Jamshedpur: A group of 543 students took their first big step towards realising their entrepreneurial dreams on their first day at XLRI, Jamshedpur, that started its 2018-20 academic session on Monday.
A total of 543 students have enrolled for the three flagship programmes - business management, human resource management and general management - this year. The business management course has 181 students, human resource management 182 and general management 105.
Besides, 45 students have enrolled in the three-year PG diploma in management (part time), 10 students in fellow programme in management and 20 in executive fellow programme in management.
The premier B-school welcomed the freshers with an introductory programme at Tata auditorium that began with an inaugural prayer followed by a short speech on the values and ethics of the institute and the importance of keeping one's integrity intact on the path to excellence.
XLRI director Father E. Abraham, who addressed the welcome ceremony, said, "Besides being a higher learning institution, XLRI is also a social institution. We have to carry out our responsibilities as a social entity. A strong connection with the society will provide the edifice for value-oriented learning. We expect the students to make valuable contributions to environment and social leadership."
He went on to say that XLRI had always been socially responsible and underscored the initiatives undertaken the institutes in on e-waste management, solar power and bio gas. XLRI has set a target to make the campus carbon neutral by 2020.
The first-year students will have to take part in compulsory village exposure and outbound programmes that have been designed to create awareness about the realities of rural India.
The newbies sounded excited. "I chose XLRI for its legacy and a strong alumni base," said Saharsh Agarwal, a human resource management student from Dhanbad who completed BCom from Delhi University.
His batchmate Shubham Agarwal, with a BTech degree from IIEST Shibpur, Howrah said, "The institute is one of the oldest and has been empowering students since 1949. The human resource management course here is the best in the whole of Asia-Pacific and I look forward to better prospects in the corporate world."
