The Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya (IIM-BG) is an autonomous public
business school
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in
Bodh Gaya,
Bihar
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in
India
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. It is the 16th
Indian Institute of Management
The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are central government-owned-public business schools for management offering undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral and executive programmes along with some additional courses in the field of busin ...
(IIM). The institution was mentored by
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM Calcutta or IIM-C) is a public business school located in Joka, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was the first Indian Institute of Management to be established, and has been recognized as an Institut ...
.
History
Originally named IIM Bihar, IIM-BG was one of five
Indian Institutes of Management
The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are central government-owned-public business schools for management offering undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral and executive programmes along with some additional courses in the field of busines ...
(IIMs) set up by the
2014 Union budget of India. The academic session for the first batch was inaugurated by HRD Minister,
Smriti Irani
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on 31 August 2015.
In 2018, Dr. Vinita S. Sahay, professor of marketing at
IIM Raipur, was appointed by the Government of India as the first director of IIM Bodh Gaya. Dr. Vinita S. Sahay is only the second woman in the country to lead an IIM. Top leaders and industrialists like
Uday Kotak
Uday Suresh Kotak (born 15 March 1959) is an Indian billionaire banker and the executive vice chairman and managing director of Kotak Mahindra Bank.
In the early 1980s, while India was still a closed economy and economic growth was muted, Ko ...
(Chairperson & MD & CEO,
Kotak Bank Ltd.), Falguni S. Nayar (Founder & CEO,
Nykaa
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.com) and many other eminent personalities constitute the Board of Governors of IIM Bodh Gaya.
Campus
IIM Bodh Gaya is located in the temple city of Bodh Gaya, the most sacred pilgrimage site for Buddhists. Bodh Gaya was once the centre of learning in the known world and students came from as far as Central Asia, Mongolia, Korea, China, Afghanistan and Iran to learn not only Buddhism but science, mathematics, administration etc. The institute moved to its transit campus, which has all the facilities, in July 2019. It has its own hostels, Aryabhatta and Bhaskara with all necessary amenities for different sports like cricket, volleyball, football, table-tennis, basketball, badminton, etc. and a fully equipped gymnasium.
Academics
Academic programmes
The Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM) is a two-year, regular, full-time residential program. Admission to the PGP course of IIM Bodh Gaya is conducted each year through the
Common Admission Test
The Common Admission Test (CAT) is a computer based test for admission in graduate management programs. The test consists of three sections: Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension, Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning and Quantitative A ...
(CAT). The PGP course consists of six trimesters spread over the two years. The first year constitutes the fundamental courses which lay the premises for various management roles. Between the first and second years, students are expected to go through an eight-week summer internship. The second-year constitutes the elective courses that provide diverse opportunities for students to study and specialize in their specific fields of interest.
IIM Bodh Gaya follows the same pedagogy of its previous mentor,
IIM Calcutta
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM Calcutta or IIM-C) is a public business school located in Joka, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was the first Indian Institute of Management to be established, and has been recognized as an Institu ...
.
New chapter for IIM in Bodhgaya- Hope to make up a 2-month delay
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Student Exchange Program
IIM Bodh Gaya is one of the top B-schools in India and has further strengthened its position by meaningful and mutually beneficial collaborations with different esteemed institutions around the globe. This step will two year PGP flagship program students towards a broader and better view of strategic development in the global era by responding effectively to rapid changes in the social, economic, legal, technological, cultural, and political environments. IIM Bodh Gaya has collaborated with ESC Clermont Graduate School of Management
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(France
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), Montpellier Business School
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(France
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), Alba Graduate Business School (Greece
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), SolBridge International School of Business
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About SolBridge
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(South Korea
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), Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración The Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (''Institute of Advanced Studies in Administration'', IESA) is a private non-profit Venezuelan business school with campuses in Caracas, Maracaibo and Valencia. It was founded in 1965. It has i ...
(Venezuela
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), the University of Florence
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History
The first universi ...
(Italy
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), Universidad De Monterrey
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(UDEM, Mexico
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), and few more under process.
Student life
IIM Bodh Gaya's committees include Envision-Cell a center for industrial relations & entrepreneurship development, Cultural committee Media & PR committee, Academic committee, IT committee, PGP committee, Alumni committee, social responsibility committee Pragati, Communicacion a communication club, sports club, finance club FINix, marketing club MaSq, Strategy, and Consulting club and operations club OPSIM.
Events
Throughout the year there are several events organized in the campus like futsal, cricket or table tennis tournaments by Sports Club, Village adoption program and other social drives by Pragati, the CSR Club of IIM Bodh Gaya, different festivals like Onam, Christmas, Ganesh Puja, etc. by the Cultural Committee, Youth Entrepreneurship Summit by E-Cell, Annual Leadership Summit Netritva by Media & PR Cell, HR conclave Gyanodyaya by Placement Committee and last but not the least Elegante, flagship annual event of IIM Bodh Gaya organized in collaboration with all the committees and clubs.
Fit India Movement
Initiated by our Honorable PM of India Mr. Narendra Modi
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, a blood donation camp was organized by the Pragati Club of IIM Bodh Gaya in association with Magadh
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Medical College, Gaya. More than 100 members including students and faculty donated blood to support the noble cause along with 5 km marathon for creating awareness by showing a great deal of enthusiasm for the greater good.
Elegante
Started in the year 2016, Elegante is the annual management, sports, and cultural fest of IIM Bodh Gaya organized by the cultural committee in coordination with all the other clubs and committees. It is a two-day event filled with excitement, entertainment, and enjoyment from management quizzes and case study competitions to sports competitions to cultural events and fashion shows.
Netritva
IIM Bodh Gaya organized its maiden leadership summit Netritva in 2019. It hosted personalities like Rajeev Bhaduria (Managing Partner- Ebullient), Rakesh Singhania (CFO- Wellsfargo), Gaurav Sangtani (President - Jigyasa Foundation), Amita Karadkhedkar (VP- Citi
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) and several other top industrialists and leaders.
ज्ञानोदय (Gyanodaya)
Started in the year 2018, Gyanodaya is the annual HR conclave of IIM Bodh Gaya. It provides a platform where corporate leaders share their valuable thoughts and changing economic constraints with the students. The theme for the 2019 conclave was "Changing HR trends in the modern world" which witnessed the presence of eminent and distinguished HRs and leaders from the corporate world.
Rankings
IIM Bodhgaya was ranked 73rd among business/management schools in India by National Institutional Ranking Framework
The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) is a methodology adopted by the Ministry of Education (India), Ministry of Education, Government of India, to rank institutions of higher education in India. The Framework was approved by the ...
(NIRF) in 2022.
References
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