Established in 1973 by the Government of India, the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB) is a centre of Excellence in the field of management education. It is the third IIM to be established by the government after the IIMA and IIMC.

The location of the Institute offers the advantage of ready access to some of the leading corporate houses in the country, which helps in integrating classroom knowledge with practical experience. Keeping in pace with the rapidly changing industry needs, the evolving programme content offers the students a wide range of electives enabling them to develop a broad perspective. This, along with ongoing interaction with the industry, ensures a deeper understanding of practical problems. The Institute also lays emphasis on developing ability to adapt to the fast changing environment. Efforts are made to achieve this through specific courses which are of contemporary relevance.

IIMB graduates share a strong sense of community reflecting their shared experiences and professional goals. The environment at IIMB is cosmopolitan, with its students drawn from all corners of the country and from diverse social and academic backgrounds and exposed to an environment that fosters ideas, collaborations and results.

The faculty includes acclaimed scholars and award winning professors drawn from all management disciplines. The eclectic blend of faculty, academicians, researchers, and professionals drawn from India and abroad, with their fund of managerial expertise, gives IIMB a unique professional standing in the country.

Through programs of research, consulting, teaching and other professional services, the institute maintains strong ties with the industry. IIMB is the beneficiary of the experience of its several visiting faculty - practitioners from the fields of Information Technology, Manufacturing, Finance, Marketing and Advertising. IIMB's Organization Based Programmes (OBPs) and Management Programmes for Technologists (MPTs), apart from its several Executive Development Programmes (EDPs), offer both the faculty and students the opportunity to interact closely with the Indian industry.

Through active involvement of the student body, the institute has evolved a new model for upgrading and streamlining the existing course content. With a variety of subjects offered to students across a range of disciplines and functional areas, and through withdrawing the necessity to specialise in particular areas, IIMB is attempting to develop among its students a generalist approach and a breadth of perspective unmatched in business schools elsewhere. The model of 'Contemporary Concerns', involving research on an issue of strategic importance to the Indian corporate sector, under the guidance of a faculty member, furthers IIMB's objective of staying in tune with the rapidly changing complexion of Indian business and the challenges it faces today.

• + India's leading private sector group, Reliance Industries, is using IIMB as a training ground for its future business leaders. The Globalisation strategy of Reliance is being developed by top Reliance executives in consultation with IIMB.
  
  
• + With Canara Bank support, IIMB has set up a Center for Entrepreneurship and Small Business.
  
  
• + BOC (India) has granted IIMB a Faculty chair whose primary purpose is to increase the institute's interaction with industry.
  
  
• + Compaq (India) is helping IIMB in setting up a IIMB-Compaq Infotech Training Center.

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