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History Of IIPM

Year 1963: A proposal by Dr. M.K.Chaudhuri to set up an institute under the name of”Institute for Planning and Administration of National Economy” wasforwarded to Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, the then Prime Minister and Chairman,Planning Commission, Government of India. The institute was committed tocutting edge research and education on economics, entrepreneurship andmanagement. A study tour was undertaken by Dr. M.K.Chaudhuriduring 1964-65 to acquire first hand knowledge about the working of similarinstitutions in Europe. A working paper on Regional Planning was circulated toleading academicians under the name ‘IIPM” in 1969.

Conceptualised by Dr M.K. ChaudhuriIndia’s leading economic visionary, theIIPM was formallyregistered in the year 1973. After completing his M.Sc., PhD & Dsc fromschool of Economics Berlin,Dr. M.K Chaudhuriworked with leading organisations and institutions like HLL, Indian Instituteof Advanced Studies , Shimla, XLRI Jamshedpur (as a Professor of Economics)& IIM Bangalore as Professor of Economics, before resigning from his job atIIM Bangalore to start what is today regarded as India’s Greatest AcademicMovement .. The IIPM movement

The first residential full-time post graduate diploma programme commenced on12th August, 1974, with students selected through admission tests-cum-interviews held in Delhi, Kolkata, Bombay and Bangalore.

Year 2006: IIPM has grown to become the world’s largestbusiness school with 5000 postgraduate management students in nine campusesacross seven of India’s largest cities, with placement offices in SanFrancisco, New York, London, Dubai and Singapore. Today IIPMhas campuses and programs running across 18 cities/campuses in New Delhi,Gurgaon, Noida, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Lucknow, Jaipur, Ahemedabad, Indore,Bhopal, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Cochin, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Bhubaneswar& Kolkata.