Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

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city =Bengaluru
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The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) is one of India's premier management institutes. It was established in the year 1973. It is widely considered to be one of the toughest to get in MBA programs in the world. The IIMs are more selective than any Ivy League school. The year 2007 saw more than 2 lakh candidates appearing for the Common Admission Test, the entrance exam for the IIMs. The IIMs were created by the government of India to augment management talent and resources in the country. The institute is located in India’s Information Technology capital, Bengaluru.

Board of governors

Mr. Mukesh D Ambani, the Chairman & Managing Director of Reliance Industries Ltd., is the current Chairman of the Board of Governors of the institute. The Board consists of the Director and few professors of the institute and many successful people from academia and the industry. The new director is Prof. Pankaj Chandra. IIMB was founded and directed by Padmabhushan Prof. N. S. Ramaswamy. [cite web | url = http://www.hindu.com/2006/09/02/stories/2006090202690900.htm | title = Faculty shortage plea holds no water: IIMB founder-director | work = The Hindu | date = September 2, 2006 | accessdate = 2007-07-09 ] [cite web | url = http://www.nitiealumni.org/events/Felicitation.htm | title = NITIE Felicitates its former Director Padmabhushan Prof. N. S. Ramaswamy | work = NITIE | date = February, 2006 | accessdate = 2007-07-09 ]

Educational programs

The institute offers the following long duration programmes:
*Executive Postgraduate Programme in Management (E-PGP)
*Postgraduate Programme in Management(PGP)
*Fellow (Doctoral) Programme in Management (FPM)
*Post Graduate Programme in Software Enterprise Management (PGSEM)
*Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy and Management (PGPPM)
*General Management Programme for IT Executives (GMITE)
*Executive General Management Programme for Middle level managers (EGMP)
*Advanced Management Programme for Senior Managers (AMP)

In addition to the long-duration programmes, IIMB offers a wide range of executive education programmes to meet the continuing education needs of business executives. Apart from teaching, the faculty of the institute do consulting for various public and private organisations in India.

The International Masters Program in Practising Management (IMPM) is an international collaborative executive education program jointly offered by IIMB with Stanford University, London School of Business,GSB Chicago,INSEAD, McGill University, Lancaster University, ESADE Business School and a consortium of Japanese universities. It is globally recognised as an innovative programme in the field of executive education

Campus

Often termed as the place to "B",the accommodation consists of 12 hostel blocks, one executive block, one MHU block for PGPPM participants and the executive accommodation at the Management Development Center. All the students are provided with accommodation on campus in well-appointed single room in the institute hostels. 24 hours Internet connectivity, fully automatic washing machines, music room and recreation room are standard features. The campus is also Wi-Fi enabled. Laundry and Ironing services are also provided. The hostels also have intercom facility, which is linked to the institute intercom. There are 3 STD/ISD, PCOs in the hostel premises for the convenience of the student apart from coin operated public telephones. There is also a student run library called 'Book Rack', a music club and students Shoppe called 'MARS' in the hostel premises.

Placements

IIM Bangalore has seen excellent placements for the past many years. Leading investment banks such as Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch , Deutsche Bank , Lehman Brothers; top tier consulting firms such as McKinsey , BCG , Bain and A. T. Kearney, Private Equity firms like Blackstone and marketing firms like HUL, P&G are among the top recruiters.

Events

*Unmaad, one of India's biggest inter-college events is held annually at the IIM Bangalore campus. Spanning three days of non-stop events, Unmaad draws thousands of participants from India's premier institutions and features a host of events like dramatics, music performances, dances, quizzes, debates, street plays, professional concerts and the grand Unmaad fashion show.

*Vista, the management festival at IIM Bangalore is again one of India's largest business-school meets. Students from all over India and outside gather at IIM Bangalore for a variety of events such as paper presentations, mock boardroom events, marketing and strategy games and so on.

*EXIMIUS, is the entrepreneurship summit at IIM Bangalore. The event acts as a platform for interaction between students, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, technical evangelists and the like. Being conducted for the first time in August 2008, EXIMIUS is all about bringing ideas closer to opportunities. The event includes challenging business idea contests, platforms for idea validation and networking, scintillating seminars on enterprise and innovation and thought provoking panel discussions. The event is open to both students and the corporate sector.

References

External links

* [http://www.iimb.ernet.in Official website]
* [http://www.iimb.ernet.in/iimb/epgp/index.htm Official website for E-PGP Program]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=Indian+Institute+Of+Management&fb=1&near=Bangalore&cd=1 Map Direction]
* [http://iimbaa.org Alumni site]
* [http://www.iimb.ernet.in/iimb/html/m-frames.jsp?ilink=0&pname=aboutiimb-generalinfo.htm Members of the Board of Governors]
* [http://spidi2.iimb.ernet.in SPIDI]
* [http://www.iimb-vista.com Vista]
* [http://www.iim-alumni.collectivex.com IIM Alumni Forum]
* [http://www.unmaad.com Unmaad 2008 - The cultural festival]
* [http://www.iimb-eximius.com EXIMIUS 2008 - The entrepreneurship summit]