EduCativ Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 The decade following independence in 1947 witnessed a surge of innovative ideas to build a fledgling independent nation into a model democratic state committed to growth with equity. The establishment of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) was the outcome of one such innovative initiative. Led by space scientist Dr. Vikram Sarabhai and an eminent industrialist and philanthropist, Shri Kasturbhai Lalbhai, and proactively supported by the then Chief Minister of Gujarat, Dr. Jivraj Mehta, a group of enlightened individuals set up IIMA in 1961. This group ably has woven together with a coalition of five actors - the governments at the center and the state, local industrialists, the Ford Foundation, and the Harvard Business School, to establish the Institute's foundations. IIMA was set up as an institution that would be managed by a Society, the IIMA Society, created under the Societies Act. The Institute was to be run by a Board of Governors, constituted by the IIMA Society; the Board would have representation from all the relevant constituencies to reflect the diverse needs of a developing nation. IIMA was therefore conceived as a Board-managed institution, free from the exclusive control of any one constituency. Thus, operational freedom is an integral part of the DNA of IIMA. IIMA has been consistently ranked as the premier management school in the country by several national agencies. IIMA programs are also ranked highly in several international rankings. In 2008, IIMA became the first management school in the country to be awarded EQUIS (European Quality Improvement System) accreditation by the EFMD (European Foundation for Management Development). Placement Companies: A T Kearney | ACCENTURE | Airtel | Amazon.com | American Express | Bain and Company | Barclays Capital | Citigroup | Cognizant | DeloitteConsulting | Deutsche Bank | Ericsson India | EXL Services | Flipkart | Genpact | Goldman Sachs | Google | Grofers | Hindustan Unilever | HSBC | Infosys | KPMG | Microsoft | Reckitt Benckiser MAP: View full university Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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