Xavier Institute of Management, Jabalpur (XIMJ), is owned and run by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), an international organization that is globally acclaimed as one of the outstanding educationalists. More specifically, Xavier Institute is owned by the Madhya Pradesh Province of the Society of Jesus.

Christ University was born out of the educational vision of Blessed Kuriakose Elias Chavara, the founder of CMI congregation. Blessed Chavara was a great educationalist and a social reformer of the 19th century. He could foresee the changes in the environment and make strategic moves to build a better society based on fatherhood of God and brotherhood of humanity. Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI), the first indigenous religious congregation of India with a membership of around 3000,.......