys Technologies Ltd, Shiv Nadar, founder and chairman, HCL and Shiv Nadar Foundation and Sunil Kant Munjal, joint managing director of Hero MotoCorp and chairman, Hero Corporate Services Pvt. Ltd and Adi Godrej, chairman, The Godrej Group.
