Xavier Institute of Rural Management

Can you tell me in detail about the Focus Areas in MBA-RM (Rural Management) Program as offered by XIMB, Xavier University, Bhubaneswar, India?

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The 2 year full-time residential Masters Program in Rural Management offered by XIMB, Xavier University, Bhubaneswar, India is the second-oldest in the country.

It is designed to create professionals with the expertise to run business and development organizations, and the passion to use their capabilities for the betterment of Rural Communities.

Focus Areas in MBA-RM

Rural Management graduates supply in a variety of organizational contexts, and are required to be competent in a number of substantive areas.

The core segments are designed to enable to develop this multi-dexterity.

One can even build specialized expertise in any of the rapidly growing areas in the domain, by selecting a combination of elective courses that facilitate concentrated attention on the focal area(s).

The following concentrations are offered in the MBA-RM:

The Agribusiness and Rural Marketing
It builds the ability to catalyze market access for and by the rural citizen.
It equip students more strongly for a career in marketing agri–inputs and outputs, food products, consumer goods, crafts and services, and in developing rural markets and value chains.

Courses offered include supply chain management, value chain analysis, product and brand management, design thinking and innovation, sales and distribution management, agri-input and output marketing, procurement management, market research and craft marketing.


The Rural and Inclusive Finance
It provides the specialized understanding of rural financial markets, institutions, products and services necessary for extending the range of financial services to those who lack access.

Detailed understanding of the financial intermediation process and the complex inter-dependencies of different stake holders facilitate the development of the specialized capabilities required for building viable architectures for sustainable rural financial delivery, and enabling wealth creation and poverty reduction.

Its courses including micro finance management, commercial and development banking, commodity derivatives and insurance and risk management are available in this area.


The Livelihood and Development Management
It provides a closer understanding of various livelihood models and approaches, and the applications and experiences at national and international level, and the issues and challenges confronted in building sustainable livelihoods.

While the primary focus is on the development of agri-based, livestock-based and natural resource based livelihood options in rural areas, a richer understanding of development Programs in various sectors (Health, Education, WASH, Food Security and Nutrition) can be built, including about policies, institutional mechanisms and the groups served.


The Social Entrepreneurship
It enables those students with innovative social-business ideas who are keen on developing their own enterprises; it also enables students to work with start ups in the social enterprise sector.

It train students to understand newer forms of organizations such as producer companies and the emerging domain of social impact investing, manage social enterprises and measure the social impacts.