Indian Institute of Management Rohtak

Indian Institute of Management Rohtak
Established	2010
Type	Public Business School
Chairman	Ravi Kant
Director	P. Rameshan
Students	254
Location	Rohtak, Haryana, India
Campus	Urban
Website	iimrohtak.ac.in

Indian Institute of Management Rohtak, abbreviated IIM Rohtak, is a public business school located in Rohtak, Haryana, India. It is the eighth Indian Institute of Management to be established. It was inaugurated in June 2010.

History

The 11th Five Year Plan, endorsed by the National Development Council in December 2007, envisaged the establishment of seven new IIMs. Aimed at generating both highly competent and highly trained manpower, the institutes are also expected to act as a major catalyst for developing a knowledge society that would inevitably impact the economic growth of the country.

IIM Rohtak is amongst the seven new IIMs that were approved by the Union Cabinet on August 27, 2009. It is also India’s first IIM north of Delhi. The institute is being mentored by IIM Lucknow in its formative years. Prof. P.Rameshan, the dean for administration, of IIM Kozhikode, is the current director of IIM Rohtak.

Inauguration

IIM Rohtak started functioning on 30 June 2010. It was formally inaugurated on the same day by Mr. Ravi Kant, Vice Chairman of Tata Motors Ltd., in the presence of eminent faculty of IIM Lucknow and board members. Mr. Ravi Kant is the first Chairperson of the Board of Governors of IIM Rohtak. The initial batch strength was pegged at 48 students to keep a high student teacher ratio. From the academic session 2011-2012, the intake has been increased to 120-130 students.

Campus

IIM Rohtak's 80 hectares (200 acres) campus is being constructed at Sunaria near Rohtak city. A budget of about Rs.2.50 billion has been allocated by the Central Government of India to develop the campus. The foundation stone for the new campus was laid on 1 October 2010.

IIM Rohtak is temporarily functioning from Maharishi Dayanand University (MDU), Rohtak. The classrooms are located in the newly constructed, fully furnished, humanities block which is completely dedicated to IIM Rohtak. The block is supported by state of the art library and IT facilities. According to the MOU signed between IIM Rohtak and MDU, the students and staff of IIM Rohtak will have access to almost all the infrastructure of the university.

Programs

The Post-Graduate Program (PGP) (recognised by UGC as equivalent to an MBA degree) is a two-year program being offered by IIM Rohtak. The program intends to produce world-class managers and leaders through its philosophy of exposing students to real life unstructured situations apart from imbibing them with knowledge of the analytical tools and business philosophies required to be a success in the current, and foreseeable, economic scenario. A case study-based method of pedagogy, with an underlying emphasis on Business Ethics, is being followed by the institute to this effect.

Faculty

IIM Rohtak’s full-time faculty has extensive teaching, research and consulting experience. The 14 full-time faculty members have published papers in various national and international journals. The institute also invites visiting faculty from reputed universities and institutes such as Texas University, Lancaster University, London School of Economics, IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Calcutta, IIM Lucknow, XLRI Jamshedpur and FMS Delhi.

Associations

On August 31, 2011, IIM Rohtak and Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, signed a Memorandum of Understanding( MOU) for academic collaboration.The partnership will be in the form of joint research and doctoral work, exchange programmes for both teachers and students, and joint academic structures for executives and consultation on joint teaching material. IIM Rohtak also received the membership of prestigious AACSB accreditation agency on January 18th, 2012.

Events

Mission India

The institute organised its first annual Management Conclave, “Mission India”, on 30th October, 2011. Mr. CM Vasudev, the chairman of HDFC Bank, was the keynote speaker of the event. Mr. Nitin Seth, country head of Fidelity international, Mr. Gagan Bakshi, Director of Interglobe Enterprises (Indigo Airlines), Mr. Sidharath Kapur, CFO of GMR and top executives from Yes Bank, Canon India and other companies presented their views on India’s growth story and challenges ahead.

India for Girl Child

Indian Institute of Management Rohtak successfully organized the marathon themed “India for Girl Child” on February 19th 2012. The event elicited a great response, with more than 2000 participants. Dr. Saket and Dr. Navdeep, who have represented India at the Commonwealth games, graced the occasion and spurred the participants on.

Management Conclave

An annual congregation of managers from the industry who present their views on a pre-decided topic was the brainchild of Indian Institute of Management Rohtak and is now in its third year. For 2012, the theme was discussions for "Fortune at Bottom of Pyramid", the topic presented to the world by Padma Bhushan Dr C. K. Prahalad. As always the discussions were thought provoking and the industry stalwarts also infused this theme with the current market scenario. The interactions were knowledge-rich and of great value to the students.

HR Summit

An annual meet of HR managers organized by Indian Institute of Management Rohtak, sees a huge response from the HR fraternity which comes out in full support to discuss the relevant HR issues plaguing the industry today. 2012 version of the event was themed, "HR challenges of managing new generation employees".

Infusion

Infusion is the flagship cutural-sports event of Indian Institute of Management, Rohtak. In its first version this year it surmises to say that the event began with a bang. Infusion 2013, sponsored by SBI, has laid the groundwork and the event can only get bigger and better in the versions to come. This year the festival included 50+ events which were successfully organized and coordinated by a force of about 200 people. The chief attractions of this year were: The rocking performance of band Aagman, the ROFL act of stand-up comedian Nitin Gupta and the start-transpired launch of Listen Amaya.. movie. The movie promotions saw all the stars of the movie descend at the event location. They included National Award winner Farooque Sheikh, Deepti Naval, Swara Bhaskar, Siddharth Karnik, director of the movie Avinash Kumar Singh amongst others.

See also

• List of universities in India
• Indian Institutes of Management

External links

• Indian Institute of Management, Rohtak web site