XLRI Convocation 2026: Celebrating its 76-year legacy, XLRI – Xavier School of Management recently held its 70th Annual Convocation at the Tata Auditorium. The ceremony honored 530 graduates from the Class of 2026, representing diverse disciplines including:
- Fellow Programme in Management (FPM)
- Human Resource Management (HRM)
- Business Management (BM)
- General Management
- Logistics and Supply Chain Management (LSCM)
Apply to any top 250 B Schools from one window. Shortlist, save. CLICK
Honoring Leadership and Integrity
The institute conferred its highest honor, the Sir Jehangir Ghandy Medal for Industrial and Social Peace, upon Sandeep Bakhshi, CEO of ICICI Bank. In his address, Bakhshi highlighted India’s immense growth potential and urged graduates to pursue excellence with humility and a strong sense of purpose.
SPJIMR – First B School to conclude PGDM Placement for 2026 Batch
XLRI Placements 2025. Highest Salary offered 1.1 Cr Per Annum
XLRI Director Fr. Sebastian George and Chairman T. V. Narendran encouraged the new graduates to lead with integrity. Narendran specifically emphasized the importance of resilience and social consciousness in an increasingly technology-driven world.
IIM Lucknow MBA Placement 2025
Celebrating Academic Excellence
The ceremony recognized top performers with prestigious medals:
- Abhinav Singh Roy: Parineet Reddy Medal (Best All-round Student).
- Anushka Chaturvedi: Geeta Saxena Medal (Best All-round Woman Student).
- Nishchhal Goel: Ram Awtar Chachra Medal (Highest CQPI, Business Management).
- Khushi Kaur Mehta: John P D’Costa Medal (Highest CQPI, HRM).
- Salil Sandeep Narvekar: Late Rita Narayan Medal (Highest CQPI in Ethics).
- Aditya Singh: Highest CQPI in Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
- Sai Nikhil Vobbilisetty: R S Pande Medal (Highest CQPI, General Management).
- Sudhanshu Bhatt: K V K Raju Medal (Outstanding FPM Student).
- Nehal Jain & Samyak Jain: XLRI Medal for Social Initiatives.
Top Private B School Average Salary increased. MDI G, IMT G, SPJIMR & XLRI
The 70th convocation reaffirmed XLRI’s mission to shape ethical leaders who balance professional success with social responsibility as they enter global industries.
XLRI PGDM Placement 2026: XLRI Jamshedpur and XLRI Delhi NCR have completed the final recruitment process for the 2024-2026 PGDM (BM) and PGDM (HRM) batches. Around 42.5% of the batch received Pre-Placement Offers (PPOs) based on their summer internship performance.
A total of 576 students from both campuses participated in the process. As many as 145 recruiting organisations, including 25 first-time recruiters, participated. According to the XLRI, recruiters made over 576 domestic offers and two international offers during the final placements.
- The median salary for the batch stood at Rs. 29 lakh per annum, while the average salary was Rs. 31.40 lakh per annum.
- The highest international offer was Rs. 1.10 crore per annum and the highest domestic offer was Rs. 59 lakh per annum.
- The average salary for the top tenth percentile was Rs. 49.2 lakh per annum, and for the top 25th percentile, it was Rs 44.18 lakh per annum.
