It is not a question about whether or not BM is bad, and HR is good. XLRI is more known for HR because it has stuck with the brand. The brand XLRI primarily had an established legacy in Industrial Relations (IR). Which later converted into HR. XLRI established its reputation as an IR concentrated institution following the Independence of the country.

BM, on the other hand, was inaugurated only afterward alongside older IIMs. This has somehow resulted in leading to the XLRI brand getting generally and mostly associated with HR, and not BM. It’s rare to find any industry or top-tier companies in the country where the top HR personnel is not from XLRI.

Now when talking about BM at XLRI, there is definitely a strong and successful alumni base from BM in the industrial sector. In fact, for further recruitments, alumni of XLRI get placed in McK, BCG, and several more from the BM sector.

There are a few things you would have to assume before getting an answer to this question. 

• Primarily, you would assume that your investment mainly includes monetary funds and you are expecting returns in the future. 
• It could also be possible that you are a candidate that belongs to the middle class and may have borrowed a majority of the sum. 
• Lastly, you are probably not trying to take much risk.

If all the above-listed variables are true in your case, my verdict, as a graduate of this college, would be that the XLRI management program could be a little risky for you. 

As far as the program is concerned, you will have to look into the information regarding this and see if it definitely interests you.

The program is relatively new and began just five years ago so you can expect that the placements would not be the best yet. A friend of mine struggled quite a lot to get placed even a few months after the program ended. 

If you are not ready to take this sort of risk, you should evaluate your parameters before going ahead and taking any decision.

XLRI can be achieved by converting the XAT scores. But for that, the score must be higher than the 99.4 percentile. If the conversion is not the priority, then an interview call could be thereby obtaining a higher 98 percentile. So learn the priorities well.

• XLRI doesn't have high criteria and cut-offs like IIMs have.
• They don't focus on academics as such.
• The main thing is that a student should pass and qualify the sectional requirements and should be able to attain the overall percentile.
• Once attained, the interview process would be started.
• The results will be based on the performance of the interview. Make your interview count.

There is less weightage of work experience also. The experience doesn't matter that much. But to have the knowledge and experience in one's own domain will lead you to explore the subject more and go into the depths.

XLRI offers one of its flagship program accredited by AMBA, AICTE etc. This course is highly sought after by experienced aspirants for their career growth.

The Executive PGDM Programme is a 15-month, residential, full-time programme.

Incoming students with at least five years of experience in various disciplines, such as IT/ITeS, Energy/Power, Automobile, and Manufacturing, etc., are transformed into modern corporate players.

Students will be given MBA degree after completion of the course which will help them get top managerial roles in companies. The placement office assists the Student Placement Committee is providing support. Although there is no placement guarantee but the alumni network will help provide placement support at the end of the curriculum.

The course comprises of 6 terms along with Rural exposure and leadership & adventure in a two and half day trip.

Placement visits were made by major corporations such as HCL, P&G, BCG, Nestle, Mondelez, Goldman Sachs, Amazon, Flipkart, GSK, etc.

Profile - Mihir Daga, studied at Xavier School of Management

The packages in HR and BM at XLRI are almost the same and range from 15 lakhs to 50 lakhs. These offers remain for domestic companies. More people of the HR Batch at XLRI are from NIT, IIT, BITS Pilani.

They also have a large number of Doctors who are typical MBBS students. The crowd is not just limited to B. Com students from SRCC or BA graduates from Stephen’s.

The Internship in XLRI is conducted for all the 360 students and it was finished in 2.5 days. The students were offered very high average offers. Therefore, there should be no doubt if HR at XLRI is as rewarding as BM or not about HR being the best at XLRI.

The HR students from XLRI get the most exposure than any other specialization as the quality of knowledge is enviable

Yes, students must stay in the XLRI hostels for at least the first year of their program. This is because XLRI thinks that the hostel experience is an essential component of the entire learning process, and it assists students in developing a strong sense of community and camaraderie. XLRI hostel rooms are single occupancy, and each room has its own bathroom .Pets are not permitted in the XLRI hostel accommodations.