XIME Kochi - Official Page

What XIME Kochi - Official Page does

XIME Kochi is a private, AICTE-approved management education institution operating as the Kerala campus of the XIME (Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship) group founded by Prof. J. Philip, the former Director of IIM Bangalore. It delivers a two-year full-time residential Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) with specializations in Analytics, Human Resources, Finance, Marketing and Operations, alongside Management Development Programmes, faculty-led consultancy and an MSME helpdesk. The campus is located in Kinfra Park, Kalamassery, Kochi, and is run on a small headcount of approximately 26 employees including around 20 faculty, led by Officiating Director Dr. Amitabh Satapathy under Founder Chairman Chevalier Joseph Philip and President Anil J. Philip.

The core product is the residential PGDM, priced at Rs. 9.90 lakhs payable in installments, with no management or NRI quota and admission based purely on merit (CAT/MAT/CMAT/ATMA plus subsequent rounds). Supporting technology is a standard operational stack — a digiicampus.com LMS, a library portal at library.ximekochi.org, and the Saral HRM administrative platform — with no proprietary AI or data product disclosed. International exposure is delivered through winter/summer internships, exchange programmes and study tours with six partner universities across China, France, Malaysia, Japan and Australia.

Revenue is tuition-led and recurring across the two-year programme, supplemented by smaller MDP, consultancy and MSME streams. Distribution to students runs through a direct online application portal and content-driven marketing (website, Twitter, events such as HR Conclave 4.0, Consilience conference, and the Kerala Innovation Festival). Placement is centrally delivered through the XIME Career Management Centre, which pools recruiters across the Bangalore, Chennai and Kochi campuses — landing the institution in the top 1% of Indian B-schools and a 94.44% placement rate in 2025 — with named recruiters including EY, Wipro, Infosys, KPMG, Adani and Aditya Birla Capital.

Name

XIME Kochi - Official Page

Legal name

XIME Kochi

Website

https://ximekochi.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

XIME Kochi is an AICTE-approved private B-school in Kerala operating as part of the XIME group, delivering a two-year residential PGDM with centralized placements across the group's Bangalore, Chennai and Kochi campuses. It serves bachelor's-degree-holding management aspirants with mid-tier tuition and international exchange options.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Business School / Management Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Professional and Management Development Training (61143)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Strategy, Consulting & General Management Institutes (EDAHAHAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Project, Quality & Operations (PMP PDUs, Six Sigma, Quality CE) (EDAAALAM)

Keywords

• Management education
• Business school
• PGDM program
• Executive development
• Management consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Kochi

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Tuition Fees: Two-year full-time residential PGDM program with tuition fees of Rs. 9.90 lakhs payable in installments. Mandatory hostel accommodation included in the residential program.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

XIME Kochi offers a two-year, full-time, AICTE-approved residential Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) program with specializations in Analytics, HR, Finance, Marketing, and Operations, delivered at its Kakkanad campus in Kochi. Beyond the flagship PGDM, the institution provides Management Development Programmes (MDPs), corporate and MSME consultancy services, international summer internships, winter internships, and study tours in partnership with universities in China, France, Malaysia, Japan, and Australia.

Product overview

XIME Kochi is an AICTE-approved PGDM college offering a two-year residential Post Graduate Diploma in Management programme as its core product. The institution provides specializations in Analytics, Human Resources, Finance, Marketing, and Operations. Supporting the main PGDM programme are international exchange programmes (summer internships, winter internships, study tours), Management Development Programmes for corporate clients, and consultancy services for MSMEs and industries. The institution positions itself among the Top 1% B-schools in India with centralized placements across its campuses.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM)

Quantifiable outcome

• 94.44% campus placement rate in 2025
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• GDUFS – Guangdong University of Foreign StudiescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational academic partnership with GDUFS in Guangzhou, China for student exchange programmes and winter internships. Selected students participate in the Winter Programme gaining insights into Chinese business and culture through classroom sessions, industry visits, and cultural activities.
• De La Salle UniversityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational academic partnership with De La Salle University in Malaysia for potential student exchange and collaborative programmes.
• Audencia Business SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Audencia Business School in Paris, France for winter internship programmes. Includes seminars on European Union, doing business in Europe, international business, with sessions across Paris, Nantes, and Normandy, plus visits to Brussels.
• Brest Business SchoolminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational academic partnership with Brest Business School in France for potential student exchange and collaborative programmes.
• Nagoya University of Commerce and BusinessminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational academic partnership with Nagoya University of Commerce and Business in Japan for potential exchange programmes and collaborative academic initiatives.
• Adelaide Business SchoolminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational academic partnership with Adelaide Business School in Australia for potential student exchange and collaborative programmes.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Amrita School of Business: Kerala-based B-school offering two-year management programmes with similar regional positioning, fee band and recruiter base competing with XIME Kochi for South Indian applicants.
• Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai: PGPM/PGDM provider based in South India with a comparable one- and two-year management programme structure and recruiter overlap with XIME Kochi.
• IIM Kozhikode: Premier public Indian B-school located in the same state (Kerala) as XIME Kochi, competing for the same South Indian PGDM/MBA applicant pool and recruiter attention.
• SCMS Cochin School of Business: Well-known Kerala-based B-school offering PGDM programmes, directly competing with XIME Kochi for the same regional applicant pool and placement recruiters.

Direct peers

• TAPMI Manipal: AICTE-approved two-year PGDM programme with comparable fee band and recruiter profile to XIME Kochi, targeting a similar tier of CAT/XAT applicants.
• XIME Bangalore: Sister flagship campus of the same XIME group in Bangalore, offering the identical AICTE-approved PGDM programme and feeding the centralized CMC placement pool that Kochi also relies on.
• Christ University (Faculty of Management): Bengaluru-based university offering MBA-equivalent programmes with similar AICTE-approved curriculum and South Indian student demographic overlap with XIME Kochi.
• XIME Chennai: Third XIME group campus in Chennai running the same PGDM programme and participating in the centralized placement process — the most direct functional peer to XIME Kochi.
• SCMHRD Pune: Symbiosis-group residential PGDM college offering two-year management programmes with a similar placement-led value proposition to XIME Kochi.
• Alliance School of Business, Bangalore: Private AICTE-approved two-year PGDM provider in South India with comparable fee structure and a recruiter base that overlaps significantly with XIME Kochi's.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/XIMEKochi
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/xime-kochi

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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