Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar

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established =1987
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staff =200
faculty =47
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head =Fr. P.T.Joseph, SJ
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city =Bhubaneswar
state =Orissa
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website = [http://www.ximb.ac.in/ www.ximb.ac.in]

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

History

Foundation

Established in 1987, the Institute owes its origin to a Social Contract between the Government of Orissa and the Orissa Jesuit Society. The Institute is led by a Governing Board consisting of representatives from Orissa Jesuit Society, Government of India, and Government of Orissa, and 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,
* Postgraduate Diploma in Management
* Postgraduate Diploma in Management (Rural Management)
* Fellow Programme in Management (Doctoral-Level )
* Executive Postgraduate Diploma in Management
* Postgraduate Certificate Programme in Business Management [cite web
url=http://www.reliancecommunications.co.in/webapp/Communications/jsp/media/press_release_detail.jsp?id=128
title=Reliance WebWorld and XIMB launch virtual class room platform across 100 cities
date=4-May-2005] [cite web
url=http://www.nissparta.com/nis_sparta_news.htm#
title=XIMB ties up with Reliance ADAG
date=25-June-2007]
* Management Development Programmes
* Certificate Programme in Leadership and Managerial Proficiency [cite web
url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/01/09/stories/2007010901680200.htm
title=XIMB launches LAMP Course for People Living with HIV
date=09-Jan-2007]

International Exchange

XIMB has international exchange of faculty and students with the following institutions:

*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, 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, Lille, France
*Eastern Michigan University, Michigan, USA

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. [cite web
url=http://www.rubicon-contest.com/?/45-0-the-winners.htm
title=XIMB Alumni Special - Rubicon Winners in Iserlohn, Germany
date=10-January-2007]

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) [cite web
url=http://www.business-standard.com/common/storypage_c_online.php?leftnm=10&bKey

title=IPICOL, XIMB to set up Project Advisory Centre
date=7-July-2008]

New XIMB campus

XIMB will establish a second campus in Orissa. This convert|100|acre|km2|sing=on campus is slated to start in 2011 to coincide with the institution's silver jubilee. It will be located somewhere in the outskirts of the city of Bhubaneswar. [cite web
url=http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEQ20070506191304&Page=Q&Title=ORISSA&Topic=0
title=Coming up: XIMB II
date=6-May-2007]

Accreditation

XIMB has been granted the SAQS (South Asian Quality Assurance Systems) accreditation by the Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia (AMDISA). [cite web
url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Quality_badge_for_Bhubaneswar_Xavier_Institute/articleshow/3303230.cms
title=Quality Badge for XIMB
date=30-July-2008] [cite web
url=http://www.businessworld.in/index.php/B-School/XIMB-Gets-SAQS-Accredition.html
title=XIMB Gets SAQS Accredition
date=30-July-2008]

Rating

XIMB has been ranked as the 8th best B-school in India according to the Outlook India Best B-schools Survey 2008. [cite web
url=http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20080929&fname=ALead+Essay&sid=2
title=Outlook India Best Business Schools Survey 2008
date=29-Sep-2008] XIMB belongs to the Super League (SL) category of the top business schools in India as surveyed by AIMA (All India Management Association). [cite web
url=http://www.aima-ind.org/B_School_RATING_Survey_2007.xls
title=AIMA Best Business Schools Survey 2007
date=29-May-2007]

Events

Xpressions is the annual cultural festival of XIMB. [cite web
url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/XIMBs-biggest-event-Xpressions-kicks-off/235127/
title=XIMB's biggest event Xpressions kicks off
date=02-November-2007]

Noted alumni

* Abhilash Tripathi (Class of 1996), General Manager - Business Head, Olam International limited, South Africa
* Ajay Arora (Class of 1995), Partner, Ernst & Young, India
* Ajit Varghese (Class of 1995), MD, Maxus India [cite web
url=http://agencyfaqs.com/perl/news/index.html?sid=16136
title=XIMB Alumni Special - Ajit Varghese
date=10-October-2006]
* Amit Grover (Class of 1996), Associate Director, Investment Banking, UBS Investment Bank, US
* Ananth Ramachandran (Class of 1993), Head - Debt Capital Markets Coverage, South & SE Asia, JP Morgan, Singapore
* Joseph Hadrian Bosco (Class of 1996), Senior Vice President, ICICI Securities Ltd
* Mohammed A.Alam(Class of 1996), Head of Product Management, National Commercial Bank,Jeddah,Saudi Arabia
* Mitul Rustagi (Class of 1996), Executive Director Business Development & Strategy, Johnson Controls Inc
* 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 [cite web
url=http://business.asiaone.com/Business/SME%2BCentral/Talking%2Bpoint/Story/A1Story20070906-24400.html
title=XIMB Alumni Special - Pinaki Rath
date=03-September-2007]
* Pinaki Mishra (Class of 1991), Partner, Ernst & Young, India
* Prateek Agrawal (Class of 1994), Head - Equities, Bharti AXA Investment Managers [cite web
url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/mccode/news/article/news_article.php?autono=293342
title=XIMB Alumni Special - Prateek Agrawal
date=20-July-2007] [cite web
url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Interview/Prateek_Agarwal_Head-Equities_Bharti_AXA_Investment/articleshow/2969812.cms
title=XIMB Alumni Special - Prateek Agrawal
date=22-April-2008]
* Ravikumar Sangaselli (Class of 1997), AVP, Infosys Technologies Ltd
* Rajendra Kumar Mishra (Class of 1991), Founder & CEO, Indea Capital, Singapore [cite web
url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/india/news/management/im-concentratingreal-estate-raj-mishra/03/17/294961
title=XIMB Alumni Special - Rajendra Kumar Mishra
date=20-July-2007]
* Sidharth Rath (Class of 1992), Senior Vice President - Capital Market, Axis bank
* Vasant Shukla (Class of 2001), Vice President - Treasury, Axis bank
* Srinivas Baratam (Class of 1994), Director - Private Equity, Lazard
* Sriram Rajan (Class of 1998), Country Manager - UFB, IBM India
* Suketu Kumar (Class of 2003), Vice President, ICICI Securities Ltd
* Suresh Subramaniam (Class of 1995), MD, Insight Asia (Indonesia)
* Tarun Sisodia (Class of 1997), Director, Anand Rathi Securities
* Y V Shanti Swarup (Class of 1994), Senior Vice President, Credit Suisse

Gallery

External links

* [http://www.ximb.ac.in XIMB Home Page]
* [http://alumni.ximb.ac.in/ XIMB Alumni Association]
* [http://in.youtube.com/user/ximbee XIMB's Official YouTube Channel]
* [http://ais.ximb.ac.in/ais XIMB Intranet Academic Information System]
* [http://www.ximb.ac.in/intranet/phpAlbums/ XIMB Photo Gallery]
* [http://www.ximb.ac.in/start/?q=node/153 XIMB Reliance Web World Collaboration for Video-Conferencing based PGCBM]
* [http://home.ximb.ac.in/~xpressions/ Xpressions - The Annual B-school Fest of XIMB]

ee also

* Higher education in Orissa
* Xpressions

References