The Institute of Management Development and Research (IMDR) in
Pune
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, India, is the oldest
management
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Management includ ...
institution in Pune, and comes under the
Deccan Education Society
The Deccan Education Society is an organisation that runs 43 education establishments in Maharashtra, India. Its main branch is situated in Pune.
History
In 1880 Vishnushastri Chiplunkar, Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Gopal Ganesh Agarka ...
. Earlier IMDR was offering three full-time programmes: Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM), Post Graduate Diploma in International Trade (PGDIT) and Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resources (PGDHR), along with its other part-time programmes. In 2011 IMDR got AICTE approval, and currently IMDR is offering PGDM course approved by AICTE and DTE.
History
The Institute of Management Development and Research (IMDR) was founded by Dr
R. T. Doshi and
Shri Sumatilal Shah in 1974, as a constituent unit of the Deccan Education Society. They were closely associated with Wrangler
G. S. Mahajani, who had served as the Principal of
Fergusson College
Fergusson College is an autonomous public-private college offering various courses in the streams of arts and science in the city of Pune, India. It was founded in 1885 by the Deccan Education Society. Professor Vaman Shivram Apte was its fir ...
in Pune and later, as the Vice Chancellor of
Pune University
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.
In 1973, Wrangler Mahajani in his capacity as the Vice Chancellor, suggested to the D. E. Society that a new institution be formed to impart management education under its aegis. Dr Doshi and Shri Shah not only made large donations but also mobilized funds from their friends and associates. It is with these funds that the main building of IMDR was constructed on the historic Fergusson campus.
Wr. Mahajani made the suggestion to set up an institute outside the university, from a point of view that the professional and inter-disciplinary nature of
management education
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Secondary education
At secondary l ...
required a different ambience. From 1974 to 1977, IMDR conducted the courses under affiliation to the university. It took over the
MBA
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programme of the MBA Centre of the University of Pune and the DBM programme, run in the
Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce (BMCC, a sister institution) since 1968. Affiliated to the University of Pune, the IMDR was also a recognised centre for research leading to a
PhD
In 1977, the IMDR became an autonomous institution by voluntarily delinking from the University of Pune. Since then it has carried on its activities independent of the university or other statutory bodies.
Campus
The Instructional area available on the IMDR campus includes classrooms, tutorial room, library, computer centre and an auditorium with the seating capacity of 175. The main campus has an administrative block, students' common room, canteen and other amenities, including the reprographic facility which is made available for students on the campus. The total built up area is over 24,000 sq feet. There are ten residential units for the non-teaching staff and three for the teaching staff.
Associated institutes
![FergussonCollegeMainBuilding](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/FergussonCollegeMainBuilding.jpg)
The college shares its campus with
Fergusson College
Fergusson College is an autonomous public-private college offering various courses in the streams of arts and science in the city of Pune, India. It was founded in 1885 by the Deccan Education Society. Professor Vaman Shivram Apte was its fir ...
and Jaganath Rathi Vocational Guidance and Training Institute (JRGVTI), both governed by the Deccan Education Society.
Brihan Maharashtra College of Commerce (BMCC), established in 1943, is closely associated with Fergusson College. At the northern end of the campus, next to the New Academic Building, lies
DES Law College
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.
![Fergusson College Gokhale Institute Statue](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Fergusson_College_Gokhale_Institute_Statue.JPG)
The Deccan Gymkhana area of western Pune is well known for its educational institutes.
Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics
Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE), commonly known as Gokhale Institute, is one of the oldest research and training institutes in economics in India.
History
The institute was founded on 6 June 1930 by R. R. Kale as a centre f ...
, Marathwada College of Commerce and
Symbiosis International University
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are other well-known colleges situated around the Hanuman Tekdi hillock that overlooks Fergusson. Also located nearby are the
ILS Law College
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,
Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute
The Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute (BORI) is located in Pune, Maharashtra, India. It was founded on 6 July 1917 and named after Ramakrishna Gopal Bhandarkar (1837–1925), long regarded as the founder of Indology (Orientalism) in Ind ...
and the Agarkar Research Institute.
Affiliation
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) have approved IMDR's PGDM programme with an intake of 180 students. The institute is a member of the Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia (AMDISA), the Confederation of Indian Industry International Chamber of Commerce (CII), the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce, the Indo-French Chamber of Commerce, and the
Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture
The Maratha Chamber of Commerce Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA) is an Indian business advocacy and networking group located in Pune, serving businesses in the state of Maharashtra. It was established in 1934 by Atmaram Raoji Bhat, and is one ...
(MCCIA).
Eligibility
All candidates to the PGDM of IMDR are required to take the CAT (
Common Admission Test
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) of the
Indian Institutes of Management
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(IIM). Recently IMDR got AICTE approval and because of AICTE & DTE approval, other entrance tests like MAT/ CMAT/ XAT/ ATMA/ GMAT are accepted. The institute also accepts scores from MH-CET. You can check the admission section on official institute website for latest updates.
Library
The library at IMDR spans an area of . The library has a total collection of 17,058 books and reference sources, 763 CDs, 231 DVDs, 1,250 seminar reports/ working papers, and 364 audio-visual cassettes. There are currently 77 journals and bound volumes of some prominent journal materiel that have been kept for over 12 years. It has eight English and four local language newspapers, which are preserved for six months and three months respectively.
Course offered (PGDM)
The Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) is a two-year full-time programme. The programme is divided into four semesters, each of approximately 16 weeks. Classes are usually held from 9 am to 5 pm. The USP of the course is the embedded six months internship program, conducted during the second semester.
Specializations Offered
The Institute of Management Development and Research offers dual specialization for the PGDM course. The specializations offered are Marketing, Finance, Human Resource Management and Supply chain & Operations as Major Specialization. Also the following specializations are offered as Minor: Business Analytics, Entrepreneurship & Start-up Management, International Trade and Business Technology & Systems.
References
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Education in Pune