# Professor Venugopal Pingali receives guard-of-honour farewell after 33 years at XLRI 2026-08-16T10:21:51+00:00 | Technology | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet A video posted on LinkedIn by Professor Manish Singhal shows Professor Venugopal Pingali receiving a guard-of-honour farewell at XLRI Jamshedpur after 33 years of teaching. In the clip, Pingali walks out of his classroom with a bouquet into a corridor lined with applauding students and staff, who reach out to shake his hand. He appears visibly moved by the gesture. Singhal recalled that Pingali was dean (academics) when he joined in 2006, and described him as an accommodating administrator. Pingali was also known for developing marketing frameworks tailored to Indian markets, influencing generations of MBA students. Former students and colleagues shared memories online, praising his humility and impact. ## Coverage - livemint.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Venugopal Pingali, XLRI Jamshedpur Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/professor-venugopal-pingali-receives-guard-of-honour-farewell-after-33-years-at-xlri/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/professor-venugopal-pingali-receives-guard-of-honour-farewell-after-33-years-at-xlri/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/