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History
In just four decades IIMA has evolved from being India's premier management institute to a notable international school of management. It all started with Dr Vikram Sarabhai and a few other public spirited industrialists realizing that agriculture, education, health, transportation, population control, energy, and public administration were all vital elements in a growing society and that it was necessary to link these meaningfully with industry. The result was the creation of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in 1961 as an autonomous body with the active collaboration of the Government of India, Government of Gujarat, and industry.
It was evident that to have a vision was not enough. Effective governance and quality education were seen as critical aspects. From the very start the founders introduced the concept of faculty governance: all members of the faculty play an important role in administering the diverse academic and non-academic activities of the Institute. The empowerment of the faculty has been the propelling force behind the high quality of learning experience at IIMA. The Institute had initial collaboration with Harvard Business School. This collaboration greatly influenced the Institute's approach to education. Gradually it emerged as a confluence of the best of Eastern and Western values.
Mission
IIMA's mission is to help India and other developing countries improve their managerial practices both in the private and in the public sectors, and adopt superior public policies. It seeks to do this through producing risk-taking leader-managers who will pioneer new managerial practices and set new standards; through producing teachers and researchers who will generate new ideas of International significance; and through purposeful consulting aimed at helping client organizations scale new heights.
Objectives
1.To provide learning facilities to men and women of exceptional
calibre for pursuing careers in management or becoming teachers and researchers in different management fields.
2.To promote knowledge through research, both applied and conceptual, relevant to management, and to disseminate such knowledge through publications.
3.To participate in and contribute to the formulation of public policy, which would provide answers to questions of social importance.
4.To enhance the decision-making skills and the administrative
competence of practising managers and assist organizations to solve their managerial problems by providing them with consulting services based on actual requirements.
5.To collaborate with other institutions in India and abroad with a
view to further professionalising management education and assisting in institution building, in a meaningful manner. Future Directions
Faculty
Introduce a faculty exchange programme to bring an international dimension to management education
Increase the number of full time faculty to 100 from the current strength of 75 to 80
PGP
Raise student intake by 33%
Increase the number of students and schools participating in the Student Exchange Programme
Introduce more teaching material from other countries
Admit full-time students of foreign origin
FPM
Open up the programme to participants from less developed countries
Introduce Student Exchange Programme at the level of dissertation writing
Increase the number of participants substantially
MDP
Enhance international participation significantly
Offer MDPs off-site
Offer joint programmes involving participants from different countries
Establish joint ventures with institutes in developed countries
Research
Promote collaborative research with foreign institutes like the one with Stanford University on "State Level Electricity Reforms in India", and another with Columbia University on "Development of Gujarat"
Build research links to add an international dimension to research and promote international case writing. |
