Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam

Indian Institute of Management, Visakhapatnam
भारतीय प्रबंध संस्थान, विशाखपट्नम
Motto in English
 Knowledge is Supreme Deity
Type Public business school
Established 2015
Affiliation Indian Institutes of Management
Director Prof. Dr. Chandrasekhar M
Academic staff
 11
Location Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Website www.iimv.ac.in

The Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam, is a public business school located in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.[1] It is one of the twenty Indian Institutes of Management. The institution started the first batch of its Post Graduate Program (PGP) in Management from August 2015.[2] Visakhapatnam (also known as Vizag) is the largest city and the financial capital of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The city is the administrative headquarters of Visakhapatnam district and the Eastern Naval Command of Indian Navy. Its geographical location is amidst Eastern Ghats mountain range and the coast of Bay of Bengal.

Campus and location

IIM Visakhapatnam is initially functioning out of the campus of Andhra University, while the permanent campus would come up at Gambhiram on the outskirts of city. In the temporary campus the classrooms are designed as per the Harvard Business School model, as the teaching methodology is case study based. "This semicircle gallery model helps better interaction between the teacher and the students", as per Sourav Mukherji, Dean- Programmes (IIM-B).[3] The land acquisition for the permanent campus is almost complete. The foundation stone for the new campus was laid by Union Human Resource Development Minister, Smriti Irani on 17 January 2015. The campus is slated to come up on a 240-acre area.[4]

The institute is headed by Director, Prof Chandrasekhar Mylavarapu, an IIT Bombay, Delhi Alumnus and ex-Director of ASCI, Hyderabad.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Correspondent, Special (8 Sep 2015). "IIM-V all set to start functioning". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  2. ↑ Bhattacharjee, Sumit (25 June 2015). "IIM-Vizag to start classes from August". The Hindu.
  3. ↑ Bhattacharjee, Sumit (15 Sep 2015). "All 60 seats filled in IIM-Vizag, classes from September 21". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "IIM-Vizag to officially start sessions at AU today". Times of India. TNN. 21 Sep 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
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