IIMs as institutions of national importance: What makes IIM special? Know about IIM Act

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Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are autonomous top institutes for management education and research in India. These institutes are spread over major cities of India covering – Ranchi, Raipur, Calcutta, Udaipur, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Indore, Shillong and Tiruchirapalli among others.

The admission to IIMs is based on the Common Admission Test (CAT) which is administered every year by any one IIM. These prestigious institutes offer courses such as post-graduation in management, postgraduate diploma programmes and doctoral programmes in management. There are many other courses which are offered by these institutes. Students at IIM are offered top positions with high packages in reputed companies.

What is IIM Act

On December 31, 2017, the Ministry of Law and Justice implemented an act for certain Institutes of management to be institutions of national importance to empower these institutions to attain standards of global excellence in management, management research and allied areas of knowledge and to provide for certain other matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. The act was termed as Indian Institute of Management Act, 2017.

The act reserved the right of IIMs as institutions of national importance like IITs. The Act directed these institutes to educate and support leaders who can contribute as professional managers, entrepreneurs and stewards of existing and emerging enterprises in the private, public and social sectors and to carry forward research, publications, consultancy and advisory work to provide new knowledge and innovation and global leadership in management theory and practice.

How many IIMs India is having?

According to the Ministry of Law and Justice, a total of 20 IIMs are functioning across the country at present. The list of these IIMs is provided below.

S.No.	Name of the Insititute	Web Address
1	Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad Vastrapur, Ahmedabad - 380015	iimahd.ernet.in
2	Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore Bannerghatta Road, Bilekahalli, Bengaluru, Karnataka - 560076	iimb.ernet.in
3	Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta Diamond Harbour Road, Joka, Kolkata - 700104	iimcal.ac.in
4	Indian Institute of Management, Indore Prabandh Shikhar, Rau - Pithampur Rd, Indore, Madhya Pradesh - 453556	iimidr.ac.in
5	Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode Kozhikode, Kunnamangalam P.O., Kozhikode, Kerala - 673570	iimk.ac.in
6	Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow Prabandh Nagar, Mubarakpur, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh - 226013	iiml.ac.in
7	Indian Institute of Management, Kashipur Kundeshwari, Kashipur, District- Udham Singh Nagar, Kashipur, Uttarakhand - 244713	iimkashipur.ac.in
8	Indian Institute of Management, Raipur Cheriya, Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh - 493661	iimraipur.ac.in
9	Indian Institute of Management, Ranchi 5th Floor, Suchana Bhawan, Meur’s Road, Audrey House Campus, Jharkhand - 834008	iimranchi.ac.in
10	Indian Institute of Management, Rohtak Sunaria, Rohtak, Haryana - 124010	iimrohtak.ac.in
11	Indian Institute of Management, Shillong Nongthymmai, Shillong, Meghalaya - 793014	iimshillong.in
12	Indian Institute of Management, Tiruchirappalli Pudukkottai Main Road ,Chinna Sooriyur, Village, Sooriyur, Tamil Nadu - 620024	iimtrichy.ac.in
13	Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur Balicha Campus, Udaipur, Rajasthan - 313001	iimu.ac.in
14	Indian Institute of Management, Amritsar Punjab Institute of Technology Building, Inside Government Polytechnic Campus, Polytechnic Road PO: Chheharta, G.T. Road, Amritsar, Punjab - 143105	iimamritsar.ac.in
15	Indian Institute of Management, Bodh Gaya Prabandh Vihar, Bodh Gaya, Bihar - 824234	iimbg.ac.in
16	Indian Institute of Management, Jammu Canal Road Nawabad, Cantonment, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir - 180016	iimj.ac.in/JAMMUIIM
17	Indian Institute of Management, Nagpur VNIT Campus, South Ambazari Road, Nagpur, Maharashtra - 440010	iimnagpur.ac.in
18	Indian Institute of Management, Sambalpur C/o Silicon Institute of Technology, Silicon West, P.O. Sason, Sambalpur, Odisha - 768200	iimsambalpur.ac.in
19	Indian Institute of Management, Sirmaur Rampur Ghat Rd, Paonta Sahib, Himachal Pradesh - 173025	iimsirmaur.ac.in
20	Indian Institute of Management, Visakhapatnam Andhra Bank School of Business Building, Andhra University Campus, Visakhapatnam – 530 003	iimv.ac.in