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Other name | IIMB or IIM Bangalore |
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| Motto | Tejasvi nāvadhītamastu(Sanskrit -IAST/ISO 15919) t̪eːɟəsvi nɑːvəd̪ʰiːt̪əməst̪u(IPA) |
Motto in English | Let our study be enlightening |
| Type | Business school (INI) |
| Established | 1973; 53 years ago (1973) |
| Accreditation | EQUIS |
| Affiliation | Autonomous |
| Endowment | ₹80.8 crore (US$9.6 million) (2023)[1] |
| Budget | ₹217.5 crore (US$26 million) (2023)[1] |
| Chairperson | Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty[2] |
| Director | U Dinesh Kumar[3] |
Academic staff | 109[4] |
| Address | Bannerghatta Road ,,,560076 ,12°53′43″N77°36′5″E / 12.89528°N 77.60139°E /12.89528; 77.60139 |
| Campus | Main: 105 acres (42 ha) Second: 110 acres (45 ha) |
| Language | English |
| Colours | Red |
| Website | www |
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Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM Bangalore orIIMB) is a reputedbusiness school located inBangalore,Karnataka,India. Established in 1973, it was chronologically the third in the first generation ofIIMs, afterIIM Calcutta andIIM Ahmedabad,[5] thereby forming the elite Indian B-School trio colloquially known as "ABC", or "IIM A/B/C".
IIMB was established by the Government of India as an institute of excellence for education, training, research, and consulting in the field of management, and allied areas of knowledge.[6] Located in India'shigh technology capital,[7][8][9] IIMB'sentrepreneurship centre NSRCEL is the leadingbusiness incubator amongstartup hubs at anySTEM college or B-School in India, including allIITs and IIMs.[10][11]
IIMB offersmaster's, anddoctoral programmes inbusiness administration,management,business analytics, andpublic policy. It also offersexecutive education programmes, andbachelor's ineconomics,data science, anddigital business. The two-year MBA in general management is the flagship programme of the institute.
In 1972, a committee headed byRavi J. Matthai, first director ofIIM Ahmedabad,[12] noting the rising demand for graduates of the first two IIMs (namely,IIMC andIIMA), recommended the need to have two more IIMs.[13][14] The new IIM was to be set up atBangalore, and for the proposed institute, theGovernment of Karnataka offered 105 acres (42 ha) of land (free of cost), and a contribution of INR 3 million (~US$ 390,000 in 1972). Ultimately, on 27 March 1972, theIIMB Society was officially registered in Bangalore under the Mysore Societies' Registration Act.
The prominent Indian bankerT.A. Pai, the Ex-Chairman[15][16] ofSyndicate Bank andLife Insurance Corporation, accepted to be the firstChairperson of the IIMBBoard of Governors,[17] andN.S. Iyer Ramaswamy, the then director ofNITIE Mumbai, was appointed as the firstDirector of the institute.[18][19] The institute was inaugurated byIndira Gandhi, the thenPrime Minister of India, on 28 October 1973 at theRavindra Kalakshetra in Bangalore.[20] And, though it was not a legally-binding mandate from the Indian government, the first director tried to mold IIMB to cater to the needs ofgovt-owned entities likePSUs/PSEs,utility corporations, etc. due to his own left-leaning persuasions.[21][22]
The institute started operations in the campus ofSt. Joseph's College of Commerce, and some other buildings rented on the Langford Road in the city.[20] Hostel provisions were temporarily made in the H.C. Dasappa Memorial Buildings inJayanagar. The institute's first activity was a three-day conference in 1973, on urban development and management, which invited officials from allmunicipal corporations in Karnataka. Thereafter, IIMB started conductingManagement Development Programmes (MDPs) and Organisation Based Programmes (OBPs) for public (govt.) sectors like power, irrigation, health, etc.[23]
The first PG management course (calledPGP) started in 1974, and the first doctoral course (calledFPM) started in 1976. The institute held its firstconvocation on 10 July 1976 with a total of 48 graduating students, and on the same day the board also announced the appointment ofarchitects for designing the officialcampus.[24] On 27 November 1978, the 'Guddalipooja' (groundbreaking) ceremony of the campus on Bannerghatta Road was performed. In 1979, the institute started separate sections for sector-wise PGP courses, and in 1980 the first fellowship diploma (FPM) was awarded.[25] IIMB moved operations to its own campus in 1983.
The government entities did not show interest in IIMB's initiatives, and even by the 1980s, the institute could only get marginal success. Moreover, the employee union had co-opted external political leadership unconcerned with the institute's vision leading to severe dysfunction, and then resignation of the Director in mid-1983.[23] Thereafter, for two years IIMB had no permanent Director, and further stagnated. The faculty was also split into 'sectoral' and 'business management' wings which had severe mutual disagreements.[21] Thus, the institute encountered a period of serious crisis, administratively, and identity-wise.
Finally, Joe Philip was appointed by the board on 15 April 1985 with a clear mandate to bring back discipline. As Ex-VP (HR) atThe Oberoi Group, he had experience in dealing with manpower issues.[26] Under his charge, IIMB also started shifting away from its "state-corp" focus. He oversaw redesigning of PGP courses, increase in student intakes, and formalization of performance assessments. The sector-wise sections were also discontinued by 1986. The almost-dead FPM course was resuscitated by changing its focus from industry-sector to business-management.[21] He was also instrumental in IIMB partnership withEFMD to initiate the faculty development programme in 1988-89.[24] Importantly, in August 1990, he was able to wrest control of the Director's office from the union's illegal occupation after more than six years.[27]
Dr. K.R.S. Murthy was appointed the Director on 11 February 1991 and remained till 28 February 1997. His tenure coincided with theeconomic liberalisation in India, and is mainly credited for driving the institute towards excellence.[28] The PGP curriculum was further revised in 1991-92 to align it with global MBA programs. For manufacturing industries, a Management Program for Technologists (MPT) was started for mid-level engineers in 1992, along with a short-term program for senior executives in collaboration withMIT Sloan.[22] IIMB became the first Indian B-School to have internet on campus (viaERNET) in December 1995, within four months of national internet launch.[24]
In 1996, the management iconDr. Henry Mintzberg selected IIM Bangalore over other Indian B-Schools as one of the five international founding-members of the IMPM Consortium.[29] In 1998, theDoPT (GoI), in partnership withUNDP, selected IIMB to setup aCentre for Public Policy (CPP) which ultimately came up in July 2000.[30] The institute got considerable endowment from an alumnus in 1999 to power-up the NSRCEL incubation centre.[31]
The reforms and developments brought a successful turnaround, and wider recognition.[32] In 2000, theBusiness Today magazine ranked IIMB the 1st in India in theirBT-Cosmode Top 100 B-Schools survey[33][34] (and, again in 2011).[35][36] In 2003,The Wall Street Journal included IIMB among the top-100 B-Schools globally,[37] in the unranked list ofNext 50 B-Schools. India's key IT entity,NASSCOM, selected IIMB in 2005 for theBest India IT User Award in the education category.[38] In 2011, IIMB became India's first (and Asia's fourth) B-School to sign a distribution agreement withHarvard Business Publishing for case studies.[39][40]
In the 21st century, IIMB emphasised ontech business,data analytics, andentrepreneurship, thereby also creating a niche for itself.[41] It also assisted and mentored two newly established IIMs (second and third generation) during their inception period -IIM Trichy in 2011,[42] andIIM Visakhapatnam in 2015.[43] It earned the reputation of being the most tranparent B-School in India, and by 2023 it was the only IIM among top four which had complied with the legal requirements of independent review and public reporting (IIMC and IIMA did not).[44][45] As of 2025, IIM Bangalore was the only Indian B-School inGNAM, an international collaboration convened by theYale School of Management.[46][47][48]
The officialmotto of the institute is theSanskrit phraseतेजस्वि नावधीतमस्तु, and was adopted in the session 1991-92. It is pronounced as[t̪eːɟəsvinɑːvəd̪ʰiːt̪əməst̪u] as per theIPAphonetic transcription; and isromanised (withdiacritics) astejasvi nāvadhītamastu as per theIAST,ALA-LC,[49]UNRSGN, andISO 15919 standards, or astejasvi naavdhiitamastu as per theASCII schemes ofITRANS andVelthuis both. It is a SanskritShloka extracted from theShanti Mantra invocated in theTaittiriya Upanishad, and theKatha Upanishad, two of the constituent texts of theYajurveda. The motto translates to "Let our study be enlightening".[50]
The IIMB's officiallogo is a depiction of the top-half of a blazing sun with stylised rays prominently emanating from it. The image is in the style of a negative space picture with intense red colour in the background of rays (as half-disc), while the sun, rays, and other space in logo are in white colour (or empty). The text "IIMB" is written in black (in asans-serif font) in the centre of the depicted sun, and the Sanskrit motto is written in black (inDevanagari script) below the sun. It was designed by theNational Institute of Design, and was adopted in 1994.[51] Thehue of red colour in the logo is also used as thede facto official colour of IIMB.
A secondary celebratory logo was designed to commemorate the 50-yearanniversary of IIMB.[52] It was released on the 28 December 2022, before the beginning of Golden Jubilee celebrations scheduled in the academic session 2023-24.[53] It was used for activities marking the semicentennial occasion, like theevent cover released by theIndia Post,[54] and theGolden Jubilee Week events from 26 to 29 October 2023.[55]
IIMB's main campus is located on theBannerghatta Road inBilekahalli suburb in the southern part of themetro-city of Bangalore. It occupies an area of around 105 acres, and has a non-urban feel with ample greenery. As of 2025, IIMB was setting up a 110-acre second campus 20 km away nearJigani, in the city's periphery, inAnekal Taluka of theBangalore Urban district.[56][57]
The campus is accessible by private or public transport from anywhere in the city via bike, car, taxi, or bus. A namesake 'IIMB' bus-stop is served adequately by theBMTC, and is 13 km from the integratedKempegowda ("Majestic") Bus Station. The campus is 13 km fromKSR City Junction, 13 km fromCantt. Railway Station, and 44 km fromKempegowda International Airport. Ametro station named 'IIMB' onPink Line (Namma Metro) is planned to be launched in March 2026.[58]
The design of IIMB campus was led by the famous architectB.V. Doshi,FRIBA, the 2018Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate,RIBA 2022Royal Gold Medal recipient, andPadma Bhushan awardee. He had worked with[59] the pioneering architectLe Corbusier inParis, and had later assisted[60] the renowned architectLouis Kahn,FRIBA in designing IIMA buildings. He had also founded and designed[61] theSchool of Architecture in 1966. His firm, the erstwhileM/s Stein, Doshi, & Bhalla (aided byM/sKanvinde & Rai) was commissioned to design[62] the campus. The design was inspired[63] by the 16th-century historic city ofFatehpur Sikri nearAgra, and the 13th-centuryMeenakshi Temple inMadurai, along with the lush gardens of Bangalore, also known as theGarden City of India. The first director, N.S. Ramaswamy, had asked Doshi to create a campus to reflect the ethos of the Bangalore city - "green and alive [sic]".[64]
Light andEnvironment were the cornerstones of thepoly-nuclear design, a hybrid of Indian traditional architecture and principles ofTeam 10 modernists. The notable architectural elements include the high passageways,trellises, openquadrangles with space for greenery, sunlight beaming in through thepergolas, semi-open corridors, geometrical roofs, rough texturefinish, andKota-stone flooring.[65] The design is such that "an interplay of walls-n-openings, lights-n-shadows, and solids-n-voids changes the character of the main building during different times of the day... [sic]".[66] The 54,000 sq-m original complex is built of hand-chippedgranitestonemasonry, and exposedconcrete. The campus design began in 1977, and the construction of buildings was finished in 1983. The greening effort started later in 1991, and by the 2020s the campus had a green cover of 62 acres with around 30,000 trees,[67] and 50+ ground re-charge wells.[68] Subsequent buildings, like the 6,500 sq-mNew Classroom Complex, were designed by Sanjay Mohe'sMindspace Architects.[69][70][71]
The IIMB campus design has won accolades globally. The'T' (style magazine ofThe New York Times) ranked it 17th in their list ofThe 25 Most Significant Works of Post War Architecture.[72] WhenDezeen asked thirteen top Indian architecture firms to list their favourite building, IIMB was the only building chosen by more than one, and called it "the most influential piece of (Indian)modern architecture".[73] The famousarchitectural historian and criticWilliam J.R. Curtis labelled the IIMB campus as a "model" for educational institutions.[74] The institutional project also finds mention in the citation of the 2018 Pritzker Architecture Prize for Doshi.[75] TheArchitectural Digest India included IIMB in the list of6 Educational Institutions in India with Exceptional Architecture.[76] TheGQ (India) magazine ranked it #2 in the list of7 Most Beautiful Universities and Scenic Campuses.[77]
TheMDC is to fulfill theexecutive-education (Exec.Ed.) and corporate-oriented needs of the institute. It offers facilities for seminars, conferences, sessions, etc. It also has accommodation for corporate-executives, and open space for events. A New MDC (NMDC) on the IIMB's second campus atJigani was inaugurated by theVice President of India on 1 March 2023.[78]
The IIMB library is a four-level 55,000 sq-ft floor-area building abutting the academic block, and renovated in 2016-19.[79] It also offers membership to non-IIMB entities (individuals or organizations).[80]
As of 2025, it had 163,000+ printed books, 9000+journals (incl.e-journals), 20+ newspapers (in six languages), and 42,000+issues ofperiodicals, predominantly in business and management areas.[81] It also offers 3500+eBooks, 1400+audio-visual resources,OPAC catalogue, andUnion Catalogue of the IIM Libraries Consortium.[82] It provides information services likeEBSCO,WoS,Nexis Uni,Factiva,Gartner,UNIDO,CMIE,Euromonitor Passport, etc. It also hasE-ShodhSindhu (eSS) subscriptions likeJ-Gate,Project Muse,ISID Database,NDLI eBooks/Archives,ShodhShuddhiPDS system, etc.[83][84]
The library also houses a Library Data Centre with special computer systems for electronic-data needs of the institute. It provides access to 110+e-Databases, and professionaldata services like theBloomberg Terminal,RefinitivEikon,Thomson Reuters SDC,LSEG D&A Datastream,Statista,NielsenIQ, etc.
IIM Bangalore is legally an educational society with elevated privileges of a body corporate as defined in theIIM Act, 2017. Furthermore, theIIM (Amendment) Act, 2023 accorded the status ofVisitor (ex officio) to thePresident of India.[85] TheBoard of Governors is the primary executive body of IIMB, while theCoordination Forum is a single body for all IIMs to communicate with the Indian government. IIMB is administered by the following structure:
The institute is operationally headed by theDirector who acts as the chief executive officer. The Director is assisted by several officials as follows:
IIM Bangalore is an autonomous institute of higher learning in management. It does not officially need an affiliation to a university, and also does not require institute-level or course-level accreditation from government bodies like theNAAC or theNBA. Though, it has been internationally accredited by theEFMD EQUIS since 2010.[86] TheIIM Act (2017) made IIMB anInstitute of National Importance, and empowered it to award degrees instead of just diplomas. Thereafter, in March 2018, IIM Bangalore became the first IIM to award anMBA degree to its passing-out students.[87]
PG degree-granting programmes have been the academic focus since inception. Apart from the five-year doctoral programme (called FPM) for aPh.D., there are four MBA programmes: two-year MBA (called PGP), one-year Executive MBA (EPGP), specialised MBA in Business Analytics (PGPBA), and part-time (weekend) MBA (PGPEM) for working professionals. There is also a Master of Management Studies programme in Public Policy (PGPPM).
UG degree programmes were launched in mid-2020s as IIMB sensed a lack of good business-related analytical courses at that level in the Indian ecosystem. In 2024, an online programme forBBA in Digital Business & Entrepreneurship (DBE) was launched.[88][89] Two four-yourB.Sc. (Hons.) courses ineconomics anddata science were planned to be launched by 2026.[90][91]
In 2019, the institute signed anMoU with theMSDE (GoI) to trainFellows for aPG certificate in Public Policy & Management under Phase-I (pilot) of Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship programme[92] as part of theWorld Bank fundedSANKALP scheme.[93][94] The trainees went on to work withDistrict Administration in 69 districts across 6 states.[95] In 2021, this program was scaled up in Phase-II to cover all Indian districts, and involved eight other IIMs with IIMB as the anchoring institute.[96][97]
IIMB offersExecutive Education (Exec.Ed.) programmes for private corporations, government officials, entrepreneurs, and non-profit organisations. They cover all levels of functionaries, whether middle-management, or senior leadership. The wide-range provides flexibility in:
| Institute rankings | |
|---|---|
| Business – international | |
| QS (MBA) (2024)[98] | 48 |
| QS (MBA-Asia) (2024)[99] | 8 |
| QS (EMBA) (2024)[100] | 41 |
| QS (EMBA-Asian) (2024)[101] | 8 |
| Financial Times (MBA) (2024)[102] | 47 |
| Financial Times (MiM) (2022)[103] | 31 |
| Business/Management – India | |
| NIRF (2024)[104] | 2 |
| Business Today (2023)[105] | 3 |
| Outlook India (2024)[106] | 2 |
IIMB was stuck with the "PSU" or "state-corp" image till the late 1980s as it was initially steered to serve govt entities. This was in contrast toIIMC andIIMA which were set up in 1961 as full-fledged B-Schools in collaboration with prestigious American ones likeMIT Sloan[107] andHBS[108] respectively. However, the transformation efforts improved the institute's standing, and by the 2000s, IIMB was competing for the top spot among B-Schools in India.
Worldwide, theFinancial Times has ranked IIMB at 57th in the Global MBA Ranking 2025,[109] and 28th in the world in the Top 100 Masters in Management 2025 list.[110]Quacquarelli Symonds ranked IIMB 52nd in the world and 8th in Asia in the Global MBA Rankings 2026.[111][112] The institute was also ranked 50th in the world and 10th inAsia-Pacific in the QS Global Executive MBA Rankings 2025.[113][114]QS World University Rankings placed it 30th in Management and 51-60 in Business Analytics in their Business Master’s Rankings 2026.[115][116]
SMBG'sEduniversal ranked IIMB 1st inCentral Asia region (incl.Indian subcontinent) sixteen years in a row from 2008 to 2024, and conferred5 Palms of Excellence (the first and one of only two in the region).[117][118][119] Business platformLinkedIn ranked IIMB 27th and 20th in its Top MBA Programs list in 2024 and 2025 respectively.[120][121] InExec.Ed., the Financial Times ranks IIMB 51st in open category (AMPs, etc), and 46th in custom category.[122][123]
In India, IIM Bangalore was ranked byNIRF as 1st in 2016-19, and 2nd in 2020-25 among management institutes.[124] It was ranked third byBusiness Today magazine in their India's Best B-Schools yearly ranking in 2023.[105]Outlook India placed it at 2nd position in theirOutlook-ICARE India's Best Public B-School 2024 rankings.[106] TheFortune India magazine ranked it third in theirBest B-Schools India overall ranking in 2022-24.[125][126][127]
The founding vision of IIMB emphasised equal focus on imparting education, and conducting research. IIMB reinforced focus on research in 21st century as part of its aforementioned turnaround.[128] AResearch andPublication (R&P) Committee is in-charge of operational affairs of all research at the institute.
There are twelveCentres of Excellence, six in management areas, and six in special areas. They are Centre forCapital Markets &Risk Management (CCMRM), Centre forCorporate Governance &Sustainability (CCGS), Centre for Management Communication (CenComm),Supply Chain Management Centre (SCMC), Centre for Software & IT Management (CSITM), Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL), Centre forPublic Policy (CPP), Centre forDigital Public Goods (CDPG), Centre for Teaching & Learning (CTL),Mizuho India-Japan Study Centre (MIJSC), Israel Centre, andTony James Centre forPrivate Equity &Venture Capital (TJC). The last three are recent - TJC was launched in 2025, while Japan and Israel centres were founded in 2017.[129][130][131] CenComm and CPP are the centres with full-time faculty. The CCGS was among the first to be accredited as aNational Centre of Excellence by the National Foundation for Corporate Governance (NFCG).[132] TJC is India's first global centre of excellence for PEVC established with support from Mathew Cyriac, a gold medallist alumnus.[133][134][135][136]
The major research efforts include Initiatives onConsumer Insights (ICI), andReal Estate Research Initiative (RERI), apart from two labs launched in 2010s -Behavioral Sciences Lab (BSL), and Data Centre andAnalytics Lab (DCAL).[137][138][139] International B-School partners in research areIvey Western (CA),SMU (Singapore),Exeter (UK),UBC Sauder (CA), andDeakin University (AU).[140][141][142][143] Also, there is a case-studies agreement withHarvard Business Publishing, and collaborative research projects have been done with the likes ofKing's College London.[144][145]
IIMB Management Review (IMR), launched in 1986, is the quarterly-published official journal of IIM Bangalore.[146][147] It invites manuscripts online, and has a special emphasis onpapers that focus onemerging economies. It is produced and hosted byElsevier, and since 2022 the IMR is aGoldOpen Access journal available atScienceDirect.[148][149] The IMR hasprintISSN 0970-3896, and online e-ISSN 2212-4446.[150]
IMR is apeer-reviewed academic journal with a double-blind review process. All submissions go for a preliminary review at theeditorial desk, and appropriate ones are sent to an Associate Editor who may either reject them or assign two reviewers.
TheIMR Doctoral Conference (IMRDC) is a premieracademic conference for doctoral researchers inmanagement science andassociated disciplines. The first conference was held on 27 November 2009, and is now organised annually by theIMRDC Secretariat. It openly invites doctoral students in management research from across India and international colleges.[151]
In 1999-2000,Mr. Nadathur S. Raghavan, theCo-Founder and then Joint MD ofInfosys Technologies, in association with Global Internet Ventures (GIV), donated INR 130 million[152] to upgrade theCentre for Entrepreneurial Studies at IIMB.[153] Thus, theNS Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL) had its inception in December 1999 to serve as theinnovation andentrepreneurial hub of IIMB.[154] It operates out of the 18,000 sq-ft[155]NSR-GIV Centre building in the IIMB campus, and acts as a not-for-profitincubator for new business ventures as well as social causes.[156] It ramped-up activities in 2010s, including an exclusive partnership withKeiretsu Forum.[157][158][159] In 2017,NITI Aayog selected NSRCEL for INR 100 million scale-up support.[160] In 2024,Government of Karnataka allocated INR 132 million for aFinTech Centre of Excellence at NSRCEL.[161]
NSRCEL annually organisesSummitUp, its flagship entrepreneurial conference, and invites ecosystem members.[162][163] It collaborated withTexas Instruments andDST (GoI) to organiseIndia Innovative Challenge Design Contest (IICDC) in 2016-19.[164][165][166][167] It offers special funds and customised programs depending on: stage of venture, product category, founder demographic, etc. In late 2023, aCampus Founders programme was started to assist the college-based start-ups across India.[168] Many of these programs are/were in partnership withMaruti Suzuki,Capgemini,HUL,Alstom,Infineon Technologies,NASSCOM,Pernod Ricard,SIDBI,Kotak Mahindra Bank, etc.[169][170][171][172][173][174][175][176][177]
In January 2018, NSRCEL, aided byGoldman Sachs andDST (GoI), launched theWomen Start-up Programme (WSP), India's first customised program for female entrepreneurs, after a successful pilot in 2016-17.[178][179][180] It included a five-week MOOC, and two boot-camps in collaboration with partner institutes, followed by incubation and funding.[181][182][183] In late 2018, Goldman Sachs built on WSP to expand their (since 2008) initiative10,000 Women in India.[184][185] And in 2023, theGS 10KW alumni were offered theFinance For Growth program to help raise capital.[186][187] Fourth iteration onwards, WSP was sponsored byKotak.[188][189] TheNational Commission for Women partnered with India SME Forum and NSRCEL in 2021 to launch a fully-sponsored programme calledEmpowering Women Through Entrepreneurship for giving management lessons to 5,000 budding women entrepreneurs.[190] TheGovernment of Karnataka collaborated with IIMB in 2023 to launch theSwavalambane programme to train rural women entrepreneurs under theNational Rural Livelihood Mission funded by theWorld Bank.[191]
IIMBx is the digital learning initiative of IIM Bangalore, launched in 2014, and run by theIIMBx Digital Learning Foundation.[192][193][194] The aim was to broaden reach, and MOOCs were considered crucial to future education.[195][196] Apart from presence on third-party platforms, IIMBx's own in-housedigital platform based onOpen edX was also developed.[197]
In 2014, IIMB became the first Indian B-School to offerMassive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in partnership withedX – an initiative ofHarvard andMIT.[198][199] Courseware was ramped up in 2015 for mass outreach.[200][201] In 2021, IIMBx also facilitated the IIMB partnership withNCW and India SME Forum to provide the six-week MOOC-basedDo Your Venture program to five thousand aspiring women entrepreneurs.[202][203]
In 2017, the courses were offered on the Government of India'sSWAYAM platform, and IIMB was appointed as theNational Coordinator for management.[204] The courses are also used to educate Indian civil servants via theiGOT-Karmayogi e-learning platform[205] of the govt-owned non-profitSPVKarmayogi Bharat, established in 2022 for implementingNPCSCB - Mission Karmayogi of theDoP&T (GoI).[206][207]
TheCareer Development Services (CDS) unit is responsible for providing career related services to the students of IIMB. It aids in resume verifications to ensure quality and fidelity. It coordinates with firms in conducting hiring process for internships and jobs. The Placement Committee (PlaceCom) works under the CDS, the latter being headed by a Chairperson.
Apart from seats on the aforementionedAcademic Council andPlacement Committee, the students can join official student-bodies which consist of clubs, mini-clubs, local-chapters, and societies. They are governed by an apex body called the Students Affairs Council.
The clubs responsible for major events are:Forum for Industrial Interaction (FII),Cultural Committee (CulCom),Sports Council, andEntrepreneurship & Innovation Cell (EnI). There is also a local-club ofToastmasters International (calledFocal), and a local-chapter ofSPIC MACAY. The others can be categories based on their primary function:
In 2025, IIMB amalgamated its Vista and Eximius events into one summit namedVenix.[208][209] FII annually organisedVista, the international business summit hosted by IIM Bangalore. The three-day conclave brought together leaders from various fields of management and firms from multiple industries to a platform that let students learn from professionals through events, competitions and case studies.Vista also incorporated guest speaker sessions, having previously invitedDevi Shetty,Mukesh Ambani,Prahlad Kakkar,Kumar Mangalam Birla,Kamal Haasan,Kiran Mazumdar Shaw,Gurucharan Das,Santosh Hegde,Arun Shourie,Gul Panag,M J Akbar,Nandita Das,Narain Karthikeyan, andShobhaa De.[210][211]
The annual entrepreneurship summitEximius was organized by EnI Cell. It invited entrepreneurs to showcase their products and ventures to a willing audience, among other things. The event had hosted several eminent speakers includingShashi Tharoor,Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw,Piyush Pandey,Mallika Sarabhai,Kris Gopalakrishnan,Kiran Bedi,Rashmi Bansal,Shaheen Mistri,Harish Hande, andD. R. Mehta.[212]
IIMB'sWomen In Management (WIM) club annually organises theWomen Leadership Summit. It seeks to build women-inclusive mind-set in students, entrepreneurs, and corporates. The event makes use of interactions with successful female personalities likeVinita Bali,Malavika Harita, Sneha Priya, Lakshmi Ishwar, Wilma Rodrigues, Nirmala Sankaran, Neeta Revankar, Dr. Gita Sen, Gauri Jayaram, Sanjaya Sharma, etc.[213][214][215]
The annual cultural festival of IIM Bangalore is calledUnmaad. The three-day event features performances in music, drama, and dance, apart from events like quizzes, debates, street plays, professional concerts, fashion shows, etc. The event has hosted performances by prominent artistes includingFarhan Akhtar,Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, KK,Kailash Kher,Lucky Ali,Strings,Jethro Tull,Indian Ocean, etc.[216][217]
The dusk-to-dawn eventYamini is a full-night Indian classical music festival held annually inBangalore. It is organized by theSociety for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music & Culture Amongst Youth (SPIC MACAY), and is hosted at IIMB campus.[218][219][220][221]
IIMB has arguably the best sports facilities of any elite B-School in India.[222]Sangharsh is the annual inter-IIM competitive sports event with participation from IIMA, IIMB, IIMC, and IIML. It is hosted by one of the four IIMs.[223]Sangram is an annual inter-college sports competition among IIMs of southern India (Bangalore, Trichy, Vizag, and Kozhikode).[224][225]
IIMB Alumni Association (IIMBAA) is the official association for the alumni of IIM Bangalore. As of 2024, IIMBAA had ~15 chapters in India and abroad. An annual gathering event calledAnusmaran (meaning: "reminiscence" inSanskrit) is organised by all chapters.[226]LSquare, named on the social-spot in the old hostel blocks, is the official alumni e-newsletter.[227] Other events includeThe CEO Conclave,Leadership InsideOut, and many chapter-level opportunities.
IIMBue: The IIMBAA Leadership Conclave is the annual leadership summit organized by the alumni.[228][229] It strives to bring thought-leaders, change-makers, and influencers of the time to interact with IIMB alumni.IIMBueX is the digital form of IIMBue launched in 2021.[230][231]
In 2023, IIMBAA launched theIIMB Alumni Club. It provides 12,000 sq-ft of exclusive space in the historic 20-acre lush-green premises of theheritage luxury hotelTaj West End. It is operated by theIIMBAA Professional Development Society. There are three kind of memberships - Life, Term, and Corporate, with the first restricted to only the alumni. It offers acafe, an open-air bar-n-restaurant, and on-demand banquet facilities.[232]
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