IIM ~*~Kolkata~*~

The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC) was established as the first national institute for Post-Graduate studies and Research in Management by the Government of India in November 1961 in collaboration with Alfred P. Sloan School of Management (MIT), the Government of West Bengal, The Ford Foundation and Indian industry. During its initial years, several prominent faculty formed part of its nucleus, including Paul Samuelson, Jagdish Sheth, J. K. Sengupta, among others.

Over the years, IIMC has grown into a mature institution with global reputation, imparting high quality management education. It has been playing a pioneering role in professionalising Indian management through its Post Graduate and Doctoral level programs, Executive Training Programs, Research and Consulting Activities.

Today, the institute serves as an autonomous body, continually evolving to meet its goals in an ever-changing business environment.

The vision of the Institute is to emerge as an International Centre of Excellence in all facets of Management Education, rooted in Indian ethos and societal values. Over the past four decades, IIM Calcutta has blossomed into one of Asia's finest Business Schools. Its strong ties to the business community make it an effective mechanism for the promotion of professional management practices in Indian organizations. Today, IIM Calcutta attracts the best talent in India - a melting pot of academia, industry and research. The best and brightest young men and women pursue its academic programs.

Teaching Programs

The main thrust of training is to imbibe a sense of strategic outlook to management problems in the students. The emphasis, therefore, is on management as an integrated process and requires the students to develop a global view of economic, technological, cultural and political environment of the business.

The Institute offers four major teaching programs namely Post Graduate Program in Management (PGDM), Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Aided Management (PGDCM), Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM) and Fellow Program in Management (FPM).

The PGDM Program is designed to meet the challenges of rapid changes in our society. Students are continually exposed to scenarios that demand structuring of unstructured problems and proposing solutions to complex situations. In 1994, the two-year full-time PGDCM was started, which fulfils the demand for global business managers, by reorienting management education to keep pace with the changing needs of the world. It is a distinctive program with special emphasis on Information Technology (IT) and its application to business. This three year PGDBM is an evening program, also launched in 1994, to offer working executives the opportunity to gain insights into various facets of management. The FPM offers an opportunity for full-time advanced study and research at doctoral level in management and related areas.

Other Activities

In addition to the teaching programs, IIMC is also engaged in the following activities:

Management Development Programs
Research
Consultancy
Seminars, Workshops & International Conferences
Publications
Faculty

One of the biggest strengths of the Institute is its world renowned faculty. The faculty members have distinguished academic achievements in different areas of management and the related basic disciplines and are actively involved in teaching, training, research and consulting. They carry out consultancy assignments to keep in touch with the real-life management problems in public and private corporations, financial institutions, government agencies and international agencies.

This dynamic learning process at IIMC enriches teaching and training activities of the faculty. It also helps development of case studies and identification of directions of research relevant for business and industry.

IIMC has about 70 faculty members belonging to one or more of the following groups and centers: Behavioural Science, Economics, Environment, Finance & Control, Marketing, Management Information Systems, Operations Management, Personnel Management & Industrial Relations, Resource Management, Regional Development, Sociology, Strategic Management, Management Center for Human Values, Center for Development and Environment Policy.

Facilities

The 135-acre campus of the Institute has a cluster of Administrative and Faculty Office Blocks, fully equipped classrooms, seminar and conference rooms, Management Center for Human Values, residential quarters for students, faculty and staff members, library, an executive training complex, a bank and a post office. The 750-seat state-of-the-art Auditorium is the latest addition to the campus.

The presence of the lush trees and seven lakes makes the campus picturesque and well endowed.

The B.C.Roy Memorial Library of the Institute, which started with a liberal Ford Foundation grant, has grown over the years, keeping pace with the development of the Institute, developments in the area of the library and the services and the changing information needs of the users. The library is considered as one of the major management libraries in South Asia.

IIMC is an acknowledged leader in computing resource and applications. The Institute's computer Center has emerged as a center of excellence in the area of Computer Applications in Management. The campus wide LAN encompasses 1000 nodes/workstations. LAN connectivity is available in each room in the students' hostels, providing the students with 24-hour access to resources like the local network and the Internet from the comfort of their rooms.

Placements

The Institute's Placement Bureau arranges on-campus interviews for all students at the end of their second year. IIMC is also responsible for assigning students to summer projects at the end of the first year, where the students learn the practicalities in the industry by applying the theoretical concepts learnt in class. Last year, IIMC recorded the highest placements amongst all the IIMs.

Student Life

IIMC has a vibrant student community. Seminars, business school meets, sports and cultural events are regular features of the campus life. Student initiative is encouraged and a large number of clubs and societies are run by students.

The Alumni

IIMC has a very strong alumni base, which makes it unique among the top management institutes of the world. IIMC alumni are occupying leadership positions as corporate managers, academicians and successful entrepreneurs, worldwide. The alumni maintain a close relation with the Institute, helping each other in their growth.

Beyond Academics

Welcome to the world of IIM Calcutta ExtraCurriculars!

Whether to term these activities as extracurricular or not is highly debatable as they now form an integral feature of life here. With associations as diverse as an Entrepreneurship Cell to a Dance Club, meets as wild as XL-IIMC to the business collars of Intaglio, we have it all. As we guide you through extracurriculars, it will become evident to one and all that IIM Calcutta is a world more than academics.

The various associations we have set the perfect backdrop to ExtraC on campus. Included below is a brief insight into some of our clubs.

1. Colloquia Cell
Top-level practicing managers and distinguished business leaders grace the IIM Calcutta Colloquia Series. These guest lectures present students with an opportunity to acquire a true picture of present day management issues. Eminent personalities have included Indra Nooyi - President, Pepsico, Ms. Kiran Bedi, Sir Swaraj Paul, Kapil Dev, Ajit Balakrishnan and Late J.R.D. Tata amongst others.

2. CSI-IIMC Student Branch
There has been a paradigm shift in the way the businesses are managed now and the infusion of technology in the management has made it imperative for budding manager to possess the know-how of the fast-changing technology. We, as a CENTER FOR TECHNO-MANAGEMENT, answer to the needs of wannabe managers through various activities like seminars by eminent personalities, conducting workshops, organizing paper contests, national events, management games, etc.

3. Dramatics Cell
The Dramatics cell at IIM Calcutta is a team of young dramatists with a passion for theatre. The last academic year saw two major productions being performed. With more than two months of hard work, each play was a night to remember for the budding talent and the audience alike. This year the cell co-organized the Cul-fest 'Carpe-Diem 2005', which featured a number of riveting performances like ‘Inherit the Wind’, an IIMC Dramatics Cell production, Skits, street plays and the guest college play by St. Xavier - Waiting for Godot.. The grand finale was ‘Dance Like a Man’ – a play in two acts by Lillete Dubey. The cell believes in carrying this tradition forward and setting new benchmarks every year. The spellbound audience, of course, has just one word to say - Encore!

4. Entrepreneurship Cell
This organization is focused on nurturing the entrepreneurial spirit among the leaders of the future generation. Towards fostering this spirit they are organizing i2i- Ideas to Implementation, an international Business Plan Competition, the largest of it's kind in Asia. Students from more than 200 institutes (both India and abroad) are taking part in the competition, have been received entries from B-Schools like MIT, Stanford and Kellogg. Apart from this, the cell also organizes workshops and talks on entrepreneurship from time to time. To summarize their efforts, the cell itself is truly a classic example of Entrepreneurship at its best.

5. Finance Club
As part of their quest for co-curricular learning, a large number of students at IIMC have formed an association that forms a stage for interaction for students, academicians and professionals from the corporate world. The Finance and Investments Club of IIM Calcutta tries to take the students to the doorsteps of the professional world; be it via Dhan, its annual magazine, which features articles and research publications from the students themselves, or via the annual Finance festival - Options.It also runs online trading games which help hone the skills of future investment bankers and portfolio analysts. The Finance Club lends IIM Calcutta its version of Wall Street.

6. IMZ IMZ, the IIM Calcutta eZine, is an online “Management-zine”. It provides the perfect platform for the exchange of ideas, thoughts and "fundas". IMZ is all about exploring the Art and Science of Management and features interesting articles by students.

7. INCA - Initiative for Community Action
The Initiative for Community Action is IIM Calcutta’s way of returning a part of its dues to society. It is a platform that helps raise both students and Non profit Organizations. At the moment, INCA is the largest Student club in IIM Calcutta with a membership of over 100 students. While acting as a means to sensitize students to the socio-economic problems facing a large part the Indian populace, it also exposes them to real time, on-hand consulting experiences. INCA is a tribute from us to society.

8. ISG - Internet Solutions Group The IIM Calcutta website and its Extranet are the lifelines for communication and interaction for Students, Faculty, Alumni and Corporates. The Internet Solutions Group spearheads the development of cutting-edge technology for the IIM Calcutta website and performs support activities. It has defined entrepreneurial effort, as seen in the developing e-networks of IIM Calcutta. ISG is a team of 30 students driving this innovation and development, hoping to transform the current campus into a Wired one.

9. Marketing Cell
The global economy has opened up a plethora of avenues for the Indian consumer. Previously, she had to make do with what was available, for lack of choice. Today, it is not the same anymore. Consumer goods are jostling for shelf space, positioning themselves as the answers to her needs, to create the conditions necessary for the all-important deed- the sale. In an attempt to find answers to these vexing issues, the students of the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta have got together to embark on a voyage of discovery. Today, the cell plays a key role in the activities at IIM Calcutta, through organization of case contests, workshops conducted by the leaders in the field, throughout the year, with the grand finale being the annual marketing fair Kalpataru. They aim at augmenting the classroom experiences with practical, hands on learning in the real life, something essential for any would be marketing whiz of the future.

10. Quizzing Club
A part of the cultural wing, the IIMC "Kweej" club is essentially defined by the precocious achievements of some of the country's legendary quizzers. And quizzing is as entrenched a tradition here as parties. It goes back to the days of 'seeding quizzes' during the early batches, some of which used to be conducted by the likes of Neil O'Brien - the original patriarch of this mental gymnastics. To keep count of achievements is no mean task, IIM Calcutta teams have been winners of popular quiz shows like Quiz Time, finalists of Mastermind India and several other high octane quizzes in open events across the country. Their latest triumph has been at "Nihilanth", the inter IIM-IIT Quiz, where they floored the competition. Internally the IIM Calcutta quizzing calendar is made up of a number of quizzes many of which are currently championed by our students. BBC Mastermind, watch this space!

11. The Consulting Club
The Consulting Club, IIM Calcutta is a student-run, corporate-facilitated and faculty-guided student body of IIM Calcutta. It was setup with an objective of benefiting the students' community through consulting events, live industry consulting projects, seminars, workshops and other student activities. Besides organising several national level events every year, it has now taken the lead in forming an International Consulting Consortium which includes consulting clubs from the likes of the Kellogg School of Management, UCLA (Anderson School of Management),London Business School (LBS), Peter F. Drucker Graduate School Of Business,University of Western Ontario (Richard Ivey School Of Business) and University of Melbourne (Melbourne Business School), among a host of others. Now, that is truely international!

Sports
Now this is serious stuff. Our main sports meet is the annual IIMC-XLRI meet and to us that is war! Man, woman alike know their individual and team limits but every year, we have seen these being surpassed. From cricket to Table tennis to basketball to carom, all combat areas are explored. Our intra-hostel festival,the World War, sets the tone for this event.We also have the IIM C- STEP sports meet with the students of the STudent Exchange Programme, who come form top B-schools across the world. Participating in tournaments throughout the country, the sports department of IIM Calcutta has always done it proud. We play to win and we like it that way!

Contests
Brand Management Workshops and Case Tournaments by companies like HLL, P&G, TAS and Citibank, and Paper Writing competitions by firms like Deutsche Bank and McKinsey & Co., and Shastrarth, the largest paper writing contest for management students in India, are some of the features and activities dotting the academic calendar at IIM Calcutta.

I n t a g l i o
Students from business schools across the country participate in Intaglio, our Annual Business Meet.From marketing games to ad campaigns to quizzing, the meet is one of the most publicised in the B-School community and invites sponsorship from leading corporates.

JBS BaroC
JBS BaroC is an institution within IIMC. It remains something that Alumni from decades back still relate to and cherish. It is really a metaphor for all the good times that one spends at IIMC. Ask any IIM-Cian, "How would you like to unwind after a grueling week?" A whopping majority would reply by saying that they would want a JBS-BaroC night; the music, the atmosphere, and the "refreshments" form the trio that tranquilizes the "trauma" undergone in the past few days. Thus, a JBS BaroC show happens at just the 'right time'. Picture this..take a bunch of avid music lovers, add to them a host of extremely talented musicians, fill in the stands , turn the volume loud , throw in a mix of music from every possible genre, pepper all this with life , love and lots of soul.. what you get is what we call JBS-BaroC . You've got to be there to know what it's really like.