The Doctoral program is designed to prepare students
for professional leadership in the field of management,
communications, and commerce. The objective of the PhD
program is to facilitate research entrepreneurial skills and
orientation of doctoral scholars. It is designed to promote the
culture of research entrepreneurship wherein researchers are
encouraged to explore themselves, ask questions, actively
seek peers’ feedback, build conviction in their ideas, share
their ideas with peers in specific and society in general. At
a broader level Ph.D. program aims at contributing towards
XUB’s endeavour towards Sustainability, Entrepreneurships
and Analytics (SEA) by understanding those issues which
are fundamental to the research enquiry, and have a linkage
with organizations, institutions, economy, society, and
environment.
Eligibility:
Master’sdegree (or equivalent) inanymanagement/
communications/ architecture/planning related discipline
from a recognised University, with at least 55% marks. In case
the score is available on a letter-grade system, the Institute
expects a minimum cumulative score of 5.5 on a 10-point scale.
Alumni of the one-year Post-Graduate program in Rural
Development earlier offered in XIMB are also eligible if they
have at least 8 years of relevant work experience.
HOW TO APPLY:
Interested applicants can fill up the application form online at:
or
latest by
February 14, 2017.
SELECTION PROCESS:
Candidates will be shortlisted on the basis of their academic
records and SOPs. The shortlisted candidates will be required
to appear for Xavier Research Aptitude Test (X-RAT), and
Personal Interview. UGC-NET qualified candidates will be
exempted from appearing for the X-RAT.
The course work for the selected candidates will commence
from July 2017.
DURATION OF THE PROGRAM:
The approximate duration to complete the program is 4 to 7
years. The first year of the program will be spent for course
work, and the remaining years for completing subsequent
steps leading to the doctoral thesis. The maximum duration
allowed to complete the Ph.D. is 7 years.
COURSE- WORK AND REGISTRATION:
After the successful completion of course-workand related pre-
decided steps such as a no. of review seminars, the student is
supposed to give a thesis topic registration seminar. After the
successful completion of this seminar, the student’s PhD topic
will be registered with Xavier University, Bhubaneswar (XUB).
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PhD)
PROGRAM
INDICATIVE AREAS OF
RESEARCH
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Accounting
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Business Communication
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Business Ethics
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Business Information Systems
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Climate Change and Natural Resources Management
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Commerce
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Customer Relationship Management
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Decentralized Planning and Governance
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Decision sciences
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Development Program Management
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Development Policy and Strategy
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Economics
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Employment Relations
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Film Studies
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Finance
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Gender & Equity
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Human Development & Health
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Human Resource Management
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ICT and E-Governance
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International Marketing
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IT Governance
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Journalism
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Knowledge Management
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Labour Laws
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Media effects
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Media Ethics
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Operations Management
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Organisational Behaviour
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Product and Brand Management
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Rural Finance
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Rural Marketing
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Rural Technology and Operations
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Service Marketing
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Social Media & Online Journalism
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Strategic Management
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Supply Chain Management
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Sustainable Business Management
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Sustainable Energy
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Sustainable Livelihoods
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Sustainability Leadership and Entrepreneurship
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Urban Management & Governance
Admission Bulletin 2017
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