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{{Infobox university
| name = Xavier Institute of Social Service
|native_name = जेवियर समाज सेवा संस्थान
| image_name = Xavier_Institute_of_Social_Service_Logo.png
| image_size = 175px
| caption = Nurturing professionals with a difference
| motto = ''leaven in the dough''
| type = [[Private university|Private]] [[Roman Catholic]] [[Business school]] [[Research]] [[Coeducation]]al Higher education institution
| established = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1955}}
| religious_affiliation = [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] ([[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]])
| director = Alexius Ekka<ref>{{cite web|title=XISS: Director's Message |url=http://www.xiss.ac.in/director.php |publisher=XISS Ranchi |access-date=13 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150408062856/http://xiss.ac.in/director.php |archive-date=8 April 2015 }}</ref>
| faculty = Total: 58<ref>{{cite web|title=XISS: Faculty List |url=http://www.xiss.ac.in/facultylist.php |publisher=XISS, Ranchi |access-date=13 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315011906/http://xiss.ac.in/facultylist.php |archive-date=15 March 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=XISS: Visiting Faculty |url=http://www.xiss.ac.in/facultylist.php |publisher=XISS, Ranchi |access-date=13 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315011906/http://xiss.ac.in/facultylist.php |archive-date=15 March 2015 }}</ref><br/>(44 full-time)
| postgrad = 660
| city = [[Ranchi]]
| state = [[Jharkhand]]
| country = [[India]]
| coor = {{nowrap|<small>{{Coord|23|21|36|N|85|19|12|E|display= inline,title|}}</small>}}
| campus = [[urban area|Urban]]
| nickname = XISS
| website = {{URL|www.xiss.ac.in}}
| logo = Xavier Institute of Social Service Logotype.png
}}

'''Xavier Institute of Social Service (XISS)''' ({{lang-hi|जेवियर समाज सेवा संस्थान (एक्सआईएसएस)}}) is a [[Jesuit college#India|Jesuit-run]] [[business school]] in [[Ranchi]], [[India]]. It was established as an extension department of [[St. Xavier's College, Ranchi]], in 1955 by Michael A. Windey with the objective of training young men and women in Rural Development, Personnel Management and Industrial Relations.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ekka|first1=Alex|title=The Pioneer of Village Reconstruction Organization: Fr. Michael A Windey SJ|journal=Jharkhand Journal of Development and Management Studies|date=January–March 2009|volume=7, No. 1|issue=26|url=http://www.xiss.ac.in/JJDMS/issue26.php|access-date=13 March 2015}}</ref>

In 1963, Micheal Van Den Bogaert was appointed as the director of XISS and rendered his service to the institute for 23 years.<ref>{{cite web|title=Journey by Fr. M. V. D. Bogaert |url=http://www.xidas.in/Our_Heritage/journey_bogeart.html |publisher=XIDAS |access-date=13 March 2015 |location=Jabalpur |date=2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150401155247/http://www.xidas.in/Our_Heritage/journey_bogeart.html |archive-date=1 April 2015 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=XISS: Genesis |url=http://www.xiss.ac.in/genesis.php |publisher=XISS Ranchi |access-date=13 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150408062902/http://xiss.ac.in/genesis.php |archive-date=8 April 2015 }}</ref>

Xavier Institute of Social Service was established in 1955 as a center for social service at St. Xavier’s College, Ranchi. It was named after the [[Francis Xavier]].

==Academic Programmes==
Currently{{when|date=September 2018}}, XISS offers the following diploma and certificate programmes:
* Postgraduate Diploma in Management in [[Human Resource Management]] PGDM (HRM)
* Postgraduate Diploma in Management in [[Rural Management]] PGDM (RM)
* Postgraduate Diploma in Management in [[Information Technology]] PGDM (IT)
* Postgraduate Diploma in Management]] in [[Finance]] PGDM
* Postgraduate Diploma in Management]] in [[Marketing]] PGDM (Marketing)
* National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) Certified Capital Market Professional (NCCMP)

The institute has collaborated with [[UNICEF]] to launch a Knowledge Management Resource Centre (KMRC) with a view to build a knowledge base for women and children-related issues in [[Jharkhand]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kislaya|first1=Kelly|title=UNICEF, XISS ink deal for knowledge management centre|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/UNICEF-XISS-ink-deal-for-knowledge-management-centre/articleshow/10909492.cms|access-date=14 March 2015|agency=Times News Network|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.|date=28 November 2011|location=Ranchi}}</ref>

==Student Activities==
;Panache
Panache is the annual cultural and management fest at the institute, usually held in February.<ref>{{cite news|title=Panache 2015 to start on February 18|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/Panache-2015-to-start-on-February-18/articleshow/46171541.cms|access-date=26 January 2016|agency=Times News Network|work=The Times Of India|date=9 February 2015}}</ref> It comprises competitions and events in which students of all the colleges of the city can participate.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

==Alumni==
The institute is known in the corporate world for its [[Post Graduate]] program in Rural Management and [[Human Resource Management]] with leading multinationals and Indian companies coming for campus interviews.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kislaya|first1=Kelly|title=Xavier Institute of Social Services placements go up in 1st phase|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/Xavier-Institute-of-Social-Services-placements-go-up-in-1st-phase/articleshow/17738695.cms|access-date=14 March 2015|agency=TNN|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.|date=24 December 2012|location=Ranchi}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Jesuit sites]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.xiss.ac.in Xavier Institute of Social Service]

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[[Category:Universities and colleges in Ranchi]]
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