IIM Udaipur
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| Type | Public business school |
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| Established | 2011 |
| Chairman | Pankaj Patel |
| Director | Janat Shah |
| Students | 252 |
| Location |
Udaipur, Rajasthan, India 24°35′45″N 73°43′38″E / 24.5958631°N 73.727164°ECoordinates: 24°35′45″N 73°43′38″E / 24.5958631°N 73.727164°E |
| Campus | Urban, 253 acres (1.02 km2) proposed |
| Affiliations | Indian Institutes of Management |
| Website |
www.iimu.ac.in Official Alumni Website |
| Institute rankings | |
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| Business – India | |
| NIRF | 15 |
| Careers360 | 30 |
The Indian Institute of Management Udaipur, also known as IIMU, is a graduate business school in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. Established as an autonomous body in 2011, the institute offers the two-year postgraduate programme (PGP), one year postgraduate programme (PGPX) and other management development programmes. It is one of the seven Indian Institutes of Management set up by the central government during the Eleventh Five-Year Plan.
The institute is set in the picturesque backdrop of Udaipur, one of the busiest tourist attractions in India.
IIMs play a leading role in the nation’s managerial manpower development in addition to carrying out research in emerging areas. As role models for other Indian B-Schools, they share knowledge and skills with these institutions to improve their quality in management education.
In 2009, the Indian government decided to start seven new IIMs including IIM Udaipur. IIM U started its PGP programme with 57 students in a temporary campus located at Polymer Science Building, Mohanlal Sukhadia University (MLSU), Udaipur. It also started its PGPX programme with 16 students.
Mr. Pankaj Patel, the Chairman Managing Director of Zydus Cadila, was appointed the Chairman of the Board of Governors, IIMU in January 2016. Mr. Patel is the successor to Mr. C. K . Birla, Chairman of Hindustan Motors and former chairman of IIMU. Prof. Janat Shah, an IIM Ahmedabad Alumnus, formerly with IIM Bangalore, was appointed as the Institute’s Director in 2011.
IIM Udaipur was inaugurated on 30 July 2011 by C. P. Joshi, Minister of Road Transport and Highways.
IIM Udaipur became operational from 2011 in a temporary campus located at Polymer Science Building, Mohanlal Sukhadia University (MLSU), Udaipur, Rajasthan. Construction has started at the 253 acres (102 ha) of land in the Balicha area of Udaipur, Rajasthan, which have been allocated by the Government of Rajasthan for the institute's new Campus. Honourable Union Minister for HRD, Smriti Irani has inaugurated the campus. The construction of the new campus would be completed in two phases. The institute has started functioning from the new campus post completion of first phase in April 2016.
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