The institute is known to carry out research and development activities regularly in collaboration with government departments in the state.

[3][4] The academic programmes offered by XIM university follow the global model for management education.

[6][7][8] XIMB engages in the international exchange of faculty and students with the following institutions:[9] A Ttam of PGDM second-year students from XIMB reached 4th place in the Rubicon International Business Case contest held in 2006 in Iserlohn, Germany.

[16] XIMB along with SHRM and SRM which are collectively known as Faculty of Management at XIM University have been granted the South Asian Quality Assurance Systems (SAQS) accreditation by the Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia (AMDISA)[17][18] and the NBA Accreditation by the National Board of Accreditation.

[30] Xpressions 2011 included appearances from Lucky Ali, Jagjit Singh, Euphoria, and Jal.