Indian Institute of Management Lucknow
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| Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow | |
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| Established | 1984 |
| Type | Public business school |
| Director | Dr. Devi Singh |
| Faculty | 64 |
| Students | 726 |
| Postgraduates | 46 |
| Location |  Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Campus | Urban, 185 acres (0.75 km2) |
| Website | Iiml.ac.in |
The Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (also referred to as IIM Lucknow or IIML), was established in 1984, by the Government of India, as a national level school of management science. It was the fourth Indian Institute of Management to be established in India after IIM Calcutta, IIM Ahmedabad, and IIM Bangalore. It is situated at the outskirts of the city of Lucknow.
Over 240,000 people apply through the Common Aptitude Test each year, with IIML accounting for roughly 390 seats[citation needed]. Over the years, it has created a niche for itself in the areas of marketing, consulting and of late, finance.
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[edit] Campus
The Institute has computing and class-room facilities, supported by a library of books, journals, films, and databases. IIM Lucknow's academic programmes are fully residential. The campus is located at Prabandh Nagar about 21 kms from Lucknow Railway Station and 31 kms from Lucknow Airport.
The campus has 15 PGP/ABM hostels and a separate FPM hostel. There is also one centrally located football field, two tennis courts, one basketball court, number of badminton courts including one indoor court and a gym.
 Arjun Rath at IIM Lucknow entrance |
 IIM Lucknow campus |
.jpg) Campus in the evening |
[edit] Student Activities
IIM Lucknow has always focused on the all round development of its students. To facilitate this process, students are encouraged to participate in extra curricular activities in the college. At the core of student Activities is "The Students' Council", elected student body which plans and implements students' activities.Various committees and clubs carry out all the student related activities inside and outside the campus.
[edit] Committees on Campus
- Alumni Committee (AlCom) is the link between alumni and the on-campus community comprising the faculty and students. The Alumni Committee strives to revitalize bonds and make them stronger by organizing events for the alumni and keeping them abreast of the latest happenings on campus. At the same time, it aims to leverage the experience and skills of over 3500 alumni, and give the current students a source of industry exposure and knowledge, enabling them to get the best out of their two years at IIM Lucknow.
- IGFAB is a Student driven committee at IIM Lucknow whose working domain includes the areas of food, environment, rural marketing and agribusiness. It is committed to play the role of a facilitator between the industry and the students with a focus on the above mentioned sectors. The committee in this endeavor has organized events throughout the year to generate interest among students in areas like climate change, social entrepreneurship, commodity and carbon trading, rural marketing, retailing and microfinance. IGFAB also comes up with a quarterly magazine "Sylvan". The magazine mainly consists of industry related articles, interviews of industry experts and current events in these sectors.
- Industry Interaction Committee is the single point of contact for industry-related non-placement activities at IIM Lucknow. IIC ensures that practical learning from the corporate world supplements the classroom fundamentals. This is achieved via guest lectures from industry, workshops, industrial visits, live projects, and industry sponsored events. In the process, IIC brings the best practitioners and leaders of the corporate world to campus. Last year, IIC hosted Mr Harsh Manglik (CMD, Accenture), Ms. Adela Khudr (Head, UNICEF India), Ms Naina Lal Kidwai (CEO, HSBC) and Dr. JJ Irani (Director, Tata Sons) to name a few. IIC is progressively expanding its range of activities to organizing summits, panel discussions, industry run courses and board-room talks to promote international industry interaction with IIM Lucknow.
- Oculus, The Communications Platform of IIM Lucknow, organizes a slew of events focusing on oral and written communication skills. Besides the competitive events, Eloquence, SamVaad, Contrapunto , Wordsmith and publications, IIMPulse (college magazine) & IIMPrints (Yearbook), the endeavor is to improve communication skills of the students, by GD/PI sessions, Daily English Capsule and workshops. Ocumen, the flagship event of Oculus, is a social initiative of bridging gap between schools across India and B-School by providing young impressionable minds an opportunity to get a taste of management fundamentals and associate them with lifetime mentors. The event is unique across B-Schools in India and one of the biggest on campus.
- Special Interest Group in Finance (SIGFI), established in 1994, is the hub of finance-related events and knowledge sharing on campus. It promotes finance interests of the student community by enabling synergic interactions with financial institutions and academia. SIGFI does this through SPIKE (Students Partnering with Industry for Knowledge Enhancement) which gives opportunities to students to work directly with corporates on finance-related matters. SIGFI also publishes Mudra – The annual finance journal with presence in 15 B-schools in Europe and 100 institutions across India. To keep the students of IIM Lucknow abreast of the latest financial knowledge, SIGFI comes out with a daily business newsletter known as Biz-Scoop.
- Student Exchange Committee is the backbone for the International Student Exchange programme at IIML. It acts as the one point interface between the faculty, students at IIM Lucknow and the international students. It aids at facilitating passage of IIML students to foreign universities and provides complete assistance to the exchange students from international B-schools during their sojourn on campus.Due to the efforts of the student exchange cell the student exchange program has been ranked as number 2 in the country according to Business World. STEX as the student exchange cell is affectionately referred to on campus also conducts events like the Cultural Night where exchange students showcase their talents ; European dinner where the entire IIM Lucknow is treated to the culinary delights of European cuisine; the trip to the historic city of Lucknow and the most happening event on campus “the farewell party”
- Synapse is the Committee for IT and Knowledge Management at IIM Lucknow . In its short history it has established itself as integral to the life at IIM Lucknow . Right from providing vital support to placement activities ,to facilitating easy online interaction between students and faculty and providing numerous IT tools , Synapse has gone a long way in “Making life at hel(L) easy”. The activities of Synapse include managing Blondie-the IIM Lucknow's intranet portal and Knowledge Management initiatives.
[edit] Clubs on Campus
- Three.Four club is dedicated to the promotion of music among the student community of IIM Lucknow. From creating magic on the stage at events such as Manfest and Index to managing the campus radio and organizing music workshops, Three.Four endeavors to entertain the IIML community and balance the rigorous daily schedule with its music related activities. It provides a channel to students for self-expression and entertainment.Three.Four has not limited itself to the campus and has performed in front of 1000 plus crowd in genres ranging from classical to rock. In short, Three.Four reflects the musical life of IIM Lucknow.
- QComm is an informal club for the real hardcore quizzers of IIM Lucknow. Anybody and everybody (from IIM Lucknow student community) is welcome to join this. It requires no formal selection process and any sort of trash like that, as QComm believes that passions comes from within, not by some silly abilities to do a task better than others. QComm-- one step ahead of PComm!!!
[edit] Annual Fests and Other Events
- MANFEST is IIM Lucknow’s 3 day annual International Business Conclave, the largest b-school fest in India, with an aggregate prize money of INR 1.3 million. It is held in the third week of January and brings together eminent industrialists, thought leaders and participants from over 400 institutes. Manfest features 20 intense management competitions such as The Next CEO, Call for Arms – the battle of b-schools and Biz Quiz, Treatise – the Oxford style online debate with International participation, Leaders’ Express - the leadership conclave, the CSR initiative with Prerna Social Entrepreneurship awards, Hell Raiser - the rock competition, Pro-nites - the professional musical performance, Informals and more. More information at the Official Manfest Website
- INDEX an acronym for INformation through Disguised EXperimentation is the annual event of IIM Lucknow where students carry out market research for corporate clients at a fair held in Lucknow city attended by 15000 residents. The USP of INDEX has been market research through disguised games designed to eliminate the sensitization effect that hampers conventional questionnaire based research. INDEX has been associated with the biggest names in the industry carrying out market research for P&G, HUL, J&J, Pepsi, Diageo and Citibank among others. INDEX has the largest student participation for an event in IIM Lucknow with over 500 students involved.
[edit] Library
Stocking over 60,000 select learning resources in the discipline of management and related areas, in a variety of formats and operating from a 30,000 sq. ft. building, offering a wide range of Information Technology (IT) based (and value added) services and products. The library also houses a full fledged audio visual lab and two conference rooms.
Prominent leaders from the industry have praised the library for its rich ambience and environment. Gyanodaya, as it is called in IIM Lucknow, has also been praised for its extensive collection of online and subscribed journals.[citation needed]
[edit] Pedagogy
The institute follows a case based teaching methodology. The case based teaching methodology helps the students to relate the theories learned to real life situations and also find patterns in what initially looks random. Fully enabled lecture theaters with state-of-the-art audio-visual tools help the students present all aspects of a study. Regular presentations help them to become both knowledgeable individuals and persuasive speakers.
[edit] News
- Prof. Devi Singh has been selected for a second term as IIM-L director. He would be replacing Prof. Prem C Purwar, who was an interim Director.[when?]
[edit] Noted Alumni
- KV Pratap - Chief Economic Advisor, Prime Minister’s Office
- Kamal Gianchandani - Director, Emerging Markets,Credit Derivatives,Citigroup HK
- Baburaj Pillai - Managing Director, Arohi Asset Management, Singapore
- Rakesh Kapoor- Managing Director , Pacific Brands
- Shashank Sinha - President, Sara Lee, Singapore & Malaysia
- Amit Banati - CFO, Cadburys Schweppes, Asia Pacific
- Shailesh Jejurikar - Marketing Head, P&G, Australasia & India
- Dhimant Shah - Director, Emerging Markets Credit Derivates, Citigroup, HK
- Vandita Pant - Global Head of Liquidity & Balance Sheet Management, Global Banking & Markets Treasury, Royal Bank of Scotland, London
- Shanmughan Manjunath
- Tarun Tripathi (Class of 2002) - Head, Marketing and External communication, Yash Raj Films
- Neeraj Gambhir (Class of 1995) – Managing Director & Head of Structured Finance and High Grade Credit - India, Lehman Brothers
- Anjali Mullatti (Class of 1993) – Co-Founder, Catalyst Consulting
- Vipul Sant (Class of 1989) – Director, License Compliance, Microsoft India
- Prabhat Awasthi (Class of 1994) - Head, Equities & Research, Lehman Brothers
- Jatin Suryawanshi (Class of 1994)- Head, US Algorithmic Trading, UBS Investment Bank, New York
- Gaurav Sabnis (Class of 2004)- Famous Indian blogger (see The Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM) advertising controversy
- Rahul Singh (Class of 1995) - Director, India Asia-Pacific Equity Research, Citigroup
- Rakesh Jha, Deputy CFO, ICICI Bank, India
- Kameswara Rao, Partner & Leader, Power Sector practice, PwC India
- Sabaleel Nandy - Strategy Head, Tata Chemicals
- Nitin Seth - Director, McKinsey Knowledge Centre, India
- Rajat Dhawan - Partner, McKinsey & Company
[edit] External links
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