Xavier Institute of Social Service

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The Xavier Institute of Social Service ('XISS) is an educational institute in Ranchi, India. It was established as an extension department of St. Xavier's College, Ranchi, in 1955 with the objective of training young men and women in Rural Development, Personnel Management and Industrial Relations. In 1973 the institute was registered as a separate educational society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. In 1978, it moved to its present site. XISS was established with an earnest mission of developing human resources for various sectors such as industries, business, rural development, healthcare etc in the Chota Nagpur region.

In 1973, the Institute was registered as a Separate Educational Society under the Societies Registration Act. From that point in history it has been recognised as one of the most Outstanding Management Schools in India.

It has developed its own distinct identity, to become one of the premier management schools of India in the fields of Personnel Management, Rural Development, Information Management and lately even Marketing & Finance.

But it must be remembered that, this institute and its aims are all part of a great history and tradition, something which began hundreds of years ago due to the initiatives taken by some men, who inspite of adversities and lack of basic resources took on themselves an uphill task of providing education and expertise to innumerable craving souls, just by virtue of their sacrifice and great courage.

It is now ranked among the top 50 Indian business schools, and is one of the top 2 in the state.

The insitute is very popular in corporate world for it's MBA program in HR ( Human Resources )with leading Multinationals and Indian companies coming for campus interviews. The alumni of the institute work in key roles in GE, Pespi, Coke, Cisco, TCS, Alstom, Kotak Mahindra Bank, ICICI Bank, ICICI Prudential, Ernst & Young, Lehman Brothers, Citibank, DELL, Infosys, Wipro etc.

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