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papers with a proper map but also the required modifications to start an educational
institute instead of a factory. XITE is now the proud owner of 34.5 acres of land in
Gamharia. For the next step of the “ground breaking ceremony the newly appointed
Director paid a visit to the Honourable Governor of Jharkhand to do the honours.
However, there was no pilot available to fly the helicopter to Jamshedpur at such short
notice. To make matters more difficult, the dates for elections to the State Assembly were
announced. With this new development, the Governor had to politely decline the
invitation in order to abide by the Model Code. Gus is busy contacting other dignitaries
for this purpose.
The new Principal, Gilbert, too made a quick visit to Ranchi University to collect the
mark sheets of BBA 07 Batch students who had appeared for their second year University
Exam. He also discussed certain academic matters with the Coordinator of the Vocational
Courses of Ranchi University. Gilbert was very pleased to find some of his former
students from St. Xavier‟s College, Ranchi, employed in various sections of Ranchi
University presently.
After attending the Follow Up Convention of GC 35 at XLRI Joe Surin, being new to
the job of Treasurer, left for Delhi to attend a Training Programme for Treasurers at ISI.
With the change of guard, the additional Communicative English and Computer classes
have been started for the second year BBA students. This has been well appreciated by
the students as they can work on the projects given by the faculty.
The second year students had done creditably well this year in the University
Examination – 28 got First, 14 Second and 2 “missed the bus”..
Later this month on October 31 the first ever meeting of the Principals of the Colleges
and Institutes under the newly constituted Kolhan University will be held at the
university campus in Chaibasa. XITE will be represented by Gilbert.
- Joe Surin
XLRI
Abe visited France, Belgium, Spain, England and Dubai to establish tie-ups with foreign
Universities for faculty and student exchange, collaborative research and to offer
collaborative degree programme. George went to Dubai to inaugurate the new academic
year. Raj went to Dubai to give a course in managerial communication to the new batch
of students.
XLRI continues to maintain one of the top five positions in ranking in the latest ranking
of B-schools. Business India has placed XLRI in the Super League category along with
the other top B-Schools run by the Government of India. The Competition Success has
ranked XLRI number one in the Super Excellence category. It is an awesome
achievement for a B-School which does not get any financial assistance from any source.