XLRI Jamshedpur CRESCENT set agenda with focus on consulting & Enterpreneurship

The Committee for Research, Strategy, Consulting & Entrepreneurship (CRESCENT) at XLRI Jamshedpur has set out an aggressive agenda for this year with primary focus on Consulting and Entrepreneurship. It has launched C3 - Crescent Consulting Club with an aim to develop and increase the understanding of consulting profession and equip students with all the skills and resources necessary to be successful in the Consulting industry.

As part of this initiative, the club will be holding weekly meetings on important issues related to consulting industry and will also organise quizzes, case competitions, 2 x 2 matrix championships, and other events for its members. Major activities will include the Speaker Series and Company Breakouts which will mainly focus on increased collaboration with consulting firms and experience sharing by consultants from various firms. The club will also maintain a central repository of the latest research in Strategy area and will carry out regular case interview practice sessions to help students prepare for their placements. Every fortnightly, industry breakouts will be held to track the latest developments across different industries and build industry competence among the members. The club is also planning to launch its own Journal comprising of latest research articles written by academia and industry and provide opportunities to the students to work on live consulting assignments.

The inauguration of the club will be held on 9th July 2009 with a session by Mr. Joe Simon, CIO Viacom International (New York) on "Life as a Consultant". He will share his experiences as a consultant with Booz Allen Hamilton. Mr. Simon, a 1983 batch alumnus of XLRI, is the Chief Information Officer for Viacom International. Prior to joining Viacom, he spent nine years as a Principal at Booz, Allen and Hamilton, focusing on the media sector. He also worked at Reader's Digest, a savings bank in New Zealand, and for various business conglomerates in India.

In the past, CRESCENT, under the guidance of Prof. Munish Thakur, has been involved in conducting various B-plan competitions and Strategy games, organizing Live Consulting projects and guest lecture series, and publishing a monthly magazine CREST containing the latest happenings in Consulting, Research, Strategy and Entrepreneurship. In association with Social Initiative Group for Managerial Assistance (SIGMA), CRESCENT also launched the Initiative for Social and Entrepreneurial Leadership (ISEL) last year. ISEL aims at promoting and nurturing student interest in entrepreneurship and the social sector.