Indian Institute of Management - IIMA

Indian Institute of Management - IIMA

Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) was entrenched in the year 1961. The Premier B school offers numerous management courses in varied streams. The institute was set up by Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, Shri Kasturbhai Lalbhai and supported by the then Chief Minister of Gujarat, Dr. Jivraj Mehta. IIMA is regulated by the IIMA society, which was registered under the Societies Act. The institute is managed by Board of Governors, the Society and the Board; therefore is an autonomous institute. IIMA is accredited by EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System). Vision of the institute is to become an Institute that is globally recognized and respected as a pensive leader in management. IIMA's mission is to  transform India and other countries through generating and propagating new ideas of global significance based on thorough research and thoughtful creation. The institute is working towards the objectives to provide educational amenities to promote youths for careers in management and all the related areas in all type of industries and to promote researchers and teachers in the field with expertise in different areas related to management. Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), was associated with Harvard Business School initially, but now, the institute enjoys partnerships with some of the well known B-schools of the world such as Chicago Graduate School of Business, US, Stern School of Business (New York University), US, Anderson School of Business, UCLA, US, ESSEC, France, Institute de Empressario, Spain and Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden. The institute also enjoys partnership with 60 global B-schools located in four continents to facilitate students with exchange programs. Some of them are Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, Copenhagen Business School, Frederiksberg, Denmark, Columbia Business School, New York (new), USA, Universidad de los Andes, School of Management, Bogota, Colombia etc.