Indian Institute of Management Amritsar

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Indian Institute of Management Amritsar
Indian Institute of Management, Amritsar Logo.svg
TypePublic Business School
Established2015
ChairmanSanjay Gupta [1]
DirectorNagarajan Ramamoorthy[2]
Students250[3]
Location
Amritsar
,
Punjab
,
India

31°38′12″N 74°49′12″E / 31.6366°N 74.8199°E / 31.6366; 74.8199Coordinates: 31°38′12″N 74°49′12″E / 31.6366°N 74.8199°E / 31.6366; 74.8199
CampusUrban, 60 acres (0.24 km2)[4]
Websiteiimamritsar.ac.in
IIM Amritsar in December 2015

The Indian Institute of Management Amritsar (IIM Amritsar) is a Public Business School and Institutes of National Importance located in Amritsar, Punjab, India established by Ministry of Human Resource Development in 2015.[5] It is one of the young members of the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) Umbrella established in 2015. It was inaugurated by Surjit Singh Rakhra, Minister of Higher Education and Languages, Punjab on 6 August 2015.

Campus[]

IIM Amritsar is temporarily located within the campus of Government Polytechnic College, Amritsar till it moves to its own campus of approximately 60 acres, which is under construction at Manawala on Amritsar-Jalandhar GT Road, in about 3 years time.[6]

Governance[]

IIM Amritsar is currently headed by Nagarajan Ramamoorthy.[citation needed]

Student life[]

In its very first year, students of IIM Amritsar organized their maiden Management Conclave "A-Square" in the month of January 2016 by inviting prominent speakers from the industry.[7] In the second year, students organized their maiden HR conclave "Yukti" by inviting experts from all over the industry.[8][9] IIM Amritsar has seven academic interest groups named as Analytics and Business Club, Finance and Economics Club, Markophilic- Marketing Club, Operazeal- Operations Club, Stratagem- Strategy and Consulting Club, Hrithvi- HR Club and COE(Centre of Entrepreneurship). IIM Amritsar also have three non-academic interest groups(IGs) named as 50mm-Photographic IG, CSR IG-Sankalp, and Public Speaking-Vaani.[citation needed] Recently IIM Amritsar started one other club that is Placement Preparation club to help the students in placements.

IIM Amritsar has its own legacy of Annual Fest known as "Aarunya". Institute celebrated 4th edition of Aarunya on 8 and 9 February 2020.[citation needed]

Institute has done fairly well in Placements since its inception. It has 248 Students in total for its Full-time MBA Program in 2019-20 session.[citation needed]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Media man Sanjay Gupta appointed on board of governors of IIM Amritsar". Outlookindia.com. 3 July 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Nagarajan is IIM head May 17, 2019, 11:37 AM (IST)". The Tribune. Amritsar. 17 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  3. ^ "First batch with 60 students". first batch+second batch
  4. ^ "60-acre plot for IIM finalised in Manawala, 15 km from Amritsar". Archived from the original on 20 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Centre gives nod to IIM in Amritsar".
  6. ^ "Panel okays Manawala site for IIM Amritsar".
  7. ^ "IIM Amritsar organizes 'A-Sqaure [sic]'- the first management conclave; eminent leaders & experts to participate". www.mbauniverse.com. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  8. ^ "IIM conclave: Experts provide update on latest trends in industry". Tribuneindia News Service. 9 September 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
  9. ^ "IIM Amritsar gets its first full-time Director".

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