The Indian Institute of Management Udaipur (IIMU) is a graduate business school in Udaipur

Udaipur

Udaipur , also known as the City of Lakes, is a city, a Municipal Council and the administrative headquarters of the Udaipur district in the state of Rajasthan in western India. It is located southwest of the state capital, Jaipur, west of Kota, and northeast from Ahmedabad...

, India. It is one of the seven Indian Institutes of Management

Indian Institutes of Management

The Indian Institutes of Management , are graduate business schools in India. They were set up with the objective of providing management education and to assist the industry through research and consulting services. The IIMs award diplomas and not degrees.- Institutes :Indian Institute of...

 the government is setting up during the Eleventh Five-Year Plan. IIM Udaipur was inaugurated on 30 July 2011 by C. P. Joshi

C. P. Joshi

C. P. Joshi is an Indian Politician and Member of Parliament of India from Bhilwara in the 15th Lok Sabha. He was one of the first 19 members of India's new cabinet sworn in on May 22, 2009, despite being a first-time member of the Lok Sabha and he has taken the office of Minister of Rural...

, Minister of Road Transport and Highways.

Campus

IIM Udaipur is operational from 2011 in a temporary campus located at Polymer Science Building, Mohanlal Sukhadia University (MLSU), Udaipur, Rajasthan. Construction has started at the 253 acres (102.4 ha) of land in the Balicha area of Udaipur

Udaipur, Rajasthan

Udaipur , also known as the City of Lakes, is a city, a Municipal Council and the administrative headquarters of the Udaipur district in the state of Rajasthan in western India. It is located southwest of the state capital, Jaipur, west of Kota, and northeast from Ahmedabad...

, Rajasthan

Rajasthan

Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

, which have been allocated by the Government of Rajasthan for the institute's new Campus.

Academic Programs

Admission to the PGP course of IIM Udaipur is very competitive and is through the Common Admission Test (CAT) conducted in November each year. The PGP course consists of six terms covered over two years. The first year consists of three terms covering foundation courses of different business functions. Second year consists of elective courses and have three terms. IIM Udaipur offers a unique elective in the second year "International business and practices" where students get a chance to work on a live project outside India. The admissions for the first batch of students for 72 seats have been completed through its mentor institute IIM Indore. The classes for the first batch commenced from 27 July 2011.

Board of Governors

Janat Shah from IIM Bangalore has been appointed as Director IIM Udaipur. C. K. Birla, the Chairman of Hindustan Motors Ltd. India, has been appointed Chairman of the board of governors for the institute. Eminent personalities like Raghunath Salgame, President, CISCO Systems India Pvt. Ltd, Rajendra S. Pawar, Chairman NIIT Limited, Smt. Jyotsna Suri, Chairman and Managing Director, Bharat Hotels Ltd, Burzin Wadia, Executive Vice President, Godrej Appliances Ltd. constitute the board of governors of the institute.