International Management Institute - IMI

About International Management Institute - IMI

International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi was established in 1981 in collaboration with IMI Geneva (now IMD, Lausanne). IMI is India’s first corporate sponsored Business School with sponsorship from corporate houses like RPG Enterprises, Nestle, ITC, SAIL, Tata Chemicals, BOC and Williamson Magor etc. Over a period of time in the last 28 years the Institute has acquired a truly global status. The Institute received UNDP assistance for promoting internationally oriented management education. Besides this it has also various other international linkages with bodies like World Bank, UNDP, ILO, UNCTAD, Asian Productivity Organization etc. To provide a global perspective to the students, the Institute’s flagship two year Post Graduate Programme in Management has a student exchange programme with various European Schools such as ESC Rennes, France, MIP School of Management France, Graz University Austria, IESEG School of Management and IDRAC Lyon, France etc. Besides this IMI is one of the empanelled Institute of the Ministry of External Affairs, GOI, for special Commonwealth Assistance Programme under which the Institute gets the executive MBA students from various Afro – Asian countries for its 15 months Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management. IMI follows international standard curricula in its programs, which has been enriched by its academic collaborations with International Institute for Management Development (IIMD), Lausane (erstwhile International Management Institute, Geneva); Faculty of Management, McGill University, Montreal, and Manchester Business School, U.K, which prepares participants to successfully manage and lead in an increasingly global business environment. IMI’s educational programs have been recognized by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India. The corporate world in India, public, private, multinational companies, international consulting firms and other organizations have employed its alumni who are rightly called, the Achievers. IMI is registered under section 12A (a) as a trust under the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961. The income of the Institute is exempted under section 80G and 10(22) and for research under section 35 I) (iii) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 as an Institution solely for educational purposes.  The institute also offers a full range of custom-made in-company programs, and Management Development Programs (MDPs), all geared to enrich creativity and ability to manage in a dynamic global environment. The Institute also has an active research and consulting base viz: Centre for Managing Innovation and Technology and Centre for Social Sector Governance to enhance the body of knowledge.  IMI's two year full time and three year part time Post Graduate Programmes were accredited by National Board of Accreditation (NBA), AICTE.

Centres at IMI

CMIT - Centre for Management of Innovation and Technology is a network organization that works with government and business agencies in the field of innovation and technology management. CMIT has a set mission of assisting the industry in building international competitiveness. They outline just how important it is in today's world to be effectively capable of managing technology for growth and engender innovation for meeting the challenges. Although the activities of the CMIT will be relevant to the client organisation, the learning will be industry wide. The range of programmers and activities under the CMIT banner cover the following: research, publications and, database maintenance; capacity building through education and Training programmers; network building; consultancy services; creation of an innovation and technology management. The Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT) awarded a 3 year project on 'National Competitiveness in Knowledge Economy' to IMI with IIT Chennai, IIT Roorkee and National Productivity Council as partner institutions.

CSSG - Centre for Social Sector Governance plays a catalytic role and helps in achieving the objectives through: Research in Social Sector, Policy Research and Advocacy, Partnership and Agency Development, and fostering national and international network with counterparts engaged in social development issues relating to rural development, poverty alleviation, health care management, family welfare and child development, ecology and environment, water resources, elementary education, gender issues, and informal sector.

Centre for Market Solutions to Poverty - The Centre at the International Management School, New Delhi aims to provide an apex platform for coordinated response to the opportunities and challenges at the BOP. The focus would be on integrated business solutions, enabling public policy response, civil society action and development cooperation activities of the multi-bi agencies. The Centre also provides a range of services to other agencies in support of BOP markets and inclusive business. For more info - http://www.imi.edu/Display/index.asp?ID=36

Faculty

• Human Resource & Organisational Behaviour.
• Marketing.
• General Management, Economics and Strategy.
• Finance.
• Information Technology.

Facilities

Hostels - The modern aesthetically designed residence at IMI forms an integral part of the academic and social life. Besides promoting group study and learning outside the classroom, the residential accommodation also enables participants to optimally utilise IMI resources like the library and computing facilities with internet and intranet available in all the hostel rooms. The residence provides students with excellent mess facilities, well-furnished rooms and recreational facilities including a modern air-conditioned gymnasium. The Amphitheatre is the venue of most social activities such as “Kritva” the annual management festival of IMI, India. Rooms are furnished and allotted on a double occupancy basis. Preference is given to outstation or foreign students on a first - come - first - served basis.

Classroom & Auditorium - The Amphitheatre is the nodal point of campus life around which the academic block, residence and recreational facilities are located. The centrally air-conditioned academic complex consists of spacious lecture halls, the Tata Chemicals Computer Centre, BOC Conference Room, RPG Auditorium, Williamson Magor Library, Faculty Chambers and Administrative Offices. All lecture halls have access to latest presentation equipment such as DLP Multimedia Projectors, Lap Top Notebook Computers, Electronic Copy Boards, OHP Projectors, Internet and Intranet Connectivity and a State-of-the-Art Sound System providing for a unique/wholesome complete classroom experience.

Computer Centre - The Tata Chemicals Computer Centre has Five servers (IBM, HP) with Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows NT and Linux as the operating environments. The campus has a network of more than 400 plus computers, which is Wi-Fi enabled to ensure mobile computing at all locations including hostel rooms, amphitheatre and canteen. The campus has a 6 mbps, 24-hour high-speed internet connectivity. IMI Campus has two exclusive high-tech computer labs. These computer labs are equipped with more than 100 (HP) computers having latest chip-set with TFT monitors for on-line classes and practice sessions. Two high-speed laser printers and one A-3 Colour DeskJet printer are available for printing jobs. Online assessment software is installed on the network for grading, online feedback, online quiz, and online attendance. The students, staff and faculty have been provided with Login to access the software anywhere in the campus to view student performance. Each faculty member is provided with HP Intel Centrino laptops for mobile computing and a LaserJet printer. All research associates, secretaries, library, accounts and administration staff is provided with an Intel Pentium based personal computer.

Management Development Programmes - IMI conducts various programs for all levels of an organization, Senior, Middle and Junior. IMI strongly believes in the principle of helping individuals in an organization to advance in their career goals through timely training and development by professionals and academicians in bringing out their true potential to face challenges and forge ahead in their career and achieve organizational goals as well. For more info - http://www.imi.edu/Display/index.asp?ID=35

WMLIS - Williamson Magor Library & Information Service has a stock of about 19500 volumes covering not only aspects of management and business, but also related parts of economics, accounting, finance, the behavioural sciences and information technology. Moreover, there is a substantial collection of reference books (including directories and year books). The 199 periodical titles subscribed to by the WML are vital sources for academic research and up-to-date business information. A number of daily and weekly newspapers from different parts of India and abroad are also available. Back copies of these are available in printed forms.

Electronic Databases: Electronic databases permitting speedy retrieval of current information available at WML include the following:

• Business Source Premier (EBSCO) - It is designed specifically for business schools, contains more than 8800 full text scholarly Journals and other sources covering management, economics, finance, accounting, international business and much more. As part of the comprehensive coverage offered by this database, indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business Journals back as far as 1886 are included.
• Emerald Management XTRA - Emerald Management XTRA is the largest, most comprehensive collection of peer reviewed management journals, also backed by a management-specific abstracting service of world’s top 300 journals.
• ABI/INFORM Global - The pre-eminent world business and management bibliographic database giving abstracts of articles in some 1,000 journals (Subscribed up to 1997-CD-ROMs).
• Springer Link - Springer-Business & Economic eCollection comprises about 117 Journals in Business and Management, Economics, Operations Research, and Statistics.
• CRIS-INFAC - Provides business research and opinions on issues impacting the competitiveness of Indian industries and companies. CRIS-INFAC publishes research reports on 45 industries and 150 companies.
• CapEX (CMIE) - This is a database of major investment projects on hand in India.
• India Trades (CMIE) - A detailed database of India’s exports and imports brought in collaboration with DGCI&S.
• Indiastat.com - It covers wide range of information on the subject like Science, Technology, Agriculture, Industry, Statistics (Socio-Economic data).
• INDLAW - It covers information on Indian legal, tax, business and regulatory issues.
• Prowess (CMIE) - A comprehensive database of about 9,500 large and medium companies.
• BBC Worldwide Learning VCDs - Besides other VCDs, library has collection of 26 BBC Worldwide Training programs in 78 VCDs.

Alumni - IMI-Alumni are spread across the world, playing leadership roles, with strong bonds for learning through relationship. The IMI Alumni Association better known as "Achievers", is a family of more than 3000. Many of them, successful in their respective fields, contribute to the growth of the institute and its members by their support and expertise. For more info - http://www.imi.edu/Display/index.asp?ID=5

Placement Procedure - The placement process starts with Summer Internship Process which involves Pre-Placement Talk (PPT) provides an opportunity for the recruiting companies and the students to interact. The presentation by the company about itself (history, growth potential, future opportunity etc.) and positions/profiles available (content, compensation package, location, etc.) gives a very vital insight to each aspiring student. The PPT also doubles as an opportunity for the organization to recruit the first year students for Summer Internships. For more info -  http://www.imi.edu/Display/index.asp?ID=6

Consultancy & Research - Consultancy and research go hand in hand along with teaching to management graduates in the institute. IMI is specialized in diagnostic and problem solving studies and preparation of corporate plans and strategies for corporations. For more info - http://www.imi.edu/Display/index.asp?ID=30

Academic Collaboration / Student Exchange Programme - Some of the institutes with which it has Academic Collaboration are:

1. ESC Rennes International School of Business, France.
2. School of Management, Asian Institute of Institute Technology, Bangkok, Thailand.
3. University of Graz, Ursula, Austria.

For more info - http://www.imi.edu/Display/index.asp?ID=32

Corporate Patronage - IMI is uniquely positioned as India's first corporate sponsored business school and it enjoy committed relationship with
the various companies.

Some of these are :

• Apple Industries Ltd.
• Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.
• Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
• Tata Energy Ltd.

For more info - http://www.imi.edu/Display/index.asp?ID=33

Achievements

1. In 2005, Outlook ranked IMI as the 10th best B-School.
2. In 2002, Business Today ranked IMI as the 13th best B-School.
3. With over 4000 alumni in more than 10 countries, IMI, India students have been crucial to the rapid progress of the institute. Several of IMI students have also pursued higher studies in North America and now teach in such IVY league institutions like MIT Sloan School of Management and Chicago Business School.
4. Of the 40 full time faculty members, over 75 percent have a doctoral qualification from reputed Universities such as Wharton, Cornell, Rochester, Virginia, Maryland, Yale, Ohio, Kansas, Delhi etc.