XISS has been ranked 76th by NIRF amongst 100 institutes in India 2020. It offers 5 specializations in PGDM courses such as Human Resource Management, Finance, Rural Management, Information Technology, and Marketing.

Admission:

• The admissions at XISS are based on a valid score in CAT/XAT/CMAT entrance exam.

• In addition to CAT, the university also accepts XAT and CMAT exam scores. CAT entrance exam scores.

• Based on the entrance exam scorecard, the students will be shortlisted and further need to appear for admission rounds that include group discussion, writing skill tests, and personal interview.

• Seats available for HRM and Rural Management are 75 and Information Technology, Finance, and Marketing Management specializations have 60 seats each.

• Of the above, 40% of seats are reserved for ST/SC and Christian candidates (other than ST/SC). The above mentioned 40 percent is with a breakdown as follows: ST - 26%, SC- 6%, and Christians 8%.

Infrastructure:

• The institute offers a broad range of facilities to the students. Which includes a well-stocked library with more than 45000 volumes of books is present on campus. Moreover, the library also has Encyclopedias, Journals, Magazines, and Almanacs. It is also equipped with e-library facilities.

• State-of-the-art classrooms, conference rooms, sports ground, fitness center, guest house, and cafeteria, computer/IT facility, hostels with 24x7 security, Wi-fi, medical facility with qualified doctors, laboratories are some of the facilities offered.

Placement:

• More than 83 companies participated in the campus drive among which 48 recruiters were new.

• Overall 285 offers were made with the highest salary of INR 14.50 LPA and an average salary of INR 5.31 LPA.

• Some of the top recruiters visiting the campus are Adani Group, Allergan India, Asian Paints Ltd., Cholamandalam Finance, Cognizant, Hindustan Unilever Ltd., L&T Finance, and many more.

Other Key Points:

• The total fee for the MBA Program is approximately INR 10 lacs.

• Scholarships are available from corporate houses such as Maruti Suzuki, Tata Steel, NTPC, etc.

• Moreover, the government of Jharkhand has taken initiatives to offer scholarships and stipends to the students of the reserved category.

• Additionally, a loan facility is also available if anyone has to opt for it.

The Xavier Institute of Social Service (XISS) has developed its prominent identity as a hub of excellence in development interventions, management education, consultancy, and research. It offers a portfolio of research, academic, outreach programs, and social involvement.

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.