Good news is in store for b-school aspirants from eastern India. With two new International Management Institute (IMI) campuses ready for admissions in Bhubaneswar, Orissa and
Kolkata, West Bengal students from the eastern region will be able to receive international-quality management education virtually at their door steps and will not have to travel to other parts of the country in search of quality education. All this is in keeping with IMIs aspiration to scale new heights as one of the top-notch business school in the Asia-Pacific region.
The current move is expected to offset the huge imbalance in the demand and supply of quality management education in the eastern belt. As things stand today, most good b-schools are
concentrated in north and west India. But if you look east, theres nothing in Orissa apart from XIM Bhubaneswar. Similarly in Kolkata, theres nothing of the stature of IIM Calcutta. Slightly northwards, theres XLRI Jamshedpur which is top quality. But thats about it. As a result there exists a wide gap which these two institutions expect to fulfill.
The making of brand IMI
Brand IMI is one of the foremost management institutions of India. IMIs vision is to be recognized as world-class business school, achieving excellence in management education and
research through continuous competency building. IMIs journey towards excellence began with the establishment of the first campus in New Delhi in collaboration with IMI Geneva (now IMD, Lausanne) in 1981. Over the last 30 odd years IMI has made a mark for itself among the leading management institutions. It is indeed a matter of pride for the IMI family that IMI Delhi is ranked 14 overall (including IIMs) and 3rd in intellectual capital among Indias Best B-school survey published by Business World (June 28, 2010). Today IMI is Indias first corporate sponsored Business School with sponsorship from corporate houses like RPG Enterprises, Williamson Magor, Nestle, ITC, Tata Chemicals, BOC, etc.
IMI Delhis educational programs have been recognised by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. Of India. In
addition, IMI Delhi has also received national level accreditation from NBA (National Board of Accreditation) and international level accreditation from SAQS (South Asia Quality Systems) Carrying the IMI legacy to two new campuses As the new feathers in IMIs cap – IMI Bhubaneswar and IMI Kolkata will be offering best international-standard management education. Both the institutes would be offering PGDM programs based on Industry-oriented curriculum.
The overall aim is to groom students for immediate employability as well as develop cutting-edge course curriculum and specialised research programmes and other activities of the Institute in collaboration with Industry partners. Both the institutions would like to be known as international-level centres of excellence in learning focusing on teaching and research in the field of management in sync with the fast changing interconnected world.
Both IMI Kolkata & IMI Bhubaneswar campuses are ready. And if all goes well the IMI authorities expect to be in a position to run regular PGDM programme from July 2011 after
formal approval from the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), which is expected in May 2011. Meanwhile applications have started pouring in from prospective candidates.
Advantage IMI Kolkata & IMI Bhubaneswar
IMI Kolkata, located in Alipore, a posh locality in the city, which is the largest metropolis of eastern India, plans to collaborate with top business schools of the world. It has already entered into an arrangement with the Oxford Institute of Retail Management (OXIRM), which is a part of the Said Business School, Oxford University, for joint research in the sphere of retail management.
IMI Bhubaneswar, located in one of the fastest growing metropolis of eastern India, with its 16 acre campus, promises to write its own saga of excellence. It has by far the largest campus in the IMI family. The IMI Kolkata campus has an area of 3 acres. The IMI Delhi campus also has an area of 3 acres.
Admissions
Admissions to IMI Kolkata & IMI Bhubaneswar are currently open. Students can apply directly through
“>http://admission.imi.edu
For more information on the two campuses log on to http://imi-k.in/ and
“>http://imibh.edu.in/
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