The Indian Institute of Management Udaipur, also known as IIM Udaipur, is a graduate business school in

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. Established as an autonomous body in 2011, the institute offers a two-year full-time MBA program, one-year postgraduate MBA programs (MBA-GSCM and MBA-DEM), a Doctor of Business Administration program and other management development programs. It is one of the seven

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set up by the central government during the Eleventh Five-Year Plan. and is counted as one of the

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. The institute is set in the picturesque backdrop of Udaipur, one of the busiest tourist attractions in India. The institute has been ranked as one of the top 15 management institutes by the Ministry of Human Resources Development released

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rankings in the past three years. The institute is one of nine institutes accredited by

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in India. IIMU is also ranked among the top 5 B-schools in India for research based on the methodology used by

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which tracks publications in 24 leading business journals. The institute is the youngest B-school in the world to be featured in the QS MIM 2020 and FT MIM 2019 rankings..IIM Udaipur and IIM Bangalore only 2 IIMs to be in prestigious Global Rankings consecutively since 2019 • IIM Udaipur continued to be the youngest B-School in Asia in the Global FT MIM Ranking 2022.

History

IIM Udaipur was inaugurated on 30 July 2011 by C. P. Joshi,

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. The institute was one of the seven IIMs established by the Indian government. The institute offered its postgraduate program (PGP) to 57 students in its first year, and its postgraduate executive program (PGPX) at a temporary campus located at the Polymer Science Building of the

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(MLSU), Udaipur.

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, the chairman and managing director of

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, was appointed the chairman of the Board of Governors of the institute in January 2016. Patel took over from

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, Chairman of Hindustan Motors. Prof. Janat Shah, an

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and

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alumnus, who was working with

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at that time as a full-time faculty was appointed as the institute's director at its inception. IIM Udaipur became operational from 2011 in a temporary campus located at Polymer Science Building,

(MLSU), Udaipur, Rajasthan. Construction is completed at the 300 acre land in the Balicha area of

, which has been allocated by the Government of Rajasthan for the institute's new Campus. Then honourable Union Minister for HRD,

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inaugurated the campus in 2016. The institute started functioning from the new campus post completion of the first phase in April 2016.

Campus

Architecture

The campus of IIM Udaipur has been conceptualised and designed by noted architect

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who is the recipient of the prestigious

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. He has also designed the campus at IIM Ahmedabad and IIM Bangalore . The IIM Udaipur campus has been constructed on a region surrounding two hillocks, with the student hostels and faculty housing on each with the academic block connecting the two in the valley. The Academic block has lakes being built on both sides and has multiple courtyards which are inspired by the many chowks in Udaipur City. The campus plan for IIM Udaipur has been awarded 5-star rating b
GRIHA
in 2018.

Hostels

The hostels consist of clusters of low rise courtyard houses, which have been constructed taking into account the hot climate of the region. Currently single-accommodation facility is provided for students of both the years and those from other courses. All the hostels are centered around the Mess and are connected to a shared open space and a large open-air amphitheatre which is being constructed

Faculty and Staff residential facilities

Residences for the permanent faculty consist of a series of low-rise single-storey and duplex structures built around private courts and larger shared gardens whereas visiting faculty and staff have been provided with modular apartments.

Organisation and administration

Governance

Janat Shah, a fellow from

and the former mentor of

, is the director at IIM Udaipur.

, the chairman managing director of

is the chairman of the Board of Governors of the institute. Some of the other notable board members include Cricket commentator

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; Shiv Shivkumar, Group Executive President of Corporate Strategy & Business Development, Aditya Birla Management Corporation Pvt. Ltd; Ms Mythily Ramesh, co-founder and CEO, NextWealth; Mr Nirmal Jain, Chairman of the Board & Founder, IIFL Holdings Limited; Mr

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, Founder & CEO,

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; Mr Satyanarayan B. Dangayach, Former Managing Director, Sintex Industries Limited; Mr Suresh Naik Ramavath, Ms Vidya Shah, Senior Executive Vice President, Edelweiss Financial Services Limited.

Academics

Since 2018, IIM Udaipur offers

MBA degree A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

s, the second IIM in the country to do so, following

. The courses offered are, the regular two-year full-time residential program (MBA) and two one-year full-time residential MBA programs (MBA-GSCM and MBA-DEM). The institute also offers a doctoral-level PhD program, which usually has a duration of 4.5 to 5 years. IIM Udaipur's courses are accredited by

Programs

2 Year MBA

The

Masters in Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

(erstwhile known as Post Graduate Program (PGP) in Management) has been the flagship program of the Institute since its inception in 2011. The program is administered over 2 years in 6 trimesters with an internship at the end of the first year. The program aims to create socially responsible and highly skilled managers who can lead their organisations towards excellence. The teaching pedagogy followed by the institute consists of a mixture of

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, lectures, projects,

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s and

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s. Apart from this, the course gives the students an all-round exposure using the International and Rural immersion modules.

1 Year MBA in Global Supply Chain Management (MBA-GSCM)

This one year MBA (previously known as PGPX) is a full-time residential program in which students develop a specialisation in the

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and

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area. The participants of this program have the option to spend an entire Semester at Purdue University and receive a dual degree.

1 Year MBA in Digital Enterprise Management (MBA-DEM)

In 2019, IIM Udaipur's launched a new one Year MBA program in Digital Enterprise Management. This course combines theory and practice related to advanced

analytics Analytics is the systematic computational analysis of data or statistics. It is used for the discovery, interpretation, and communication of meaningful patterns in data. It also entails applying data patterns toward effective decision-making. It ...

machine learning Machine learning (ML) is a field of inquiry devoted to understanding and building methods that 'learn', that is, methods that leverage data to improve performance on some set of tasks. It is seen as a part of artificial intelligence. Machine ...

and

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Doctor of Business Administtation Programme (DBA)

IIM Udaipur began admissions for its Fellow Program in Management (FPM) since 2016. The program is for all the candidates who wish to pursue their career in original research. This program admits students in all conventional areas of Business Management like

Marketing Marketing is the process of exploring, creating, and delivering value to meet the needs of a target market in terms of goods and services; potentially including selection of a target audience; selection of certain attributes or themes to emph ...

Finance Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of fina ...

, Operations,

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and Human Resource Management.

MDP and other short term courses

Apart from the above-mentioned courses, IIM Udaipur regularly organises Management Development Programs (MDP) for working professionals and senior management executives from various organisations. In 2019, The institute in collaboration wit
UCCI
organised a MDP 'UCCI Emerging Leaders Programme 2019-20' for women in business. In addition to that, IIMU also completed with UCCI an MDP of ten months duration which was specifically catered towards family businesses. The institute also ran a one-month 'Summer School for Future Leaders in Development' program which is geared towards professionals working in the Development and Public Policy space.

Admissions

The admissions to the flagship two-year MBA Program is done through the Common Admissions Test (CAT) followed by another level of screening process consisting of written tests and interviews. The interviews approximately take place during the month of February and March every year. The admissions for the one year MBA programs are done through Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) or

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and interviews for the shortlisted candidates. The admissions process for the one year MBA programs takes place from September to February every year.

Student Exchange Programs

The institution has links with nine institutes across the world including

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, ESEG School of Management,

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, Ecole de Management Normandie in

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; FAU Erlangen-Nurnberg , HHL Leipzig, EBS Oestrich-Winkel, WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management in

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and

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. Students who go to HHL Leipzig -Germany, EBS Oestrich-Winkel-Germany and WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management can apply for DAAD for the scholarship. Students of the two-year MBA program go on their exchange program during the 5th term of the course. The students of the GSCM MBA program have an option to spend one semester at

, USA.

Ranking

IIMU was ranked 17 in India by the

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(NIRF) management school ranking in 2020. It was ranked 8 in India by Outlook Magazine in 2020. It is ranked 72nd (4th in India) in the Financial Times Global Ranking for Management, and is the youngest Indian B-School to be featured in the global rankings. It also features amongst the 6 Institutes based out of India to feature in QS Global Ranking for Management. Its MBA program is now in the 101+ category among the global 129 programmes from 28 countries. The institute is ranked 11th in India by MBA universe 2022 B school ranking.

Publications

In December 2019, the Institute launched the first edition of the biannual 'Business Review' magazine. Since 2017, the institute in collaboration with Futurescope releases its annual 'Responsible Business Ranking' report.

Student life

The IIM Udaipur Community is known to be a highly student-driven community. There are many student-run clubs and societies at IIM Udaipur. All the major events held on the campus are managed by the students themselves. The Council of Student Affairs (CSA) is an elected body which acts as the apex body of the student community

Student campus organisations

The clubs are divided into professional clubs and social clubs, while committees like the Placement Committee and the Media and Industry Interaction Cell (MiiC) handle external relations. Professional clubs include the consulting club 'Consult-U', the HR club 'dHRuva', the finance club 'Finomina', the marketing club 'MarClan', the economics club 'PiE', the Entrepreneurship club 'Saksham', the SCM and operations club 'Skein' and the Analytics and IT Club 'Technalytics'. Social clubs include Code Red, the photography club 'IRIS', the literary club 'Potpourri', the social responsibility club 'Prayatna', the

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chapter 'Silvertongues', the dance club 'FootworX', the music society 'Octaves', the art community 'CreArT', the Bikers and Trekkers Club 'B.A.T' and the 'Public Policy Group' for policy enthusiasts.

Events

Solaris

Solaris is the annual Management festival of the institute. It is a two-day festival consisting of summits from multiple areas of Management like Finance, Economics, Operations and Analytics. The Leadership Summit is the flagship event of Solaris.

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Satish Dua,

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, SM, VSM;

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, Co-Executive Chairman,

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and Subir Gokarn, Deputy Governor, RBI and Executive Director, IMF are some of the notable luminaries who have spoken at Solaris. The theme for the 5th edition of Solaris held in October 2019 was 'Success with Synergy'.

Audacity

Audacity is the annual cultural festival of IIM Udaipur. It is a two-day event which comprises multiple fun events, competitions and shows by celebrities. The theme for sixth edition i.e. Audacity 2020 was 'Escape Reality'.

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and

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were the notable celebrities who performed in Audacity 2020.

Utkrisht

Utkrisht is the annual Sports festival of the Institute which is organised in January. Utkrisht '19 was the second year of the festival and saw the participation of multiple colleges for the plethora of sports events organised on the campus. The third edition of the annual marathon 'Udaipur Runs' was also organised with the theme 'Run with the Jawans'.

Netratva - The leadership talk series

The Institute regularly organises guest lectures by notable leaders from the business world under the Netratva series. Harish Bhat, Brand Custodian,

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; Suresh Narayanan, CMD, Nestle India are some of the notable speakers who have delivered their talks as a part of this series.

Other events and summits

Apart from the above events, IIM Udaipur organises multiple other events and summits throughout the year like Udaipur Litfest, 'Analytica', the Analytics summit; 'Spandan', the annual HR Summit and 'Prarambh', the B-plan competition event.

Notable visiting faculty

* Prof. Abhinandan Jain, Distinguished Professor of Marketing,

* Rama Bijapurkar, thought leader in Marketing Strategy and Consumer economy and author of multiple books. * Prof. B.B Chakrabarty, Professor of Management and Finance,

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* Srikant Gokhale, CEO,

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* Dr. Thimappa Hegde, Neurosurgeon and Director, Narayana Institute of Neurosciences, Bangalore.

References

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