Bharathidasan Institute of Management

Established in 1984, Bharathidasan Institute of Management, Tiruchirappalli, an ISO 21001:2018 certified institution, is an autonomous School of Excellence of Bharathidasan University, governed by an independent society, with the Hon’ble Governor of Tamil Nadu as its Patron in Chief. Former Union Minister, Bharat Ratna, Late Shri C Subramaniam, was motivated by the idea of a School of Excellence in Management organically linked well with the industry. Accordingly, the Institute was set up in collaboration with BHEL within its sprawling Tiruchirappalli campus on the same analogy of a Medical college attached to a hospital for providing a real-world learning experience.

It was akin to the thought which motivated Jamsetji Tata, the founder of the Tata Group, to conceive the idea of establishing an institution of advanced scientific education and research, the like of which even England did not have at the end of the 19th century that saw IISc based in Bengaluru. Shri C. Subramanian headed the first Board of Governors of BIM Trichy, and Shri V. Krishnamurthy, former Chairman of BHEL, was one of the critical actors in the participation of BHEL in the Industry-Academia linkage. Because of this organic link with BHEL, the unique concept of the School of Excellence was also incorporated in the statute of Bharathidasan University as a new idea of the University Grants Commission, the first of its kind in India. The definition is evident in the status of the school of excellence as follows.

A. Governed by a separate Board of Governors,
B. A separate legal entity registered under the Society Registration Act,
C. Sponsored by the University
D. Affiliated to the University by its status as a school of excellence, and the purpose is well defined as
“For post-graduate study and Research.”

BIM offers a two-year residential MBA program approved by AICTE, specializing in Marketing Management; Finance and Economics; Operations and Supply Chain Management; Human Resources Management; Digital Business, and Analytics. As an Academic Partner of the Government of Tamil Nadu, BIM also conducts the prestigious TN CM’s Two Year Fellowship Program, besides offering various Executive/ Faculty Development Programs. Like PG Certification in ERP (SAP), PG Certification in Public Policy & Management, PG Certification in Digital HR & Analytics. In addition to its graduate program, BIM has a strong focus on research and industry consulting, having established multiple centers of excellence, including the Operations Excellence Centre, Financial Trading and Analytics Centre (FINTRAC), Real-Time Contextual Marketing Labs, qBotica Robotic Process Automation Lab, and Centre for Sustainable Development to advance contemporary management practices. BIM is in the process of re-starting its Ph.D. program in management sciences.

Established over four decades, BIM is acknowledged as a premier management institution ranked among NIRF’s top 100 B Schools. More than 4500 BIM Alumni spread around the globe are significantly contributing to corporates, academics, and society today (www.bim.edu).