Indian Institute of Management Kashipur
Indian Institute of Management Kashipur also known as IIM Kashipur, is a public business school located in Kashipur, Uttarakhand, India. It is one of the thirteen Indian Institutes of Management the government has set up during the Eleventh Five-Year Plan. The foundation stone of the institute was laid on 29 April 2011. This autonomous institute offers a two-year Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM), a two-year Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management (EPGPM), a residential Fellowship Programme in Management (FPM, equivalent to PhD) and a non-residential doctoral Executive Fellowship Programme in  Management (EFPM). Campus. IIM Kashipur operates from a campus of in Kashipur. Organisation and administration. Governance. Dr Kulbhushan Balooni is the director of the institute. Sri Sandeep Singh is the Interim Chairman of the board of governors for the institute. Prof K M Baharul Islam is presently the Dean (Academics) of the Institute. Academics. Academic programmes. The institute offers a two-year flagship residential course which is the Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP). Since 2014 it also offers a residential Fellowship Programme in Management (FPM), a non-residential Doctor of Business Administration Executive Fellowship Programme in Management (EFPM) and  short term Management Development Programmes (MDP) for corporate executives. International Relations & Student Exchange Program. IIM Kashipur has established cooperative relations with École de management de Normandie (EM Normandie), Caen, Le Havre, Deauville, France as well as École supérieure pour le développement économique et social (ESDES) School of Business and Management, Lyon, France so as to further develop academic and cultural interchanges between the institutions through mutual assistance in the areas of education and research. The programme includes short-term exchange of students, exchange of faculty and development of joint research activities. Ranking. IIM Kashipur was ranked 33 in India by  the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2020. Student life. Events. Agnitraya. Agnitraya is the annual flagship event of IIM Kashipur. It is a three-day inter-college fest consisting of events from Management, Sport and Cultural areas. Agnitraya'19 hosted over 1500 participants from over 30 colleges across India. As part of the fest, 10 management events, 15 sporting events, and 11 cultural events were conducted. In addition to these, Abhivyakti- an open mic recitation competition in association with The Social House, Model United Nations were also conducted. Star night performances by Harrdy Sandhu, DJ Duo Zephyrtone, popular stand-up  comedians- Nishant Tanwar and Aakash Gupta were some of the major attractions of Agnitraya'19 Coalescence. Coalescence is the annual management conclave of IIM Kashipur aimed at industry-academia collaboration. It is a platform to bring together stalwarts from different domains of Marketing, Finance, Operations, IT & Analytics, HR and Consulting together to share their expertise and interact with the students of IIM Kashipur. Coalescence includes keynote speeches and panel discussions. The 2019 edition saw people from various companies including Star India, Honda Cars India Ltd. and Uber. TEDxIIMKashipur. TEDxIIMKashipur is an independently organized event under the aegis of TED consisting of  a series of talks by various accomplished and eminent personalities. The theme of TEDxIIMKashipur 2017 was 'Breaking Barriers' while the theme of TEDxIIMKashipur 2018 was 'Shaping the Future'. Past notable guests include Manvendra Singh Gohil, Seema Rao, Jadav Payeng, Ira Singhal, Thinlas Chorol, Nouf Marwaai, Gauri Sawant, Priyanka Chaturvedi, Rama Vaidyanathan and Anam Hashim. Uttishtha - Entrepreneurship Summit. Uttishtha is the annual entrepreneurship summit that acts as a platform for entrepreneurs to inspire and guide budding entrepreneurs. The event consists of keynote addresses, panel discussions, business plan competitions, and presentations. Some of the past guests of honor have been Shri Trivendra  Singh Rawat, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Praveen Sinha (Founder, Jabong & Pincap), Akhil Gupta (Co-founder, NoBroker), Avnish Sabharwal (MD, Accenture Ventures), Kaushlendra Kumar (Founder, Kaushalya Foundation), Lalit Mangal (Co-founder, CommonFloor), Alok Bansal (Co-founder, PolicyBazaar), etc.