M. J. Xavier is the founding director of

Indian Institute of Management Ranchi The Indian Institute of Management Ranchi (IIM Ranchi, IIM-R) is a public business school located in Ranchi, Jharkhand, India. IIM Ranchi was established in Ranchi on 15 December 2009 and began classes on 6 July 2010, under the 11th Five Year P ...

(IIM Ranchi) With more than 25 years of professional experience in teaching, research, academic administration and industry, Xavier specialises in marketing research and

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. His book, Strategic Marketing, won the DMA-Escorts Award for the best Management Book of the Year 1999. He carefully designed the curriculum for IIM Ranchi based on the motto of "

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through Erudite Fusion"

Professional background

Xavier obtained his Doctorate in Management (1984) from the

Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM Calcutta or IIM-C) is a public business school located in Joka, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was the first Indian Institute of Management to be established, and has been recognized as an Institut ...

. He was originally an engineer with an

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(1979) in Chemical Plant Engineering from

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and B.Tech. (1976) in

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from Coimbatore Institute of Technology. He served as a Research Executive in Mode Research Pvt. Ltd.,

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(1982–84) and as Manager in-charge of Management Development and Services with SPIC Ltd.,

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(1985–91). He taught at XLRI, Jamshedpur (1984-84), IIM Bangalore (1991–96), IFMR Chennai (1998–2006) and

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, Chennai (2008–2010). His areas of interest include marketing research, data mining,

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and

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. He conducted a number of training programmes for executives and has also been a consultant to several companies in India and abroad. He authored three books and published more than 100 articles in journals and magazines in India and abroad. His book ''Marketing in the New Millennium'' won the DMA-Escorts Award for the best Management Book of the Year 1999. He served as Visiting Faculty to a number of business schools in India and abroad including the

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, U.K. (1993), the

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, U.S. (1999),

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, U.S. (2003–2005) and the American University of Armenia, Armenia (2006)., Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayawardenapura (Sri Lanka).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Xavier, M J People from Kanyakumari district Living people Indian business theorists Indian Institute of Management Calcutta alumni 1955 births Indian marketing people Indian Institute of Management Ranchi faculty