Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli

This article is about a management institute in Tiruchirappalli, India. For the similarly named institutes, see Indian Institute of Management.
Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli
இந்திய மேலாண்மை கழகம்,திருச்சிராப்பள்ளி
भारतीय प्रबंध संस्थान, तिरुच्चिरापल्ली
Motto ज्ञानाम् अनंतम्
Type Public business school
Established 2011
Chairman Meleveetil Damodaran
Director Prafulla Agnihotri[1]
Location Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India
10°39′49″N 78°44′41″E / 10.66361°N 78.74472°E / 10.66361; 78.74472
Campus Suburban,172.27 acres (0.6972 km2) proposed
Website www.iimtrichy.ac.in

Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli (also known as IIM T or IIM Trichy) (Tamil:இந்திய மேலாண்மை கழகம்,திருச்சிராப்பள்ளி) is a public graduate business school located at Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. Founded in 2011, it is one of the seven Indian Institutes of Management the Indian government had set up during the Eleventh Five-Year Plan[2] and is mentored by IIM Bangalore.[3] It was the 11th IIM to be set up in India. Classes for the first batch began on June 15, 2011.[4]

Former SEBI chairman Meleveetil Damodaran heads the board of governors while former IIM Calcutta professor Prafulla Agnihotri is the director of IIM Trichy.[5] IIM Trichy has been ranked 14th nationally in the management schools ranking conducted by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India, under the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIFR).[6]

Campus

The institute is temporarily situated at National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli campus, until the permanent building is in place. NIT–T is providing buildings for classes, hostel and faculty accommodation.

The Indian Institute of Management, Tiruchirappalli, has acquired 172.27 acres (69.72 ha) of land owned by the Bharathidasan University to construct its own buildings at Chinna Suriyur, where the construction work already started.[7] The 450 crore (US$67 million) permanent campus would comprise world-class hostels for about 1,500 students, quarters for about 300 faculty, a floating library, recreational facilities and a full-fledged Management Development Centre for both the students and the faculty.[8]

The Indian Institute of Management Trichy has set up a satellite centre in Ekkattuthangal in Chennai, and launched a three-year postgraduate executive programme aimed at working professionals.[9]

Academic programs

IIM Trichy offers following courses across its two campuses viz. Trichy and Chennai:

Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP): Two-year full-time residential programme. Its main objective is to develop young men and women into competent professional managers, capable of working in any sector of organized activity, proceeding leadership and achieving excellence in performance while contributing to the welfare of the larger society.

Fellow Programme in Management (FPM): For doctoral candidates

Post Graduate Programme in Business Management (PGPBM): Three year part-time programme for working executives at Chennai campus.[10]

Post Graduate Programme in Human Resources Management (PGPHRM): Three year part-time programme for those who want to create a niche for themselves in a career in human resources.[11]

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