XLRI- Xavier School of Management recently hosted XLerate 2014 – a sports festival for One year MBA students across India at the XLRI Campus, Jamshedpur. XLRI came up tops at the meet and Great Lakes, Chennai were placed second.
XLerate 2014 – the first sports championship for One year MBA students at premier B-schools in India has come to a close at the XLRI campus in Jamshedpur. Organized by the PGDM – GM (previously GMP) students of XLRI, the meet saw One year MBA students from premier management institutes across India, such as IIM Calcutta, Great Lakes Chennai and SP Jain, Mumbai battle against each other on the field. At the end of the two-day long sports gala, XLRI came up as the overall champion while Great Lakes, Chennai was declared the Runner’s Up.
XLerate 2014 was inaugurated on the 1st of March and hosted a variety of sports events comprising of Cricket, Football, Basketball, Volleyball, Tennis, Badminton, Table Tennis, Chess, Carrom, Tug of War and Athletics. The event concluded on 2nd March with the prize distribution ceremony followed by a performance by the rock band ‘Odyssey’.
“The first edition of XLerate has been a great experience for all the participating students. The event promises to be a yearly meeting ground for students pursuing One year MBAs and would showcase their talent at the highest level and bring out the sportsmen spirit in all besides testing their managerial acumen and strategic skills.” Dr. Pranabesh Ray, Dean, XLRI
commented on the occasion.“We remain ever grateful to our college, our sponsors and all the participants who came together to make this event a success. We hope this will be even bigger with years to come. ”, is what the XLerate organizing committee had to say.
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