Tuesday 26 July 2011

XIMB to set up University in Orissa

India's premier business Scholl Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar likely to set up a University in Orissa. This was stated by Orissa Chief secretary Bijay Kumar Pattnaik at Bhubaneswar on Tuesday. He said the state government likely to present a legislation on this regard in Assembly during winter session. He said government examining the proposal of XIMB. Soon Government will take final decision on this regard.

Xavier Institute of Management-Bhubaneswar (XIMB) proposed university is coming up on 35 acres of land at Jatani in Khurda district. Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation of Orissa (Idco) is in the process of building a compound wall which will be completed soon. Then, XIMB likely to start construction work on this campus in August. XIMB will invest Rs 10-12 crore in the current financial year on the second campus.
While the university will function from XIMB's existing campus in the city, the rural management course will be shifted to the new campus. Besides the flagship Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM), the new campus will offer courses like healthcare management, education management, human resource management and a doctoral programme in management for working executives.

It should be noted that Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar 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 the Orissa Jesuit Society, Government of India, and Government of Orissa and eminent invited industrialists and educationists.

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