Indian Institute of Management, Sambalpur, Orissa

This article is about a management institute in Sambalpur. For the similarly named institutes, see Indian Institute of Management.
Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur
भारतीय प्रबंधन संस्थान संबलपुर
Type Public business school
Established 2015
Students 48: PGP (2015–17)
Location Sambalpur, Odisha, India
Website http://iimsambalpur.ac.in/

The Institute of Management Sambalpur (IIM-SBP)[1] is an autonomous public Business School in Sambalpur, Odisha, India.

Established in the year 2015, IIM Sambalpur is the 19th Indian Institute of Management in India. The first batch of Post Graduation Program (PGP) in Management at IIM Sambalpur[2] started in September, 2015. On 23 September 2015, Shri Sanjay Kumar Das Burma, Minister of State, Employment and Technical Education & Training, Govt of Odisha inaugurated academic session at IIM-Sambalpur. The temporary campus of IIM Sambalpur has been set up in Silicon Institute of Technology, Sason, Sambalpur, Odisha.

Indian Institute of Management, Indore[3] is now mentoring IIM Sambalpur after successfully mentoring IIM Udaipur in the past. Sambalpur is well connected to Raipur, Bhubaneshwar and Rourkela etc. through a network of road and rail. Recently, a direct flight from Bhubaneswar has been launched to Sambalpur. Colloquially known as the second capital of Odisha, Sambalpur is home to the famous Hirakud Dam and is a place of great tourist attraction.

The setup of IIM Sambalpur was announced in 2014 by HRD Ministry, Government of India.[4][5][6] In January 2015, HRD Minister Mrs. Smriti Irani cleared the proposal for the campus in Sambalpur, Odisha. The Government of Odisha has selected 237 acres of land in Basantpur, Odisha for the permanent campus.

References

  1. ↑ "Welcome to IIM Sambalpur". iimsambalpur.ac.in. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  2. ↑ "IIM Sambalpur - भारतीय प्रबंध संस्थान इंदौर - IIM Indore". भारतीय प्रबंध संस्थान इंदौर - IIM Indore. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  3. ↑ "IIM Indore - भारतीय प्रबंध संस्थान इंदौर". भारतीय प्रबंध संस्थान इंदौर - IIM Indore. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  4. ↑ "IIM-Sambalpur takes off with 48 students". Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  5. ↑ "Classes begin at IIM Sambalpur - The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2015-10-27.
  6. ↑ "IIM Sambalpur welcomes its first batch of students". www.thestatesman.com. Retrieved 2015-10-27.

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