Welcome to the brave new world of globalization, where markets are no longer necessarily limited by national boundaries, where the global customer is a hard task master, where the winds of change sweep by with dizzying velocity. Today companies have realized that the rules of the game are changing and the ones most poised to handle the rapid changes are the ones who stand to reap a fortune. And to ride the waves of this change we need a breed of managers who are daring and spirited and yet tempered with knowledge. For them the world is veritably their playground- today is the day of the Global Manager.
XLRI believes that management education today is incomplete without a global exposure and thus envisages a symbiotic climate of international cooperation amongst the centers of management excellence across continents. Working towards the goal of creating managers who can take up assignments in any part of the world, the institute has developed an excellent international student exchange program. This provides students with the opportunity to join partner institutes abroad, through different programs. XLRI also ensures that students in other countries come over to campus, as this serves the dual purpose of creating a global environment in campus, and providing students abroad with hands on experience of the magic called India. XLRI has well structured cooperation programs running with leading institutes of the world. The institute encourages cooperation with partner institutes on many fronts, some of which are as follows:
At XLRI, you will not only have chance to meet the India's finest management practitioners and researchers, you will also be able to Interact with some of the best students of the country (having being selected after successfully competing against more than 300 students for one seat).
If you are a student looking to spend a term abroad or a researcher trying to understand the intricacies of international business, XLRI can help you immensely in your search to seek knowledge. Not only can you learn academically and professionally, but you will also be challenged by your experiences at a personal level. This is a chance to become a global citizen, meet new people, travel to new landscapes, discover new personal strengths, and add an international dimension to your understanding of the field of management.