Indian Institute of Management - IIM Ranchi, Ranchi, Jharkhand

The Indian Institute of Management Ranchi also called the IIM-R, is a business school founded in the district of Ranchi in Jharkhand. It is a public business school, the 9th IIM to be founded by the Indian Government and it was established on the 6th of July in 2010. The 11th 5 year plan had endorsed the establishment of 7 new IIMs across India, which was the seed that resulted in the formation of IIM Ranchi. IIM Ranchi was initially mentored by its sister IIM at Calcutta.

The IIM currently operates from its temporary campus, which is located behind the Governors House at Suchana Bhavan, in the very heart of Ranchi. The permanent campus is currently under construction near the village of Birhar about 35 kilometers from Ranchi. The initial land allocated was 214 acres, after which it was decided to take only 76 acres of land from the Birsa Agricultural University. To make up for the lost space, the Government of Jharkhand issued an additional 90 acres of land free of cost for the development of a fully fledged campus. The foundation stone for the campus was laid on 29th of July 2013,by the HRD minister Pallam Raju.

IIM Ranchi offers post graduate courses which are equivalent to PhDs and MBAs, including post graduate diploma in management, full time doctoral program, human resource management, and a part time program for executives. The Post graduate diploma in Management is the flagship programme, which prepares young graduate students for senior positions in the industry. Additionally, the IIM offers a Fellow Programme in Management, which started in 2012 and allows for students to specialize in certain “knowledge domains”, such as, Finance, Business Economics, Information Systems, Marketing, OB and HRM, OM and Decision Sciences, Public Policy and Governance, Strategic Management, Indian Management and Business analytics among others. IIM Ranchi also offers a 3 month weekend course for executives, which aims to equip the students with analytical tools for roles based in Operations, Marketing, Insurance, Risk Management etc. Another noteworthy programme, is the PDG-HRM, or post graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management, a course which is offered exclusively at IIM Ranchi. It is designed to help students understand the depth and breadth of business concepts, HR management concepts, and appreciation for HR practices in the context of running a business. The goal is to create credible, well endowed, business oriented HR professionals.

IIM Ranchi plays host to a variety of student activities, and has clubs and societies all over campus for various diverse interests, from marketing to finance and literature. Various workshops are organized throughout the year to create a dynamic learning environment. IIM Ranchi also hosted the first ever TED talk in Ranchi, which saw speakers from different fields, from Mark Inglus to Urvashi Butalia inspire students with their talks.

Indian Institute of Management - IIM Ranchi was established in 2010. Indian Institute of Management - IIM Ranchi is a iims located at , Ranchi in Ranchi district of Jharkhand, India.