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Details on the satellite based XLRI PGCBM course can be found at the link below:

http://www.hnge.in/retail/xlri/xlri_pgcbm.htm

The XLRI URL for the satellite based program is http://xlri.ac.in/satellite and students can login using their XSAT ID and password.

We had the inaugural session yesterday (May 19th) at 6:30 pm, I was dismayed to see only four of us at the Malleswaram branch, Bangalore. Hopefully that does not work against us in team projects and assignments.

There are altogether four branches in Bangalore (Cunningham Rd, Malleswaram, Airport Rd and Koramangala) and according to Mr. Salil who runs three classrooms (except for Cunningham Rd), Malleswaram was judged the best classroom two years ago. He did go through a few tips for making the most of this course and also made us feel at ease.

The inaugural session was not as smooth as expected - there were constant ‘echo’ interruptions and worse, a few students were happy to indulge in personal trivial chat or repeatedly ask the same questions. Prof. Srimannarayana (chairperson for satellite based programs) introduced us to the course, faculty and the terms and conditions for the program.

• 22 courses (21 subjects + 1 project) spread across three terms
• Each term will roughly be 4-5 months in duration
• Minimum 75% attendance is mandatory for each course
• Maximum of 2 Ds or 1D and 1F to secure the certificate eligibility
• On campus visits will be only during summer
• No placement opportunities will be provided by XLRI
• XLRI has dispatched all the course textbooks and should be picked up at respective centres.

We were introduced to Mr. S.Roy ( sroy@xlr.ac.in) who is in charge of Satellite AIS (Academic Information System) and to whom we can direct all our concerns to.  AIS stores all information regarding course schedule,  exam notifications, student grades, assignments and handouts. Students are required to update their CV in order to access the AIS resources as I understood. At the end of each course, student feedback is mandatory to view the grades. We were also introduced to the course teaching assistants and other support staff.

I encourage all fellow colleagues to join the orkut pgcbm14 group (search for PGCBM in orkut) and also the official yahoo group from XLRI (intimation by email).

The  coursework starts on 24th May (this Sat) as I understand and the first two courses will be

• Principles of Marketing by Prof. P. Venugopal
• Managerial Accounting by Prof. Ram Kumar Kakani

Students must have received a hardcopy of the recommended Managerial Accounting textbook

“ Financial Accounting for Management 2nd Edition.” by Ramachadran and Kakani.

A softcopy of this book is also available here

Good luck to you all.

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