Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management

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The Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management (IISWBM) is a graduate business school in Kolkata, India. It is one of the oldest management institutes in India. It was established in 1953 and is claimed that IISWBM is the first B-School of India.

[edit] History

On July 5, 1954,Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, Chief Minister of West Bengal and Founder – President of the Institute inaugurated the first Business Management Course in India.Dr. Jehangir Gandhy,Chairman , All India Board of Technical Studies in Management ,Union Ministry of Education ,who could not be present at the inaugural ceremony sent a message saying "I am glad that the All India Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management is inaugurating today Business Management Course for the first time in India for the benefit of junior Business executives".

IISWBM was set up in collaboration with the Government of West Bengal, the University of Calcutta and the Business Community of West Bengal to promote management education. The University of Calcutta affiliated the MBA program of the Institute for 50 years. The affiliation, which was supposed to end in 2003 is still renewed on a year by year basis by the University.

The institute celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 2003 and the Government Of India released a commemorative stamp on IISWBM to celebrate the event; no other Management Institute in India so far has been accorded this honour.

[edit] Courses on Offer

The Institute offers the following courses:

Masters in Business Management (MBA)

MBA (Day) 2 Yrs. Full Time

MBA (Evening) 3 Yrs part time for students

Masters of Human Resource Management (MHRM)
Master of Public Systems Management with specialization in Environment Management, Energy Management, Hospital Management, Transportation and Logistics Management
Post-Graduate Diploma in Bio Informatics in association with ECIL
Post-Graduate Diploma in IPR in association with FICCI
Post-Graduate Diploma in Sports management
Post-graduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM)

The MBA (both Day and Evening Programme), MHRM Programme and MPSM Programme are affiliated to the University of Calcutta. The other courses are offered by the institute as PG-Diploma courses.

IISWBM has been a pioneer and innovator in the field of management education in India. It has successfully envisioned future developments in management and also contributed in the social sector. The Institute also publishes a management journal called Survey.

The Sports Management Department is now called the Naval Tata Centre of Excellence in Sports Management in memory of one of the most distinguished Industrialist and Sports Administrator of India. The Sports Management course is the only one of its kind in India. All the batches have obtained suitable placements and the department has decided to provide a winter internship each year.

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University of Calcutta

Chancellor: Gopal Krishna Gandhi, Governor of West Bengal

Vice Chancellor: Professor Suranjan Das

Affiliated or Associated Institutes for postgraduate studies and research
Bose Institute · Calcutta Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology · Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta · Department of Applied Physics, University of Calcutta · Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science · Indian Institute of Astrophysics · Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management · Institute of Development Studies, Kolkata · Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata · Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences · Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics · S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences

Faculties of the university
Faculty of Agriculture · Faculty of Arts · Faculty of Commerce, Social Welfare & Business Management · Faculty of Education, Journalism and Library Science · Faculty of Engineering & Technology · Faculty of Fine Arts, Music and Home Science · Faculty of Law · Faculty of Science

Centres of the university
A. K. Choudhury School of Information Technology · Women's Studies Research Centre · Dr. B.C. Guha Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology · Gandhian Studies Centre · Centre for Urban Economic Studies · S. K. Mitra Centre for Space Environment · Peace Studies Research Centre · Centre for Testing and Training for Providing Technical Back up to the Beneficiaries for Agricultural and Horticultural Development · University Science Instrumentation Centre · Centre for Horticultural Studies · Centre for Millimeter Wave Semiconductor Devices & Systems · Centre for Pakistan and West Asian Studies · Centre for Research in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology · Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities · Centre for South and Southeast Asian Studies · Centre for Studies in Book Publishing · Centre for the Study of China and her Neighbourhood · Nehru Studies Centre