The Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam (IIM-Visakhapatnam or IIM-V) is a
public
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business school
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and
Institute of National Importance
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located in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
It is one of the twenty one
Indian Institutes of Management
The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are Centrally Funded Business Schools for management offering undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral and executive programmes along with some additional courses in the field of business administra ...
. The institution started the first batch of its Post Graduate Program (PGP) in Management from August 2015.
Academics
The institute offers
Post Graduate
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,
Doctoral
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and
Executive Education
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programmes. The Post Graduate Programme in Management, a two-year, full-time residential MBA programme is the flagship programme, offered to candidates admitted through the
Common Admission Test
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. It is a general, fully integrated management programme and includes courses in accounting, behavioral sciences, finance, economics, human resource management, marketing, business operations, public policy, strategy, entrepreneurship and general management. IIM Visakhapatnam also offers two year part-time executive MBA programme for working executives. From 2019, IIMV started its Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) programme under the guidance of its mentor
IIMB
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM Bangalore or IIMB) is a reputed business school and an Institute of National Importance located in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Founded in 1973, it was chronologically the third in the first gener ...
.
In 2019, IIM Visakhapatnam launched an executive programme one-of-its-kind, Post Graduate Program in Digital Governance and Management, leading to the award of MBA degree. This programme is under the aegis of the National e-Governance Division,
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
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.
In 2021, the Institute was one of the 9 IIMs selected to deliver the Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship program under the SANKALP Scheme of the
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
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to train fellows in Public Policy and Management to work with
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In 2024, IIM Visakhapatnam launched the Post Graduate Program in Management for CFTIs / INIs, a collaborative initiative with Centrally Funded Technical Institutions and
Institutes of National Importance
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to integrate Management education in the final year of studies at the institutions and give a pathway to earning an MBA after 2 years of study.
Rankings
IIM Visakhapatnam was ranked 26 by the
National Institutional Ranking Framework
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(NIRF) management ranking in 2024. IIM Visakhapatnam comes under top 15 IIMs, heading among the new generation IIMs.
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Campus and location
IIM Visakhapatnam is initially functioning out of the campus of Andhra University
Andhra University is a public university located in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was established in 1926. It is graded as an A++ institution by NAAC receiving a score of 3.74 on a scale of 4.
History
King Vikram Deo Verma, the Mah ...
, while the permanent campus would come up at Gambhiram
Gambhiram is a suburb of the city of Visakhapatnam state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is known for engineering colleges and as a residential area. The IIM Visakhapatnam campus and Gambheeram Reservoir are situated nearby.
Transport
It is 7km ...
on the outskirts of city. In the temporary campus the classrooms are designed as per the Harvard Business School
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model, as the teaching methodology is case study based. "This semicircle gallery model helps better interaction between the teacher and the students", as per Sourav Mukherji, Dean- Programmes (IIM-B). The land acquisition for the permanent campus is almost complete.
The foundation stone for the new campus was laid by Union Human Resource Development Minister, Smriti Irani
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on 17 January 2015. The campus is slated to come up on a 240-acre area.
The institute is headed by Director, Prof. Chandrasekhar Mylavarapu, an IIT Bombay
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IIT Bombay is mainly known for the hig ...
, IIT Delhi
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Alumnus and ex-Director of ASCI, Hyderabad.
See also
* Indian Institutes of Management
The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are Centrally Funded Business Schools for management offering undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral and executive programmes along with some additional courses in the field of business administra ...
* Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM Bangalore or IIMB) is a reputed business school and an Institute of National Importance located in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Founded in 1973, it was chronologically the third in the first gener ...
References
External links
IIM Visakhapatnam Website
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Business schools in Andhra Pradesh
Visakhapatnam
Visakhapatnam (; List of renamed places in India, formerly known as Vizagapatam, and also referred to as Vizag, Visakha, and Waltair) is the largest and most populous metropolitan city in the States and union territories of India, Indian stat ...
Universities and colleges in Visakhapatnam
Colleges affiliated to Andhra University
Uttarandhra
2015 establishments in Andhra Pradesh
Universities and colleges established in 2015