Xavier University Bhubaneswar

Xavier University (XUB) is a Jesuit, Catholic university located in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. It was authorized by the Odisha Legislative Assembly in 2013 making it the first Jesuit university in India.[1] Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, established by the Jesuits in 1987, is now an autonomous school under the University. The sprawling Xavier City campus which houses the university is situated at Nijigada Kurki near Jatani town in the outskirts of Bhubaneswar. The Jesuits have more than 50 colleges and several hundred educational institutes in India but this is the first university they have founded in the country.

Xavier City Campus

Xavier University
Motto in English
Love Peace Truth
Type Private Roman Catholic Jesuit, Research Digital Innovative Non-profit coeducational higher education institution
Established2013 (2013)
Religious affiliation
Catholic Church (Jesuit)
Academic affiliations
UGC AICTE BCI
ChairmanFr. Jerome Cutinha, S.J.
PresidentFr. Jerome Cutinha, S.J.
Vice-ChancellorFr. Antony R Uvari, S.J.
Academic staff
134
Students1871
Location
Bhubaneswar
,
Odisha
,
India

20°10′20.56″N 85°46′39.94″E
CampusSuburban 55 acres total of two different campuses: XIMB Campus and Xavier City Campus
Websitewww.xub.edu.in

With support from Hewlett Packard and IBM, XUB sees itself as the first fully digitized university in India.[2]

Mission

Taking its inspiration from Saint Francis Xavier, a missionary who founded the first Jesuit college in Goa, India., XUB strives to be of service to the people and become a globally recognized centre of learning. It is research-oriented, seeking to generate knowledge and diffuse it to create a more just society, for the benefit of all.[3] Fifty percent of the seats are reserved for Odisha students. [4][5]

Academics

The Xavier university Bhubaneswar follows the global model of higher education. Various programmes of the university are delivered from independent schools of the university under the supervision of the respective deans advised by Strategic Academic Advisory Boards (SAAB) consisting of academicians and industry experts. As a commitment to provide quality education to the youths of Odisha, 50% of the seats of the university are reserved for the students belonging to the state of Odisha.

School of Business Management (XIMB)[6]

The Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar is the constituent school of business management of the university. The establishment of the institute roots back to 1987 as a social contract between the Jesuit society & the Government of Odisha. The institute is the promoting body of the university which inherits its legacy of being one of the finest destinations for education with a social commitment. After the establishment of the Xavier University Bhubaneswar, XIMB follows the new standard of providing Masters and Ph.D. degrees in place of PGDM & Fellow programs. The earlier programs in the areas of Rural Management and Human Resource Managemen being offered at the XIMB campus have been moved to the new XUB campus and converted into separate constituent schools.

School of Rural Management (XSRM)[7]

The Rural Management Programme was established in the year 1995 at the Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar. Initially, the programme was offered as a one-year post-graduation programme to professionally train the development practitioners working in various public service agencies. With the growing demand for professional manpower in the social sector, the one-year programme was revamped as a full-time two-year masters degree programme in the year 1998. The Rural Management programme at XIMB (XUB) is the second oldest full-time rural management programme of India after the Institute of Rural Management Anand. Currently, the school offers full-time and part-time PhD & MBA programmes in rural management at the new Xavier City campus of the university.

School of Human Resource Management (XaHR)[8]

The School of Human Resource Management was established in the year 2011 at the Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar as a full-time masters programme. Prior to that, the programme was mainly offered as a specialisation in the existing Business Management programme at XIMB. The HR programme of XIMB (XUB) is consistently ranked and considered as one of the best HR programmes in the country. Currently, the school offers masters & PhD programmes in human resource management & labour studies from the Xavier city campus of the university.

Besides the above three existing programmes and schools which are collectively known as Faculty of management at XUB, the university has established several new schools under its aegis to impart quality education in the emerging fields of education and research. Few of the GenNext schools currently operational at the university are mentioned as follows.

  • Xavier School of Human Settlements (XaHS)
  • Xavier School of Sustainability (XSOS)
  • Xavier School of Communications (XCOMM)
  • Xavier School of Computer Science and Engineering (XCSE)
  • Xavier School of Economics (XSE)
  • Xavier School of Commerce (XSC)
  • Xavier School of Law (XLS)
  • Xavier Emlyon Business School (XEBS)
  • School of Government and Public Affairs (SGPA) [9][10] .

Academic Research Centres[11]

Academic research is the core belief of the culture of the university as inherited from the time of Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar. There are a number of research centres operational at the university to carry out academic researches in various fields. The centres also provide part-time programmes and workshops at regular intervals.

  • Centre for Excellence in Fiscal Policy & Taxation
  • Centre for Humanities & Compassion studies
  • Centre for sustainable ecological systems
  • Centre for Business & Society
  • Centre for Corporate Governance
  • CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) – XIMB Centre of Excellence
  • Centre for Development Research and Training
  • Centre for Management Case Research
  • Centre for Entrepreneurship development
  • Centre for Development of Small and Micro Enterprises
  • Team Orissa Project Advisory Centre (TOPAX)
  • Centre for Resettlement and Rehabilitation and Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Centre for Business Analytics & Digital Transformation

Journals

Inheriting the long-standing legacy of XIMB, XUB publishes the following journals in regular intervals:[12]

  • International Journal of Development and Social Research (IJDSR), published bi-annually, peer-reviewed
  • Vilakshan, published bi-annually, peer-reviewed
  • Journal of Case Research (JCR), published online bi-annually, peer-reviewed
  • Research World', published annually, open-access

Rankings

XIMB is consistently ranked among top business schools in India by various national and international agencies over the years. In Outlook ICARE academic ranking 2020, XUB has been ranked among top 10 private state universities in India [13] XUB is ranked 36th according to National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF) by MHRD in 2018.[14] The Rural Management programme offered by XSRM-XUB is ranked #2 in India after Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad by Eduniversal best masters ranking 2019 in the Agribusiness/ Food Industry management category.[15]

Student Exchange Programmes

To foster the academic and cultural exchange of thoughts and ideas XUB engages in student and faculty exchange programmes with leading universities and institutions as mentioned below.

Campus life and student activities

Xavier University, Bhubaneswar (XUB) has a vibrant student community living in both XIMB and Xavier City campuses. Most of the day-to-day activities starting from organising conclaves and festivals to administering canteen are run by students in both the campuses. The Xavier City campus celebrates its 3-day flagship annual cultural management festival named as Xamboree every year in the month of September–October whereas the XIMB campus celebrates Xpressoins in the month of November. Both events have attracted students and performers from across the country to celebrate the spirit of culture and education. Over the years leading performers including Badshah, Farhan Akhtar Shankar Mahadevan, Arijit Singh, Sunidhi Chauhan, Lucky Ali, Nucleya, Bombay Basement have performed in the annual fests making them the biggest cultural-management festivals in eastern India.[17][18][19] Beyond these cultural extravaganzas the student communities and committees of the university organise unique events like Gramotsava,[20] the annual rural marketing and awareness fair in rural areas of Odisha and Prativa, the annual sports meet for underprivileged school going students of nearby villages.

Notable Alumni
  • Amar Patnaik, Former Bureaucrat & Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)
  • Amitabh Shukla, Noted Indian Film Editor
  • Atmaprajnananda Saraswati, Noted Spiritual Author & teacher
  • Srikumar Misra, Founder & CEO- Milk Mantra
  • Yeshwanth Nag Mocherla, Co-founder of The ThickShake Factory
  • Saroja Yeramilli, Founder & CEO at Melorra
  • Siva Balakrishnan, General Manager- GoldSeal at GE Healthcare
  • Pratyush Kumar Panda, Vice President & Head CSRACC Limited
  • Anirban Gupta, Co-founder, Dhriti- A leading Social Enterprise
  • Inir Pinheiro, Co-Founder & Director, Grassroutes
  • Gitanjali JB, teamed up with Sonam Wangchuk and started the Himalayan Institute of Alternatives, Ladakh (HIAL)
  • Manju Menon, Co-founder & CEO, NuSocia
  • Dhananjay Singh, IRS, Asst. Commissioner, GoI
  • Saurav R. Mohanty, Co-Founder of CDS
  • Charudutta Panigrahi, Noted Thinker & Public Policy expert
  • Mona Dash, Noted author and poet
  • Aditya Singh, Head- Jewellery International Business, TITAN COMPANY LIMITED

Honorary Doctorate

To honour & recognise outstanding contributions to various fields the Xavier University Bhubaneswar regularly felicitates honorary doctorate degrees to multiple impacts makers. Some of the honorary doctorate recipients from the university are as follows


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