Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship
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Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship (XIME) 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...

 located in Electronic City area of Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...

, 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...

. It has a fully residential campus with access to seamless learning facilities, and is situated in the heart of the Silicon Valley of India. XIME is the only Institute in Bangalore with AICTE accreditation. The Institute pioneered the Association of BRICS Business Schools (ABBS, estd 2008) which is a platform for management education in the emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
ICRA
ICRA
ICRA can refer to:* ICRA Limited, an Indian credit ratings agency* Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968, a United States Act regarding civil rights of American Indians/Native Americans...

 has assigned national grade of "ICRA EB2 IN" and state grade of " ICRA EB2+ KA" to the PGDM program of Xavier Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship.

Founding

XIME is a non-profit organization founded by a group of well-known educationists whose primary objective is the promotion of managerial competence
Skill
A skill is the learned capacity to carry out pre-determined results often with the minimum outlay of time, energy, or both. Skills can often be divided into domain-general and domain-specific skills...

 in the key sectors of the society.

Board of Governors

The Chairman of the Board of Governors of XIME is Mr. Sarosh J. Ghandy, Former Managing Director, Telcon Ltd. of Tata Group
Tata Group
Tata Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Tata Group is one of the largest companies in India by market capitalization and revenue. It has interests in communications and information technology, engineering, materials, services, energy,...

 and Former Chairman of XLRI
XLRI
The XLRI School of Business and Human Resources, Jamshedpur is a graduate business school in Jamshedpur, India. Established in 1949, XLRI is arguably the oldest business school in India and is regarded as consistently among the top 5 business schools of the country...

.The president of the institution is Prof. J.Philip, Former Director of IIM-Bangalore.

KEY FOUNDING MEMBERS OF XIME

Prof. J. Philip, former Director, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and former Dean, XLRI and Founder President, Association of Indian Management Schools(AIMS)

Fr.Dr.E.Abraham SJ, Director XLRI, Jamshedpur

Rev.Dr.Alphonsus Mathias, Archbishop Emeritus, Bangalore

Rev.Dr.Percival Fernandez, former Director, St.John's Medical College, Bangalore

Late Prof.J.D.Cherayil, former Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Courses

  1. Two year Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM).
  2. Three year part time course in Business Administration.
  3. Management Development Programmes.
  4. Executive / Entrepreneurship Development Programmes .
  5. 15 month Executive PGDM Programme
  6. Post Graduate Diploma in Construction Management (PGDCM)

Socially Useful and Productive Activity

Every student is given an opportunity to work with an NGO or Government organization in the social welfare field in understanding its activities and needs and to make relevant contributions through the application of modern management concepts.

This programme is aimed towards orienting the students to become socially responsible
Social responsibility
Social responsibility is an ethical ideology or theory that an entity, be it an organization or individual, has an obligation to act to benefit society at large. Social responsibility is a duty every individual or organization has to perform so as to maintain a balance between the economy and the...

 and sensitive citizens.

Summer Project / Internship

The students go through well-planned and structured projects in the industry, during their course at XIME:
  • The Summer Project at the end of their First Year for a period of 2 months
  • Weekly industrial visits.


Under these programmes, students are required to work with organizations in a functional area or department of their choice: Human Resources
Human resources
Human resources is a term used to describe the individuals who make up the workforce of an organization, although it is also applied in labor economics to, for example, business sectors or even whole nations...

, Finance
Finance
"Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...

, Marketing
Marketing
Marketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...

, Operations
Business operations
Business operations are those ongoing recurring activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders...

 or Systems.

The Internship Programme gives them hands on experience about the functional characteristics of the department or area in which they are specializing, in pursuit of their managerial career and an overview of the organization.

EQ Training

Recognizing the importance of EQ
EQ
EQ may refer to:* Earthquake* Eça de Queiroz, a realistic and critical Portuguese writer* Embarq , a local exchange carrier in the United States* Emotional quotient, a psychological measure...

 (Emotional Intelligence) in successful operation as a Manager
Management
Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...

, the Institute offers a full course in EQ
EQ
EQ may refer to:* Earthquake* Eça de Queiroz, a realistic and critical Portuguese writer* Embarq , a local exchange carrier in the United States* Emotional quotient, a psychological measure...

 spread over the fifth term.

Business Ethics

This is another dimension of the PGDBM programme that has been designed to prompt the students to incorporate the ethical dimension as a part of their decision making process.

International Languages

With the emphasis given to international business, which includes a course in Comparative Management Systems, XIME has made it a requirement for the students to acquire a working knowledge of at least one foreign language.

Currently, the students at XIME are required to study any one of the following three languages, namely German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....

, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

 or Japanese
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...

.

The students are also trained to pick up the cultural aspects of doing business in some of the leading countries.

Entrepreneurship

New ventures fuel economic revivals and are the basis on which modern day economies grow.

The vital role that the entrepreneurial mind can play in our economy is amply reflected by XIME offering a course in Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship is the act of being an entrepreneur, which can be defined as "one who undertakes innovations, finance and business acumen in an effort to transform innovations into economic goods". This may result in new organizations or may be part of revitalizing mature organizations in response...

, as a part of the PGDBM curriculum.

Club Activities

The students of XIME have always displayed an enthusiasm to compete, learn and keep abreast of the changing environment.

This has been reflected in their active participation in the club activities during the first and the second year. The six clubs and the student forum are :

Marketing
Marketing
Marketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...

 :Markxime

Finance
Finance
"Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...

: Finitiative

Systems: Xsys

HR
Human resources
Human resources is a term used to describe the individuals who make up the workforce of an organization, although it is also applied in labor economics to, for example, business sectors or even whole nations...

: Manthan

Operations
Business operations
Business operations are those ongoing recurring activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders...

: Xops

Quiz
Quiz
A quiz is a form of game or mind sport in which the players attempt to answer questions correctly. In some countries, a quiz is also a brief assessment used in education and similar fields to measure growth in knowledge, abilities, and/or skills.Quizzes are usually scored in points and many...

: 5W2H and

CATALYST - the Student Forum

Related links

  • http://www.xime.org
  • http://www.eduniversal.com/business-school-ranking/country/india/100
  • http://www.urban-planet.org/materials/Prof_Ligia_Maura_Costa.pdf
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