About the Institutes
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA)
The decade following independence in 1947 was witness to a surge of innovative ideas to build a fledgling independent nation into a model democratic state committed to growth with equity in the development of its people. The establishment of Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) was the outcome of one such innovative initiative.
Led by Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, Shri. Kasturbhai Lalbhai and proactively supported by the then Chief Minister of Gujarat, Dr. Jivraj Mehta, a group of enlightened individuals set up IIMA. This group ably wove together a coalition of five actors - the governments at the centre and the state, the local industrialists, the Ford Foundation and the Harvard Business School, in a true spirit of public private partnership to establish the Institute.
In 2008, IIMA also became the first business school in the country to be awarded EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System) accreditation. This accreditation awarded by the EFMD (European Foundation for Management Development) certifies that the quality of IIMA’s academic processes and programmes are on par with the best business schools globally that have similar accreditation.
More information on IIMA is available at www.iimahd.ernet.in
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB)
Established in 1973, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) today offers a range of postgraduate and doctoral level courses as well as executive education programs. IIMB has been recognized as the No. 1 Business School in Central Asia by Eduniversal, a French Consultancy Group, for the last three consecutive years. IIMB has also obtained the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) accreditation awarded by the European Foundation for Management Education (EFMD). IIMB Centres of Excellence are engaged in adding value to their communities in the areas of Public Policy, Capital Markets & Financial Management, Corporate Governance, Entrepreneurship, Public Policy, Software and Supply Chain Management, to name a few. With a faculty body from amongst the best universities worldwide, IIMB is fast emerging as a leader in the area of management research, education and consulting.
More information on IIMB is available at www.iimb.ernet.in
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC)
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC) was established as the first national institute for post-graduate studies and research in Management by the Government of India in November 1961 in collaboration with Alfred P. Sloan School of Management (MIT), the Government of West Bengal, The Ford Foundation and Indian industry. Over the years, IIMC has been imparting high quality management education and has grown into a mature institution with a global reputation. It has been playing a pioneering role in professionalizing Indian management through its post graduate and doctoral level programs, executive training programs, research and consulting activities.
IIM Calcutta has set up a state-of-the-art Financial Research and Trading Lab (the Finance Lab) in November 2008. The mission of the Finance Lab is to support advanced applied research in financial markets and equip finance managers with the mathematical and conceptual theories and best practices in financial markets that go into the creation and management of innovative financial products. The Finance Lab is equipped with 48 flat screen workstations with data feed from Bloomberg and Newswire 18. Information on the Finance Lab is available at http://financelab.iimcal.ac.in/index.asp
More information on IIMC is available at www.iimcal.ac.in