IIM SHILLONG
Director's Message
IIM Shillong, the 7th IIMs, which commenced its academic session from 2008, with its deeply ingrained belief in the practice of value based management education, engages itself in building corporate leaders and entrepreneurs with strong ethical values rooted in the traditional Indian management system, synchronized with modern management practices. IIM Shillong is nestled in the lap of the serene green hills amidst the abode of Clouds in the state of Meghalaya and provides the perfect ambience for serious academic pursuits of the best global standards.
IIM Shillong is committed to becoming an internationally acclaimed management institute with a global outlook grounded in Indian Ethos and to achieve this vision, we have set our sights on global standards of academic excellence, action-oriented research, value based consultancy, and quality executive education. At IIM Shillong, we are proactive in our approach to the challenges of a constantly changing and dynamic global business environment, and discover ourselves through innovative academic programmers, course curriculum and pedagogical innovations. We have a large alumni network with a number of our students working at senior leadership positions. In order to provide cross-cultural exposure to our students and faculty, IIM Shillong is taking big strides to foster international collaborations with Management Institutes of repute.
We also emphasize on the ever growing significance of sustainable development and business practices and to promote sustainability, IIM Shillong organizes an annual international conference on sustainability (SUSCON), which attracts a large number of researchers and practitioners from across the world. With our mandate for the entire North Eastern region and the state of Meghalaya, IIM Shillong has set up a Centre for Development of North Eastern Region (CeDNER) right since the inception of the institute, under which various activities including training programmers for the youth are organized.
With the support from faculty, staff, students, Board of Governors and all other stakeholders, we are striving to build further on the strong foundations of IIM Shillong and attain greater heights of eminence. On behalf of the entire family, I take this opportunity to invite you to our campus and become a part of this transformational journey.
D P Goyal
IIM Shillong has been set up with a vision of expansion and mobilization of facilities for offering good quality management education and research in the North Eastern region of India. The decision of coming up with an Indian Institute of Management in the North East was unanimously taken by the Union Minister of Human Resource Development along with the Chief Ministers of the North Eastern States in the Review Meeting held at Shillong during June 2004. Shillong was drafted as the permanent location for the institute after consultation between the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DONER) and the Chief Ministers of States of the region.
To ensure a holistic management education and to help the graduates grow into innovative leaders of the future, the Institute provides opportunities outside the classrooms as well, be it industrial interactions, sports competitions, cultural activities or entrepreneurial pursuits. The quality of instruction, rigorous course curriculum and exposures that the students get at IIM Shillong when coupled with their Summer Internship experience makes them adequately prepared and confident to face the challenges of the corporate world.
Institute Highlights
- Located in the green contours of North Eastern part of the country, IIM Shillong which commenced operations in 2008, remains committed to its goal of excellence in management education and research so as to evolve into a nationally and internationally recognized educational institution.
- Besides high quality standards and academic rigor, which are considered as the hallmark of an IIM, in IIM Shillong there is also emphasis on the ever growing significance of sustainable development and business practices.
- The Institute strives to impart to its students ethical values, compassionate behavior, and concern for society.
- To ensure a holistic management education and to help the graduates grow into innovative leaders of the future, the Institute provides opportunities outside the classrooms as well, be it industrial interactions, sports competitions, cultural activities or entrepreneurial pursuits.