Indian Institute of Management Calcutta – IIMC
The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta is basically a business school that is available in Kolkata’s Joka area in the state of West Bengal. It was the pioneering Indian Institute of Management in India. The Union Government of India created it. The year of establishment of IIM Calcutta is 1961. The Indian Government established this institution in collaboration with the State Government of West Bengal, Alfred P. Sloan School of Management, known as MIT and the Ford Foundation.
History of IIM Calcutta
After India gained its independence in the year 1947, the Planning Commission got the responsibility of directing and overseeing development of our nation. As the Commission realized that our country needs more trained managers for managing the country’s newly-established public sector enterprises, in 1959 the Planning Commission invited George Robbins, a professor at the University of California. He recommended the Indian Government to set up management institutes.
The Indian Government decided to establish several management institutes and name them Indian Institutes of Management. Among those institutes, the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta was the first one.
Courses offered by IIM Calcutta
IIM Calcutta has five full-time courses to offer its students. They are:
- PGDM or Post Graduate Diploma in Management (a two-year MBA programme)
- PGPEX or Post Graduate Programme for Executives (a one-year MBA programme)
- PGDBA or Post Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics (a two-year BA programme)
- FPM or Fellow Programme in Management (a Doctoral programme)
- PGPEX-VLM or Post Graduate Programme for Executives for Visionary Leadership in Manufacturing (a one-year MBA programme)
The IIM Campus
IIM Calcutta’s main campus covers an area of 135 acres on Kolkata’s outskirts. The campus of IIM Calcutta has earned the reputation of being the business school in India with the best on-campus experience for its students. The principal Academic Block of IIM Calcutta is present right after the administrative building. You need to score good marks in IIM CAT examination to be a part of this reputable institution.
Joka Times
Joka Times is a magazine journal that the students of IIM Calcutta run. Here you’ll find all the latest updates and news on IIM Calcutta. It also gives information about important events that take place in the business school and the life of the students at IIM Calcutta. Joka Times hosts one forum every year in which applying students receive guidance from existing students of IIM Calcutta.
IIM Kolkata Website: https://iimcal.ac.in/
IIM Calcutta Contact Number: +91-33-2467-8300/ 8301/ 8302/ 8303/ 8304/ 8305/ 8306/ 8312/ 8313/ 6212/ 1761/ 1766/ 9189
IIMC Phone Number: 2453-2676/3451
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/iimcalcutta
Twitter: https://twitter.com/IIM_Calcutta
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/IIMCalcutta
Address Info:
IIMC,
Diamond Harbour Way,
Joka,
Kolkata-700104,
West Bengal,
India.