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Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
भारतीय प्रबंधन संस्थान अहमदाबाद
File:IIM Ahemadabad Logo.svg
TypePublic Business School
Established1961
DirectorSamir Barua (2007– Present)
Location
Ahmedabad
,
Gujarat
,
India

23°01′54″N 72°32′11″E / 23.031661°N 72.536325°E / 23.031661; 72.536325
CampusUrban, 100 acres (0.40 km2)
Websitewww.iimahd.ernet.in

The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (Hindi: भारतीय प्रबंधन संस्थान अहमदाबाद), better known as IIM Ahmedabad or simply IIM-A, is a business school located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It is the second Indian Institute of Management (IIM) to be established, after IIM Calcutta, in 1961.[1]

History

IIM-A was the second IIM to be set up, on December 16, 1961.[1] Noted scientist Vikram Sarabhai, prominent management educator Ravi J. Matthai and several other Ahmedabad-based industrialists played a major role in its creation.[2] It also had collaboration with Harvard Business School during its initial period.[3]

Academics

Like all IIMs, IIM-A awards diplomas, not degrees.[4] Offered programs include:[5]

  • Post Graduate Program in Management(PGPM)- Two-year, full-time programme
  • Post Graduate Program in Agri-Business Management(PGPABM)- Two-year, full-time programme
  • Post Graduate Program in Public Management and Policy (PGPPMP)- One-year full-time programme for professionals with at least 7 years of work experience
  • Post Graduate Program in Management for Executives(PGPX)- One-Year full-time programme
  • Fellow Programme in Management(FPM)- Doctoral Programme offered by IIMA
  • Faculty Development Program(FDM)- Course for Teachers, Researchers and Trainers in Human Resource Management

Rankings

Institute rankings

IIM-A is the only Indian institute listed by The Economist in its 2011 Full time B-school ranking, at #78.[6] In the Financial Times Global B-School Rankings, IIM Ahmedabad's PGPX programme was ranked #11 in 2012.[7] In the QS Global 200 Business Schools Report it was ranked #2 in the Asia-Pacific region for 2012[8] In India, it was ranked first by the Hindustan Times India's top 50 business schools of 2011[9] and by the 2012 edition of CNBC-TV18's Top B-Schools in India[10] and ranked #3 by the Business Today 50 best business schools of 2011.[11] The Post Graduate Program in Agribusiness Management was ranked first (globally) by Eduniversal, in the field of "Agribusiness / Food Industry Management".[12]

Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship

The Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship was setup the institute with support from the Government of Gujarat and Department of Science and Technology to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in India.[13][14]

Campus

The IIM is spread over lush greenery in Vastrapur and was designed by the American architect Louis Kahn.It has two campuses, the "Heritage Campus" and the "New Campus", joined by an underground gallery. Together, they cover more than 100 acres (40 ha).[15] The new campus has two major sections: One section caters to the needs of PGPX, PGP, PGP-ABM and FPM courses, the other section is referred to as International Management Development Centre.

Louis Kahn Plaza

Alumni

Alumni of IIM-A include international figures such as:

Events

Student events include Confluence, an annual business summit organized in the month of November,[21] and ConneXion, an annual event organized by the alumni cell to drive industry interaction with academia.[22] Other events include Chaos, an annual culfest, Sangharsh, an inter-IIM sports tournament and Insight, a market research event.[23][24][25] It's Finance & Investments Club, BETA organizes a financial services focused event titled 'Exchequer' which in its 2011 edition saw Nilesh Shah, President of Corporate Banking at Axis Bank speaking with the students. It is also responsible for IIM Ahmedabad's annual flagship publication, 'The Efficient Frontier'.[26][27][28]

References

  1. ^ a b Swati Garg (May 12, 2011). "Q&A: Shekhar Chaudhury, Director, IIM Calcutta". Business Standard. Kolkata: Business Standard Limited.
  2. ^ "How India's best-known B-school got built". Business Line. Retrieved 03 March 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. ^ "About IIMA – IIMA". iimahd.ernet.in. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  4. ^ IIMs give diplomas not degrees
  5. ^ Primary source, IIM Ahmedabad programmes, retrieved on 19 November 2011
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  12. ^ "Eduniversal Ranking of the Best Masters Agribusiness / Food Industry Management". best-masters.com. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
  13. ^ "CIIE Details". iimahd.ernet.in. Retrieved 03 March 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  14. ^ "CIIE and IIM-A's start-up incubation programme, iAccelerator powered by Tata Communications". tatacommunications.com. Retrieved 03 March 2012. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  15. ^ "Institute Statistics – IIMA". iimahd.ernet.in. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  16. ^ "Raghuram G. Rajan – Biographical Information". imf.org. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  17. ^ "Our Company | MasterCard Worldwide Executives". mastercard.com. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  18. ^ "Suresh Vaswani: Executive Profile & Biography – BusinessWeek". investing.businessweek.com. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  19. ^ Director's Profile ICICI Bank, accessed on 11 February 2012
  20. ^ Management Profiles Infosys, accessed on 11 February 2012
  21. ^ "Leadership lessons at IIMA". Times of India. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
  22. ^ "IIMA ConneXion Website".
  23. ^ Iron Maiden show to intensify IIM-A Chaos, Dayananda Yumlembam, The Times of India, 15 December 2011, accessed on 6 January 2012
  24. ^ IIMA’s Insight to rock for first time this year, Dayananda Meitei, Daily News and Analysis, 7 October 2009, accessed on 6 January 2012
  25. ^ Bone of Contention, IIMA Insight, accessed on 7 January 2012
  26. ^ Exchequer, BETA – The Finance & Investments Club of IIM-A, accessed on 11 February 2012
  27. ^ The Efficient Frontier, BETA – The Finance & Investments Club of IIM-A, accessed on 11 February 2012
  28. ^ Students get investment tips at IIM-A, Times of India, accessed on 11 February 2012
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