Firstly, it is important to understand what management means to you. Yes, just like People going to Microsoft or Google post-Engineering were passionate about coding/computers vis-a-vis those who opted for say a TCS/Wipro. Therefore, if a Management education is an escape route from the monotonous coding life, do not go for this degree. Simply because after a few years of working, you might find yourself in a regretful situation.

Now coming to XIMB, Bhubaneswar as a college, these are the key highlights.

• The colleges have an impeccable infrastructure.
• The faculty is great.
• Great campus culture
• Good placements

However, check the following reasons why you should not go for the Rural Management course.

• The Rural Management course requires a lot of fieldwork and expedition which won’t suffice the basic ROI model.
• The course is shifted to the other campus which is situated in a suburban area. This is a huge downfall as you might be curtailed from important facilities and infrastructure.
• Placement may not be that great, having invested 13 lacs as the course fee itself. With mediocre placement records, this might not be a good return on your investment.
• With a 3 year experience in TCS and a continuous C band, the salary you have now will be more or less equal to what you might get after placements. Hence, it won’t make a huge difference.
• Undoubtedly, the scope for courses like Rural Management is limited, that’s why most people who acquire an RM degree go for corporate jobs at last.

Overall, if you are very much into the management sector, go for courses like MBA and other PGDM courses instead of Rural Management. Limited scope, extensive fieldwork, mediocre placements is not a good return when you pay such a high fee. Hence, choose wisely.

There is no definite percentage of questions you need to clear in order to secure yourself a seat in XLRI or XIMB. The obvious answer is every year the question paper difficulty level varies and so does the percentile cutoff.

Simply, your chances of getting a seat in both these institutes purely depend on your percentile just like JEE-Main rank is the criteria for national-level institutes.

My friend took admission in XIMB in 2018, the scores of their batch were between 56.5 to 89 out of 150. Here the person scoring has 100% percentile whereas the person getting 88.5 will be close to 99% percentile. Hence, the percentile cutoff varies each year.

For example, for admissions in 2019, the percentile cutoff was:

• XLRI Jamshedpur: BM – 91.25, HR – 88 (With Sectional Cutoffs)
• XIM Bhubaneswar: 94 (With sectional Cutoffs)

Here are few tips to secure a high percentile in these exams:

• Focus on the accuracy of your answer. Do not just beat around the bush or select an answer which doesn’t hit the accuracy.
• Try to solve at least 60% of the total questions. For the rest, you can solve the ones you know properly.
• Always aim for the highest mark, you never know if you are the one having a 100% percentile.

Therefore, thinking about percentile cutoff is in vain until the results are out. As the cutoff will totally depend on your performance, it is best recommended to focus on your performance in the exam. After all, your success depends on your hard work and fervour towards your goal.

No, there is no such management quota to get admission at XIMB Bhubaneswar. This is a very standard and highly reputed institution and any kind of donation will hamper the reputation of the institution. 

The placement report of this college contains all the details of students going for campus placements. These details are percentile of the students and academic performances as well. Any kind of manipulation of data will have an impact on the campus placement of the college.

For getting admission at XIMB Bhubaneswar you need to appear for CAT, XAT, GMAT or X-GMT examinations. After qualifying in these examinations you will have to fill the online application form at the college website. On the basis of cutoffs the college shortlists some students for the Group discussion and personal interview rounds.

The final selection of the student will be based upon the performance at the GD PI rounds, management entrance exams scores and your overall academic performances at the school and colleges.

Xavier Institute of Rural Management which is also a part of XIMB Bhubaneswar offers MBA in rural management program. This program gives the student a MBA Plus orientation along with a regular MBA program. This program offers practical exposure to the rural management along with the classroom programs. There are flagship programs like gramotsavam which are conducted every year by the college. In this event the students get exposure to villages and this helps them to develop their communication and marketing skills while speaking with rural people.

The performance of this program can be evaluated from the placement reports of 2018 and 2020.

It can be seen from the above comparison of placement reports that overall the performance in placement of 2020 has been better as compared to the placements of 2018. Although the highest salary has been little less as compared to 2018 but overall the performance was good. New recruiters were also added as well. Healthcare sectors in placements were also added. BFSI and financial inclusion sectors offered the highest salaries and showed a 41.44% rise in the total numbers of offers being made.