Xavier Institute of Social Service: June 2014

Xavier Institute of Social Service (XISS) is a Jesuit run business school in Ranchi, India. It is a Sister college of XLRI, Jamshedpur and Loyola College, Chennai both of which are Jesuit run and well-known in India. It was established as an extension department of St. Xavier's College, Ranchi, in the year 1955 with the objective of training young men and women in Rural Development, Personnel Management and Industrial Relations. In 1973 the institute was registered as a separate educational society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. In 1978, it moved to its present site. Admission to the institute is done on the basis of the score obtained in one of the institute approved tests like Xavier Aptitude TestCAT/CMAT and subsequent Group Discussion - Personal Interview (GD-PI) conducted for the shortlisted candidates in the respective centers allocated. In 2011, XISS was ranked 33rd overall among the top 40 B-schools in India.

Admission

Xavier Institute of Social Service Ranchi

Candidates are required to apply separately to the institute with their required course preferences as soon as the registration process for admission begins, which will be mentioned on the college website. Applications can be submitted online. Entry into XISS is obtained by getting the adequate cut-off score (as set by the institute) in one of the tests approved by the institute like the Xavier Aptitude Test conducted by XLRI usually held in the month of January or CAT conducted by IIMs or CMAT conducted by AICTE. The cut-off scores may vary for different exams. The candidates obtaining the cut-off score will be shortlisted for the subsequent Group Discussion-Personal Interview (GD-PI) held across various places in India. Based on their performance in both the test and (GD-PI) the institute releases the list of the selected candidates on its website in the month of April. Sometimes there are waiting lists as the first list of the selected candidates may not be the final list. The final list is available by the month of May. The classes resume from the month of June.

Academic Programmes

Currently, XISS offers the following diploma and certificate programmes:

Postgraduate Diploma in Management in Human Resource Management PGDM (HRM)
Postgraduate Diploma in Management in Rural Management PGDM (RM)
Postgraduate Diploma in Management in Information Technology PGDM (IT)
Postgraduate Diploma in Management in Finance PGDM (Finance)
Postgraduate Diploma in Management in Marketing PGDM (Marketing)
NSE Certified Capital Market Professional (NCCMP)

Infrastructure

Xavier Institute of Social Service

XISS has a sprawling campus spread in 14 acres (57,000 m²) with a built-up area of approximately 72,000 square feet (6,700 m²) in the heart of Ranchi. The Institute provides hostel facility to 100 female students. The Institute has quite spacious classrooms with all modern teaching aids. Moreover there are separate common rooms for boys and girls, cafeteria and refectory, staff room, seminar rooms, conference halls, staff lounge and a well furnished air-conditioned auditorium with a seating capacity of 300 persons.

The Institute has a very well stocked library containing over 34,000 volumes of books, journals, encyclopedias, almanacs and magazines. It subscribes to more than 150 periodicals and journals. The faculty and students can access over 150 online international journals which are available through institutional subscription.

The Institute has a state-of-the-art computer lab that hosts over 210 terminals with necessary hardware support in synchronization with the needs. The Wi-Fi enabled campus sets the tone for 24x7 global connectivity. From July 2006, Institute has allotted laptops to every faculty member and students of the 1st year of PM, RD, IM, Marketing and Finance.

Alumni

The institute is known in the corporate world for its Post Graduate program in Human Resource Management with leading multinationals and Indian companies coming for campus interviews. The alumni of the institute work in Global Holding Corporation, IBM, Punj Lloyd, Honda Motors, Ceat, Tata AIA Life, Jindal Steel, Kotak Life, GE, Pepsi, Coke, Cisco, TCS, Alstom, Kotak Mahindra Bank, ICICI Bank, ICICI Prudential Life, Ernst and Young, Nomura, Citibank, DELL, Infosys, Wipro etc.

XISS Post Graduate course in Rural Development (PGDRD) course is well known in the sector. Over fifty years, the alumni of XISS have spread their roots not only in India but across the globe. The alumni network, with its reach and power, make it one of the Institute’s valued assets.