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|birth_place = [[Kovilpatti, Tamil Nadu]], India<br />
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|fields = [[Marketing research]], [[strategic marketing]]<br />
|workplaces = [[Indian Institute of Management Ranchi]]<ref name="IIMRanchi">{{cite web|url=http://www.edu-leaders.com/content/johar-iim-ranchi|title=Johar IIM Ranchi|publisher=edu-leaders.com|date=26 August 2012|access-date=13 June 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707205650/http://www.edu-leaders.com/content/johar-iim-ranchi|archive-date=7 July 2012}}</ref><br />
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'''M. J. Xavier''' is the founding director of [[Indian Institute of Management Ranchi]] (IIM Ranchi) With more than 25 years of professional experience in teaching, research, academic administration and industry, Xavier specialises in [[marketing research]] and [[strategic marketing]]. His book, Strategic Marketing, won the DMA-Escorts Award for the best Management Book of the Year 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/education/article848679.ece | title=Collaboration works better than competition|publisher=thehindu.com |date=25 October 2010 |access-date=21 July 2012}}</ref><br />
He carefully designed the curriculum for IIM Ranchi based on the motto of "[[Thought leadership]] through Erudite Fusion"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/education/article2865444.ece | title=Management, The Gandhian Way |publisher=thehindu.com |date=6 February 2012 |access-date=21 July 2012}}</ref><br />
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==Professional background==<br />
Xavier obtained his Doctorate in Management (1984) from the [[Indian Institute of Management Calcutta]]. He was originally an engineer with an [[M.Tech.]] (1979) in Chemical Plant Engineering from [[Regional Engineering College, Warangal]] and B.Tech. (1976) in [[Chemical Engineering]] from [[Coimbatore Institute of Technology]].<br />
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He served as a Research Executive in Mode Research Pvt. Ltd., [[Calcutta]] (1982–84) and as Manager in-charge of Management Development and Services with SPIC Ltd., [[Chennai]](1985–91). He taught at [[XLRI]], Jamshedpur (1984-84), [[IIM Bangalore]] (1991–96), [[IFMR]] Chennai (1998–2006) and [[Great Lakes Institute of Management]], Chennai (2008–2010).<br />
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His areas of interest include marketing research, [[data mining]], [[e-governance]] and [[spirituality]]. He conducted a number of training programmes for executives and has also been a consultant to several companies in India and abroad.<br />
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He authored three books and published more than 100 articles in journals and magazines in India and abroad. His book ''Marketing in the New Millennium'' won the DMA-Escorts Award for the best Management Book of the Year 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessworld.in/businessworld/businessworld/content/%E2%80%98We-Thrive-Create-Thought-Leadership.html|title=We thrive to create Thought Leadership|publisher=businessworld.in|date=11 March 2011|access-date=21 July 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401000902/http://www.businessworld.in/businessworld/businessworld/content/%E2%80%98We-Thrive-Create-Thought-Leadership.html|archive-date=1 April 2012}}</ref><br />
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He served as Visiting [[Faculty (academic staff)|Faculty]] to a number of business schools in India and abroad including the [[University of Buckingham]], U.K. (1993), the [[Texas Christian University]], U.S. (1999), [[California Polytechnic State University]], U.S. (2003–2005) and the [[American University of Armenia]], Armenia (2006).,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mbauniverse.com/imc2012/mjxavier.php | title=3rd Management Conclave 2012 |publisher=mbauniverse.com |date=9 August 2012 |access-date=21 July 2012}}</ref> Postgraduate Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayawardenapura (Sri Lanka).<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cite web|title=Most widely held works by M. J Xavier|url=https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n99000652/|publisher=[[WorldCat]]}}<br />
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