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HERE ARE
plenty of unconventional ways to define success and some of them who
do so are often known to carry the XLRI badge. The out-of-the-box thinkers, the
perpetual nonconformists and the benchmark setters over the years have found as-
sociation with this centre of excellence. From their reservoir of innovative thinking,
sometimes stimulating enough to change the rules of the game, our XL alumni have carved out
a separate identity for themselves in the corporate world. Here are some of our finds…
POWER PLAY
Powerful Women
in Indian Busi-
ness:
Rekha Menon, XL’81,
featured in the
Business Today
list of Most Powerful Women in
Indian Business. Menon heads
HR for Growth Market at Ac-
centure. She has been involved in
corporate consulting and was part
of the founding team at Talisma and
Aditi Technologies. She has been part
of several executive management teams like Levis Strauss,
AkzoNobel, Cargill Inc.
Powerful Women in Indian Busi-
ness:
Bharati Jacob, XL’ 83,
featured in the
Business Today
list of Most Powerful Women
in Indian Business. Jacob is the
Managing Partner of Seedfund
Advisors, a company that has
so far invested in 35 companies.
In a busy week Jacob meets at least
15 startups; she has a unique ability to
help entrepreneurs to come up with ideas that work for Indian
market.
CLass NoTEs
We’ll catch the big news about
you: prize nomination, when you
take your company public or if
you are the first XLer in space.
but we can only know about your
less publicised news if you
tell us. We are not too
particular, we want to hear it all.
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