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What Makes My Campus Unique? - Agreema Das, XIMB

What Makes My Campus Unique? - Agreema Das, XIMB

XIM (Xavier Institute of Management), the name itself reflects the unique X factor that the college, its campus and its students have. Situated in the city of temples, Bhubaneswar in the state of Odisha, it is one of the oldest premier B schools of the country. Xavier University has two campuses, an old one and a new one. XIMB is the old campus of Xavier University accommodating all Business Management students, which is located exactly in the heart of busiest areas in Bhubaneswar surrounded by restaurants, cafes and malls. To an incredulous eye, the campus of XIMB is one that is baffling as well as humbling. Everybody doing their things, running for classes, going for business talks all dressed up in business suits. XIMB campus is like one roof having so many brilliant minds together which is enough to make one feel more enthused to work on themselves and be better, all hostels being inside one campus facilitate the bond between juniors and seniors and give the right kind of company a person needs especially juniors. Also, our campus witnesses different cultures and diversity. Students from all over India join XIMB and become a part of it. Different festivals are celebrated with great enthusiasm. The beautiful infrastructure, auditorium, academic building, hostels, lush green fields, big playground, indoor courts, gym, X-Café (night mess) is what our second home consists of. In initial days many induction programs take place which includes welcome, introduction sessions, ice-breaking sessions, batch meets, group discussion and personal interview sessions conducted in the auditorium. To the rigorous timetable of students, the main relief that something gives is the night mess. It is the savior in days of exams and presentations especially for nocturnal ones. Truth be told the corporate world is far from nurturing or warm. It is, in fact, cold and stiff, and frankly, slightly workaholic. But at the end of the day we are all connected to each other, in a strange way that’s all because of this campus only.

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XIMB - A B-School With A Heart

XIMB - A B-School With A Heart

Late in the night one Thursday, I had found myself in the middle of my deserted office cubicle, and five thousand lines of code. Full of caffeine in my bloodstream, and an empty life in office, I realized that the computers started coding my brain, and controlling my life. Despite all the satisfying activities that I was involved in other than my job as SAS Analyst in one of the leading MNCs, I was convinced there is a gulf between my present going and my long-term goal. No longer wanting to let the machines feed on me, I decided that college and an MBA degree would be my salvation. What followed it was my quest with the likes of CATs, XATs and TISSNETs aspiring to make it to BLACK. The DI-LR section of CAT 2017 has far been one of the cruellest jokes of my life . Then other results followed by. I fared away above expectation in XAT which left me with XLRI, SPJAIN, IMT and XIMB. XIMB as the name ringed my ears , a wave of nostalgia of glossy blue flashlight struck me. Coming from Cuttack, XIMB was always home. After the stint of writing applications, essays and crunching over numbers on the placement reports and trying to get first-hand information from alums or present students cut to 18th-June-2018 with bags packed, eyes filled with dreams . Three broad reasons that sets apart XIMB from other B-schools are as follows :

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An Emotion That We Name XIMB!

An Emotion That We Name XIMB!

It was after two years in the automation industry that I decided to move a step forward and enter the corridors of management. Call it luck or destiny; I landed up at Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar, a place I was not a novice to. Many of my friends had graduated from XIMB, and they had anything but praises for their alma mater whenever we used to meet. So basically I was somewhat aware of the life at XIMB. The night canteen, the consuming classes, the parties, the birthday celebrations, the apprehension when they set foot on their very first days, the sleepless nights that followed, the smiles that defied the draining schedules, the stories of pre and post internship days, apprehension of placements, jubilations upon conversions and the tears of departure. With all this in the back of my mind, I never thought anything would ever surprise me. Little did I know, the surprise awaiting me would blow me off my feet. The innate aura that this place called XIMB resonates, the smiles of the staff serving food, the ginger cat “Simba” who is the love of every cat lover, the rush of immediacy for classes, the late night jokes while sipping Bournvita, the fights over fries. Yes, I had heard of these, but never had I imagined I would enjoy them as equally as someone who was new to it. Without even realizing how, I have already spent over two weeks here, and with every passing day, the roads, the buildings, the walls, the people; the air of XIMB is blending into my existence. So, when I have to say what is unique about XIMB, it is something inexplicable because it is something you experience. XIMB doesn’t hit you like a strong wind; it grows on you like a breeze. XIMB is not an institution, it is an emotion, and I live it every day. The night is never dark and the days can never be brighter inside these boundaries. XIMB is like a fine wine, growing better as it is growing older. Perhaps that is what makes it unique.

XIMB Placement Committee
Long Ago We Were Strangers, Now We Are A family

Long Ago We Were Strangers, Now We Are A family

As I started for my 4 hour journey from New Delhi to Kashipur, quite a number of thoughts crossed my mind. Having been brought up in a metropolitan city, will I be able to adjust to the new place? How will be the campus life in a small town like Kashipur?

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A Mixed Bag Of Opportunities At IIM Kashipur

A Mixed Bag Of Opportunities At IIM Kashipur

Uniqueness is the inherited property of all matters (physical substance in general, as distinct from mind and spirit; (in physics) that which occupies space and possesses rest mass, especially as distinct from energy). And the same is true for IIM Kashipur which differentiate it from rest of the IIMs.

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