EDUTAINMENT blog

History:

Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK) is on a high growth trajectory today, offering widest range of academic programmes in the field of management education.

Starting in 1997 with a batch of 42 students in its Postgraduate Programme (PGP) , it increased PGP intake to 120 in 2003, 180 in 2005 and to 261 in 2008, thus making it the fastest growing management school in the country to reach that landmark. This was done keeping the quality of the programme high, as the Institute continued to maintain its sound placement record, ranking among the top 5 institutes in the country in 2008.

The Institute conducts a full range of academic activities in the field of management education covering research, teaching, and training, consulting and intellectual infrastructure development. The Institute emphasises development of analytical skills and a focus on global and cross-cultural issues with a balance between business demands and social concerns.

IIMK pioneered Interactive Distance Learning (IDL) for working executives in India . Starting with 300 class contact hrs. in 2001-02, the year-long Executive Management Education Programme is today the richest one available in the country having 450 class contact hours. With the launch of 4 new 6-month long modular educational programmes in Strategic Management, Finance, Marketing and Operations Management areas, the IDL platform offers 1350 contact hours of long duration programmes today.

The training activity has grown after the Institute moved to its new campus in January 2003. The number of programmes increased from 8 in 2003-04 to 26 in 2007-08, the number of participant days went up from 520 to over 5000. The training activity is expected to have rapid growth with the latest 64 room executive hostel now under completion and the construction of a modern 200 bed management development complex to be completed in in 2010-11.

Programmes

The Post-graduate Programme in Management is a flagship educational programme preparing the young graduates for senior level positions in industry and other sections. The programme is of two years duration. In the first year, the students undergo 58 credit foundation courses in various functional areas, followed by 8-10 weeks of summer training in business and industrial organisations.

The second year comprises two foundation courses of 3 minimum of 45 credit elective courses. Some of courses are of 2 credits (20 class contact hours) and others of 3 credit (30 class contact hours). The students are encouraged to have 2 areas of specialisations. For specialisation a student has to take a credits each and a minimum of 5 electives (amounting to 15 credits) in the area concerned. Some students spend one term to take courses in a partner foreign institution.

The programme lays great emphasis on knowledge assimilation than only imparting it. Towards this it uses a wide variety of pedagogies: lectures, case studies, exercises, role-plays, simulation, video shows etc. The evaluation system is rigorous one comprising quizzes, assignments, mid-term and term end examinations. The programme also lays emphasis on learning to learn through requirements of library-based self-study, group work, open-ended discussions and real life projects. The students inculcate the spirit of ‘dream-innovate-achieve’ and imbibe social concern as an integral part of learning process during the programme.

Consistent with the institute’s goal of creating business leaders who are socially and environmentally responsible, each student is required to provide active planning and execution help to nonprofit organizations. The students also undergo compulsory courses on business ethics and environment management in the first year.

Faculty

IIM Kozhikode’s Faculty Development Programs groom budding faculty members of management schools of the country. The duration ranges from three days to three weeks. The programs aim at both enhancing subject knowledge in different functional areas and improving delivery skills in classrooms. The Institute Faculty Development also includes a Post-Doctoral Research Program