{"id":9097,"date":"2026-08-30T15:33:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T15:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/?p=9097"},"modified":"2026-08-30T15:35:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T15:35:25","slug":"xim-bhubaneswar-hosts-8th-annual-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/?p=9097","title":{"rendered":"XIM Bhubaneswar Hosts 8th Annual Business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bhubaneswar, August 30, 2026:<\/strong> Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB) successfully concluded the 8th edition of the Business Excellence Summit (BES) 2026, themed \u201cBuilding Resilient Businesses &#8211; Navigating Risk to Shape A Sustainable Future.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/792946-1024x562.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/792946-1024x562.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/792946-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/792946-768x422.jpg 768w, https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/792946-1536x843.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/792946-2048x1124.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">XIMB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two-day summit brought together industry leaders, faculty, students and alumni to explore resilience, leadership, technology, ESG, AI and risk management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The summit commenced with a lamp-lighting ceremony and inaugural address by Dr. Biswa Swarup Misra, followed by the theme address by Dr. Fr. K.S. Casimir, S.J., who emphasised openness, collaboration and the human edge in building resilient organisations. The session also witnessed the launch of <em>Echoes<\/em>, the BES magazine, and <em>Unnayan<\/em>, the alumni magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Day 1 keynote by Mr. Sandeep Bagla, CEO, TRUST Mutual Fund, introduced the 4A Framework &#8211; Anticipate, Absorb, Adapt and Accelerate, highlighting AI, accountability, digital infrastructure and responsible leadership. Panel discussions on \u201cLeadership &#8211; Leading for the Long Run\u201d and \u201cTechnology &#8211; Build to Bend, Not to Break\u201d featured Mr. Srinivas Baratam, Mr. Jaydeep Chakraborty, Mr. Sushant Dwivedy, Mr. Bivas Mishra, Mr. Gaurav Chawla and Ms. Jayati Dwivedy, focusing on resilient leadership, technological transformation, AI, governance and sustainable value creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Day 2 featured a keynote by Mr. Himanshu Routray, Director, JLL India and XIMB alumnus, who highlighted embracing uncertainty, risk management, AI, networking, collaboration, continuous upskilling, compliance, quality and ethics in building resilient careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The panel on \u201cESG &#8211; Resilience by Design,\u201d moderated by Prof. S.S. Ganesh, featured Ms. Priyanka Ghosh, Mr. Debasmit Mohanty and Mr. Sambitosh Mohapatra, who discussed adaptability, governance, stakeholder management, ESG, technology and sustainability. The final panel, \u201cRisk Management Built for the Bad Day,\u201d moderated by Dr. Ritesh Kumar Dubey, featured Mr. Kiran Rana and Mr. Chittaranjan Mohanty, focusing on risk assessment, AI, technological disruption, adaptability and human judgement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Interactive Q&amp;A sessions across both days enabled students to engage with speakers on AI, innovation, entrepreneurship, ethics, career choices, ESG, uncertainty and risk management. The summit concluded with the felicitation of the dignitaries, reinforcing BES 2026\u2019s focus on building adaptable, responsible and resilient organisations for an uncertain future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bhubaneswar, August 30, 2026: Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB) successfully concluded the 8th edition of the Business<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9098,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-39"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9097"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9101,"href":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9097\/revisions\/9101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agamiduniya.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}