Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar

Xavier Institute of Management
Established 1987
Type Business school
Director Fr. Paul Fernandes, S.J., Ph.D
Academic staff
 64
Administrative staff
 300
Postgraduates 810
60
Location Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
20°18′30″N 85°49′3″E / 20.30833°N 85.81750°ECoordinates: 20°18′30″N 85°49′3″E / 20.30833°N 85.81750°E
Campus Urban, 20 acres, 1600 x 545 sq ft
Website XIMB.ac.in

Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB) is a premier business school in India, located in Bhubaneswar, the capital of the eastern Indian state of Odisha. It is managed by a board of governors, consisting of representatives of the governments of India and Odisha, the Jesuit Society, industrialists and educationists.[1]

The school was founded in 1987 under what the parties called a "social contract" between the Government of Odisha and the Odisha Jesuit Society.[2] It has consistently been ranked as one of the best Management Institutes of India, and is considered one of the "Big-Three" institutes in Eastern India, including IIM Calcutta and XLRI Jamshedpur. Every batch at XIMB has a good mix of students from the country's top institutes like the IIT's, NIT's, BITS Pilani etc.

Administration

The Director of XIMB is Fr. Paul Fernandes, S.J. and Prof. Biswa Swarup Misra is the Dean (Academics). The Chairman of the Board of Governors is Shri Rajive Kaul (Chairman, NICCO Corporation Ltd.). Other members include Shri Bijaya Kumar Patnaik (Chief Secretary, Government of Odisha), Shri J. P. Dua (CMD, Allahabad Bank), Shri Roopen Roy (M.D., Deloitte & Touche Consulting India Pvt. Ltd.) and Shri B. L. Bagra (CMD, National Aluminium Company Limited)

Academic programmes

The academic programmes offered by XIMB are based on the standard model of management education practised globally. Under the academic curriculum of Xavier University, XIMB awards MBA degrees for various postgraduate programmes and PhD degrees for doctoral programmes.[3][4]

Currently, XIMB offers the following academic programmes:

International exchange

XIMB has international exchange of faculty and students with the following institutions[5]

A Team of PGDM second year students from XIMB reached 4th place in the Rubicon International Business Case contest held in 2006, in Iserlohn, Germany. Incidentally, the team was the sole Asian finalist.[6]

Research centres

Research centres at XIMB include:[7]

Rankings

Various rankings for XIMB over the years:[9]

Infrastructure

Campus life

There are a number of student committees for institute and student life.[14]

The Student Executive Council (SEC) is the students’ council consisting of students itself, which handles and controls all the student activities and various committees.

XIMB has four core committees —

Apart from this, there a number of functional committees,

There are also a number of Interest committees like,

Events

Business and cultural events include "Xpressions", an annual business strategy games festival organised by the student community of XIMB.[16]

Bharat Ratna Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam taking oath from students of XIMB
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam at XIMB

"CELEBLITZ" is a celebrity night. Xpressions 2011 included appearances from Lucky Ali, Jagjit Singh, Euphoria and Jal.

BUSINESS CONCLAVE
This three day long interactive session organised by X – Fin (the Finance Club), MAXIM (The Marketing Association) and XOps (the Operations Team) is a national level event wherein guests from the industry are invited to share their views, experiences and ideas with the students. It works towards increasing the awareness, interest, and practical knowledge of the students.[17]

THE HR SUMMIT
XIMAHR, the HR association of XIMB organises an HR Summit to allow students to interact with senior HR professionals and industry leaders.[18]

Research papers by faculty

The school's curriculum is research-based and faculty is involved in research in a number of areas.[19]

Accreditation

XIMB has been granted the South Asian Quality Assurance Systems (SAQS) accreditation by the Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia (AMDISA).[20][21] XIMB has been awarded the NBA Accreditation by the National Board of Accreditation from March 2009, for a period of 5 years for PGDM, 3 years for PGDM-RM & 3 years for PGDM-PT.[22]

XIMB has applied for AACSB accreditation.[23]

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References

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  1. ↑ "The element of compassion".
  2. ↑ "Agents of Social Change".
  3. ↑ "Registration for academic programmes at XIMB and XUB".
  4. ↑ "Academic programmes at XIMB and XUB".
  5. ↑ "International Exchange at XIMB".
  6. ↑ "XIMB Alumni Special – Rubicon Winners in Iserlohn, Germany". 10 January 2007.
  7. ↑ "Research centres at XIMB".
  8. ↑ "IPICOL, XIMB to set up Project Advisory Centre". 7 July 2008.
  9. ↑ "Rankings of XIMB".
  10. ↑ "Business world - Overall Ranking-2012".
  11. ↑ "IndianManagement - AIMA".
  12. ↑ "Ranking of XIMB".
  13. ↑ "XIMB to open university, partially bypass AICTE". 28 April 2007.
  14. ↑ "Students - XIMB".
  15. ↑ "The element of compassion". 29 May 2012.
  16. ↑ "XIMB's biggest event Xpressions kicks off". 2 November 2007.
  17. ↑ "XIMB hosts business conclave".
  18. ↑ "XIMAHR organizes HR Summit".
  19. ↑ "Research and Publications - XIMB".
  20. ↑ "Quality Badge for XIMB". The Times Of India. 30 July 2008.
  21. ↑ "XIMB Gets SAQS Accredition". 30 July 2008.
  22. ↑ "NBA Accreditation for XIMB". 9 April 2009.
  23. ↑ "a membership for XIMB". 28 August 2008.

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