Xavier Institute of Social Service

Xavier Institute of Social Service ("'XISS") is an educational institute in Ranchi, India. It was established as an extension department of St. Xavier's College, Ranchi, in 1955 with the objective of training young men and women in Rural Development, Personnel Management and Industrial Relations. In 1973 the institute was registered as a separate educational society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860. In 1978, it moved to its present site. XISS was established with an earnest mission of developing human resources for various sectors such as industries, business, rural development, health care etc in the Chota Nagpur region.

In 1973, the Institute was registered as a Separate Educational Society under the Societies Registration Act. From that point in history it has been recognized as one of the most outstanding management schools in India.

It has developed its own distinct identity, to become one of the premier management schools of India in the fields of Personnel Management, Rural Development, Information Management and lately even Marketing and Finance.

But it must be remembered that, this institute and its aims are all part of a great history and tradition, something which began hundreds of years ago due to the initiatives taken by some men, who in spite of adversities and lack of basic resources took on themselves an uphill task of providing education and expertise to innumerable craving souls, just by virtue of their sacrifice and great courage.

It is now ranked among the top 50 Indian business schools, and is one of the top 2 in the state.

The institute is very popular in corporate world for its MBA program in HR (Human Resources)with leading Multinationals and Indian companies coming for campus interviews. The alumni of the institute work in key roles in IBM, Punj Lloyd, Honda Motors, GE, Pespi, Coke, Cisco, TCS, Alstom, Kotak Mahindra Bank, ICICI Bank, ICICI Prudential, Ernst & Young, Lehman Brothers, Citibank, DELL, Infosys, Wipro etc. Xavier institute of social service belongs to same fraternity of XLRI Jamshedpur and XIM bhubneshwar,not only this but this one is also one of the oldest Institution of management in India. the Infrastructure of Institute is state of the art in the region and the ranking of college is going up year by year.

External links

* [http://www.xiss.ac.in Official Website]
* [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060726/asp/careergraph/story_6522918.asp "Making business sense", The Telegraph, July 26, 2006]
* [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060404/asp/nation/story_6054358.asp "XLRI follows fee hike line", The Telegraph, April 04, 2006]