Ahmedabad: The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) is set to establish a new campus in Dubai. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the same was signed during the visit of the Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister, and Defense Minister of the UAE, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, to India. Taking to the social media platform X, IIMA stated, “Excited to share that we are expanding our global footprint with the IIMA Dubai Branch Campus at the Dubai International Aca...Read More

Ahmedabad: IIM Ahmedabad today said it has completed the Final Placement process for MBA (Post Graduate Programme in Management- PGP) Class of 2025. Firms from multiple domains participated across the three clusters in Final placements, with all students placed across 30 cohorts. Cluster-Cohort Placement System The placement process began with the Laterals Placements Processes which was conducted from 6th to 21st January 2025. The firms interviewed students with prior work experience and o...Read More

Ahmedabad: Singapore headquartered multi-national financial engineering company Fin IQ Consulting and Delhi headquartered multi-national low code application platform NewGen Software Tech were the largest recruiters in Tech sector at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad with five offers made by each to the PGP class of 2025 students. PGP is the flagship course at IIMA and considered as toughest to enter Management course in India due to high number of aspirants against limited numb...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) is set to host the 30th edition of its annual cultural festival—Chaos 2025—from January 9 to 12, 2025. As one of India’s largest B-school cultural fests, Chaos has been since 1996, attracting participants from nationwide institutes. The institute in its official release stated, "This year’s Chaos is designed to captivate a diverse audience, including students, artisans, music and dance lovers, and knowledge seekers. The fe...Read More

Gandhinagar: The first meeting of the Governing Body of Gujarat Institution for Transformation (GRIT) was held in Gandhinagar under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Shri Bhupendra Patel. In this meeting, the broader scope of work of GRIT and related arrangements were discussed. The newly appointed CEO of GRIT, Ms. S. Aparna, presented the initial activities of GRIT so far in this meeting. GRIT will work as a think tank and innovation hub of the state government and in coordination and consu...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A), Brigadier (Retd) Dinesh Sharma, has come under scrutiny following the suicide of second-year PGP student Akshith Bhukya. It has come to light that earlier also, Sharma had been reported to the institution for alleged "high-handedness." Sources reveal that Sharma terminated four staff members within two months, raising concerns among other employees. On the other hand, Akshith’s father,...Read More

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

Ahmedabad: Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) has announced its decision to implement the government-mandated reservation policy in its PhD admissions starting in 2025, addressing a long-standing demand from the Global IIM Alumni Network. This will mark the first time the institution applies quotas for SCs, STs, OBCs, and persons with disabilities in its doctoral programme, which began in 1971. The online applications for IIMA’s doctoral programmes, which opened on...Read More

Ahmedabad: According to data submitted by Gujarat University for the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), the university spent over Rs. 160 crore during the 2022-23 fiscal year. Of this total expenditure, approximately Rs. 37.66 crore was allocated to capital expenditure on academic activities and resources (excluding buildings), while Rs. 122.77 crore was dedicated to operational costs. The operational expenditure includes salaries for teaching and non-teaching staff, maintenance...Read More

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