XIM hosts Xpressions’21: The biggest B-School festival of Eastern India

Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar successfully concluded “Xpressions’21”, the
flagship annual management and cultural festival, on 20th February 2022. This year, the
festival was conducted in the online mode and stretched over two days from 19th February to
20th February. The resplendent festival drew a large number of participants from several
reputed institutions across India.
The festival witnessed a myriad of business and cultural events. The various committees
conducted their flagship competitions ranging from case studies, business simulations,
quizzes, extempore and many more. Case study competitions like “MPower” conducted by
Maxim, XIM’s marketing committee, and “Maven” conducted by Constrat, XIM’s consulting
and strategy consortium, saw massive participation. “Nirnay”, an in-house business
simulation game conducted by X-Ops, XIM’s operations committee, attracted several
participants along with their flagship case study competition, “Aarohan”. XSys, XIM’s
systems committee, conducted the case study competition, “Case Connect”, which tested the
business analytics skill of the participants.
In addition, SpeakUp, XIM’s oratory committee, organized the XIM Model United Nations
conference, consisting of two councils – UNHRC and International Press. Focusing on
societal awareness, the Social Responsibility Cell of XIM conducted “Vriddhi”, a CSR action
plan competition, which witnessed quality submissions from the participants. “Inquizzitive”,
the flagship event of the quiz committee of XIM, XQuizzite, was held with great enthusiasm.
“Vaktritva”, organized by the Social Responsibility Cell and the Speak Up committees,
focused on how management skills can be used to better society.

Adding to the extravagant events, the flagship case study competition of Xpressions’21, “Jack
of All Trades,” tested the participants’ overall business acumen. XFin, XIM’s finance
committee, hosted a trading simulation game, “Trade Wars”, for all the financial enthusiasts.
“Ad Valorem” from XIM’s entrepreneurship cell, XSeed, invited the contestants to showcase
their entrepreneurial skills. IRC, the International Relations Committee of XIM, held the
national level pitching competition, “Pitch It Abroad”, with equal enthusiasm.
Adding to the splendidness of the festival, Xpressions’21 witnessed a plethora of cultural
events with participants from across the country. The several cultural and informal events
were “Footloose” & “Thirkan”, where participants matched their beats to Western & Indian
dancing style; “Abhinay”, the solo acting event; “Carnival De Vogue”, the ramp walk
competition of XIM. “Flight of Fancy”, a quiz and treasure hunt event, was organized by
LitSoc, the Literary Society of XIM. “Symphony” and “Goonj” captured the musical genius
in Western and Indian singing genres, respectively. “Lensation”, a photography competition,
was conducted by X-Lens. Team IlluminatiX, the media and PR cell of XIM, witnessed
exceptional submissions for its annual Short-Film making competition, “The Final Cut”.
This year’s edition of “XAthon”, the epilogue marathon event of Xpression’21, revolved
around the theme “Walking for Disability Rights”. The proceeds for the event would be
donated towards the cause of helping our specially-abled friends.
Xpressions’21 ended with astounding success. The online mode could not curb the
enthusiastic and energetic participation witnessed across the several events of the festival,
making it one of the most noteworthy B-school festivals of the country.
 
ABOUT XIM University 
Xavier Institute of Management (XIM), Bhubaneswar was established in accordance with the
Xavier University Act 2013 and was inaugurated on 7th July 2014. The University is India’s
first digital University and an institution of higher learning for imparting professional and
technical education. It is a self-financing institution of higher learning for imparting
professional and technical education. XIM offers its Masters in Business Management
through its flagship school, XIM, Bhubaneswar. It also offers Masters in Human Resource
Management through Xavier School of Human Resource Management, Rural Management
through Xavier School of Rural Management, Sustainability Management through Xavier
School of Sustainability and graduate programme in commerce through Xavier School of
Commerce. Apart from these, it has proposed setting up other higher learning schools in
various areas like Public Policy, Sustainability, Media & Communications, Finance,
Education and Centers of Research in Public Policy & others.
 
ABOUT XIM, Bhubaneswar 
Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, a 34 years old business school of global
repute, is the Flagship School of XIM University. Inspired by the Jesuit spirit of ‘Magis’, or
excellence, XIM Bhubaneswar strives to be a premier institute globally recognized for
management education, training, research, and consulting that help builds a just and humane
society. Today, the Institute has become widely recognized for its excellence in imparting

management education. It is counted among the leading management institutions in the
country. 

For more information please contact:
IlluminatiX, Media & PR Cell of XIM, Bhubaneswar
Email: media-oc@xim.edu.in
Phone No: +91-9674643954