The Indian Institute of Management Kashipur (IIM Kashipur) is located at the foothills of Himalayas in the state of Uttarakhand. Established in 2011, IIM Kashipur was one of the first IIMs among its peers to move to a permanent campus spread over 200 acres. The institute is blessed with natural beauty of Jim Corbett and Nainital as well as with the proximity to the Kashipur-Rudrapur industrial belt. This uniquely positions IIM Kashipur to provide a holistic educational experience to its students rooted in the philosophy of “learning by doing”. Many of our professors also work in the capacity of consultants to the companies in the area which allows them to provide live examples of challenges faced by the industry and the possible solutions enabled by cutting‑edge research.
IIM Kashipur is a multi-faceted institute. On the academic front, we have established Centre of Excellences (CoE) in various areas namely, Centre of Excellence on Competitiveness, Centre of Excellence in Public Policy and Government, and Centre of Excellence on Sustainable Development. IIM Kashipur also maintains relationships with industries across the board where our students routinely pick up live projects, internships, and case studies from revered companies. We also encourage the students to pursue their own ideas and have setup a dedicated incubation centre for the purpose. Thanks to the tireless efforts of the IIM Kashipur fraternity, the institute has shown consistent progress among B-Schools across India and rose to 20
th position in the
NIRF 2018 rankings.
To cater to the multi-dimensional development of our students, IIM Kashipur provides its students with the freedom to run the activities inside in the campus in cooperation with the college administration. This includes the placement activities, corporate relations, international relations, students mess, entrepreneurship cell, sports, and cultural activities. Apart from these students have taken initiative to setup interest-based clubs in areas of marketing, finance, consulting and strategy, IT and analytics, human resources, and operations. Agnitraya, our annual management-cultural-sports fest, witnesses participation from top B-Schools in India including IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, IIM Calcutta, XLRI, and FMS among others.
IIM Kashipur understands the importance of developing a global outlook for the budding managers and has entered into MoUs with reputed universities worldwide, including Coller School of Management, Tel Aviv University (Israel), Aalborg University (Denmark), ALBA Business School (Greece), and ESDES Lyon (France) to send students on exchange programmes. Our students also regularly represent India in the International Youth Delegate programme by the Government of India.
IIM Kashipur regularly invites stalwarts from across the industry to present guest lectures to our students. As part of our TEDx IIM Kashipur initiative, we also invite famous personalities from other walks of life to talk about their experiences of struggles and hard work. Needless to say, the sheer amount of interactions that an IIM Kashipur student have with these renowned personalities provide us with a wealth of information and insight that cannot be imparted with any classroom training techniques. At the end of six trimesters of the PGP programme at IIM Kashipur, the institute experience moulds the raw talent entering the B-School to better manager and a better human being.
About the Author
Ranjith is a tech-savvy business enthusiast. He has worked in the semiconductor industry for five years and is currently pursuing his management education in IIM Kashipur. He likes meeting new people, exploring ideas, and traveling.
Which ABG company would one want to work for and why?
The one ABG company that I would to work for is Idea Cellular. The telecommunication industry in India is witnessing massive disruption and Idea Cellular with its recent merger with Vodafone India has the potential to win over the telecom industry which contributes to 6.5% of the GDP and growing at a rate of 7.3%. The huge opportunities and evolving technologies force the company to stay on top of their game and it would be an exciting opportunity for a manager with a communications engineering background like me.