IFMR Chennai: a B-school with tradition

The Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR) is where you come when you wish to have a great experience of learning management in an excellent environment. With a high quality infrastructure and support services, IFMRs faculty have a passion for innovation and cutting-edge research.

IFMR was established in 1970, as a non-profit organization by ICICI, the house of Kotharis and other industrial groups. It is today an institute of national stature.

• 5-I Approach: The curriculum has been developed based on the following five Is viz., Internationalization, Interpersonal Skills, Integrated Perspective, ICT Integration and Integrity.
• Faculty: The strength of the Institute is its large group of dedicated and multifunctional full time faculty (24) and part-time faculty comprising Economists, Statisticians, Chartered & Cost Accountants, Engineers, Graduates in Business Administration, experts in marketing, strategy and project & infrastructure finance with right mix of industrial exposure and academic experience.
• IFMRs links with industry have been established over Four decades through various Management Development Programmes, consultancy and research assignments. This include companies like ICICI Bank, Murugappa Group, SANMAR, Polaris, Satyam, TVS Group, ITC, ABN AMRO, UCAL Fuel, GE Capital, Dun & Bradstreet, Mahindra Holidays and Irevna apart from PSUs and State and Central Governments.
• International affiliations with acclaimed international institutions like the London School of Economics, University of Michigan, British Open University, MIT, Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Texas A&M; and Commonwealth Secretariat are IFMRs unique features.
• Interaction with Academics, CEOs, senior executives; Dr. Raghuram Rajan of IMF, Lord Meghnad Desai of London Business School, Dr. C.K. Prahalad of University of Michigan, Prof. Suresh M. Sundarasan of Columbia University, Dr. Viral Acharya of London Business School. Mr. N. Vaghul of ICICI Bank, Mr. M.B.N. Rao of Indian Bank, Mr. M. Damodaran of SEBI, Mr. Venu Srinivasan of TVS Group, Dr. Nachiket Mor of ICICI Bank, R. Chandrasekaran of Cognizant Technology Solutions, etc., to name a few, have been visitors.
• Placement: 100 percent placement in organisations of repute and quality summer placements are noteworthy features of IFMR.
• Library: H.T Parekh Library has been recognized as a Depository Library for World Bank, WTO Secretariat, etc. The library is also a recommended reference library for many B-Schools and other colleges. Corporates and academics are also enrolled as members of the library.
• Infrastructure: IFMR is well equipped with state of the art IT laboratories, all networked supported by databases, software packages and other applications. These include Bloomberg Professional, Financial Trading System (FTS), Barra on Campus (containing Aegis and Cosmos), Prowess, Capital Line, eViews, Statistica, Gauss Optimization Software and Project Management Software.

IFMR in association with NCDEX has set up a Trading Floor dedicated for training, research, knowledge management, consultancy services, and creating awareness in the domain of commodity markets and derivatives.

• Knowledge Repository: Ongoing dissemination and sharing of knowledge is well done at IFMR through its knowledge management portal containing daily news, articles, presentations, faculty speak, snippets etc.,
• Students: IFMR attracts students from across India with a high score in CAT/XAT/GMAT and a strong academic background from the high school level. A good proportion of the students come with a work experience of 24 months.

Each student at IFMR is assigned a faculty member who acts as his/her mentor.

Two-Year Fulltime Programs offered by IFMR:

1. Postgraduate Diploma in Management: This program offers specializations in Finance, Marketing, HR, IT & Operations and prepares the students for a managerial career in various industries.
2. Postgraduate Diploma in Management Financial Engineering: The Financial Engineering program prepares students for a career in investment banking, securities trading, quantitative modelling, risk management, financial consulting and applied research. The uniquely designed curriculum lays emphasis on application of quantitative techniques to problems in finance.
3. Postgraduate Diploma in Management Development & Sustainable Finance: This program focuses on special problems of managing access to finance in emerging market economies and inclusive growth. A career in development agencies, not-for-profit organizations, micro finance institutions and the like are some of the career options.

IFMRs 3-year part-time PGDM program is a boon to the working executives in and around Chennai.

IFMR also offers a Ph.D programme affiliated to the University of Madras.

IFMR, in short, is a B-School for career-making!

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