What are the top 3 advantages of XIMB’s MBA programme that no other business school in the same league offers?
The top 3 advantages are:
a) Higher Industry Interaction and Corporate Linkages for the XIMB students by using platforms such as Immersion Courses, CEO Talks, etc. The Immersion Courses are specific course modules which are delivered by top Industry experts within a short span of 1-2 days while CEO talks are a series of seminars with top CEOs of the country and beyond.
b) Rigorous and intensive course curriculum which is highly adaptive and consistently upgraded and is extremely compatible with the industry needs and therefore provides the highest degree of relevance for study of the students and turns them into industry ready management professionals. Further, Technology intensive facilities like VSAT and Video Conferencing Platforms are used in order to augment learning process of the students.
c) Thrust and focus on establishing and maintaining high ethical standards in business and professional life and ensuring social sensitivity for the underdeveloped sections of the society and being a professional manager with a “Human Face”.
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What were the XAT cutoffs at XIMB for the 2005 and 2006 PGP and PGPRM admissions? How does XIMB use sectional cutoffs for short listing candidates?
The XAT cutoffs at XIMB for PGP programme in 2005 and 2006 were 87.45 and 91.74 percentile respectively. PGPRM admissions are conducted through IRMA Entrance Test. For the year 2005 and 2006, IRMA has not released the cutoff marks. XIMB has an Admissions Committee comprising of Senior Faculty Members which every year scrutinizes analyses and then sets sectional cutoffs for short listing candidates as it relevant and necessary for that year.
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How much is the quota for Orissa domicile students at XIMB and what is the XAT cutoff for this category?
The Institute gives some preference to domicile candidates to fulfill its social contract with the State of Orissa. The XAT cut off was close to 90 percentile for the domicile candidates for this year.
How would you address the concerns of a non-Orissa candidate with an admission offer about the dilution in batch quality due to the quota?
There is no dilution in standards of intake. The learning process imparts very high value and outcome is evident when 100 pc placements are achieved on Day-1 itself. Some domicile students who graduate from here do secure top 10 positions in the merit list.
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How many full time faculty members does XIMB have? How does XIMB retain its best faculty?
XIMB has 47 full time faculty members. XIMB retains them by providing them the best compensation packages seen in India today, providing financial incentives for publications, paper presentations and other research work. Apart from that XIMB provides an excellent Quality of Life for them and their families on campus as well as supports them financially and institutionally for their PhD work, Research, and Consultancy as well as for undertaking Training and Development Programmes.
What are the pros and cons of being located in a relatively less-developed state like Orissa?
XIMB is located in Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Orissa. Bhubaneswar is extremely well connected by airlines, railways and Highways. Apart from that many IT majors like Infosys, Satyam, etc. as well as manufacturing entities like POSCO, Vedanta, NALCO, etc. are based out of Bhubaneswar. Bhubaneswar is considered to be one of the most rapidly developing cities in India. Therefore, there is no negatives but rather the presence of such high concentration of corporates makes Bhubaneswar and extremely viable and beneficial place for an institution like XIMB to grow.
What are the top 3 value propositions of studying Rural Management in XIMB as opposed to dedicated rural management schools like IRMA?
The top 3 value propositions are:
a) In Orissa, where more than 47 pc of people live Below the Poverty Line, the value of a Rural Management programme is highly relevant and necessary.
b) The practical and experiential aspect conducted in the PGPRM programme which is known as RLLE (Rural Living and Learning Experience) is extremely productive and highly acclaimed in the social sector.
c) CENDERET (Centre for Development Research & Training) is the social wing of XIMB which has pioneered and implemented successfully hundreds of social development programmes in the state of Orissa over the past decade. This on-campus exposure for the Rural Management students with CENDERET provides a practical basis for their learning which is unparalleled in any other organization across India.
How have the placement patterns evolved in PGPRM over the last two years?
Placements have evolved in PGPRM over the last two years in the following manner;
a) Number of placement offers has gone up from 68 in 2007 to 75 in 2008.
b) The mean salary has risen from 5.10 lakhs per annum in 2007 to 6.01 lakhs per annum in 2008.
c) The median salary has risen from 4.60 lakhs per annum in 2007 to 5.85 lakhs per annum in 2008.
d) The minimum salary has risen from 2.40 lakhs per annum in 2007 to 4.50 lakhs per annum in 2008.
e) The maximum salary has risen from 8.00 lakhs per annum in 2007 to 8.50 lakhs per annum in 2008.
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avatar byzantine – March 23, 2008 Its ironical how XIMB’s standards with reference to the domicile quota system get questioned time and again while other institutes which consistently get ranked above XIMB get away with even more reservation for local candidates (think delhi). And for the record, there are 5 students in the top-10 from the PGP class of 2008 who are Orissa domiciled (That includes the topper). Some of the best jobs on campus have gone to Oriyas as well. As a student who is about to graduate out of this wonderful place, I am yet to meet someone who I think doesn’t deserve to belong here. In a nutshell, although there is a small quota here, the gap in quality between the general candidates and the so called "reservation" candidates is next to negligible.
And by the way, I am not an Orissa domiciled student, so rest assured, this is an impartial view.
Higher Education Minister Samir Dey announced in the Assembly on Thursday that the bill on private universities is under process and would soon be tabled in the Assembly by the State Government.
… the Minister said that as the Vedanta University is yet to be established, the State Government has not formulated any guidelines for admission. Dey said that the university would have student strength of 1 lakh with 20,000 faculty members and equal number of non-teaching staff.
The State Government signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Vedanta Foundation on July 19, 2006 for establishment of the university. The process for acquisition of 6252.9 acres of land for the university is on.
He said that out of the total land required for the university, 707.54 acres is government land. The State Government has selected a suitable location for this institution of higher learning, he added.
Supporting the company’s demand for land, the Minister said that going by the hugeness of the project, the land requirement shown by the Government is not on the higher side.
The main objective of the Regional Language Centres of the C.I.I.L as laid down in the EFC Memo No.F.4-1/69-IL-II dated September 17, 1969 is to help State Governments implement three language formula by
Creating resource persons and materials
Offering short-term and Intensive as well as full time courses in various Indian Languages
Training existing graduate teachers of the country
Regional centers
Four RLCs were set up in 1970 in fulfillment of the commitment made by the then Union Education in the Floor of Parliament for making trained teachers available to States and UTs for implementing Three Language Formula.
First four Centres are ERLC, Laxmisagar, Bhubaneswar, NRLC, Punjabi University Campus, Patiala-2, SRLC, Manasagangotri, Mysore -6 and WRLC, Deccan College Campus, Pune-6.
Later two more Centres were set up. UTRC, Solan, Saproon, Himachal Pradesh and UTRC, Madan Mohan Malaviya Marg, Lucknow-2 at the request of the State Governments of Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh
In 1989, NERLC was set up as part fulfilment of Government of India’s commitment for the implementation of Assam Accord.
Currently
SRLC, NRLC and ERLC are functioning in beautiful campuses having their own buildings for Office and Hostels. Other Centres are functioning in buildings given by State Governments and Autonomous Bodies and hired ones. Each Centre has the following
For upgradation of Government ITIs in the Country the Central Government has launched a new Scheme “Upgradation of 1396 Government ITIs through Public Private Partnership” : The first batch of 300 ITIs has been taken up for upgradation at a cost of Rs. 750.00 Cr. in 2007-08.
Under this Scheme an Industry Partner is associated with each ITI to lead the process of upgradation. An Institute Management Committee (IMC) is set up in the ITI with the Industry Partner or its representative as the Chairperson and the Principal of the ITI as the member Secretary. The IMC is registered as a Society and an interest free loan of upto Rs. 2.5 Cr. is given directly to the IMC Society. The loan is repayable by the IMC Society over a period of 30 years.
For 2007-08, four Government ITIs in the State of Orissa viz. ITIs at Puri, Cuttack, Umerkote (Nabarangpur dist.), and Chhatrapur (Women) have been covered under this Scheme and interest free loan of Rs. 10 Cr. has been released to them at a rate of Rs. 2.5 Cr. per ITI.
This information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Shri Oscar Fernandes in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
The proposal for setting up of AIIMS-like institutions was approved by CCEA on 16.3.2006.The initial bid process for selection of Project Consultant proved to be unresponsive.The offer of short listed Architectural Design Consultant for preparing enlarged concept design was rejected due to the exorbitantly high price quoted by the selected designer.Therefore, the whole process had to be initiated de novo in December 2006.Several methodological changes were made to ensure progress keeping in mind the complexity of building 6 such institutions simultaneously and lack of capacity for taking the whole project as one.Therefore, it was decided that each AIIMS site would be taken as a separate and independent project instead of clubbing all six together.The construction of housing complex was also separated from that of Hospital and MedicalCollege.
The Design – DPR consultants have been selected for each site through an open competitive bidding.The layout / master plans for the AIIMS sites at Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Jodhpur, Raipur and Rishikesh have been approved.Approval of layout / master plan for Patna site is expected this month.The Consultants are in the process of preparing architectural design, which is expected to be finalized by May 2008.The detailed project report (DPR) would be ready by May-June 2008.Thereafter, tenders would be invited for selection of contractor for civil construction work.
In so far as construction of residential complex (housing & hostel) is concerned, bids were invited for selection of turnkey Developers.However, bid process was successful only for Jodhpur site and work has been awarded to M/s. Rajasthan State Road Development Corporation, a PSU of Government of Rajasthan.Work is in progress.The work relating to construction of residential complex at Rishikesh and Patna has been entrusted to HLL and for Bhubaneswar and Raipur to HSCC.Tender process has been initiated for selection of contractors for Bhubaneswar and Raipur sites by HSCC.For Bhopal site, housing complex work is being awarded alongside the hospital-medical college complex.
The work of residential complexes is likely to be completed by 2009 and the hospital–medical college complexes by 2010.
The details of funds allocated for the PMSSY and expenditure thereon during the last three years are as under: –
(Rs. in crore)
Year
Funds allocation at BE Stage
Funds allocation at RE Stage
Expenditure
2004-05
60.00
10.00
6.15
2005-06
250.00
6.00
2.52
2006-07
75.00
10.00
6.36
2007-08
150.00
90.00
52.00 (approx) (till date)*
* Allocation will be fully utilized.
Project Management Consultant for each site is also being selected for expeditious execution of the work.Ministry has initiated steps to set up dedicated project cell at each site comprising medical expert, engineers and administrative support staff.Each of the projects is being closely monitored by the Ministry to ensure that there is no slippage or delay at any of the sites.
This information was given by the Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Dr. AnbumaniRamadoss in a reply to a question in the LokSabha.
The Government has mounted a special scholarship scheme titled “Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE)” to attract talented youth to study and careers with science. The main features of the INSPIRE are:
(a) Scheme for Early Attraction of Talents for Science (SEATS) providing Science innovation scholarship of Rs.5000 for a total of one million young learners of the age group 10-15 years once in their school career and mentorship through global science leaders including Nobel Laureates and Indians leaders in science at a summer camp for the top 1% performers in the Class X examination every year for period of five years;
(b) Scholarships for Higher Education (SHE) for the age group of 17-22 years @ Rs. 1 lakh per year for continuing science education at B.Sc. and M.Sc. levels for 10,000 candidates and
(c) Assured Opportunity for Research Careers (AORC) for 1000 young researchers in the age group of 22-32 years for 5 years to pursue doctoral research in science backed by an assured career opportunity scheme for another period of five years on completion of their Ph. D.
The INSPIRE Programme, as it offers Science as a career option by providing necessary opportunities to youth with aptitude for science and a desire to innovate, in addition to reasonable financial assistance, would help in producing more science students and Ph.Ds and help in increasing the stock of the scientific community necessary for meeting future challenges including preventing the brain drain.
The scheme also envisages that the available number of scholarships would be distributed to students from various Boards based on total number of students taken their examinations in the respective Boards including West Bengal. The total allocation for the entire 11th Five Year Plan is Rs.2250 crores for the INSPIRE Programme and is presently at various levels of Government approval.
This information was given by Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Shri Kapil Sibal in a written reply to a question by Shri S.K. Kharventhan in the Lok Sabha today.
Samaja reports that when Union minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Mr. Ram Vilas Paswan (who was visiting Samaja) was asked if Orissa will improve by having industries where unqualified Oriyas only work in class IV jobs; he said: "To work in various industries qualified Oriyas can be made by establishing an IIT in Orissa. For this if there is desire and demand then the government will provide all help."
The state governmentt of Orissa has recently sanctioned 140 faculty positions for the Ravenshaw University. These positions already existed in the strength of erstwhile Ravenshaw College. They have now been created in the establishment of Ravenshaw University, and the process will soon begin for recruitment against them.
The posts sanctioned, discipline wise, are as follows:
Departments
Professor
Reader
Lecturer
1
Bengali
–
–
01
2
Botany
01
03
06
3
Chemistry
01
04
08
4
Commerce
01
03
06
5
Computer Science
–
–
03
6
Economics
01
03
06
7
Education
01
02
05
8
English
01
04
07
9
Geography
–
02
04
10
Hindi
–
–
02
11
History
01
02
04
12
Mathematics
01
02
05
13
Oriya
01
02
05
14
Philosophy
–
–
03
15
Physics
01
03
05
16
Political Science
01
02
04
17
Psychology
–
02
03
18
Sanskrit
–
01
02
19
Sociology
–
02
03
20
Statistics
–
01
01
21
Urdu
–
01
01
22
Zoology
01
02
04
Total
12
40
88
Faculty constitutes the most critical input in the life of an educational institution. It is they who define the level of excellence and intellect which the university fosters. Great care therefore has to be taken in selecting the faculty at the foundation stage as they will determine the future course of its growth and development.
The formal notice and advertisement for the faculty recruitment will soon be posted both in this website and elsewhere. This may be treated as an advance intimation of the recruitment process. Through this we are requesting the friends of Ravenshaw, within the country and abroad, to help us select the best faculty for this institution. Any lapse at this stage in choosing the right kind of faculty will be too costly to regret.
Clearly we need versatile persons who, apart from their academic excellence, will be good at developing an academic culture to cope with contemporary times. They will be institution builders who can give vision and direction to their schools and departments.
Our recruitment shall be for tenure positions. We would also consider contractual appointments and employment of superannuated persons as well as visiting faculties if their credentials are up to the mark. Academics who love Ravenshaw, and who had the opportunity of building themselves in other institutions of excellence, both within the country and abroad, may consider taking up short term assignments to lay foundation of the new university. Their contribution, arising out of their exposure and experience, will be greatly valued.
We shall be happy to receive expressions of intent as well as enquires about these matters by correspondence through ravenshawuniversity@yahoo.co.in.
Yesterday, we at Agami Odisha decided that we will no longer remain silent on all such step-motherly attitude of Center. All who are around Bhubaneswar may join in our Rally to Raj Bhawan for our demand of IIT/ making UCE, Burla an IIEST and asking MLA for bringing out comprehensive solution for eradication of Poverty in Orissa Assembly. We must make people aware by going to the street. Let us feel responsible and perform it as a duty to our motherland Odisha.
Programme:
16th March’08: Time 9AM: Place AG Square, Bhubaneswar; 1/2 an hour Rally to Raj Bhawan
19th March’08: Time 5.30PM: Place Lower PMG/ Master canteen Square: 1/2 an hour Mashal Rally
Subsequent action plan for Delhi will be decided.
Yours,
Lalit Pattnaik,
Working President AGAMI ODISHA
