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Admission Process : XAT - Xavier Admission Test
 
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 XAT Overview:

XAT is the gateway to XLRI and other affiliated Xavier institutes like XIM and XIME. The advertisement for XAT application form appears in late August. The entrance exam is usually held on the first Sunday of January and the interviews are in the month of March.

For more than 50 years Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI) is conducting Xavier Admission Test on All India level to select the most appropriate students for admission to their post-graduate degree programs in management.

XAT is usually held on the first Sunday of January. This year XAT was held on 4th January 2009. The XAT ‘09 was a 2 hour duration paper with additional 20 minutes given for the essay. The number of questions was 120. The paper was divided into 3 sections viz. Verbal Ability, Quantitative Aptitude & DI, Logical Reasoning & Decision making.

250 – 300 word essays are expected to be written with topics ranging from those of social relevance to propositions to abstract. The essay topic in XAT 2009 was, “The inherent vice of Capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of miseries”.

Apart from XLRI, there are around 42 management institutes who subscribe to the XAT score including the likes of XIM Bhubaneshwar, XISS, LIBA, GIM etc. The XLRI is ranked amongst the top 5 B-Schools in India while XIM is ranked among the top 20.

Paper Pattern: (XAT: January 4, 2009)

XAT 2009 had 104 questions as compared to 120 of last year.

The questions were divided into 3 sections:

Verbal and Logical Ability
Analytical Reasoning and Decision Making
Data Interpretation and Quantitative Ability.

Total Questions: 104
Time: 120 minutes + 20 minutes for essay

Marks allocation:

Correct attempt : 1 mark
Incorrect attempt : negative ¼ (for first 6 wrong answers in each section), negative ½ (for subsequent
  wrong answers)

The paper sections were as follows: (XAT 2009)

Section No. of Questions Total Marks
Verbal & Logical Ability
35
35
Quantitative Ability & Data interpretation
38
38
Analytical Reasoning & Decision Making
31
31
Total
104
104

In the last 20-mins students are expected to write a 250–300 word essay on topics ranging from those of social relevance to propositions to abstract. The essay topic in the XAT 2009 was: “The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries”.

Eligibility Criteria:

A candidate with a bachelors degree under 10+2+3 system recognized by a university or a deemed university with a minimum of 50% aggregate. A candidate in the final year and seeking admission to XLRI can also apply provided they complete their final year examination by June 10, 2009

Faculty:

XLRI has the best full time and visiting faculty from the academics as well as from the industry. The faculty present are the ones which are specialized in the specific areas like Marketing, Finance, Communication, General Management, and Information Systems.

Some Programmes Offered in XLRI: (by appearing for XAT)

Personnel Management & Industrial Relations (PM & IR): The programme aims to equip the students with the knowledge and skills required for managing HR in a way that contributes to the development of individuals and organizations. The alumni are occupying senior level positions in private and public sector organizations and in multinational companies in India and abroad.

Business Management (BM):

The curriculum lays the foundation for conceptual and analytical understanding of Indian and international business. The course imparts knowledge and fosters attitudes essential for the growth of students into competent, responsible managers.

General Management Programme For Working Executives(GMP):

XLRI has evolved a one year consolidated programme in general management with the objectives of providing the practicing managers a substantial exposure to theoretical foundations in management as well as to provide them a holistic perspective of business in such a way that they are not only equipped with tools and techniques to perform their task effectively but also to shoulder greater responsibilities in the future as they move up the hierarchy.

Salary figures for 2008:

Average Domestic Salary – INR 14.75 LPA
Highest Domestic Salary – INR 32.0 LPA
Average International Salary – USD 90, 000 PA

Institutes* that accept the XAT scores are:

No. Name of Institute
1
 Affinity Business School, Bhubaneswar
2
 AICMS Business School, Mumbai
3
 Goa Institute of Management (GIM), Goa
4
 Indian Institute of Management Training (IIMT), Pune
5
 International School of Business & Media, Pune
6
 Inst of Mgmt & Information Science, Bhubaneswar
7
 Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai
8
 Mount Carmel Institute of Management, Bangalore
9
 St. Joseph’s College of Business Administration, Bangalore
10
 Xavier Institute of Management (XIM), Bhubaneswar
11
 Xavier Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship, Bangalore
12
 Xavier Institute of Social Service (XISS), Ranchi
13
 Xavier Labour Relations Institute (XLRI), Jamshedpur

* The Institute listing is in alphabetical order & not in any order of ranking.

Date of Test: January 03, 2010 (Sunday)

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