IIM Raipur goes Global; expands its academic alliances in Europe

In the era of Globalization and Indian Management education making efforts to make deeper global foot-print, IIM Raipur has made yet another significant achievement by further expanding its International Partner base in Europe.
IIM Raipur has partnered with 3 more universities Management Center Innsbruck (Austria), International School of Management Dortmund (Germany), and University of Economics in Bratislava (Slovakia) - in order to facilitate Academic Exchange and provide an international exposure to both students and the faculty. With these three new partners, the number of international partners of IIM Raipur has increased to 13.

Regarding the growing number of International partners, Prof. Vinita Sahay, Chairperson, International Relations shared that IIM Raipur intended to provide international exposure to most of the PGP students. She said that international exchange program benefit management students by giving exposure to art, architecture, music, literature and philosophy, besides fostering decision making skills in a cross-cultural situation. For these reasons, Europe has been one of the most coveted destinations among B-school students across the world. It is this multicultural aspect of Europe that the academia of IIM Raipur hopes to benefit from, going forward.

New International Partner Institutions of IIM Raipur
Management Center Innsbruck (MCI), founded in 1995-96, is one of the leading universities in Austria and has an international accreditation by the esteemed AACSB (Advance Collegiate Schools of Business). It has collaborations with about 200 universities across the world including IIM Bangalore, IIM Kozhikode and IIM Indore in India. Apart from the regular courses across the functional domains of business, MCI also offers courses in Tourism Management and Austrian culture which will be a unique experience for the students.

International School of Management (ISM) will be IIM Raipurs second partner in Germany, after HHL Leipzig. Established in 1990, it is among the top B-schools in Germany and has six campuses Dortmund, Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg, Cologne & Stuttgart. It has more than 170 international partners including IIM Indore in India, and is a member of the prestigious EFMD (European Foundation for Management Development). ISM excels in the Supply Chain and Manufacturing domain and attracts Operations majors from across the world.

University of Economics in Bratislava (UEBA) is one of the most important educational and scientific research institutions in Slovakia. One of the oldest public universities (founded 1940), it is widely acknowledged in the fields of Economics, Business, Finance and Management. It has more than 230 partnerships across the world under various frameworks of cooperation. UEBA offers comprehensive courses in Business Economics and Information Sciences making it a lucrative choice for the Finance enthusiasts.

IIM Raipur continues to ride high on its strong relationship with the corporate from India and abroad, with organizations from different sectors expressing interest in recruitment.
Headed by Director Dr. B. S. Sahay, IIM Raipur was set up by the Government of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development in 2010 at Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh. Chhattisgarh is one of the fastest growing states of India with its rich mineral, forest, natural and local resources.

Presently IIM Raipur operates from the Government Engineering College Campus, Raipur. The Government of Chhattisgarh has allotted over 200 acres of land for the proposed IIM Raipur campus in Naya Raipur. The proposed campus will be a state-of-the-art campus presenting a blissful mix of modern architecture, culture & heritage of Chhattisgarh