Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM Bangalore or IIMB) is a

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business school and

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located in

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, India. Founded in 1973, it was the third

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to be established, after

IIM Calcutta Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM Calcutta or IIM-C) is a public business school located in Joka, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was the first Indian Institute of Management to be established, and has been recognized as an Institu ...

and

IIM Ahmedabad Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM Ahmedabad) is the world's number 1 business school, located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The school has been accorded the status of an Institute of National Importance by Ministry of Human Resourc ...

. The institute offers

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, Doctoral,

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and Certificate Programmes. The MBA programme is the flagship programme of the BSchool and is offered in three modes - one year full-time, two year full-time and two year executive (weekend). The Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP), is the traditional flagship two-year full-time residential MBA programme, for candidates with 0–4 years experience and admitted through the Common Admission Test (CAT). IIM Bangalore offers a flagship one-year full-time residential MBA programme - the Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management (EPGP), modeled on global MBA pedagogy, for candidates with higher experience and admitted through Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), IIMB also offers two-year part-time executive MBA programme for working executives, a one-year full-time programme - Master of Management Studies in

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and a two-year full-time MBA programme in

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, apart from the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). The Certificate Programmes include the N. S. Ramaswamy Pre-doctoral Fellowship (NSR Pre-doc), which is a one-year full-time apprenticeship programme and the Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship (MGNF), a two-year academic programme.

History

In 1972, a committee headed by

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, founding director of

and IRMA, noting the rising demand for graduates of the first two prestigious IIMs namely

and

, recommended the need to have two more IIMs. The Institute at

was set up to cater exclusively to the needs of public sector enterprises. For the proposed institute, the

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offered of land free of cost and a contribution of . T. A. Pai and

N. S. Ramaswamy N. Srinivasa Iyer Ramaswamy (1926–2012), popularly known as Cartman Ramaswamy, was an Indian engineer, educationist, management academic and writer, and the founder director of the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. He was the founder o ...

were appointed as chairman and Director respectively. The institute was inaugurated by Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India, on 28 October 1973. The institute was started in St. Joseph's College of Commerce, and some other buildings, which were rented on the Langford Road. The new institute came up at the Bannerghatta Road campus in South Bangalore in 1983. The two-year Post Graduate Programme commenced in July 1974 and the first convocation of the institute was held on 10 July 1976 with a total of 48 graduating students. On August 27, 1998, the Post Graduate Programme in Software Enterprise Management was launched with an intake 58 students. The institute's start-up incubation centre, N S Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL) came into existence in March 2002.

Motto

The motto derived from

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(pronounced as ''tejasvi nāvadhītamastu'') is an extract from the

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recited in

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Katha Upanishad The ''Katha Upanishad'' (Sanskrit: कठोपनिषद् or कठ उपनिषद्) (') is one of the ''mukhya'' (primary) Upanishads, embedded in the last eight short sections of the ' school of the Krishna Yajurveda.Paul Deussen. ...

Mandukya Upanishad The Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad ( sa, माण्डूक्य उपनिषद्, ) is the shortest of all the Upanishads, and is assigned to Atharvaveda. It is listed as number 6 in the Muktikā canon of 108 Upanishads. It is in prose, c ...

and Shvetashvatara Upanishad. The motto translates to '''Let our study be enlightening.Taittiriya Upanishad, Translated by Swami Gambhirananda, Published by Advaita Ashram, Kolkata The current IIMB logo depicting the sun, was designed by the

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and has been in use since 1994.

Corporate placement and campus drive

IIM Bangalore provides a wide network of corporate placement opportunities for its students. In December 2021, it collaborated internationally for exploring students' dynamics for an international experience.

Campus

The IIMB campus, occupying an area of over 100 acres, is located on Bannerghatta Road in the southern part of Bangalore. It is accessible by public transport from anywhere in the city. The Namma Metro's Pink Line, currently under construction as of June 2022, will have a halt at IIMB. IIMB is in the process of setting up its second campus near

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, in the city's periphery, in

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Taluka.

Architecture

IIM Bangalore was designed by Pritzker prize winning architect

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. Mr Doshi, also a

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awardee, had previously assisted

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on the design of IIM Ahmedabad and then designed the renowned school of architecture at Ahmadabad (later renamed as CEPT). He was hence commissioned to design IIM Bangalore. The architecture of IIM Bangalore is inspired by the historic city of

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near Agra, and the Madurai temples in Tamil Nadu. The 54,000 sq mt IIMB complex, is built in granite stone, giving the campus a unique character. The conceptualisation of the campus began in 1973 and it was completed in 1983. Over the years, the once barren campus has become a green oasis with rich and diverse flora and fauna. The campus has been awarded for its sustainability practices.

Academic Blocks

The academic blocks were designed by Stein, Doshi & Bhalla architects led by

and were completed by 1983. A few blocks were added later owing to the increase in the number of students being enrolled. The classes, faculty offices and other administrative entities are spread over the various blocks.

Library

The library extends membership-based services to individuals, organizations, corporations and academic institutions. Alumni are encouraged to use the library facilities at a very nominal subscription charge.

Student Housing and Sports Centre

IIMB provides accommodation facilities to all the full-time long duration programmes. IIMB campus housing consists of 16 hostel blocks apart from one executive block and the executive accommodation at the Management Development Centre. The hostel consists of 16 blocks named from A to P. IIMB has separate facilities for soccer,

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basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

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and

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. IIMB has a sports centre with courts for badminton and tennis, a

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and a swimming pool.

Computer Centre

The institute has 24-hour internet connectivity with 600+ PCs and workstations. The campus is also fully WiFi enabled.

Startup Hub Incubation Centre for entrepreneurs - NSRCEL

The 'Nadathur Sarangapani Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning', renamed NSRCEL, was set up in 2002 to aid the

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activities at IIMB. The centre acts as an incubator for new business ideas where anyone can apply for incubation. As of April 2020, NSRCEL has incubated more than 240 start-ups with a combined value of $1.5 billion and created more than 5400 jobs. Students studying at IIMB are encouraged to leverage

Academics

Academic programmes

IIMB has degree granting and certificate programmes. Prior to 2018, IIM Bangalore awarded diplomas instead of degrees because the IIMs were not set up as universities through an Act of Parliament but as societies under the Societies Act. The Indian Institutes of Management Act, 2017 enacted by the

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in December 2017 declared IIMs as

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, thereby allowing IIMs to award degrees to their students instead of diplomas. Consequently, in 2018, IIM Bangalore became the first IIM to award

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to the graduates of the Post Graduate Programme and later to the executive post graduate programme – the full-time MBA programmes of the BSchool.

Degree Granting Programmes

IIM Bangalore currently offers six degree-granting programmes: a full-time doctoral programme (FPM), three full-time MBA programmes (EPGP, PGP, PGPBA), an executive MBA programme (PGPEM), and a full-time programme in Public Policy (PGPPM). IIMB, identifying the need and importance of a full-fledged liberal arts programme in a B School, has planned to start a 4-year UG programme in liberal arts in the year 2023 to be run from its new campus at Anekal.

Full-time Certificate Programmes

IIM Bangalore offers two full-time certificate programmes. * N. S. Ramaswamy Pre-doctoral Fellowship (NSR Pre-doc) - Launched in 2018. * Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship (MGNF) - Launched in 2020, this programme is an initiative of the

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(MSDE),

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that is designed and implemented by IIM Bangalore and in collaboration with State Skill Development Missions. The two-year Fellowship seeks to combine classroom sessions at IIM Bangalore with an intensive field immersion at the district level to create credible plans and identify barriers in raising employment, economic output, and promote

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s in rural areas.

International Collaborations and Student Exchange Programmes

Students of the two-year MBA programme go on exchange programmes during the fifth term of the course. More than a hundred students from IIM Bangalore leave for global B-schools and an equivalent number arrive in Bangalore from various global B-schools. IIM Bangalore conducts an international immersion programme for the one year MBA students in the fourth term. The two-week programme gives the students an opportunity to take courses in some of the leading universities in global business and innovation hubs. Structured around a visit to an emerging economy such as China,

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, and

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or a developed one in Europe or in the Asian region like

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, the module provides insights into the country's economic, social, political and cultural life. IIMB is the only Indian B School that is part of the Global Network for Advanced Management (GNAM), a global collaboration of B schools led by Yale University.

Journal : IIMB Management Review (IMR)

IIMB Management Review (IMR) is a quarterly journal brought out by Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. IIM Bangalore received EQUIS Accreditation for five years. EQUIS accreditation is the most comprehensive institutional accreditation system for business and management schools.

Rankings

IIM Bangalore was ranked 2nd among management schools by the

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(NIRF) 2020. Eduniversal, Paris has ranked Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) first in

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and India in 2020. IIMB has been ranked in the top 10 business schools globally by '2020 Positive Impact Ranking for Business Schools'.

Global MBA Ranking

The full-time One Year MBA programme (EPGP) is ranked 1 in India and 27 in the world amongst the top 100 Global MBA Programmes by the ''

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''. The one year MBA of IIM Bangalore has also been ranked 44 in the world by QS Global MBA 2020 ranking.

Global MIM Ranking

The full-time Two Year MBA programme (PGP) of IIMB is ranked 26 globally, amongst the top 100 Master's in Management programmes (MIM) by the 'QS Master in Management Ranking for 2020'. The two-year Masters programme was ranked 44 in 2019 by ''Financial Times'' in its Masters in Management Ranking.

Global EMBA Ranking

The part-time Weekend Executive MBA programme (PGPEM) is ranked 36 in 2020 QS Executive MBA ranking. It is the only Indian B-School to be ranked in the Top 50 EMBA ranking globally. IIMB also features in top 100 in the EMBA ranking by Financial Times.

Mentorship

IIM Bangalore successfully mentored

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when it was established in 2011. It also mentored IIM Visakhapatnam when it was setup in 2015.

Student life

There are several student-run clubs and societies at IIM Bangalore. The student bodies are divided into clubs, mini clubs, chapters and societies which are managed by the students themselves and are governed by the Students Affairs Council. The following are the list of clubs and societies.

Students Affairs Council

It is the apex body which controls all the aspects of student life including other clubs and societies.

Academic Council

The Academic Council is an elected body that facilitates the management of the academic system at IIM Bangalore. The council acts as an interface between students and faculty and is also responsible for the elective bidding process for courses by assessing the academic needs of the student community .

Placement Committee

More than 100 companies across the globe visit the campus every year for summer and final placements. The placement processes are governed by the Career Development Services and facilitated by the Placement Committee.

Events

IIMB celebrates the Foundation Day on 28 October. The 46th Foundation Day lecture was delivered by renowned architect B.V. Doshi, who had designed the IIMB campus more than three decades ago.

Eximius

Eximius is the annual entrepreneurship summit organized by IIM Bangalore. The event has hosted several eminent speakers including

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, Harish Hande, D R Mehta among others.

Unmaad

Unmaad is the flagship annual cultural festival of IIM Bangalore. The three-day event draws participants from across India. Unmaad features drama and music performances, dances, quizzes, debates, street plays, professional concerts and a fashion show. The event has hosted performances by prominent artistes including

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, Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, KK,

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, Lucky Ali, Strings, Jethro Tull, Indian Ocean, etc.

Vista

Vista is an annual, international business summit hosted by IIM Bangalore. The three-day summit brings together leaders from the fields of marketing, finance, operations, human resources, consulting and social work. The platform lets students learn from business professionals through events, competitions and case studies. The event also incorporates guest speaker sessions. Previous speakers include

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, Mukesh Ambani, Prahlad Kakkar,

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, Kamal Haasan, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw,

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, Justice

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, M J Akbar,

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and

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Yamini

Yamini is a full-night music festival in

, organized by the Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music And Culture Amongst Youth (SPICMACAY) and hosted at IIMB.

IIMBue - ''IIMB Leadership Conclave''

IIMB Leadership Conclave is an annual event.

Women Leadership Summit

Women Leadership Summit is organized every year in January by IIM Bangalore. It seeks to build gender-inclusive mind-sets among students, entrepreneurs, and corporates. The one-day event strives to create awareness through talks and workshops with prominent and inspiring personalities. The event has hosted eminent speakers including

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, Malavika Harita, Sneha Priya, Lakshmi Ishwar, Wilma Rodrigues, Nirmala Sankaran, Neeta Revankar, Dr. Gita Sen, Gauri Jayaram, Sanjaya Sharma, etc.

Research

IIMB research centres include: the Centre for Capital Markets and Risk Management (CCMRM), Centre for Corporate Governance and Citizenship (CCGC), Centre for Management Communication (CenComm), Centre for Public Policy (CPP), Centre for Software and Information Technology Management (CSITM), Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL), India-Japan Study Centre (IJSC), Israel Centre, the innovation and entrepreneurship hub NSRCEL, and the Supply Chain Management Centre (SCMC). Moreover, there are four special initiatives, namely, the Behavioral Sciences Lab, Consumer Insights, Data Centre and Analytics Lab (DCAL) and the Real Estate Research Initiative (RERI).

Digital Education IIMBx

IIMB started offering Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in 2014 through its digital learning initiative, IIMBx, in partnership with edX – a not-for-profit online initiative of Harvard and

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. Apart from edX, the programme offers courses on its own platform, IIMBx, and Government of India's SWAYAM.

Career Development Services and Placements

IIMB is globally ranked 13th in 'careers' as per the FT Global MBA ranking 2020. The placement activities are led by the career development services with the support of student placement committees. The two year MBA follows a dual placement of summer placements in 1st year (for internship) followed by final placements in the 2nd year. Lateral placement process is followed for all the one year MBA students and few two year MBA students with higher experience, to match them with suitable senior-level positions in the industry.

Alumni

In Popular Culture

The campus featured in the popular

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'' directed by

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and starring

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. The film is loosely based on the novel '' Five Point Someone'' by writer

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. The 3 Idiots team saw over 400 colleges before finalising the beautiful campus of IIMB as the setting for the film.

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