Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar

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Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar


Established	1987
Type	Education and Research Institution
Director	E.Abraham,SJ
Faculty	42
Postgraduates	125
Location	Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India
Campus	Urban, 50 acres
Website	www.ximb.ac.in

Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar (XIM Bhubaneswar, better known as XIMB), is a business school in India, located in the eastern state of Orissa.

The Front View of the Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar.

[edit] History

[edit] Foundation

Established in 1987, the Institute owes its origin to a Social Contract between the Government of Orissa and the OJS (Orissa Jesuit Society). The management of the institute is in the hands of a Governing Board, consisting of representatives from the Jesuit Society, Government of India, Government of Orissa and eminent industrialists and educationalists.

[edit] Mission

The mission of XIMB derives from its origin which aims at developing professional managers for the corporate sector and for other socio-economic institutions which serve the people of India and fostering the progress of the nation towards a more prosperous, just and humane society.

While being national in scope and international in networking, XIMB focuses special attention on the management needs of both corporate and service sectors. XIMB aims to develop technical, professional and managerial excellence, social and cultural sensitivity, ethical responsibility, and concern for the environment.

[edit] Academic Programs

The academic programs offered by XIMB are based on the standard model of management education practised globally. These programs are distinguished by their rigour and discipline. The institute has created an environment where an intellectually stimulating interface is nurtured by the students and the faculty members, with able support from the curriculum, infrastructure & technology.

Currently, XIMB offers the following diploma and certificate programs, namely,

Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management (PGP)
Postgraduate Diploma in Rural Management (PGPRM)
Doctoral Level Fellow Program in Management (FPM)
Executive Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management (Ex-PGP)
Postgraduate Certificate Program in Business Management (PGCBM)
Management Development Programs
Certificate Program in Leadership & Managerial Proficiency (LAMP)

[edit] Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management (PGP)

The two-year program is designed to prepare competent men and women for careers in management in the corporate sector and public systems.

The courses impart a generalist perspective, which enables students to view the entirety of an organisation as well as its place in a larger environment. The students are also trained in technical and functional business skills such as accounting, finance, marketing, production, human resources etc and are helped to develop their analytical and integrative skills so that they can define problems with clarity and formulate alternative solutions for implementation.

The students are required to take XAT (XLRI Admission Test) conducted by XLRI Jamshedpur to be eligible to apply to this program.

[edit] Postgraduate Diploma in Rural Management (PGPRM)

XIMB's two-year Rural Management program aims at training professional managers for the rural sector. The course is designed to address the following objectives:

Blending the managerial knowledge and practices of people with modern management science and techniques.

   * Building and strengthening people's organisations.
   * Knowledge and skill needed for effective utilisation and management of human and valuable   resources.
   * Application of technology to analyse factors influencing rural realities.
   * Generating an interface between the corporate sector and social development

The students are required to take either XAT (XLRI Admission Test) conducted by XLRI Jamshedpur or IRMA Test, conducted by the Institute of Rural Management, Anand to be eligible to apply to this program.

The PGPRM alumni is currently working with many national and international NGOs (Oxfam, Save the Children, Plan International, CARE, Christian Aid, Action Aid etc)and bilateral and multilateral agencies (UNDP, World Bank, Unicef. Rural Management placement process for 2007 batch highlights the huge demand for students passing out from PGPRM. Top corporates and institutions from the Agribusiness, Banking & Insurance and Development & Microfinance like Azim Premji Foundation, Action Aid International, Dow Agrosciences, Monsanto, NAFED, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Citi Financial and SKS Microfinance, participated in the placement process.

[edit] Doctoral Level Fellow Program in Management (FPM)

XIMB's fellow program draws upon national and international experience in doctoral-level education in management and related disciplines. The program is designed to provide a rich exposure to the methodological issues in management research, apart from the necessary subject-specific training. Selected students attend Research Training Seminars round the year.

There is an emphasis on imparting in-depth knowledge on the relevant academic debates in the area of research selected by the student. This is operationalised through intensive Research Review Seminars. Students also benefit from a Pedagogical Training component. Overall, the fellow program is oriented towards developing transferable research skills. The Institute makes a limited number of research assistantships available to deserving students.

The students are required to write any of the following tests, namely, CAT, UGC NET, XAT or XIMB Research Aptitude Test (XIMB-RAT), to be eligible to apply to this programme.

[edit] Executive Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management (Ex-PGP)

The three year program is designed to contribute towards managerial effectiveness in working executives to help them further their careers in management both in the corporate sector and public systems. As such, the program seeks to build on the problem-solving skills developed through specialised experience in a particular functional area. Academic inputs provided bring out the inter-relationship among various functional areas as well as the techniques in functional areas other than those in which the participant has experience.

The participants reside in the campus for 15 days at a stretch, thrice a year (45 days in a year). In the intervening period, they are expected to complete the assigned readings and projects.

The candidates are required to apply directly to the institute. Based on criteria set forth by the institute, a short-list is prepared & the selected people are called for group discussions and personal interviews.

[edit] Postgraduate Certificate Program in Business Management (PGCBM)

XIMB in association with Reliance World (then Reliance WebWorld) launched the PGCBM program in 2005 via virtual classroom (VC). Across the world, management education via VC mode is one of the most sought after educational systems. It not only helps a working executive to simultaneously work and study but it also takes high quality education to a large number of students spread across the country. XIMB has an ideal partner in Reliance World for providing the VC platform and the VC classrooms spread across India.

This PGCBM Programme provides a live and interactive classroom environment using the power of cutting edge Video conferencing technology. This VC Technology facilitates multipoint interaction between the Professor and the students, as seen in a conventional classroom. Reliance Webstore Ltd., the technology leaders in Video conferencing, are providing this cutting edge VC technology as well as the virtual classrooms. Thus, this two-way video VC technology of XIMB overcomes the limitations of one-way video seen otherwise.

The programme is available simultaneously across 102 cities in India.

[edit] Management Development Programs

XIMB has recently launched Management Development Programs in collaboration with HughesNet. These programs have been named as Executive Certificate in Marketing Management (ECMM) and Executive Certificate in Human Resource Management (ECHRM). The programs are aimed at working and experienced professionals spread across various cities in India through HughesNet classrooms and Fusion centres.

[edit] Certificate Program in Leadership & Managerial Proficiency (LAMP)

XIMB in association with United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has launched a six week fully-residential Certificate Program in Leadership & Managerial Proficiency (LAMP) for People Living with HIV (PLHIV). The program consists of four weeks of classroom learning and two weeks of field learning.

The program is aimed at training HIV positive people in order to enable them in public speaking, to take part in policy formulation, advocacy for effective implementation and negotiation with decision makers.

XIMB is the First Management Institute in India and one of the Earliest in the World, to take up such kind of a venture.

[edit] International Exchange Programs

XIMB has international exchange (faculty and students) programs running with the following universities, namely,

University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB), Capetown, Republic of South Africa
Skarbek Graduate School of Business Economics, Warsaw, Poland
Euromed Marseille Ecole de Management, Marseille, France
Reims Management School, Rheims Cedex, France
UFSIA, Antwerpen, Belgium
Loyola College of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, US
Facultad de Economia - IQS, Barcelona, Spain
College of Management Law & Languages, Siauliai, Lithuania
HHL-Leipzig Graduate School of Management, Leipzig, Germany

Several MoUs have been signed recently, with some premier B-schools spread across Europe, US & South East Asia, to include more partners in XIMB's international exchange programs.

[edit] Student Activities

[edit] Interest Groups & Clubs

XIMB has a number of student activities undertaken by the functional committees,various clubs and interest groups like:

SEC- The Students Executive Council
Academix-Academic Committee
MAXIM- Marketing Asscociation of XIM
X-FIN- Finance Association
XIMAHR-XIM Association of Human Resources
X-Sys-Systems Association
X-Ops-Operations Society [1]
R-Max-Rural Managers Association
Illuminatix-Media and PR cell
Prakruti-Nature Club
Spicmacay XIMB Chapter
SRC-Social Responsibility Cell
IRC-International Relations Committee

In the recently concluded RUBICON - International Contest for Business Students, being held in BiTS in Iserlohn, Germany, the XIMB batch of 2007 students, Anurag, Manisha, Vinay and Dharmteja, representing the institute, bagged the 4th Place [2]. There were two teams from XIMB in this contest and the other team also, had come up with an inspiring performance. The XIMB teams, incidentally, were representing the whole of Asia, being the lone qualifiers from this part of the world. The other participants included top tier B-schools from Europe & US.

The four final teams got tickets for the Campus Symposium, an international economic conference at the BiTS. International speakers including former U.S. President William J. Clinton, Lord Chris Patten, Ben Shapiro, General James L. Jones (NATO) and German business leaders gave lecture on the challenges of globalization and fundamental political and social changes on the 28 and 29 of September 2006. [3]

[edit] Alumni Chapters

XIMB has alumni chapters spread across India as well as places in the Rest of Asia, Europe and the US. Alumni Meets are conducted annually in Bhubaneswar, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, London, Singapore, Dubai & New York.

[edit] Campus

Entrance to the Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar.

[edit] Campus Delights

Sprawling across 20 acres, the XIMB campus is a picturesque scenery with administrative block, academic wings, a three-storied library, residential hostels, consultancy wings, MDC, a world-class auditorium all sporting a uniform creamy white hue. The Wi-Fi campus has state-of-the-art class room facilities and three student hostels with a combined capacity of 314 rooms. A soccer field, an indoor badminton and table tennis court, a volleyball court, a floodlit basketball court, two floodlit tennis courts, a jogging track and a multipurpose gymnasium are some of the recreational add-ons of the campus.

[edit] Centres of Excellence & Research

CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) - XIMB Centre of Excellence
Centre for Development Research and Training (CENDERET)
Centre for Case Research (CCR)
Centre for Entrepreneurship, XIMB (CFEX)
Utility Regulation Research Centre (UCCR)
Centre for Development of Small and Micro Enterprises (CDSME)
Centre for Healthcare Management (CHM)

Left side view of the Auditorium at the Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar

[edit] Auditorium

The campus is home to a majestic auditorium which witnesses the Convocation ceremony, Annual events such as Conclave and Xpressions, CEO talks and other cultural activities.

MDC at the Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar.

[edit] Management Development Centre

The Management Development Centre (MDC) is an architectural delight which hosts training and leadership programs for corporate participants.

[edit] Cultural Events

[edit] Xpressions

Xpressions, the annual B-school fest of XIMB brings together the students of various business schools in the competitive arena of skills and entertainment.

[edit] Conclave

Conclave, plays host to prominent business leaders coming together to discuss upon contemporary issues in an open forum.

[edit] Kshitij

Kshitij is an inter B-school summer project competition held across various functional areas like Finance, Marketing,HR, Systems, Operations and Rural Management.

[edit] Insight

Insight welcomes eminent personalities to address the students in an effort to refine their business acumen with a series of CEO talks & interactions.

[edit] Illustrious alumni

Ajit Varghese, MD, Maxus India
Biju Joseph Dominic, CEO - Consumer Branding, DMA Branding
Debasish Pattanayak, Vice President - Enterprise Solutions, iGate
G V Kumar, Founder CEO and MD, XIUS
Joseph Hadrian Bosco, Senior Vice President, ICICI Securities Ltd.
Prateek Agrawal, Head - Equities, ABN Amro Asset Management
Sam M Elangalloor, Vice President, Airtel
Sidharth Rath, Senior Vice President - Capital Market, UTI bank
S K Panigrahi, Deputy General Manager, Reserve Bank of India
Sriram Rajan, Country Manager - UFB, IBM India
Subhasis Mishra, Head - Human Resources, Walt Disney Co. India
Suresh Subramaniam, MD, Insight Asia (Indonesia)
Y V Shanti Swarup, Vice President, ABN Amro Bank N V

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