Rural management at XIMB is a decent option for students, which is even considered at par with the Indian Institute of Rural Management, Anand. There are several notions in the minds of people, which creates doubt about whether to choose Rural management or not. The points below give a clear picture of the course, addressing the benefits and the genuine outcomes of the degree.

• It consists of all the subjects taught in BM and HRM, along with some extra subjects dealing with rural management.
• You can go through the previous year's CAT cut-offs to decide which institute or stream is better. The cut-off for XIMB-RM is lower than HRM and BM, which makes you to remove it from your preference, which is a wrong notion. More than half of the entire class of rural management have excellent scores in CAT or XAT. Mostly, there are students with CAT cut-offs around 75-90 in RM. 
• The rural management course at XIMB is quite good and ranked close to IRMA. It is ranked second in the country after IIM Ahmedabad and 19th worldwide. 
• The majority of people believe that Rural Management students are hired only by development agencies and NGOs, which is another wrong notion. Several Consulting, IT companies, BFSI, and FMCG come to recruits RM students in placement.
• People even think that Rural Managers have to work in interior parts of India. But the fact is that most RMs work in tier-1 or tier-2 cities, and visit rural interiors as a part of their work for monitoring their company works.
• Engineering back-out from doing MBA at rural management, thinking that their work experience would be of no value for the degree. But, just like any other streams, work experience gets extra emphasis in rural management too.
• The placements in RM are of average quality at present but are at rapid growth. Having an average package is still satisfactory, which will lead to a handsome package within two years. There are students from RM having excellent salary packages, which are the result of their hard work and maximum course extraction.
• Students from IT companies have a good scope in RM as most IT or consulting companies working in rural regions have projects from government and micro-finance companies, and so are in great demand.

These are some of the key highlights and clarifications to most wrong notions about Rural Management from XIMB, which is indeed a good option having ample opportunities and great scope in the future.

The faculty of management now come under Xavier University Bhubaneswar. It consists of School of business management, School of HR, School of RM, and School of SM. The MBA HRM program of XIMB is one of the best programs in the college. It is a 2-year residential program. 

• The college also has good infrastructure as well. 
• Most of the students get good placement from this college. It does not matter much whether you are a fresher or an experienced candidate if you have the right skill, knowledge, and presentation skill then you will surely get through it. 
• The placement also takes into account your academic scores, extracurricular activities, and GDPI performance.

Below is brief highlights of the HRM program.

The program not only focuses on academics but also focuses on extracurricular activities like business events, cultural events, and sports events.

Considering your NMAT score, it seems almost impossible to get a call from XIMB-HR. Although your academics are good the entrance scores are the primary criteria for securing a seat in XIMB-HR. The exam scores can be of either- NMAT, XAT, GMAT, CAT, X-GMAT.

In recent years, the bars have been set high with higher scores every year. They need a good score in verbal along with minimum overall marks in the range of 190–200. You also need to have a good Verbal Ability score.

The candidate pool is vast for limited seats. Hence, it is quite tough to make it with this score. However, you can apply for the XIMB HR, Rural Management, or Sustainability Management through your NMAT results.

XIM University is a state private college recognized by AICTE and UGC. The institute is rated A +++ in the India B-School Survey and ranked 4th among the top 50 B-Schools in India. The college offers a Bachelor of Business Management (BBM) as a three-year course. The fees for the course are 4.71 lakhs for the full period.

Amity University Kolkata (AUK) is a private university recognized by UGC. It is a member of the AIU. The college offers a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) as a three-year course. The fees for the course are 5.30 lakhs for the full period.

Admission Procedure:

XIM University: The minimum eligibility criteria for the course are having cleared 10+2 examinations with 60% aggregate. Further, students are selected on the basis of merit in qualifying examination.

Amity: Basic criteria for applying to this course are passing class 12 examinations with 50%. Further, students are selected on the basis of the English Essay Writing Test followed by a personal interview.

Infrastructure & Facilities:

XIM University:

• The college is home to a well-equipped library that includes journals, study material, magazines, and various e-learning facilities.

• It has separate boys and girls hostels on-campus.

• The college has top-class sporting and art & cultural facilities available.

• Campus Cloud and Data Center, Professional Audio-Video Studios, Graphics Labs are a few of the facilities provided by XIM University.

• Other facilities such as an auditorium, gym, wi-fi, air-conditioned classes, ATM, convenience stores, and cafeterias are also available to the students.

Amity:

• The college is built over a 59-acre campus. Like most Amity Universities, AUK has top-notch infrastructure.

• It has air-conditioned classes, a Wi-Fi facility, high-tech laboratories, and a well-maintained library. The college also has sports facilities.

Placements:

XIM University:

The course is a relatively new course at the college, making the scope for placements pretty low.

• Some recruiters come for placements via the placement cell, which includes Indigo, Pepsi, ICICI, Byju’s, and Deloitte.

• The highest CTC offered in the 2019 placement drive was 26 LPA.

Amity:

• Top recruiters for the course are IndiGo, Kotak, and KPMG.

• The lowest package received by a student of BBA is approximately 1.5 LPA.

• The highest package goes up to 3.5 LPA.

XIM University is slightly less expensive in comparison to Amity in terms of fee structure. However, Amity has a much better placement scenario as BBA at the college is a relatively older course at the college as compared to BBM at XIM University. A decision between the two shall depend on one's priorities.

The courses, Rural Management and Sustainable Management both have their merits and demerits. Both are core subjects focusing on different aspects.

Xavier School of Rural Management (XSRM) is at par with Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA). Xavier School of Rural Management is currently ranked 20th for MBA by Outlook 2020, 10th by Outlook ICARE and 31st by NIRF 2020 ranking. XSRM comes under the top 20 colleges in the world to provide this course.

The placement highlight of XSRM for 2020 is given below:

This rural sector is said to flourish in the coming years. Keeping the current world situation in mind, many countries including India will shift towards the rural sector. Therefore, it a good option to choose XSRM because of the current demand of the subject, its ranking, placement and job opportunities

In conclusion, one should ace the entrance exam conducted to secure a career in Rural Management.