Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar
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Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIM Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar is the capital of the Indian state of Orissa, officially Odisha. The city has a long history of over 2000 years starting with Chedi dynasty who had Sisupalgarh near present-day Bhubaneswar as their capital...

, also known as XIMB), is a business school
Business school
A business school is a university-level institution that confers degrees in Business Administration. It teaches topics such as accounting, administration, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, information systems, marketing, organizational behavior, public relations, strategy, human resource...

 in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

, located in Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar is the capital of the Indian state of Orissa, officially Odisha. The city has a long history of over 2000 years starting with Chedi dynasty who had Sisupalgarh near present-day Bhubaneswar as their capital...

, the capital of the eastern India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n state of Orissa
Orissa
Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...

.

Foundation

Established in 1987, the Institute owes its origin to a Social Contract between the Government
Government
Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...

 of Orissa
Orissa
Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...

 and the Orissa Jesuit Society. The Institute is led by a Governing Board consisting of representatives from the Orissa Jesuit Society, Government of India, and Government of Orissa and eminent invited industrialists and educationists.

Academic Programmes

The academic programmes offered by XIMB are based on the standard model of management education practised globally.

Currently, XIMB offers the following diploma and certificate programmes, namely,
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM)
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Management (Rural Management
    Rural management
    Rural management is the study of planning, organising, directing, and controlling of co-operatives, agribusiness and allied fields. It merges the knowledge of management studies and applying it in the rural context...

    ) (PGDM - RM)
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Management (Human Resource Management
    Human resource management
    Human Resource Management is the management of an organization's employees. While human resource management is sometimes referred to as a "soft" management skill, effective practice within an organization requires a strategic focus to ensure that people resources can facilitate the achievement of...

    ) (PGDM - HRM)
  • Global Management Programme (GMP)
  • Postgraduate Certificate Programme in Banking & Financial Services (PGPBFS)
  • Fellow Programme in Management (Doctoral-Level)
  • Executive Postgraduate Diploma in Management
  • Postgraduate Certificate Programme in Business Management
  • Management Development Programmes
  • Certificate Programme in Leadership and Managerial Proficiency

International Exchange

XIMB has international exchange of faculty and students with the following institutions:
  • University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB), Cape Town, Republic of South Africa
  • Skarbek Graduate School of Business Economics, Warsaw, Poland
  • Euromed Marseille Ecole de Management, Marseille, France
  • Reims Management School
    Reims Management School
    Reims Management School is a business school or grande école in Reims, France, consisting of four smaller schools offering several specialized programs. Founded in 1928, it is one of the few business schools worldwide to gain triple accreditation by the European EFMD , the British AMBA, and the...

    , Rheims Cedex, France
  • UFSIA, Antwerpen, Belgium
  • Sellinger School of Business and Management, Loyola College of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  • Facultad de Economia - IQS, Barcelona, Spain
  • Kyiv Investment Management Institute, Ukraine
  • College of Management Law & Languages, Siauliai, Lithuania
  • HHL-Leipzig Graduate School of Management, Leipzig, Germany
  • IÉSEG School of Management
    IESEG School of Management
    IESEG is a business school located in Lille, France, and part of the Université Catholique de Lille. IESEG stands for Institut d'Économie Scientifique Et de Gestion ....

    , Lille - Paris, France
  • Eastern Michigan University
    Eastern Michigan University
    Eastern Michigan University is a comprehensive, co-educational public university located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Ypsilanti is west of Detroit and eight miles east of Ann Arbor. The university was founded in 1849 as Michigan State Normal School...

    , Michigan, USA
  • Warsaw School of Economics
    Warsaw School of Economics
    Warsaw School of Economics is the oldest economic university in Poland.The Warsaw School of Economics was founded in 1906 as a private school under the name August Zieliński Private Trade Courses for Men. On 30 July 1919 it became a separate legal entity and was granted the status of an...

    , Warsaw, Poland


A Team of PGP second year students from XIMB claimed the 4th spot in the Rubicon International Business Case contest held in 2006, in Iserlohn, Germany. Incidentally, the team was the sole Asian finalist.

Research Centres

  • CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) - XIMB Centre of Excellence
  • Centre for Development Research and Training
  • Centre for Case Research
  • Centre for Entrepreneurship
  • Utility Regulation Research Centre
  • Centre for Development of Small and Micro Enterprises
  • Centre for Healthcare Management
  • Team Orissa Project Advisory Centre (TOPAX)
  • Centre for Resettlement and Rehabilitation and Corporate Social Responsibility

New XIMB campus

XIMB will establish a second campus in Orissa. This 100 acre (0.404686 km²) campus is slated to start in 2011 to coincide with the institution's silver jubilee. It will be located somewhere on the outskirts of the city of Bhubaneswar.

Accreditation

XIMB has been granted the SAQS (South Asian Quality Assurance Systems) accreditation by the Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia (AMDISA). 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.

XIMB has applied for AACSB accreditation.

Rating

XIMB has been ranked as the 8th best B-school in India according to the Outlook India Best B-schools Survey 2008. XIMB belongs to the Super League (SL) category of the top business schools in India as surveyed by AIMA (All India Management Association).

XIMB has been ranked as the 6th best B-school in India by AIMA (All India Management Association) and Business Standard in their joint survey in 2011.

Noted alumni

  • Abhilash Tripathi (Class of 1996), Vice President - Sales, MTS Ltd, Singapore
  • Ajay Arora (Class of 1994), Partner, Ernst & Young, India
  • Ajit Varghese (Class of 1995), MD, Maxus India
  • Akshay Sabharwal (Class of 1992), Global Recruiting Leader, Hewitt Associates
  • Amit Grover (Class of 1996), Associate Director, Investment Banking, UBS Investment Bank, US
  • Ananth Ramachandran (Class of 1993), MD, Financial Institutions Strategic Coverage, Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore
  • Arun Natarajan (Class of 1996), Director - Scalable Computing & Infrastructure, Hewlett Packard Asia Pacific, Singapore
  • Ashok Verma (Class of 1997), Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt Ltd.
  • Debasish Mishra (Class of 1996), Partner, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (India)
  • Debasmit Mohanty (Class of 1997), Senior Director, Risk Management at CitiFinancial, US
  • Dimitri Maex (Class of 1997), Executive Director - Marketing Analytics, Ogilvy & Mather, US
  • Dinesh Agrawal (Class of 2001), Program Director - M&A, IBM India
  • Gaurav Chauhan (Class of 1997), Director - Strategy & Analysis, Capital One, US
  • Inir Pinheiro (Class of 2006), Social Entrepreneur, MD & Co-founder, Grassroutes
  • Joseph Hadrian Bosco (Class of 1996), Senior Vice President, ICICI Securities Ltd
  • Manas Das (Class of 1994), Head - India Business Operations & Technical Advisor to President - Intel India
  • Manoj Mishra (Class of 1993), Senior Credit Officer-South Asia, Standard Chartered Bank
  • Manoj Swain (Class of 1997), Executive Director - Fixed Income, Morgan Stanley
  • Mitul Rustagi (Class of 1996), Executive Director Business Development & Strategy, Johnson Controls Inc
  • Mohammed A.Alam(Class of 1996), Head of Product Management, National Commercial Bank, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • Partha Mishra (Class of 1992), MD, UnitedHealth Group Information Services India
  • Pawan Agarwal (Class of 1994), Director - Corporate and Government Ratings, CRISIL Ltd
  • Pinaki Banerjee (Class of 1995), Country Manager - South Asia, Pilkington Glasses-UK
  • Pinaki Rath (Class of 1991), MD, GoldMatrix Resources, Singapore
  • Pinaki Mishra (Class of 1994), Partner, Ernst & Young, India
  • Pradeep Roy (Class of 1997), General Manager and India Lead for Growth & Strategy, Accenture
  • Prateek Agrawal (Class of 1994), Head - Equities, Bharti AXA Investment Managers
  • Rajendra Kumar Mishra (Class of 1991), Founder & CEO, Indea Capital, Singapore
  • Rajneesh Bhasin (Class of 1997), MD, Borges Group, India
  • Ranen Banerjee (Class of 2000), Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt Ltd.
  • Ravikumar Singisetti (Class of 1996), VP, Infosys Technologies Ltd
  • Sandeep Hota (Class of 1991),Senior Vice-President,Olam International
  • Satish Kumar Das (Class of 1989), CSO & Director ERM, Cognizant Technology Solutions Pvt. Ltd
  • Sambitosh Mohapatra (Class of 1997), Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers Pvt Ltd.
  • Shubranshu Patnaik (Class of 1996), Partner, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (India)
  • Sidharth Rath (Class of 1992), President, Axis bank
  • Srinivas Baratam (Class of 1994), Director - Private Equity, Lazard
  • Sriram Rajan (Class of 1998), Country Manager - UFB, IBM India
  • Suresh Subramaniam (Class of 1995), MD, Insight Asia (Indonesia)
  • Tarun Sisodia (Class of 1997), Director, Anand Rathi Securities
  • Vasant Shukla (Class of 2001), Vice President - Treasury, Axis bank
  • Y V Shanti Swarup (Class of 1994), Executive Director, Sarasin Alpen India

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