People
IIM Indore has a diverse group of students due to its largest batch size among all the IIMs. You will find people from diverse academic, cultural and geographical background. Therefore, interesting conversations over a cup of coffee are always happening. IIM Indore community celebrates every festival including Onam, Ganesh Chaturthi, Durga Puja and many more. Everyone is looking forward to feasts arranged on these special occasions by Culcom, Cultural Committee of IIM Indore. Even though the batch size is large everyone almost knows everyone because of group exercises are done in 1
st year of PGP. The communication between the two batches is constant. Seniors are always helping incoming batch on various fronts and they truly mentor junior in every aspect of B-School.
Unique Courses
IIM Indore offers numerous courses on various fields of management and courses for skill development. There are three courses which are unique to IIM Indore. Those three courses are Industry Interface Programme, the Rural Immersion Programme and Himalayan Outbound Programme. Industry Interface Programme provides a unique opportunity to first-year MBA students to gain the industry exposure. In this course, students go to industry and try to solve specific problems faced by an organization. Rural Immersion Programme is conducted with Madhya Pradesh Government where students stay at villages and try to solve the problems faced by Indian rural population. Himalayan Outbound Programme usually takes place in November. In this course students go to a Himalayan expedition to hone their team building skills.
Campus
IIM Indore campus is also known as Planet-I among the student community. Planet-I is near Rau, roughly 20 kilometres away from Indore. The campus is situated on a hill. At the top of the hill is academic and administration block and as you descend down the hill you will find various student residences. The campus has two auditoriums, two gyms, tennis court, Olympic size swimming pool, cricket stadium, badminton courts. The campus also has various student-run food ventures and a grocery shop. The 194 acres of campus is mostly covered in trees. Therefore, you will find biodiversity inside the campus. Planet-I is home to numerous birds.
Which ABG company I want to work for?
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- Shubham Jadhav