Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA), was set up by the Government of India in collaboration with the Government of Gujarat and Indian industry as an autonomous institution in 1961. The Institute provides education, training, consulting, and research facilities in management. The Institute conducts the following major programmes:

		Fellow Programme in Management (equivalent to Ph.D.)
		Two-Year Post-Graduate Programme in Management (equivalent to MBA)
		Two-Year Post-Graduate Programme in Agri-business Management (equivalent to MBA)
		One-Year Post-Graduate Programme in Management for Executives (PGPX, equivalent to MBA)
		Management Development Programmes (MDPs) for industry, business, agricultural and rural sectors, and public systems covering education, health, transport, and population. In the last 48 years, over 44,000 managers have participated in various MDPs.
		Faculty Development Programme for teachers in universities and colleges.

The Institute has over 90 faculty members working in the following management areas and sectors:

DISCIPLINARY AREAS :

		Business Policy
		Communications
		Economics
		Finance and Accounting
		Marketing
		Organizational Behaviour
		Personnel and Industrial Relations
		Production and Quantitative Methods

INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTRES AND GROUPS :

		Centre for Innovation, Incubation, and Entrepreneurship
		Centre for Infrastructure Policy and Regulation
		Centre for Management in Agriculture
		Centre for Management of Health Services
		Centre for Retailing
		Computer and Information Systems Group
		Faculty Development Centre
		Gender Resource Centre
		IIMA-Idea Telecom Centre of Excellence
		Insurance Research Centre
		Public Systems Group
		Ravi J. Matthai Centre for Educational Innovation

Kasturbhai Lalbhai Management Development Centre (KLMDC) located on the IIMA main campus and International Management Development Centre (IMDC), located on the new campus, provide an academic and learning environment for participants of the Management Development Programmes. All rooms at KLMDC and IMDC are furnished and air-conditioned. They have separate dining halls, a reading lounge, well equipped classrooms, auditoriums, syndicate rooms, and computer labs. The Institute’s campus is wi-fi enabled. Fitness centre and facilities for indoor and outdoor games exist on the campus.