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First Batch of MBA Course under Xavier Business School of St. Xavier's University, Kolkata, beings

UNI, Kolkata | Published : 7th August 2018

The first batch of MBA course began at St. Xavier's University's ( Kolkota) new complex at Rajarhat under itsXavier Business School.

The classes of this fully residential MBA programme commenced from the current academic year 2018 19, which was formally unveiled today in presence of the Vice Chancellor Rev. Fr. Dr. J. Felix Raj, SJ, Pro Vice Chancellor Rev. Fr. Sebasti L. Raj, SJ, and renowned Industrialist Sanjiv Goenka, who was the Chief Guest at the Inaugural ceremony.

There will be around 90 students in the first batch distributed in two sections. The university has got the approval from All India Councilof Technical Education (AICTE) to run the M.B.A. programme. It will be two-year full time residential course, offering specializations in Marketing, Finance, Human Resources and Systems & Operations.

A separate Business School named Xavier Business School, has been set up in the University to run this course. The state of the art, Smart and air-conditioned class rooms and amphitheaters are ready. A separate updated library having access to a number of on line renowned professional journals, modern computer lab with adequate number of computer terminals and a state of the art language lab have already been set up for the M.B.A. programme. New twin hostels, for boys and girls, are now ready in the campus, where separate floors are earmarked for the M.B.A. students.

The curriculum and syllabus are finalized. Admission process of this course was done through national and international level admissiontests like XAT, CAT, GMAT and others. While the University has recruited a number of faculty to run this course, a set of GuestFaculties from the industry and/or having teaching experience in other renowned business schools are also impaneled.Xavier Business School, Kolkata,is a member of XAMI (Xavier Association of Management Institutes), which consists primarily of theManagement Institutes run by the Jesuits, such as, XLRI (Jamshedpur), XIMB (Bhubaneshwar), LIBA (Chennai), XIME (Bengaluru), etc. So, there will be collaborations in terms of faculty exchange and in other areas with these established and renowned Management Schools of the country, which will be a great advantage for the students of XBS, Kolkata.

Being a Jesuit Management Institution, it will not only impart hardcore knowledge and skills for the budding Managers but will alsoprepare them as good human being by instilling values in them, which is very much required in the modern business world with cut throat competition.

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