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ment and innovation; student, faculty, and
staff as active participants; learning and
teaching; and academic and professional
engagement.
“It takes a great deal of self-evaluation
and determination to earn the AACSB Ac-
creditation, and I commend XLRI Jam-
shedpur for its dedication to management
education, as well as its leadership in the
community,” said Robert D. Reid, Execu-
tive Vice President and Chief Accreditation
Officer of AACSB International.
Fr E Abraham, SJ, Director of XLRI
remarked on the new development, “The
International Accreditations from AACSB
along with AMBA which we had received
last year has added twin feathers to XLRI’s
cap. A management institute with two
coveted international accreditations and the
National Board of Accreditation is a rare
phenomenon in India. This accreditation
will further enhance the credibility of XLRI
vis-à-vis the recruiters looking to recruit
the top talent, knowing that our graduates
have received the highest quality and the
most relevant management education.”
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master’s, and doctoral degrees in business
and accounting.
AACSB Accreditation is the hallmark of
excellence in business education, and has
been earned by less than five percent of the
world’s business management programs.
Achieving AACSB accreditation is a multi-
year process of rigorous internal review,
engagement with an AACSB assigned men-
tor, and peer review. During the process
the school focuses on developing and
implementing a plan to align with AACSB
standards. These standards require excel-
lence in areas relating to strategic manage-
As the world’s largest business
education network connecting
academe with business, AACSB
provides business education intel-
ligence, quality assurance, and
professional development ser-
vices to more than 1,500 member
organizations across 91 countries
and territories. Founded in 1916,
AACSB Accreditation is the high-
est standard of quality in business
education, with over 775 business
schools accredited worldwide.
AACSB’s global headquarters is
located in Tampa, Florida, USA; its
Asia Pacific headquarters is located
in Singapore; and its Europe,
Middle East, and Africa headquar-
ters is located in Amsterdam, the
Netherlands.
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