Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Situated in the “high technology capital” of India, the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore is a leading management institution which came into existence in 1973. Popularly known as IIM-B, this institute for management education boasts of its highly talented faculty members, top class infrastructure, and brilliant students, that has helped this B- School to emerge as a premier institution committed to managerial excellence and promotion of research.

The mission of the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore is to produce excellent leaders through the transformative, innovative and holistic education. IIMB endeavors to achieve this through various partnerships with different industries and academic institutions all across the world.

One characteristic that makes IIM Bangalore stand out among all the IIMs is its careful selection of a mix of candidates. This is done with the objective to enrich the students from one another’s experience besides academic education. IIM B has the “Student Exchange Programme” which is the largest among all other Business schools in India.

Academic Programmes at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

• Postgraduate Programme in Management (PGP)
• Executive Postgraduate Programme in Management (EPGP)
• Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy and Management (PGPPM)
• Post Graduate Programme in Software Enterprise Management (PGSEM)
• Executive General Management Programme for Middle level managers (EGMP)
• General Management Programme for IT Executives (GMITE)
• Advanced Management Programme for Senior Managers (AMP)
• Management Programme for Entrepreneurs and Family Businesses (MPEFB)
• Fellow (Doctoral) Programme in Management (FPM)

Besides these programmes, IIM Bangalore also provides a varied “Executive Education Programmes” to cater to the requirements of the business executives. Different customized programmes are also there. The “International Masters Program in Practising Management” (IMPM), which is an international “Executive Education Programme”, is offered by IIMB in collaboration with Lancaster University, INSEAD, McGill University, and a group of Japanese universities has been recognized world wide as an important innovation in the field of executive education.

Centres of Excellence at IIMB

The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore believes in research and innovation which has been boosted up through the establishment of various Centres of Excellence in different fields.

• Centre for Public Policy
• NS Raghavan Centre for Enterpreneurial Learning
• Centre for Software & Information Technology Management
• ERP Studies Centre
• Centre for Insurance Research and Education
• Centre for Development of Cases and Teaching Aids
• Centre for Capital Market & Risk Management
• Centre for Corporate Governance and Citizenship
• Centre for Financial Markets and Institutions / Microfinance Group
• Centre for Supply Chain Management

The students at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore receive excellent placements every year. Leading banks like HSBC, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch, Royal Bank of Scotland, top consulting firms like BCG, McKinsey, Bain, Alvarez & Marsal, Deloitte Consulting, and A.T. Kearney, Equity firms such as Greater Pacific Capital, Blackstone, and other marketing firms such as P&G, Hindustan Lever Limited, etc are some of the recruiters.

The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore is the sole Business School in the country that has been ranked among the “Top 10 Asia-Pacific B-Schools” as per the ‘QS Global Business School Survey 2009’. Eduniversal, Paris has also ranked IIM Bangalore as the number 1 B-School in Middle East Asia, South Asia and Central Asia.

Last Updated on : March 30, 2016