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IIM Udaipur Invites Applications For The 2021-22 Intake of its PG Diploma in Business Administration For Working Executives

March 3, 2021: Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur is inviting applications for the second edition of its 20-month Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration for Working Executives (PGDBAWE) Programme for working professionals.

The IIMU allows the full/part-funding of the applicants by their existing employers, as well as the enrolment of working professionals jointly with their financial arrangements. Company permission is required to attend the weekend classes in the latter case.

This weekend programme will enable workers employed in the surrounding areas of Rajasthan, Gujarat and MP to complete their weekday work commitments and fly comfortably to classes held on Saturdays and Sundays alone.

The programme draws on solid fundamentals in fields such as finance, marketing, human resources management, strategy, networking, economics and operational management. It also develops leadership skills and serves both professional development and continuing significance through its special emphasis on new-age industry paradigms in emerging technology, analytics, design thinking, etc. The course begins in July 2021 and ends in March 2022. IIM Udaipur will grant Alumni Status to all learners who complete the course.

Eligibility:

  • Graduate in any discipline
  • Valid GMAT score or valid GRE score or CAT evaluation score taken in 2018 or older. Alternatively, applicants will appear in the IIMU Qualifying Exam, which will take place on April 04, 2021.
  • Minimum of three years of full-time post-qualification experience as of 30 June 2021.
  • Should be working at the moment and have direct permission from the employer to join in the programme

IIM Udaipur Organises Research Communication Masterclass Series

February 11, 2021: Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur (IIMU) recently hosted a virtual Research Communication Masterclass Series in joint efforts with SP Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR). The Master Class was planned to improve the skill of graduate students and young scholars to make high-quality research presentations.

The consistency of research presentations is a central factor in the socialisation of research. The Master Class will help students develop their ability to frame questions, relate questions to relevant methodology, and say a story. The overall purpose is to provide a successful presentation and collaboration.

Under the Masterclass, twenty internationally recognised scholars will present co-authored/authored articles of their own interest. Every monthly session will run for approximately two hours, during which researchers will present the most recent top-tier analysis for one hour, and then discuss the explanations behind the presentation in the remaining hour. Discussions will be available to faculty and graduate candidates.

IIM-U Students Secure 2nd Position in Edgistify Innovation Challenge 

January 29, 2021: Arpit Gupta and Anurag Gupta (Team Digitron), first-year students at Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur recently participated in the second edition of Edgistify Innovation Challenge 2020. The team participated in the real-world problem category and digitisation of site visits in the sub-category at the competition and presented the School among 460 teams from 280 colleges. Among all, the team DIgitron managed to secure the second position in the competition.

Major businesses globally face difficulties in digitising and simplifying the operation of the supply chain and logistics management. The goal of this competition was to provide a forum for young minds, working professionals and budding entrepreneurs who can revolutionise the industry with their creative ideas. The contest saw top-notch presentations from all the entrants and took off with a massive individual registration count of 1,802.

IIM Udaipur’s Annual Management Fest – Solaris’ 20-21 concludes

January 11, 2021: Yesterday, the sixth edition of Solaris, IIM Udaipur's annual management fest, concluded after a two-day long management extravaganza. The fest was organised and managed by IIMU students. The theme for Solaris this year was 'Transcending Ideologies'.
The festival featured activities and tournaments for students from B-Schools from all across the country, including Vaad-Vivad, Mind-Wizz, Ops-Samasya, Auctionnaire, MarcWars Saudagar, Vitt-Sangram, Ingenium and Arohan. These immersive and extremely engaging experiences helped students to challenge each other in models of real-life scenarios, helping them think on their feet and out of the box as well.
The university invited leading industry experts such as MD & CEO, ICICI Lombard General Insurance, Bhargav Dasgupta; Managing Director, Bridgestone India Automotive Products Pvt. Ltd., Ajay Sevakari; Promoter & MD, Metropolis Healthcare Ltd., Ameera Shah; and, Founding Team Member & CEO, Max Skill First Ltd., Rajender Sud to grace the event.

IIM Udaipur Becomes the National Finalist in Global Management Challenge (GMC) India 2020

December 24, 2020: In one of the largest strategy and management competitions in the world, the Global Management Challenge (GMC) organised by SDG-Simuladores e Modelos de Gestão, IIM Udaipur became the GMC India 2020 National Finalists. GMC consists of a management exercise in which businesses and B-Schools engage as a team and run a simulated organisation for more than five weeks. Their goal is to achieve the best investment performance for the owners of the company. In this year's management competition, in which all of India's top B-schools, including IIMs, participated, seven IIM Udaipur teams, out of the 54 chosen, entered the National Qualification Round.

With 40 GMC editions, there are about 30,000 entrants from more than 35 countries worldwide who compete in the competition every year. GMC India 2020 is a 10-week long competition that started on September 18, 2020. The competition was attended by more than 3,516 students and corporate managers and over 768 Academic and Corporate teams.

The IIMs across the country have a proud record of consistency and achievement. Well-possessed to carry on this illustrious tradition, IIM Udaipur is breaking new ground by concentrating on world-class science, transforming the learning experience for students who will be managers and leaders of tomorrow. IIM Udaipur has entered the global stage of education by obtaining landmark accreditation from the AACSB (Association for Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) in just eight years of its founding. With this coveted accreditation, IIM Udaipur is part of the same league of global institutions as Harvard Business School, Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and MIT Sloan School.

IIMU’s Centre for Digital Enterprise Management Signs MoU with CGI

December 9, 2020: The Centre for Digital Enterprise Management at Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur recently entered into an agreement with CGI Information Systems & Management Consultants Private Limited to speed up ventures, participate in knowledge sharing and exchange expertise at the industry level. CGI is one of the world's leading multinational consultancy companies for IT and industry.

In partnership with CGI, the B-school has entered into the vision of providing its students with industry-level exposure in the form of co-creating curriculum through case studies, research papers, white papers, and the creation of industry-level frameworks. The B-school can also follow guidelines from CGI on the quality of the course.

CGI will hold knowledge transfer sessions as part of the partnership, coordinate special preparation and curriculum consultations, support and tutor students during their tenure. During the campus placement process, IIM Udaipur will also invite CGI for the final placement of the class.

IIM Udaipur Sets Up a Consumer Culture Lab

November 5, 2020: The IIM Udaipur - Indian Institute of Management announced the virtual launch of its ‘Consumer Culture Lab' to facilitate research in India on consumer culture. The launch of the Consumer Culture Lab and the ‘Return to Laughter: Comedy Culture in India’ webinar is scheduled for 6:30 pm-8:30 pm IST on  November 7, 2020.

This Lab has been set up to address the rising global demand for research on Indian consumers by respected faculty and researchers affiliated with the institute. It aims to put together insights on market analysis in India from anthropology, sociology and psychology, encouraging students, researchers and business experts to establish a more holistic and comprehensive view of Indian customers.

Dr Vijay Parthasarathy, a cultural strategist and commercial semiologist with a PhD from the University of Texas at Austin, will hold the 'Return to Laughter: Comedy Culture in India' webinar. On stand-up comedy in India, Vijay has done comprehensive ethnography and will speak about the history of comedy in Indian society, and the role of stand-up comedy in shaping global modernity.

IIM Udaipur Continues to be Youngest B-School in Prestigious Global FT MIM Ranking

September 28, 2020: Based on the recently released FT Masters in Management 2020 ranking, IIM Udaipur - Indian Institute of Management continues to hold its position in the top 90 MBA institutes globally. This year the institute ranks 72, moving four places when compared to its last year's position. IIM Udaipur the only youngest member in the IIM family to secure this place.

The FT Ranking evaluates management institutes on the basis of several parameters that include alumni career development, school diversity and research. IIM Udaipur has achieved an incredible 78 per cent and overall satisfaction of 9.09 points in the evaluation. Furthermore, IIM Udaipur is ranked first among the FT MIM-classified schools in India for value for money and career growth.

In order to continue this illustrious legacy, IIM Udaipur breaks new ground in the field of world-class science and transforms the learning of students who are tomorrow's managers and leaders. IIM Udaipur has been accredited by AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) in just eight years since its inception on the world stage of education. With this accreditation, IIM Udaipur is counted in the same league of global institutes like Harvard Business School, Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and the MIT Sloan School

IIM Udaipur Signs Multiple MoUs with Digital Companies

September 24, 2020: IIM Udaipur recently entered into an agreement with multiple digital companies such as Aparaa Digital Pv Ltd (RoundSqr),  Zero Code Innovations Pvt Ltd and Quinte Financial Services Pvt Ltd with an aim to expand its focus on AI, business process orchestration & Fintech, and to bring joint research and live-industry-project opportunities to students.

These corporate companies will conduct knowledge transfer seminars, special education training and consultations on the programme, and will guide students throughout the tenure of this agreement. In addition, IIM Udaipur will also invite these start up’s to participate in the final placements of the batch.

The Centre for Digital Enterprise at IIM Udaipur has recently launched a one-year MBA program in Digital Enterprise Management. To make this programme a better learning experience for students, CDE is collaborating with the leading corporate in the digital space such as IBM, ITC Infotech, Deloitte, Accenture, Infoedge, Quikr and TCS.

On this association, Professor Janat Shah, Director, IIM Udaipur said, “The learnings from the projects and interactions with these companies will help our students become industry-ready. The practical experience of working on industry-relevant projects at the intersection of the latest technologies and business management will make our students management-ready for the digital industry.”

IIM Udaipur Flags Off Unnati 2020, Engagement and Learning Program for Incoming Batch

July 13, 2020: IIM Udaipur - Indian Institute of Management (IIMU) unveiled Unnati 2020, a three-week engagement and learning programme for the upcoming batch of 2020 on July 9. The programme is structured in a way for the upcoming students to focus on their personal journeys as they plan to become part of IIM Udaipur, as well as to connect with different stakeholders of the Institute.

Board member of IIM Udaipur, Shiv Shivakumar who is also the Group Executive President - Corporate Strategy and Business Development at Aditya Birla Group, inaugurated the event and shared his experiences with the students. He talked about the challenges faced by the industry due to the current pandemic situation and asked students to make the most of this opportunity.

Unnati Programme is divided into four parts spanning across the month. The curriculum focuses on helping students to understand their talents, work on their communication skills and engage with various IIM Udaipur stakeholders through webinars, collaborative sessions and productive events.

IIM-U Offers Online Management Courses to Students

May 6, 2020: Amid the current lockdown situation, IIM Udaipur - Indian Institute of Management (IIMU) is offering students access to over 18 online management courses on the online platform-Coursera. The courses cover all core areas of management subjects-HR, Operations, Marketing, Finance and Analytics. This initiative is intended for the students of batch 2019-21.

In the current scenario when a lot of institutes and corporates have shut their operations, IIM-U is making effort to not let students suffer any academic loss.

The successful completion of the offered courses will make the student eligible for two credits of the second-year course requirement. Students could substitute the selected course with an IIMU elective course of two credits. However, if they wish, students are allowed to take more than the minimum required credits.

In addition to the above courses, courses are also offered on Supply Chain Management, Marketing, Analytics, Channel Management, Financial Markets, Investment Strategy, People Analytics, New Technologies for Business Leaders, Digital Product Management, and Fundamentals of Project Management

IIM-U Organises Annual Cultural Fest-Audacity 2.0

February 3, 2020: IIM Udaipur - Indian Institute of Management (IIMU), organised its annual cultural fest AUDACITY 2.0 on February 1-2 at its Balicha Campus. The event was attended by over 5,000 people with most of the participants hailing from Gujarat and Delhi.

This year the theme was “Escape Reality” in context to which over 30 events were organised, including cooking contest, fashion show, group dance, treasure hunt, solo singing, rap battle, street play, case study and debate. Prizes worth over Rs 3 lakh were distributed to the winners during these events. A lot of events were also sponsored by various industry leaders such as Secure Meters, Pepsi, Spykar, Gaana, Padharo Travel, Inox and Forum Celebration Mall.

IIM Udaipur Incubation Center registers 27 startups under accelerator program

January 13, 2020: Launch-n-Zoom 2.0, a 12-week accelerator cohort programme was kickstarted by IIM Udaipur - Indian Institute of Management (IIMU), Incubation Centre on January 13. The event witnessed 27 startups in Udaipur from different domains such as SpaceTech, IoT and Payments, AI and Machine learning, Construction, Agri-Tech, Blockchain/Supply Chain, Waste Management, Healthcare, Networking, Logistics, Hospitality and FMCG, participating in the event. The programme was designed to profitably scale up different companies and focuses on product-to-market consistency. Over this 12 weeks of journey of learning, mentoring and networking, entrepreneurs will experience a variety of DIY activities to create and develop their product/service models through industry leaders engagement and guidance. This programme also gives start-up’s access to additional benefits such as knowledge of equipment and software for MVP development and prototyping; discovery of customers; prototype refinement; assistance in development of new edition of products and market testing of products; co-working spaces with 24x7 internet connectivity; and tailor-made topics and knowledge resources.

IIMU Launches First Issue of Business Review Magazine

December 10, 2019:IIM Udaipur - Indian Institute of Management (IIMU), launched and released the first issue of its Business Review Magazine. Institute plans to release the magazine biannually. The first issue of the magazine was about Digital India and its reflections. The second issue is expected to have more of editorial columns, guest articles, research insights and perspectives of key stakeholders. This initiative aims at making high-quality, impact-oriented work available to practitioners and offering expert perspectives that will be of interest to management professionals.

The need of such a B-school magazine arises from a variety of technological advancements at global level and industry that affects managerial and business activities today.

IIM Udaipur Becomes First Accelerator Program Centre in Rajasthan

November 18th, 2019:  For 2019-20, the IIM Udaipur - Indian Institute of Management (IIMU) has been declared as a robust accelerator system hub in Rajasthan by the National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB), Science and Technology Department of the Government of India. Only nine incubations are listed across India, one of which is led by Umamahesvaram Mandi, the IIMU Accelerator Program Centre.

Recent developments have taken place in the context of the forthcoming IIM-U’s Launch-n-Zoom 2.0 accelerator cohort programme. The eleborate programme is open to technology-based startups from every field under the theme of MARKET-VALIDATION-LAUNCH. The selected cohort will begin training in January 2020. Prior to this, IIM-U’s Incubation Centre hosted its first successful cohort in 2018 where 18 startups were selected out of 275 applicants following a thorough process.

Applications from all over India are welcomed till November 30 for early-stage startups that have done Proof-of-Concept and are in the process of developing a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and building prototype.

IIM Udaipur Hosts Solaris, Annual Management Fest

November 11th, 2019: IIM-U on November 11 hosted a two-day long extravaganza Annual Management Fest named Solaris. This year the theme of the event was decided to be “Success Through Synergy”. The event started with the operations summit, Unmesh, which hosted Ranag Davala referring to the meaning and impact of synergy in his career. This was followed by the Economics Summit, Antar-Drishti, presented by Chief Economist YES Bank Dr Shubhada Rao, who gave an enriching message on linking the supply disruption to the policymaking effect of technology.

Later, Chief Economic Strategist at Geojit Dr V K Vijaykumar gave a lecture on the learnings from the structural economic slowdown and twin shocks of demonetisation and Goods and Services Tax (GST).

Investment Manager at Klay Capital Akshat Kumar was the final speaker at the summit. The marketing summit of Solaris’19 ended with Savannah. The Senior Director, DELL-EMC, L. Jagannath spoke about creating brands, the value of messaging, marketing strategies and user experience and how to achieve optimal results by incorporating effective policies, approaches, and implementation methods.

Events such as Solaris are initiated by IIM-U to help the students interact with the industry leaders and gain keen insight from their knowledge and experience.

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