Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
management school in India
The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM Bangalore or IIMB) is a public business school in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. Established in 1973, it is the third of the Indian Institutes of Management and was declared an Institute of National Importance under the Indian Institutes of Management Act, 2017.
The institute was established by the Government of India and inaugurated by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on 28 October 1973. It initially operated from rented premises before moving to its campus on Bannerghatta Road. It offers a two-year Master of Business Administration along with executive and doctoral programmes. Admission to the flagship MBA is through the Common Admission Test.
IIMB was established by the Government of India as an institute of excellence for education, training, research, and consulting in the field of management, and allied areas of knowledge. Located in India's high technology capital, IIMB's entrepreneurship centre NSRCEL is the leading business incubator among startup hubs at any STEM college or B-School in India, including all IITs and IIMs.
IIMB offers master's, and doctoral programmes in business administration, management, business analytics, and public policy. It also offers executive education programmes, and bachelor's in economics, data science, and digital business.
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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q46021. VIAF identifies the subject as 154318495. The Library of Congress control number is n81096452. Authority coordinates are 12.896, 77.602. 5 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1973 and 2017.
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