IIMK was setup by the Government of India in collaboration with the Government of Kerala as the 5th Indian Institute of Management in the year 1996. It started operations in 1997 in temporary campus of NIT Calicut. It was inaugurated in 2003 by the former President of India, APJ Abdul Kalam and the then Chief Minister of Kerala, A.K.Antony. The current Director of the institute is Dr. Debashis Chatterjee and the current Chairman is A.C. Muthiah.The institute is situated on two hillocks in Kunnamangalam.
IIMK offers
- PGP program – (Post Graduate Program) Admissions through CAT (Common admissions test)
- EPGP/EEPGM (eMEP) program – (Executive Post Graduate Program)Admissions through e-MAT (Executive Management Aptitude Test)
- FPM – (Fellow Program in Management) Admissions through CAT/GMAT/GRE/GATE/UGC/CSIR-JRF
- MDP – Management Development Program
- FDP – Faculty Development Program
Differentiators:
- IIMK is the first institute in Asia Pacific to offer an Interactive Distance Learning (IDL) management program to working employees using satellite enabled technology in 2001 – 2002.
- IIMK was accredited to AMBA in 2011. It is the third such institute in India after SP Jain Institute of Management Research and MDI Gurgaon. AMBA certifies the MBA program as opposed to EQUIS and AACSB that certify the B School.
- IIMK promotes gender diversity the women intake is around 30% for the PGP program.
- IIMK believes in Value for Many and Value for Money.
- The IIMK campus manages all its requirement for water through rain water harvesting as the primary source of water.
The motto of the institute is “Yogaha Karmasau Kaushalam” ; – “Diligence Leads To Excellence”; The core purpose of IIMK is “Globalizing Indian Thought”.
The VISION of the institute is “The institute seeks to achieve excellence and a leadership position in management education and to become a major learning resource centre in the Asia-Pacific region.”
The MISSION of the institute is ” The institute seeks to inculcate a spirit of lifelong learning. It aspires to strengthen the capabilities of integrating concepts with applications and values. It aims to contribute towards the development of communities of dependable, capable, caring and fair-minded people.”
IIMK Kozhikode; Calicut; Vasco Da Gamma;
The annual cultural fest of IIMK is called Echoes; The cultural committee celebrates various festivals in the campus. The cultural fest includes events in the following categories Literary; Fashion; Music; Dance; Theatre; Workshops; Quiz
The flagship annual management event of IIMK is called Backwaters; It is a national level event and witnesses participation from over 150 B-schools. It includes events in business. The theme of backwaters is
- People
- Planet
- Profit
Other events which are part of the backwaters are Business Plan Competition, Unearthing the next CEO,Rural Nirmaan,Corporate Dinner, Green Initiatives, etc
IIMK Blackboard: This is the learning management system used by the EPGP participants.
IIMK Career Portal for EPGP
IIMK Alumni Website: The IIMK alumni committee builds long lasting relations with the alumni and organizes the annual alumni meet both at IIMK and at six different cities across the country.
