IIM Indore wins AMBA & BGA Excellence Awards for Best CSR & Sustainability Initiatives

While competing with 290 accredited business schools, IIM Indore got shortlisted among the top seven schools in this category and won the Silver during the award ceremony held on January 21, 2022, in London.

Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore has received the Silver at the Association of MBAs (AMBA) and Business Graduates Association (BGA) Excellence Awards for the Best CSR and Sustainability Initiatives Category. While competing with 290 accredited business schools, IIM Indore got shortlisted among the top seven schools in this category and won the Silver during the award ceremony held on January 21, 2022, in London.

According to the official press release, “The Institute won the Silver for its Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) initiatives. The awards were declared in ten categories. IIM Indore is the only Indian business school shortlisted in this category. It is among the three business schools in the nation to be nominated for the Excellence Awards 2022,” the press release reads.

Attending the Award Ceremony virtually, Professor Himanshu Rai, Director, IIM Indore said, “We are pleased to receive the Silver for the Best CSR and Sustainability Initiatives Category. We at IIM Indore are determined to develop socially conscious leaders, managers and entrepreneurs who contribute efficiently to nation-building. The Institute takes numerous environmental, social and corporate responsibility initiatives throughout the year. I am thrilled to share that the entire IIM Indore community – including faculty and students, contribute to these initiatives, for we have pledged to make this world a better place to live in.”

The Institute has installed solar panels on various buildings in the 193-acre campus, thereby reducing electricity consumption. Keeping in mind the no-kitchen-waste policy, it uses the kitchen waste to manufacture manure inside the campus. This manure is then used for cultivating vegetables and fruits in the Organic Garden inside the campus. The Institute has a rain-harvesting system to ensure that the wastewater is collected and reused in activities such as gardening and cleaning, , the press release informed.

It further added, Sanjeevani—the Horticulture Cell of IIM Indore produces herbs and medicines distributed to the needy and the patients in the nearby hospitals. The Institute also provides shelter to more than 35 stray dogs, ensures their proper feeding and health, and takes initiatives for their adoption.

IIM Indore has also collaborated with MP Government and UP Government. Under the Institutional Social Responsibility, it has taken various initiatives such as training the school teachers, strengthening beat policing, traffic management, strategy for Aatmanirbhar Bharat in the state, financial literacy for the women, One District One Product Scheme in UP, etc.

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