All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy! Heeding the truism, XLRI, Jamshedpur, is to host a sports festival — XLerate 2014 — for first-year MBA students from B-schools across the country.

The two-day meet, to be held on March 1 and 2, will see participation from management institutes such as IIM Calcutta, IIM Ahmedabad, ISB Hyderabad, ISB Mohali, IIM Indore, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai and S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai. . The sports festival will include events such as cricket, football, basketball, volleyball, tennis, badminton, table tennis, chess, carrom, tug-of-war and athletics. As part of ‘XLerate 2014’, an online competition will also be organised in various fields of management, such as Finance, Marketing and HR. The preliminary rounds for various sports have already commenced at the XLRI campus and the finale will be held on March 2. The winner will be awarded a cash prize and certificate. The Moment — an online sports photography competition — is also being organised to test one’s skill in photography. “The meet puts the managerial acumen and strategic skills of future leaders to test on the sporting field as against the boardroom,” said Pranabesh Ray, Dean, XLRI.

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