A verified, direct-link directory of India's premier management schools — from Calcutta's founding legacy to the newest IIMs shaping the country's business leadership.
The Indian Institutes of Management are the country's flagship business schools, producing generations of managers, entrepreneurs, and policy leaders since IIM Calcutta opened its doors in 1961. This directory links directly to each institute's official website.
Official exam, counselling, accreditation and learning portals related to this directory.
This directory lists 21 Indian Institutes of Management, from IIM Calcutta, which opened in 1961, to the newest campuses.
Admission to the IIMs' flagship MBA-level programmes generally uses CAT, while other programmes use other tests such as IPMAT, GMAT or GRE, or institute-specific processes. Check each IIM's official site.
No. The page is a directory with links to each institute. For ranked lists of other business schools, see the Top Management Institutes page, which follows the NIRF 2025 Management ranking.
The page adds CAT, XAT, AACSB, AICTE.
Yes. Each entry links to the IIM's own site, checked in October 2026.