IIM Udaipur Latest News & Notification

June 21, 2021

IIM Udaipur has commenced its annual 9-day long virtual engagement and learning programme named Unnati ' 21 for the 2021-23 batch of its MBA course. The programme was launched on June 19 and will go on till June 27. This year, the theme of Unnati '21 is 'Defying the Challenging Times'.

Many prominent personalities including Mr. Harsha Bhogle, an eminent Sports commentator and Journalist, and Mr. Sameer Satpathy, the CEO of Personal Care in ITC Ltd., will be attending the programme.

Unnati '21 will focus on the ways in which the business world is adapting and advancing amidst the challenging circumstances faced by the COVID-19 pandemic. Different stakeholders of the institute will be interacting with the students via webinars, activities and interactive sessions to help them get acquainted with their strengths.

Prof. Janat Shah, the Director of IIM Indore, addressed the students during the inauguration of the event. He welcomed the new batch into the IIMU Community and asked them to reflect on their aspirations and goals before embarking on their journey.

Prof. Sandha Bhatia, the Dean (Programs) at IIMU, was also present at the event. She also gave a warm welcome to all of the audience and participants and answered all of the questions raised by the students of the incoming batch.

Unnati '21 is an event that is exclusively designed for students of the incoming MBA 2021-23 batch at IIMU. During the event, students will get the opportunity to be a part of Mr. Harsha Bhogle's address on the topic 'Preparedness for Challenges'. Mr. Sameer Satpathy's address will be based on the topic 'Reimagining Opportunities'.

Apart from that, a 3-day workshop on 'Growth Mindset' will be conducted by Emergence Learning Solutions. On the fourth day, student representatives from different clubs and communities will interact with the students.

Overall, Unnati '21 presents the incoming students of IIMU with a unique opportunity to not only learn from eminent personalities of their respective fields. At the same time, it also allows the students to become a part of the institute via interactions with faculty members and existing students.

IIM Udaipur Conducts 9th Virtual Convocation

April 26, 2021

IIM Udaipur hosted the 9th annual convocation for its two-year MBA (2019-21) and 1 year MBA in Global Supply Chain Management and Digital Enterprise Management (Batches 2020-21) virtually on 23rd April. 317 students received their MBA degrees. Founder and Chairperson of Biocon Ltd, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw was the Chief Guest at the event. The institute also presented the IIMU Award for Scholastic Performance to 5 students and IIMU Award for Best MBA All-Rounder.

Others who were a part of the event were Advisory Group Members of the One-year MBA Programs, BOG Members, Faculty members and staff of IIM Udaipur, alumni, graduating students with their family members. Addressing the students, Mazumdar Shaw said "Covid-19 is not the first pandemic to be faced by humanity. And, amidst this adversity, we will find some opportunities. Technology-backed startups are doing well everywhere and they are creating more opportunities for various sectors. The nation needs students like you to convert the challenges into possibilities."

IIM Udaipur, Director, Prof. Janat Shah mentioned that it has been a very challenging time for the institute. This graduating batch will remain a special batch due to their efforts and contribution. Management is considered to be the noblest of professions and if practised rightly, it can offer so many ways to help other people learn and grow. He encouraged the students to become exemplary leaders. 

February 8, 2021

The sixth edition of the IIM Udaipur's annual management fest called Solaris concluded on January 10, 2021. The 2-day fest was organized by IIMU students on the theme of 'Transcending Ideologies'. The fest was conducted with the motive of helping the students interact with industry leaders and gain insights from their knowledge and experience. As a part of the test, management students got a chance to be a part of many engaging activities designed to develop out of the box thinking in the student.

IIM Udaipur hosted various summits through which students got to interact with leaders and pioneers from some of the top organizations in their domain. Following are the events that were a part of Solaris:

• Leadership Summit

• Arth-Samvaad - The Finance Symposium

• Antardrishti - The Economics Summit

• UNMESH - The Operations Summit

• ANVESHAN - The IT Summit organized by Technalytics

• Samvaah - The Annual Marketing Conclave

• Samvadya - The Consulting Symposium

Solaris is a part of IIM Udaipur's initiative to groom students into leaders of tomorrow. Mad Over Marketing (MOM), a digital media firm known for its coverage of global brands and ads, organized a marketing workshop for the attendees of Solaris 2021. More than 450 students from top b-schools including IIM Trichy, Symbiosis, DoMS IIT Delhi etc. participated in the work. The institute also congratulated Team Digitron, a team comprising Arpit Gupta and Anurag Gupta - IIMU students from the 2020-22 batch, for securing 2nd position in the Edgistify Innovation Challenge. The students were competing in a challenge having 460 teams from around 280 top engineering and management colleges.

IIM Udaipur has also announced that it will soon be conducting its annual sports fest - Utkrisht '21, which is flagged off with the Udaipur Runs marathon. 11 teams participated in eight sports events in last year's edition of Utkrisht.

IIM Udaipur's Team Becomes National Finalist in Global Management Challenge (GMC) India 2020

December 29, 2020
The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Udaipur has become the national finalist in the Global Management Challenge (GMC) India 2020.  GMC India 2020 is organized by SDG-Simuladores eModelos de Gestao and it is one of the largest strategy and management competitions in the world. IIMU GSCM (Global Supply Chain Management) was one of the eight teams that became a finalist in this competition. IIM Udaipur performed consistently well in the competition with 7 teams from the institute making it to the national qualifiers round out of the 54 that were selected.

GMC India is a 10-week long competition that attracts close to 30,000 participants from more than 35 countries every year. This year, the competition started on September 18, 2020, and featured over 3,500 students and corporate managers along with 768 teams from academic and corporate backgrounds. In this competition, students are asked to manage a virtual company with the target of achieving the highest investment performance for the shareholders. 

Speaking on the accomplishment, Prof. Janat Shah, the Director of IIM Udaipur, said that it was heartening to see that the institute's efforts are translating into wonderful results. He also shared the institute's commitment to developing managers and leaders of the future. He said that this accomplishment was important as the institute works towards its 2030 vision of becoming a Global Management Sch

Many other top MBA colleges in India participated in GMC India 2020. These included IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, IIM Kozhikode, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Bombay, XLRI Jamshedpur and ISB Hyderabad.

IIMU has upheld the legacy of the Indian Institutes of Management of quality and accomplishment. It has proved its mettle as one of the best B-schools in India and has also set foot on the global education stage with its AACSB accreditation. It is also the youngest B-School in the world that has been listed on the QS 2021 MIM Rankings and FT MIM Rankings 2020.

IIM Udaipur Becomes First Indian B-School to Set Up a Consumer Culture Lab

IIMU has become the first b-school in India to set up a 'Consumer Culture Lab'. The lab is directed at fostering and conducting fresh research on consumer culture in the Indian context.

The institute will conduct the virtual inauguration of this lab through an online ceremony on November 7, 2020, from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. Along with the launch, the institute will also conduct a webinar on 'Return to Laughter:  Comedy Culture in India'.

The Consumer Culture Lab at IIMU aims to cater to the increasing worldwide demand for research on Indian consumers. Efforts of the esteemed faculty members and researchers associated with IIMU have gone into the setting up of the lab. Prof. Julien Cayla, the Advisor of Consumer Culture Lab, believes that including more anthropologically-oriented approaches stands to benefit not only business but also government organizations and students.

Prof. Janat Shah, the Director of IIM Udaipur, has invited academics, industry experts and alumni to the virtual launch. In a press release, he said that the Consumer Culture Lab was a unique initiative in B-Schools across the country and it bridges the knowledge gap while also initiating a conversation on qualitative research and consumer culture in India. The institute plans to share the knowledge generated by this lab with academic as well as non-academic researchers.

The webinar on Return to Laughter will be conducted by Dr. Vijay Parthasarathy, a famous cultural strategist, and commercial semiotician. It will be based on the history of comedy in Indian culture and stand-up comedy's role in shaping modernity around the globe. Prof. Shah will flag off the launch along with other core members including Prof. Cayla, Prof. Rajesh Nanarpuzha, Faculty Member at IIMU, Prof. Tanvi Gupta, Faculty Member at IIMU, and Ms Rupali Kapoor, Research Office at Consumer Culture Lab.

IIMU Incubation Center’s New Program Allows Entrepreneurs to Build their Own Ventures

IIMUIC has announced applications for Pre-Incubation Program 2020 with the vision of transforming entrepreneurial ideas into a reality and building successful ventures. It will be a ten-week programme and will start in January.

IIMUIC Pre-Incubation Program Highlights 2020

The highlights of the IIMUIC Pre-Incubation Program 2020 are as follows:

IIM Udaipur Kick Starts 'UNNATI 2020'- Learning Program for the Incoming Batch

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Udaipur started its three-week engagement and learning program 'UNNATI 2020' on July 9 for the incoming batch of 2020-22. The objective of the program is to give opportunities to the batch of 2020-22 to introspect upon their personal journeys as they begin a new chapter of their life and get ready to join the institute and engage with the various stakeholders such as the Board of Governors, IIM Udaipur's Director, Students, Alumni and Faculty.

Mr Shiv Shivakumar (Board Member, IIM Udaipur), Group Executive President - Corporate Strategy and Business Development, Aditya Birla
Group, inaugurated UNNATI 2020 and addressed the students via a webinar. Mr. Shivakumar spoke to the students about the kind of challenges they might have to face due to COVID-19 and how they should be prepared for the same. UNNATI 2020 is divided into 4 parts and the program aims to help the students understand their strengths, enhance their communication skills and interact with the stakeholders at the institute via interactive sessions and webinars.

UNNATI 2020 will also include webinars with some of the industry leaders to get a perspective on the current industry challenges and interaction with the alumni of IIM Udaipur to get an idea about the career perspectives in different industries.

#LearnFromHome: IIM Udaipur Announces 18 Online Management Courses

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Udaipur has announced 18 new online learning courses on the virtual learning platform Coursera. These courses have been announced as a measure to ensure uninterrupted learning as the Coronavirus outbreak has caused education institutions across the country to shut their doors for the time being. Operations, Marketing, HR, Analytics, Finance etc. will be some of the domains covered under these courses.

The institute has announced that these courses will be a mix of voluntary and elective courses. Students will get credit for the elective courses. Students of the 2019-21 batch of IIM Udaipur will be able to take advantage of these courses to continue their studies.

The Director of IIMU, Prof. Janat Shah, said in the press release that they are setting up the infrastructure and processes as a temporary move towards online learning. IIMU faculty members are offering short courses on various topics including Blockchain, FINTECH, Strategic Digital Transformation etc.

Students will be able to pick one of the offered course or course bundle from the available set. Students will be awarded 2 credits on completion of the selected courses. Interested students will also be allowed to take more courses than the minimum 2 credit requirement. Voluntary courses will not provide any credit to the students.