The Roots

Year 1963... A dream... A proposal to Jawaharlal Nehru, the then Prime Minister of India to set up an Institute under the name of “Institute for Planning and Administration of National Economy”... A study tour of Europe & A man. The roots of an institute with a difference. An institute oriented towards the promotion of corporate growth, based on innovation and entrepreneurship in harmony with national economic planning objectives, aiming at a sustainable and ethically acceptable growth rate. Conceptualised by Dr. M. K. Chaudhuri, India’s leading economic visionary, The Indian Institute of Planning and Management was formally registered in the year 1973. After completing his M. Sc., Ph.D.& D.Sc. from the School of Economics, Berlin, Dr. M. K. Chaudhuri worked with leading organisations and Institutions like HLL, IAS, Simla, XLRI, Jamshedpur (as a Professor of Economics) & IIM, Bangalore (as a Professor of Economics); before resigning from his prestigious job at IIM Bangalore to start what is today regarded as India’s Greatest Academic Movement. The IIPM Movement.

The first residential Full-Time Post Graduate Diploma Programme commenced on 12th August, 1974, with students selected through admission tests-cum-interviews held in Delhi, Kolkata, Bombay and Bangalore. Admission tests-cum-interviews have so far been held in 15 centres, namely, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Lucknow, Chennai, Patna and Trivandrum.

International Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM-International) takes the IIPM movement started in 1973 to an all together different level. While the course contents, placements and faculty maintain its cutting edge quality; IIPM International aims to bring a completely international touch to entrepreneurial education in India, thereby making it superfluous for students from India to look for study opportunities abroad. IIPM International aims to bring students from all over the world to come and study in India and realise what the education at IIPM has to offer, while bringing a superb international mix of students on campus.

IIPM International provides students with more than 3,00,000 sq. ft. of built-up infrastructure through its various facilities. All IIPM International facilities are Wi-Fi. IIPM international is headquartered in Delhi’s premier and most sought after address of Saket, where it operates from a sprawling campus spread over more than 75000 sq. ft. The Institute also holds classes in IIPM’s state-of-the-art 5 acre campus in Mehrauli, New Delhi. The IIPM campus has World-Class facilities ranging from state-of-the-art computer dromes to huge amphi-theater type classrooms to mega auditoriums as well as exceptional recreational facilities like swimming pool, mini golf, pool, billiards etc. Further IIPM International has branches in Gurgaon, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune & Ahmedabad. IIPM International Mumbai is operating from two beautifully architectured tower in Bandra & khar - the heart of Mumbai. Other IIPM International branches in Gurgaon, Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Ahmedabad & Hyderabad also operate from similar modern buildings with state-of-the-art facilities.