The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM Ahmedabad or IIM-A), is a

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, located in

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. It is one of the

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and was accorded the status of an

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by the Ministry of Human Resources, Government of India in 2017. It is widely regarded as the leading business school in India, and one of the most prestigious business schools in the world. Established in 1961, the institute offers master's degree programs in management and agri-business management, a fellowship program and a number of executive training programs. The institute's founding director is Ravi J. Matthai. Other notable founding figures were

Vikram Sarabhai Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai (12 August 1919 – 30 December 1971) was an Indian physicist and astronomer who initiated space research and helped to develop nuclear power in India. Often regarded as the "''Father of Indian space program''", Sar ...

Kasturbhai Lalbhai Kasturbhai Lalbhai (19 December 1894 – 20 January 1980) was an Indian industrialist and philanthropist. He co-founded Arvind Mills along with his brothers and several other institutes. He was a co-founder of the Ahmadabad Education Society wh ...

and Kamla Chowdhary.

History

IIM Ahmedabad was established on 11 December 1961 with the active support of the

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, the

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, and prominent members of Indian industry. The physicist

and businessman

, both natives of

, played pivotal roles in setting up the institute. Ravi J. Matthai and several other Ahmedabad-based businessmen also played a major role in its creation. Kamla Chowdhary was the first faculty of the institute, and the coordinator of programmes between 1962 and 1965. The institute offers master's degree programs in management and agri-business management, a fellowship program and a number of executive training programs. The institute's founding director was Ravi J. Matthai. Other notable founding figures were the Indian physicist

, Indian businessman

and Indian educator Kamla Chowdhary. In 2015, the JSW School of Public Policy was set up with financial contribution from JSW Steel Ltd worth Rs. 50 crore, the school is engaged in research on policy formulation and design, policy choice, and policy impact. In 2024 it was ranked first among the business schools in India by the

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CIIE.CO

Centre for Innovation, Incubation & Entrepreneurship (CIIE) is a subsidiary of the school. It was originally set up in 2012 as a research institution, with a grant pool from

, the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and IIMA.

Rankings

In India, IIM Ahmedabad was ranked first among management schools in India by the

in 2024 for the fifth consecutive year with an overall score of 83.32. QS ranked its One Year MBA programme (PGPX) at rank 44 in the world and rank 8 in Asia in its ''Global MBA Rankings 2023''. QS also ranked its Two Year MBA programme (PGP) at rank 42 in its ''World University Rankings - Masters In Management 2024''. The ''

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'' has ranked the One Year MBA programme (PGPX) of IIM Ahmedabad at rank 41 in its Global MBA Ranking 2024, while also ranking it number one globally in the career progression category for the last three consecutive years. The Two Year MBA programme (PGP) of IIM Ahmedabad was ranked by

at rank 43 in its global Masters in Management Ranking 2023, with Career Progress rank 19 and Alumni Network rank 11. ''

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''s "Top Public MBA Institutions In India" survey. It was ranked second by '' Business Today'' "India's Top Five B-Schools Yearly Ranking In 2022". It was ranked 51 by ''

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'' in its 2021 Full-time B-school ranking.

People

Notable alumni

One of the most legendary alumni fora from IIMA is the famous Live Poet's Society. Among BSE 500 CEOs with MBA, the highest proportion come from IIM Ahmedabad. IIM-A alumni have garnered 9

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– 4

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awards (

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, CK Prahalad,

Mallika Sarabhai Mallika Sarabhai is an Indian classical dancer, activist and actress from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Daughter of a classical dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai and space scientist Vikram Sarabhai, Mallika is an accomplished Kuchipudi and Bharatanatyam ...

and M. S. Banga) and 5

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awards (

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, Kailasam Raghavendra Rao, S. P. Kothari,

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, and Srikant Datar). Other notable alumni are Acharya Prashant,

Raghuram Rajan Raghuram Govind Rajan (born 3 February 1963) is an Indian economist and the Katherine Dusak Merton Miller, Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business. Quote: "I am an Indian citizen ...

, Arvind Subramanian,

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, Rashmi Bansal,

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, Ivan Menezes,

Deep Kalra Deep Kalra is an Indian businessman who is the Founder & Chairman of MakeMyTrip, an Indian online travel company. He was born in Hyderabad and grew up in Delhi and Ahmedabad. Education and career He obtained his bachelor's degree in Economic ...

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,Sanjaya Mariwala and Gopi Rathod.

Notable faculty

Past and present faculty at IIM Ahmedabad include three former

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s of the

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– C. Rangarajan (1968–1982), former Director I. G. Patel (1996–2001), and Y. Venugopal Reddy (current Professor of Practice). Other notable faculty over the years have been: *

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, famous management thinker, exponent of

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and Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid * Ravi J. Matthai, first full-time Director, management educationist noted for establishing

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* Bakul Harshadrai Dholakia,

awardee, Director (2002–2007) * Samuel Paul,

awardee, IIMA's second director (1972–78) * Ravindra Dholakia, member, Monetary Policy Committee (India), 2016-20 * Jayanth R Varma, member, Monetary Policy Committee (India), 2020-2024 *

Vijay Govindarajan Vijay Govindarajan (born 18 November 1949), is the Coxe Distinguished Professor (a Dartmouth-wide chair) at Dartmouth College's Tuck School of Business and Marvin Bower Fellow, 2015–16 at Harvard Business School. Education In 1974, Govinda ...

, a

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best-selling author, Thinkers50 Hall of Fame 2019 & Coxe Distinguished Professor,

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Anil Kumar Gupta Anil Kumar Gupta is an Indian scholar in the area of grassroots innovations. He is the founder of the Honey Bee Network. He retired as a full-time professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in 2017, where he served for about 36 ...

was a professor who was awarded

for his contributions to management education. * Pankaj Chandra, former director,

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and current Vice Chancellor, Ahmedabad University * G. Raghuram, director,

* Dheeraj Sharma, director, Indian Institute of Management Rohtak * Shekhar Chaudhuri, former director,

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* Abhishek Mishra was a faculty member for six years, before leaving to become a member of

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and an elected MLA of

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. * Jahar Saha, Institute Director 1998–2002 *

Rajnish Rai Rajnish Rai was a Deputy inspector general of police for the Indian Police Service. He began service after graduating with the 1992 cadre. In 2019 he joined the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad as an assistant professor. Rai is known f ...

* Tarun Jain, Mahalanobis Memorial Medalist, 2020 Other notable faculty include prominent scholars such as Marti G. Subrahmanyam,

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, and T. V. Rao, among others.

Others

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, an Indian tech industrialist and the co-founder of

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, got his first job as chief systems programmer at IIM Ahmedabad.

Endowment

The IIM Ahmedabad Endowment Fund is India's first endowment fund set up at a management school. The fund was established at IIM Ahmedabad in June 2020 from an initial corpus of ₹100 Crore provided by 10 founding alumni. The endowment aims to grow the fund to ₹1,000 Crore over the next five years. The fund was launched by the Chairperson of IIM Ahmedabad

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In popular culture

'' 2 States'', a

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film based on the eponymous novel by alumnus

, starring

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and

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, was shot on the campus. Prior to this, the 1974 film ''

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'', starring

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and

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in lead roles, also had some scenes shot at the Heritage campus.

References

External links

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Vikram Sarabhai Library

IIM Publications

IIMA IDEA Telecom Center of Excellence
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