IMI Kolkata Ranking and Accreditation

The International Management Institute situated in Kolkata was established in 1981. IMI was India’s first corporate sponsored business school which was backed by prestigious corporate houses like RPG Enterprises, Nestle, ITC, SAIL, Tata Chemicals, BOC, and Williamson Magor. IMI Kolkata came up in 2010 to enable bright young minds to gain access to the world-class IMI management pedagogy. The college offers programs in post-graduation and the flagship Post-Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) program is accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) with effect from July 2016 for the next three years. The institution was ranked 45th among the top management universities by the NIRF Ranking in 2019. IMI Kolkata's two-year full-time PGDM program is also accorded equivalence with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU). The IMI Kolkata campus is centrally located in the city and equipped with state-of-the-art infrastructural, academic, and residential facilities. The institute offers not only a scholarly and professional ambiance but also a fulfilling campus life, necessary for the all-round development of the student. The college aims to be a globally recognized Centre of Excellence in management education and to produce socially sensitive, globally aware, values-driven individuals capable of providing leadership by conducting research for knowledge creation and dissemination.

IMI Kolkata NIRF Rankings

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) was approved by the MHRD and launched by the Honourable Minister of Human Resource Development on 29th September 2015. This framework outlines a detailed methodology to rank institutions across the country. The methodology chooses from the overall recommendations and a broad understanding is arrived at by a core committee to identify the parameters for ranking various universities and institutions. The NIRF rankings for the year 2016 were based on the broad parameters, however, the rankings for the year 2017 a few changes were made in the sub-parameters. IMI Kolkata has been ranked 52nd under the management institutions in India category for the year 2020.

NIRF Rankings

Among Management Institutions in India
Year	NIRF Ranking
2020	52
2019	45
2018	51-75
2017	49
2016	12

The parameters to be met by IMI Kolkata to be qualified by NIRF include Teaching, Learning & Resources, Research and Professional Practices, Graduation Outcomes, Outreach and Inclusivity, and Perception. The weightage of each parameter are,

Parameters for NIRF Ranking

PARAMETER	MARKS	WEIGHTAGE
Teaching, Learning & Resources	100	0.3
Research and Professional Practices	100	0.3
Graduation Outcomes	100	0.2
Outreach and Inclusivity	100	0.1
Perception	100	0.1

IMI Kolkata Accreditation and Approval

The program offered by the college has been accredited and approved by AICTE, NBA, and AIU. The description on each is as follows:

Accreditation and Approval of IMI Kolkata

Particulars	Description
All India Council for Technical Education	International Management Institute Kolkata is approved and recognized by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Ministry of HRD, Government of India. All programs of IMI Kolkata are approved and recognized by AICTE, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India.
National Board of Accreditation	The flagship program “Post Graduate Diploma in Management” of International Management Institute Kolkata is accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA), Ministry of HRD, Government of India.
Association of Indian Universities	The Post Graduate Diploma in Management program of International Management Institute Kolkata has been accorded equivalence with an MBA degree by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).

IMI Kolkata Collaborations

IMI Kolkata has academic and research collaborations with various institutes and universities of eminence on the global front. The collaborations encompass areas of mutual benefit and interest, such as joint research projects, joint conferences /seminars /workshops, joint publications, consultancy projects, exchange programs for students and faculty members. The international universities and professional bodies collaborating with the institution are,

• CEPS - Center for Business Studies, Kiseljak, Bosnia, and Herzegovina
• College of Business and Economics, University of Guelph, Canada
• Emporia State University, USA
• ESC Rennes School of Business, France
• IDRAC Business School, France
• Kunming University of Science and Technology, China
• North-South University, Bangladesh
• Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences (SASS), China
• Sichuan University, China
• Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Université Paris-EST Marne-La-Vallee, France
• University of Bordeaux, France
• University of Tours, France
• University of Turku, Finland
• Xunta de Galicia, Spain
• Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
• Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies
• Denmark Technical University (DTU)
• Consulting and Engineering Firm – Tetra Tech

IMI Kolkata Partner Universities

The institution has about 17 international universities as its partner bodies by signing Mous and agreements among them. This partnership will be highly helpful for the students to obtain international exposure throughout the period of study by means of summer and winter internships, exchange programs, and many more. The universities partnered with IMI Kolkata includes,

• IDRAC Business School, France
• Emporia State University, Kansas, USA
• College of Business and Economics, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
• ESC Rennes School of Business, France
• Xunta de Galicia
• Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences, Sichuan, China
• Kunming University of Science and Technology
• North-South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Sichuan University of China
• Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• University College, Kiseljak, Bosnia, and Herzegovina
• The University Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée
• Université François-Rabelais (University of Tours)
• Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland
• University of Bordeaux, France
• Instituto Internacional de Educação- IIE, Brazil
• Autonomous University of Sinaloa, Mexico

Some of the international exchange activities include,

• Exchange program at the prestigious ESC Rennes School of Business in France.
• The Fourteenth Annual Conference of the Asia-Pacific Economic Association held at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
• 2nd Lancang-Mekong College Students’ Goodwill Games and 4th South and Southeast Asia College Student Culture and Sports Week hosted by Kunming University of Science and Technology, China
• Exchange program at the University of Guelph, Canada for students and faculty members and exploring opportunities for offering Management Development Programs in South Asia and Southeast Asia.
• Lectures at a top French public University, UPEM, Universite Paris-est Marne-LaVallee in Paris under the prestigious European Union’s Erasmus + teaching agreements.
• Indo-China Conference on 11th and 12th of December, 2018 on “India and China: Economic, Social and Cultural Perspectives”.
• “Fostering Entrepreneurship for Sustainable and Inclusive Agri-Food Innovation: A comparative analysis of India and UK” conference on 21st January 2019.
• International Faculty Seminar on November 2nd, 2018, on “Land Tenure Insecurity as an Investment Incentive: The Case of Migrant Cocoa Farmers and Settlers in Ivory Coast”

For more information on course accreditation and other details, please visit the website.