Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam (IIMV) belongs to the prestigious IIM family of business schools. It is a new generation IIM, set up by the Government of India in September 2015. The Indian Institutes of Management Act 2017 declares IIMs as Institutions of National Importance, empowered to attain standards of global excellence in management, management research and allied areas of knowledge. IIM Visakhapatnam is located in its temporary, but state-of-the-art facility in the salubrious Andhra University campus in the ‘City of Destiny’, Visakhapatnam. The Institute has begun the process for building a permanent, full-fledged, word-class campus on approx. 230 acres of land in the (relative) vicinity of the upcoming green-field international airport, about 25 kilometers from the present (temporary/transit) campus. The first phase of the new facility is expected to be functional by 2021.

Strengths of IIM Visakhapatnam

The campus of the Institute is well-equipped with knowledge resources, teaching-learning aids and facilities. The student hostels are modern and well-furnished, providing excellent board, lodging facilities and amenities conducive to technology-enabled knowledge-pursuit and recreation. With students from about 20 states and union territories of India, the Institute reflects a truly national character.

Taking a significant lead among its contemporaries, the Institute conducted Management Development Programs for the Senior Executives of Central Public-Sector Enterprises and a Faculty Development Program (FDP) for the Management Professors from the Public Universities of AP.

The Institute is partnering with the Mentor in promoting entrepreneurship among the women in the region. Titled as Women Start-up Program 2018, the initiative is nurturing and building entrepreneurial skills in about 25 aspiring women-entrepreneurs, through mentoring, knowledge-support and incubation facilities. The Institute is therefore all set to play an important role in facilitating creative ideas of women, convert into successful innovations.