Kirloskar Institute of Management (KIM) was set up in 1991 by the

Kirloskar Group Kirloskar Group is an Indian Conglomerate (company), conglomerate, headquartered in Pune and manufacturing plant in Kirloskarvadi. The group exports to over 70 countries over most of Africa, Southeast Asia and Europe. The flagship and holding c ...

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. Its aim was to further the ideas of its leader Shantanurao Laxmanrao Kirloskar’s, and to put them into practice. The emergence and subsequent success of the Kirloskar Group of Companies in the engineering industry in

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marked the realisation of one of his visions. KIM aimed to improve

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within the Kirloskar Group and other companies by promoting managerial and organisational excellence. In 1998, KIM moved into the education sector to meet India's managerial leadership needs. They offered as a two-year fully residential Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) in

. KIM opened its second campus in

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in 2010. Both campuses are approved by the

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(AICTE),

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