Located in India’s high technology capital, IIMB is a hub of innovative activity.
IIM Bangalore strives to achieve excellence through partnerships with industry and leading academic institutions, the world over. Building on the base of its highly accomplished faculty and motivated student body, IIMB has evolved into a premier centre for management education and research. The flagship Postgraduate Programme in Management (PGP) and Fellow (Doctoral) Programme in Management (FPM) are very highly rated and IIMB alumni occupy senior managerial and academic positions across the globe. In addition to the long-duration programmes (PGP, PGSEM, PGPPM and FPM), IIMB offers a wide range of top quality executive education programmes to meet the continuing education needs of business executives.
IIMB’s Centres of Excellence enable faculty to focus on research issues in sectors where there is major industrial growth such as Software, IT and Insurance. IIMB consistently figures among the top business schools in India in domestic and international surveys. IIMB has world-class infrastructure that facilitate excellence in teaching, research, consulting and other professional activities.
IIM Bangalore has one of the finest computing environments among management institutions in the country. Operating round the clock, with a large number of desktops (more than 450 PCs), world-class servers and a campus wide network with access to Internet, it represents the major attraction of IIMB. The campus network links the computing resources in the faculty offices, student labs, administrative units, student hostels, management development center and the faculty residences as well.
The Institute library is housed in a building of 55,000 sq ft Carpet area spread over four Floors. It has a comprehensive Collection of literature predominantly related to management and its allied subjects to meet the present and future information needs of its users. The library has a total collection of 2.09 lakh documents (books, back volumes of journals, government publications, technical reports, conference proceedings, non-book materials etc.). The library subscribes to around 34 online databases, 695 print journals and 850 e-journals. Apart from this around 16,000+ full text journal titles are available in the databases subscribed by the library.
The Executive Education at
IIM Bangalore is aimed at broadening the outlook and strengthening the skills of practicing managers. This is achieved by discussing the latest developments in management thinking and their applicability in the Indian context. Participants also obtain valuable insights from extensive interaction with their counterparts from other organizations. The Institute's Executive Education Programmes comprise Open Programmes, International Programmes and Customized Programmes.
IIM Bangalore has tie-ups with top international business schools for joint executive development programmes. A cooperative venture of business schools in the five countries of Canada, UK, France, India and Japan, the International Masters Program in Practicing Management (IMPM) is a groundbreaking programme that functions in an authentically international context. Every possible aspect of the programme has been customized to concentrate on the needs of participants and their companies.
