The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (also known as IIM Calcutta or IIM-C) is among the top business schools in India. It was the first Indian Institute of Management to be set up, and is the oldest of the seven premier institutes. It is located in Joka, on the southern outskirts of Kolkata city, in the state of West Bengal, India.
The major regular educational programmes offered by the institute are:-
The institute was established in Nove...
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The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (also known as IIM Calcutta or IIM-C) is among the top business schools in India. It was the first Indian Institute of Management to be set up, and is the oldest of the seven premier institutes. It is located in Joka, on the southern outskirts of Kolkata city, in the state of West Bengal, India.
The major regular educational programmes offered by the institute are:-
The institute was established in November 1961 in collaboration with the MIT Sloan School of Management, the government of West Bengal, the Ford Foundation and Indian industry and is therefore the first IIM in the country. Its first Director was Mr. K.T.Chandy, the former Chairman of Hindustan Lever. During its initial years, several prominent faculty formed part of its nucleus, including Paul Samuelson, Jagdish Sheth, J. K. Sengupta, Peter S. King, and Thomas Hill among others.
The foundation stone of the Joka campus was laid by Sri Morarji Desai, the then Dy. Prime Minister of...
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