Articles tagged under: iim ahmedabad

IIM Ahmedabad student commits suicide in hostel room ahead of Management fest he was Coordinating

September 27, 2024
IIM Ahmedabad student commits suicide in hostel room ahead of Management fest he was Coordinating

Ahmedabad: A student from Telangana committed suicide in a hostel room (dome-21, room-38) at the new campus of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) on Thursday. A 24-year-old student, Akshith Bhukya, hanged himself using a nylon rope tied to a wooden ventilation grill, as the ceiling fans in IIMA hostels are suicide-proof. Akshit was a second-year student in the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program. Akshith was one of the 25 students who would lead The Red Bricks Sum...Read More

Several colleges in Gujarat shine in NIRF ranking

August 13, 2024
Several colleges in Gujarat shine in NIRF ranking

Gandhinagar: In Central government's National Institution Ranking Framework (NIRF) list of top colleges of the country this year, two colleges of Gujarat have secured place. They are IIT Gandhinagar on 29th rank and Gujarat University on 94th rank. Gujarat University's rank has gone down by 21 positions while IIT Gandhinagar's ranking has gone down by 6 positions in last 3 years. Among mangement colleges, IIMA has once again ranked 1st, followed by MICA on 32nd rank, IRMA at 49, Nirma at 55 a...Read More

IIMA Ranked Best Management Institute by NIRF for 5th consecutive year

August 12, 2024
IIMA Ranked Best Management Institute by NIRF  for 5th consecutive year

Gandhinagar: The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) has been ranked as the best management institute for the fifth consecutive year in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) India Rankings 2024 released by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, today. Speaking on this achievement, Professor Bharat Bhasker, Director, IIMA, said, “We are recognised as the best management institute in India for the fifth consecutive year by the Ministry of Education’s ...Read More

IIMA welcomes 61st Batch of PGP and 25th Batch of PGP-FABM students

June 21, 2024
IIMA welcomes 61st Batch of PGP and 25th Batch of PGP-FABM students

June: The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) welcomed a total of 451 students to the class of 2024-2026 of two of its top-ranked management education programmes yesterday. The 61st batch of the Two-Year Full Time Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP) comprises a total of 404 meritorious students and the 25th batch of the Two-Year Full Time Post Graduate Programme in Food and Agribusiness Management (PGP-FABM) has 47 students, all of whom have come from diverse backgrounds from...Read More

Old building of IIM Ahmedabad may not withstand the impact of natural calamity: IIT Roorkee team

June 05, 2023
Old building of IIM Ahmedabad may not withstand the impact of natural calamity: IIT Roorkee team

Ahmedabad: In a meeting held on Sunday, discussions were held on the preservation and reconstruction of dorms and other buildings on the old IIM Ahmedabad campus, which was designed by American architect Louis Kahn. The meeting was called by Pankaj Patel, the chairman of the board of governors at IIM Ahmedabad (IIM-A) and was attended by several alumni of institute and other stakeholders. According to one alumnus present at the event, the IIM-A management has consistently emphasized the need ...Read More

FT rankings put IIMA’s executive education programmes at # 1 in India, # 2 in Asia and # 35 worldwide

May 24, 2023
FT rankings put IIMA’s executive education programmes at # 1 in India, # 2 in Asia and # 35 worldwide

Ahmedabad:  The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), has been ranked #1 in India overall, for its Executive Education programmes, as per the latest Financial Times (FT) Executive Education Rankings 2023.  IIMA also holds the #2 rank in Asia and the 35th rank, globally.   This year, IIMA moves up by two places in the Open Enrolment Programmes, and five places in the Custom Programmes rankings. In the combined category rankings, IIMA has moved up by four places to the 35th posit...Read More

IIMA launches its open learning platform – Online@IIMA

March 15, 2023
IIMA launches its open learning platform – Online@IIMA

Ahmedabad: The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) announced the launch of Online@IIMA (https://online.iima.ac.in/) – a unified portal that serves as a single gateway to access all the existing and new online programmes by IIMA. Through this portal, the Institute is introducing a slew of innovative online certification courses to help professionals be future-ready and better equipped for rapid changes happening across the business landscape. Students and professionals can now acces...Read More

Professor Bharat Bhaskar appointed IIMA Director

January 23, 2023
Professor Bharat Bhaskar appointed IIMA Director

Amdavad: January 23, 2023: The Indian Institute of Ahmedabad (IIMA), a premier global management institute, today announced the appointment of Professor Bharat Bhasker as the Director of IIMA for a period of five years with effect from March 01, 2023. Professor Bhasker, currently holds the position of Professor of Information Technology and Systems at IIM Lucknow and will assume the position with effect from March 01, 2023. In the interim, the Board of Governors has appointed Prof Arindam Banerj...Read More

IIM Ahmedabad opposes plea for reservation in PhD course in Gujarat HC

January 17, 2023
IIM Ahmedabad opposes plea for reservation in PhD course in Gujarat HC

Ahmedabad: The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) has opposed a public interest litigation (PIL) filed in the Gujarat High Court seeking reservation for PhD course, citing that operational freedom was an integral part of the institute's DNA. Despite being a statutory body under the IIM Act, 2017, the IIMA continues to be an autonomous and independent institute with no funding from the government, the country's premier B-school said in an affidavit filed recently in response to th...Read More

IIMA sets up the Kamla Chowdhry Communications Hub in honour of its first faculty member

September 05, 2022
IIMA sets up the Kamla Chowdhry Communications Hub in honour of its first faculty member

Announced on Teacher’s Day 2022, the Hub will help enhance the Institute’s brand globally Ahmedabad:  On the occasion of Teacher’s Day, the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), a premier global management Institute, announces the creation of the Kamla Chowdhry Communications Hub, named after its first faculty member, Professor Kamla Chowdhry, and her outstanding contribution to IIMA's growth and success. Professor Kamla Chowdhry, an acknowledged academician was the first...Read More