30 years of XIMB

Xavier Institute of Management, Bubhaneswar is celebrating 30 years of distinguished service in the field of academics, business and its contributions to the society. In this pursuit, the institute will convene a Business Excellence Summit on the 22^nd and 23^rd of September at XIMB.

XIMB, a 30 years old business school of global repute is the Flagship School of Xavier University. Inspired by the Jesuit spirit of ‘Magis’, or excellence, XIMB strives to be a premier institute, globally recognized for management education, training, research, and consulting that help build a just and humane society. It is among the leading management institutions in the country.

The occasion is one for the institute to reflect over the past, celebrate the present and share its vision for the future. The summit would be graced by the presence of 30 of XIMB’s distinguished alumni, spanning across the wide spectra of 30 years. This celebration intends to bring together alumni from veritable industries, creating an amalgamation of ideas which makes the next leg of the journey even more palatable. This is an opportunity to interact, celebrate, discuss, reflect and collaborate. The central theme of the event is building the vision for XIMB at 40, congruent with the VUCA world.

Some of the alumni gracing this event are Mrinalini Khusape- Head Special Projects (Skoda), Sunita Raut -Head HR- South East Asia (IKEA), Ashok Dash- Director (Microsoft), AL Jagannath- Director (VM Ware), Ashish Kumar Pati- COO (Care Hospitals), PC Joseph – Head Technology Infrastructure (Wells Fargo), Ayaskant Sarangi- Senior VP HR (Wipro), Siddharth Rath-  Group Executive (Axis Bank), Simanta Mohanty- Consultant, Susanta Mishra- CEO Placidvision, RajnishBhasin – Managing Director (Borges International Group), Nilanjan Roy- Head of Global Health and Benefits (Cigna TTK), Vijay Sinha- Senior VP (JSW), Chittaranjan Mohanty- Head of AM Shared Services (JP Morgan Chase), Lalit Desiraju- Senior Director (Capgemini), SreeprakashHota- Director (HSBC), Sanjeev Ambasta- Senior VP(Piaggio), Chandrasekhar Chitrala- Managing Director (Catalyst IT solutions), Subrat Sarangi- Academician, Ashok Singha- Managing Director (CTRAN consulting), Om Prakash Agarwal- CEO, Plastend, Krishna KV- Vice President (Yes Bank), Debu Mishra- Partner (Deloitte), Vijay Sinha- Senior VP (JSW).

The event will comprise of leadership talks, panel discussions and interview bites from the alumni. The Xavier fraternity has always believed in the confluence of business and the society and this event would reflect this ideology.