The XL Life....a reminiscence

Well, recently I was browsing through the file server in XLRI and I came across this brilliant bunch of pics.....of XLers from 1970s to the recent past....I thought this should be showcased so that we 'XL'ers- students and alumni alike go back to the good ol' days....the days of which every moment could be cherished for a lifetime.....

So, presenting before you.....'XL- a reminiscence':

Ratanjee Memorial Trophy@XL "Happened"!!

Monsoons are back... and so are the students... the campus is alive, vibrating with activities... once again

Like every year since 2000 - and this was the 10th year - Ratanjee Memorial Trophy happened...

... a (supposedly) sports event... and an amazing way of competing and coming together of the two batches who have known each other for less than a month

here are some pics (generously plagiarised from a postings by Dipti Sharma - Thanks! :0)





But who was Ratanjee? Why this event?

Ratanjee Jha, BTech (Mech), IIT, Guwahati (1995-1999), from Patna, joined in PMIR at XLRI. He had a score of 790/800 in GMAT, but could not go abroad for studies due to financial constraints in the family.

At XLRI also, he consistently ranked among the first five. He was known for his sharp reasoning skills and fast learning ability. His scholastic ability was acknowledged by the institute and was conferred upon by the Jubilee Scholarship. He was also a member of Socrates. Sadly, this bright spark got extinguished midway its journey, when Ratanjee met with a fatal accident during his Summer Internship in 2000.

...in XL, everything has a history behind it... we remember and celebrate those who passed through this portal...

Thanks, Ratanjee!.. for being here... and for having left a legacy behind...


cross-posted at:Life@XL Blog

Sapphire- the flagship HR Committee of XLRI relaunches its blog

Student's Association for the Promotion of Personnel Management, Human Resources and Industrial Relations.....commonly known as SAPPHIRE...... the flagship committee of HR at XLRI which has around 20 years of existence.... has relaunched its blog- http://xlrisapphire.wordpress.com . With posts by the famous HR blogger- Mr Gautam Ghosh, whose blog http://gauteg.blogspot.com is among the Top 25 in the World of HR, this blog is intended to promote HR among the B Schoolers and the industry.

Apart from this, SAPPHIRE has other ambitious plans for the blog which would be falling into place soon. Well, a good initiative by the committee....Wish the blog all success....

Twitter began in xlri?

What's the big deal about showing off what you want to say in 140 characters? I mean there are blogs out there and if you want to do more you can always write your own webpage/home page. But status messages have evolved from IM status messages that just said if you are available or not, to a program that displays the song you are listening to. To facebook, and orkut that allows you to write whatever you are working on. Now the world is a stage with a 140 character script!

It all began in XLRI, a while ago....

CONGRATULATIONS to the generation of XLERS who had it figured out before it happened!!