The Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam (IIMV) is a

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and

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located in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is one of the twenty

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. The institution started the first batch of its Post Graduate Program (PGP) in Management from August 2015.

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(also known as Vizag) is the

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. The city is the administrative headquarters of

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and the Eastern Naval Command of

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. Its geographical location is amidst

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mountain range and the coast of

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Academics

The institute offers

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, Doctoral and

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programmes. The Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP), a two-year, full-time residential MBA programme is the flagship programme, offered to candidates admitted through the

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. PGP at IIMV is a general, fully integrated management programme and includes courses in accounting, behavioral sciences, finance, economics, human resource management, marketing, business operations, public policy, strategy, entrepreneurship and general management. IIM Visakhapatnam also offers two year part-time executive MBA programme for working executives. From 2019, IIMV started its Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) programme under the guidance of its mentor IIMB. In 2019, IIM Visakhapatnam launched an executive programme one-of-its-kind, Post Graduate Program in Digital Governance and Management (PGP-DGM), leading to the award of MBA degree. This Programme is launched under the aegis of the National e-Governance Division (NeGD),

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(MeitY), Govt. of India (GOI).

Campus and location

IIM Visakhapatnam is initially functioning out of the campus of

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, while the permanent campus would come up at

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on the outskirts of city. In the temporary campus the classrooms are designed as per the

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model, as the teaching methodology is case study based. "This semicircle gallery model helps better interaction between the teacher and the students", as per Sourav Mukherji, Dean- Programmes (IIM-B). The land acquisition for the permanent campus is almost complete. The foundation stone for the new campus was laid by Union Human Resource Development Minister,

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on 17 January 2015. The campus is slated to come up on a 240-acre area. The institute is headed by Director, Prof Chandrasekhar Mylavarapu, an

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Alumnus and ex-Director of ASCI, Hyderabad.

References

External links

IIM Visakhapatnam Website
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Academics

Campus and location

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