Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode
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The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode is one of the 13 Indian Institutes of Management
set up by the Government of India
. The Institute founded in 1996 in collaboration with the State Government of Kerala
was the 5th IIM to be established.
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.
. In 1997, the first batch of 42 students in the Post Graduate Program (PGP), equivalent to MBA, commenced at the temporary campus at the National Institute of Technology Calicut
. In 2000, the site of the present campus at Kunnamangalam
was identified. The following year, Joseph Stein
(also the architect of the India Habitat Centre
in Delhi
) and Stein Mani Chowla Architects began the design and construction of the institute. In 2003, IIM Kozhikode moved into its hill-top campus. The then President of India, APJ Abdul Kalam and the then Chief Minister of Kerala, Mr. A.K. Antony, inaugurated the campus.
Interactive Distance Learning, an online management education programme for working executives, was introduced in 2001-02. IIM Kozhikode was the first institute in Asia to offer a distance learning programme in management for working executives. Management Development Programme was also introduced the same year. The institute increased the number of students in PGP to 180 in 2005. IIMK started its doctoral programme, Fellow Program in Management(FPM) in 2007. The intake of women in the PGP course was pro-actively increased to 30% from batch of 2010-12 to improve the number of women in management roles in India. In 2010, IIMK signed a memorandum of understanding with Yale University
to establish a Center of Excellence for Academic Leadership as part of Singh
-Obama
Knowledge Initiative.
, a sub-urban area of Kozhikode
(previously known as Calicut), Kerala
. Kozhikode is the third largest city in Kerala. The campus is spread across two hills which are part of the Western Ghats
. Besides classrooms, the campus also has residential facilities for students, faculty and visitors. The campus, set up over 100 acres of land, relies on rain water harvesting as its primary source of water. The location of IIM Kozhikode has been criticized as a problem in attracting good faculty and placements in comparison to the older IIMs at Ahmedabad
, Calcutta
, Bangalore
and Lucknow
located close to industrial belts. IIM Kozhikode is also planning to set up a satellite campus in Kochi
for offering short term programmes.
(CAT) conducted by the IIMs for admission to graduate programs in management at thirteen campuses. CAT is considered by test-takers as one of the most competitive exams in the world, with a success rate of about one in hundred. In 2010, around 195,000 students wrote CAT for getting admission to 2180 IIM seats.
49.5% seats in IIM Kozhikode are caste
-based reserved quotas according to affirmative action
policy of Government of India
. 15% of the admitted students must be of the Scheduled Castes, and 7.5% of seats are reserved for Scheduled Tribes. The Other Backward Classes belonging to the "non-creamy layer" have been provided with 27% reservation since 2008 with the consent of the Supreme Court of India
. 3% seats are reserved for Persons with Disability (PWD or DA). The reserved category students are admitted based on the CAT score using relaxed admissions criteria.
The institute also uses group discussions, essays and personal interviews to evaluate the students shortlisted based on CAT scores. In 2010, IIMK used an index computed with 50 percent weight for the CAT score, 20 percent weight for academic performance in secondary school, 20 percent weight for higher secondary school and 10 percent weight for the work experience of the candidate for shortlisting candidates for personal interview. For FPM admissions, candidates with CAT, GMAT or GATE scores are eligible.
The PGP programme of IIM Kozhikode was ranked nationally seventh by Outlook
, tenth by CNBC-TV18
, tenth by Rediff.com
, eleventh by The Economic Times
, fourth by Business World
and twelfth by Business Today
in 2010-2011 rankings.
announced that the government is mulling enhancement of the autonomy of IIMs by allowing them to select the director and the chairman of Board of Directors. The PGP (Postgraduate Programme) and the ePGP (Executive Postgraduate Programme) courses have been granted international accreditation by the Association of MBAs
(AMBA). IIM Kozhikode charges tuition fees of Rs. 10,00,000 for the two year PGP programme. Merit scholarships are awarded by the Institute to students on the basis of their grades during one academic year. Scholarships are also offered by trusts like Sir Ratan Tata Trust, HCIL, O.P Jindal Group etc.
Like all IIMs, IIM Kozhikode awards diplomas, not degrees. The two-year Post-graduate Program in Management, equivalent to an MBA, is the flagship education program which aims to prepare young graduates for senior-level positions in industry. The institute stresses on a rigorous evaluation system and "learning to learn" approach through self-study, group work, open-ended discussions and real-life projects. The institute has also emphasized greater importance for social awareness and claims to distinguish itself from other IIMs in offering greater freedom to students in their intellectual pursuits. IIM Kozhikode offers student exchange programmes with European Business School
, Germany
; Copenhagen Business School
, ESCP-EAP Paris
; Bocconi University
, Jonkoping International Business School
, Leipzig Graduate School of Management and Norwegian School of Economics & Business Administration.
The Fellow Programme in Management is a four-year residential program in which students are trained to join academia or management research on graduation. The institute also offers Executive Management Education Program for working professionals and shorter programmes like Management Development and Faculty Development.
IIMK incubates a Centre of Excellence (CEx), where youth from the marginalized sections of society are imparted training to make them intellectually and emotionally capable of joining reputed companies and educational institutions. The CEx now functions as the Kerala Chapter of the Indian Council of Social Science Research
(ICSSR).
and suggested the idea of IIM Library Consortium Movement. The library provides services as an institutional archive.
, finance
, consulting
and hobby clubs for on-campus radio, photography
etc. The institute also offers placement guidance for students and organizes placement processes for the Summer Internship and outgoing batch. In 2011, the institute placed its outgoing batch of 290 students in 110 firms with the highest domestic compensation being Rs 32 lakh
offered by a Europe-based Investment Bank.
The institute employs 48 full-time faculty members in economics
, finance
and accounting, managerial communication, general management, organizational behaviour and human resources
, quantitative methods and operations management
, information technology and systems
and strategic management
departments. Debashis Chatterjee
is the current director of IIM Kozhikode.
Indian Institutes of Management
The Indian Institutes of Management , are graduate business schools in India. They were set up with the objective of providing management education and to assist the industry through research and consulting services. The IIMs award diplomas and not degrees.- Institutes :Indian Institute of...
set up by the Government of India
Government of India
The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...
. The Institute founded in 1996 in collaboration with the State Government of Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
was the 5th IIM to be established.
The Institute conducts a full range of academic activities in the field of management
Management
Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...
education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
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.
History
Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode was instituted in 1996 by the Government of India as the fifth Indian Institute of Management in collaboration with the Government of the state of KeralaKerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
. In 1997, the first batch of 42 students in the Post Graduate Program (PGP), equivalent to MBA, commenced at the temporary campus at the National Institute of Technology Calicut
National Institute of Technology Calicut
The National Institute of Technology Calicut is a federally funded technical university and an institute of national importance governed by an act passed by the Parliament of India. The campus is situated 22 km north-east of Kozhikode city on the Calicut – Mukkam Road. It was established in 1961...
. In 2000, the site of the present campus at Kunnamangalam
Kunnamangalam
Kunnamangalam is a census town located about 15 km east of Kozhikode city on the Calicut-Bangalore National Highway. Nearby places are Koduvally, Chathamangalam, and Kettangal. The locality is home to one of India's premier management institute Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode and Spring...
was identified. The following year, Joseph Stein
Joseph Allen Stein
Joseph Stein, was an American architect. An a major figure in the establishment of a regional modern architecture in the San Francisco Bay area in the 1940s and 1950s during the early days of the environmental design movement, he is noted for designing several important buildings in India, most...
(also the architect of the India Habitat Centre
India Habitat Centre
The India Habitat Centre, located in New Delhi, India, was conceived to be a catalyst relationship between individuals and institutions working in habitat related areas to increase their effectiveness...
in Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
) and Stein Mani Chowla Architects began the design and construction of the institute. In 2003, IIM Kozhikode moved into its hill-top campus. The then President of India, APJ Abdul Kalam and the then Chief Minister of Kerala, Mr. A.K. Antony, inaugurated the campus.
Interactive Distance Learning, an online management education programme for working executives, was introduced in 2001-02. IIM Kozhikode was the first institute in Asia to offer a distance learning programme in management for working executives. Management Development Programme was also introduced the same year. The institute increased the number of students in PGP to 180 in 2005. IIMK started its doctoral programme, Fellow Program in Management(FPM) in 2007. The intake of women in the PGP course was pro-actively increased to 30% from batch of 2010-12 to improve the number of women in management roles in India. In 2010, IIMK signed a memorandum of understanding with Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
to establish a Center of Excellence for Academic Leadership as part of Singh
Manmohan Singh
Manmohan Singh is the 13th and current Prime Minister of India. He is the only Prime Minister since Jawaharlal Nehru to return to power after completing a full five-year term. A Sikh, he is the first non-Hindu to occupy the office. Singh is also the 7th Prime Minister belonging to the Indian...
-Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...
Knowledge Initiative.
Campus
The Institute is located in KunnamangalamKunnamangalam
Kunnamangalam is a census town located about 15 km east of Kozhikode city on the Calicut-Bangalore National Highway. Nearby places are Koduvally, Chathamangalam, and Kettangal. The locality is home to one of India's premier management institute Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode and Spring...
, a sub-urban area of Kozhikode
Kozhikode
Kozhikode During Classical antiquity and the Middle Ages, Kozhikkode was dubbed the "City of Spices" for its role as the major trading point of eastern spices. Kozhikode was once the capital of an independent kingdom of the same name and later of the erstwhile Malabar District...
(previously known as Calicut), Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
. Kozhikode is the third largest city in Kerala. The campus is spread across two hills which are part of the Western Ghats
Western Ghats
The Western Ghats, Western Ghauts or the Sahyādri is a mountain range along the western side of India. It runs north to south along the western edge of the Deccan Plateau, and separates the plateau from a narrow coastal plain along the Arabian Sea. The Western Ghats block rainfall to the Deccan...
. Besides classrooms, the campus also has residential facilities for students, faculty and visitors. The campus, set up over 100 acres of land, relies on rain water harvesting as its primary source of water. The location of IIM Kozhikode has been criticized as a problem in attracting good faculty and placements in comparison to the older IIMs at Ahmedabad
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad , better known as IIM Ahmedabad or simply IIM-A, is a business school located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It is the second Indian Institute of Management to be established, in 1961.-History:...
, Calcutta
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta is an institute of management located in Kolkata , India giving diplomas in management...
, Bangalore
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore is a business school located in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. It was established in 1973 by the Government of India, and is the third Indian Institute of Management to be established .It offers several Post Graduate and Doctoral programmes, as well as...
and Lucknow
Indian Institute of Management Lucknow
The Indian Institute of Management Lucknow is a business school located in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was established in 1984 by the Government of India, and is the fourth Indian Institute of Management to be established.-History:...
located close to industrial belts. IIM Kozhikode is also planning to set up a satellite campus in Kochi
Kochi
-Places:* Kochi, a city in the state of Kerala, India, formerly known as Cochin* Kingdom of Cochin, a former feudal city-state on Malabar Coast, India** Fort Kochi, one of the three main urban components which constitute the present day city of Kochi, Kerala, India...
for offering short term programmes.
Admission
The institute's current full time student body consists of 650 graduate students and 15 doctoral students. The admissions to PGP course is based on the Common Admission TestCommon Admission Test
The Common Admission Test is a Computer Based Test in Quantitative Ability, Data Interpretation, Verbal Ability and Logical Reasoning. The Indian Institutes of Management use the test as an important component in selecting students for the business administration programs. The test is conducted...
(CAT) conducted by the IIMs for admission to graduate programs in management at thirteen campuses. CAT is considered by test-takers as one of the most competitive exams in the world, with a success rate of about one in hundred. In 2010, around 195,000 students wrote CAT for getting admission to 2180 IIM seats.
49.5% seats in IIM Kozhikode are caste
Caste
Caste is an elaborate and complex social system that combines elements of endogamy, occupation, culture, social class, tribal affiliation and political power. It should not be confused with race or social class, e.g. members of different castes in one society may belong to the same race, as in India...
-based reserved quotas according to affirmative action
Reservation in India
Reservation in India is a form of affirmative action designed to improve the well being of socially backward and underrepresented communities of citizens in India. There are laws in place, wherein a certain percentage of total available slots in Jobs and Education are set aside for people from...
policy of Government of India
Government of India
The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...
. 15% of the admitted students must be of the Scheduled Castes, and 7.5% of seats are reserved for Scheduled Tribes. The Other Backward Classes belonging to the "non-creamy layer" have been provided with 27% reservation since 2008 with the consent of the Supreme Court of India
Supreme Court of India
The Supreme Court of India is the highest judicial forum and final court of appeal as established by Part V, Chapter IV of the Constitution of India...
. 3% seats are reserved for Persons with Disability (PWD or DA). The reserved category students are admitted based on the CAT score using relaxed admissions criteria.
The institute also uses group discussions, essays and personal interviews to evaluate the students shortlisted based on CAT scores. In 2010, IIMK used an index computed with 50 percent weight for the CAT score, 20 percent weight for academic performance in secondary school, 20 percent weight for higher secondary school and 10 percent weight for the work experience of the candidate for shortlisting candidates for personal interview. For FPM admissions, candidates with CAT, GMAT or GATE scores are eligible.
The PGP programme of IIM Kozhikode was ranked nationally seventh by Outlook
Outlook (magazine)
Outlook is one of India's four top-selling English weekly newsmagazines. Like many other Indian magazines, it is reluctant to reveal its circulation, but the 2007 National Readership Survey suggested 1.5 million copies...
, tenth by CNBC-TV18
CNBC-TV18
CNBC-TV18 is a business news channel broadcast in India based in Mumbai. The channel was launched in India on December 7, 1999. It was the first business news channel launched in India and still the leads that genre....
, tenth by Rediff.com
Rediff.com
Rediff.com India is a news, information, entertainment, and shopping portal. It was founded in 1996 as "Rediff On The NeT" and is headquartered in Mumbai, India with offices in New Delhi and New York City, USA....
, eleventh by The Economic Times
The Economic Times
The Economic Times is an English-language Indian daily newspaper published by the Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.. The Economic Times was started in 1961. It is the most popular and widely read financial daily in India, read by more than 8 lakh people...
, fourth by Business World
Businessworld
Businessworld is the largest selling Indian business magazine, and the only business weekly in the country. Published by Ananda Publishers, whose most prominent publication is The Telegraph, Businessworld offices are located in New Delhi....
and twelfth by Business Today
Business Today (Business Magazine)
Business Today is an Indian fortnightly business magazine published by Living Media India Limited, in publication since 1992. It had a second quarter 2010 readership of 338,000 per issue, ninth among English language magazines surveyed.-External links:...
in 2010-2011 rankings.
Academic programmes
IIM Kozhikode, like all IIMs, is an autonomous institution under Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India. The institute is free to design its own curriculum and recruit faculty members. In April 2011, Union Minister Kapil SibalKapil Sibal
Kapil Sibal is an Indian politician and lawyer. He is currently the Minister of Communications and Information Technology. He also held the two ministries Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Earth Sciences in the First Manmohan Singh Cabinet...
announced that the government is mulling enhancement of the autonomy of IIMs by allowing them to select the director and the chairman of Board of Directors. The PGP (Postgraduate Programme) and the ePGP (Executive Postgraduate Programme) courses have been granted international accreditation by the Association of MBAs
Association of MBAs
The Association of MBAs is a London-based international organization that accredits postgraduate business programs at business schools worldwide. The Association is one of the three main global accreditation bodies in business education and styles itself "the world's impartial authority on...
(AMBA). IIM Kozhikode charges tuition fees of Rs. 10,00,000 for the two year PGP programme. Merit scholarships are awarded by the Institute to students on the basis of their grades during one academic year. Scholarships are also offered by trusts like Sir Ratan Tata Trust, HCIL, O.P Jindal Group etc.
Like all IIMs, IIM Kozhikode awards diplomas, not degrees. The two-year Post-graduate Program in Management, equivalent to an MBA, is the flagship education program which aims to prepare young graduates for senior-level positions in industry. The institute stresses on a rigorous evaluation system and "learning to learn" approach through self-study, group work, open-ended discussions and real-life projects. The institute has also emphasized greater importance for social awareness and claims to distinguish itself from other IIMs in offering greater freedom to students in their intellectual pursuits. IIM Kozhikode offers student exchange programmes with European Business School
European Business School
The EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht in Wiesbaden and Oestrich-Winkel, Germany, was founded in 1971. The university's activities focus on 3 core areas: undergraduate, postgraduate programs and executive education...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
; Copenhagen Business School
Copenhagen Business School
Copenhagen Business School, also known as CBS, is situated in Copenhagen, Denmark. With more than 17,000 students and 1,300 staff members, CBS is also one of the largest business schools in Europe. CBS offers a wide range of business-oriented university programmes and a research environment...
, ESCP-EAP Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
; Bocconi University
Bocconi University
Bocconi University is a private university located in central Milan, beside Parco Ravizza. Bocconi provides undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate education, in addition to a range of double degree programs, in the fields of economics, management, finance and law. According to many university...
, Jonkoping International Business School
Jönköping International Business School
Jönköping International Business School or Internationella Handelshögskolan is a business school located in Jönköping in south central Sweden...
, Leipzig Graduate School of Management and Norwegian School of Economics & Business Administration.
The Fellow Programme in Management is a four-year residential program in which students are trained to join academia or management research on graduation. The institute also offers Executive Management Education Program for working professionals and shorter programmes like Management Development and Faculty Development.
IIMK incubates a Centre of Excellence (CEx), where youth from the marginalized sections of society are imparted training to make them intellectually and emotionally capable of joining reputed companies and educational institutions. The CEx now functions as the Kerala Chapter of the Indian Council of Social Science Research
Indian Council of Social Science Research
Indian Council of Social Science Research was established in the year of 1969 by the Government of India to promote research in social sciences in the country...
(ICSSR).
Research
Research projects are funded either through IIMK's 'Small Grant Research Project' scheme, by external sources such as the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India, Government of Kerala or through collaborations with foreign universities/research institutes. Fifteen externally sponsored research projects and 40 small grant research projects including the development of cases have been completed during 1997-2007. During the academic year 2006-2007, eighteen journal articles, five book chapters, five edited books, one book, fifteen working papers and three case studies were published.Library and Information Center
IIM Kozhikode hosts a fully automated Library & Information Centre (LIC) which is one of the Centres of Development of Digital Libraries in the world. The institute coordinated the South Asia Support Network for Greenstone Digital Library Software at the request of UNESCOUNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
and suggested the idea of IIM Library Consortium Movement. The library provides services as an institutional archive.
Student Life
The students of PGP and FPM programmes are required to reside on campus. Residential facilities in the campus include 13 student hostels and faculty guest houses. Roobaroo is a cultural event conducted every year during the induction of the new batch to acclimate students with IIMK culture and to build a good on-campus community. The apex student body of the campus is Students Council which is an elected committee of 6 students each from the first and second year batches of PGP course. Students Council facilitates elections to the other student committees in campus. Backwaters - the annual management fest, Echoes - the annual intercollegiate cultural event and Horizons - the annual management conclave are a few major events organized by the student body. Nostalgia is the annual on-campus alumni meet which has been conducted since 2004 Social Service Group of IIM Kozhikode organized mini-marathon runs in Kozhikode in 2010 and 2011 to raise funds for social causes. Sangram is an annual sports meet with IIM Bangalore with each institute hosting the event in alternate years. Besides student committees, the institute also has student interest groups for various fields of management like marketingMarketing
Marketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...
, finance
Finance
"Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...
, consulting
Consultant
A consultant is a professional who provides professional or expert advice in a particular area such as management, accountancy, the environment, entertainment, technology, law , human resources, marketing, emergency management, food production, medicine, finance, life management, economics, public...
and hobby clubs for on-campus radio, photography
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
etc. The institute also offers placement guidance for students and organizes placement processes for the Summer Internship and outgoing batch. In 2011, the institute placed its outgoing batch of 290 students in 110 firms with the highest domestic compensation being Rs 32 lakh
Lakh
A lakh is a unit in the Indian numbering system equal to one hundred thousand . It is widely used both in official and other contexts in Pakistan, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and is often used in Indian English.-Usage:...
offered by a Europe-based Investment Bank.
People
IIMK students, typically known as "Komrades", typically number 320 students in two batches with women making up about 30% of the total student community. Engineering graduates constitute around 85-90% of the students like the other IIMs. The average incoming student has two years of full-time work experience. The most popular career industries for graduates are finance(33%) and marketing/operations(27%).The institute employs 48 full-time faculty members in economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
, finance
Finance
"Finance" is often defined simply as the management of money or “funds” management Modern finance, however, is a family of business activity that includes the origination, marketing, and management of cash and money surrogates through a variety of capital accounts, instruments, and markets created...
and accounting, managerial communication, general management, organizational behaviour and human resources
Human resources
Human resources is a term used to describe the individuals who make up the workforce of an organization, although it is also applied in labor economics to, for example, business sectors or even whole nations...
, quantitative methods and operations management
Operations management
Operations management is an area of management concerned with overseeing, designing, and redesigning business operations in the production of goods and/or services. It involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient in terms of using as little resources as needed, and...
, information technology and systems
Systems management
Systems management refers to enterprise-wide administration of distributed systems including computer systems. Systems management is strongly influenced by network management initiatives in telecommunications....
and strategic management
Strategic management
Strategic management is a field that deals with the major intended and emergent initiatives taken by general managers on behalf of owners, involving utilization of resources, to enhance the performance of firms in their external environments...
departments. Debashis Chatterjee
Debashis Chatterjee
Debashis Chatterjee has been a professor for about fifteen years in IIM, Lucknow and IIM, Calcutta. He pioneered and founded the global Center for Leadership and Human Values at the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow . Chatterjee's professional career included experiences in India, the United...
is the current director of IIM Kozhikode.