The new batch of XLRI students at both the Jamshedpur and Delhi- NCR campus for the academic session 2021-2023 have started attending classes on an online mode.

The new batch has 179 students in Business Management and 178 students in Human Resource Management at the Jamshedpur campus.

The Jamshedpur campus has another 114 students in its Executive Postgraduate Diploma in Management course, 14 students in Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) and 20 students in Executive Fellow Programme in Management (EXEC-FPM).

The B-school's Delhi-NCR campus has 108 students in the Business Management stream.

Fr. Paul. Fernandes, director, XLRI- while welcoming the new batch of students of both the campuses recently emphasised the four essential hallmarks of Jesuit education.

Elaborating on the four themes, he said, "XLRI’s successful growth over seven decades has been guided by these four important hallmarks of Jesuit education, and we will continue to place a strong emphasis on them. The first aspect being excellence - to strive continuously for the best, without getting easily satisfied and without becoming complacent with our achievements; the second aspect being integrity coupled with ethics - which describes the ethos of XLRI. One cannot achieve excellence, long-term success without integrity and ethics which go hand in hand; the third aspect relates to growth. Growth of an individual across intellectual, social, emotional and spiritual levels and the fourth hallmark being social consciousness-to be sensitive to the needs of the less privileged around us."

He went on to say that the new campus in Delhi-NCR, from its very inception, was conceived as an integral part of XLRI Jamshedpur.

"Our two campuses remain part of the same registered society, the same governing board, and have the same treasurer for all the campuses," he added.

Every year the first-year students of XLRI undergo compulsory village exposure programme and the outbound adventure programme.

Both programmes have been specially designed for students to create awareness about the realities of rural India and foster a sense of team spirit.

This year due to the pandemic, both the programmes were cancelled.