| Indian Institute of Management Bangalore | |
| Native Name: | Hindi: भारतीय प्रबंधन संस्थान बैंगलोर (Hindi) |
| Other Name: | IIMB or IIM Bangalore |
| Motto: | Sanskrit: तेजस्वि नावधीतमस्तु Tejasvi nāvadhītamastu (IAST) |
| Mottolang: | Sanskrit |
| Mottoeng: | "Let our study be enlightening" |
| Type: | Business School (INI, CFTI) |
| Director: | Rishikesha T. Krishnan |
| Budget: | INR 2,175 million (2023)[1] |
| Academic Staff: | 109[2] |
| Address: | Bannerghatta Road |
| Coordinates: | 12.8953°N 77.6014°W |
| Colours: | Red |
| Endowment: | INR 808 million (2023) |
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM Bangalore or IIMB) is a reputed business school and an acclaimed Institute of National Importance located in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Founded in 1973, it was the third IIM to be established, after IIM Calcutta and IIM Ahmedabad,[3] thereby forming the elite Indian B-School trio colloquially known as 'ABC', or 'IIM A/B/C'.
It was established by the Government of India (GoI) as an institute of excellence[4] for education, training, research, and consulting in the field of management, and allied areas of knowledge. The Indian government called on IIMB to assist and mentor the two newly established IIMs during their inception period - IIM Trichy in 2011,[5] and IIM Visakhapatnam in 2015.[6]
IIMB offers bachelor's, master's, PG diploma, PG certificate fellowship, and doctoral programmes in business administration, business analytics, digital business, entrepreneurship, management, public policy, administration, and corporate governance. The institute also offers Executive Education programmes for corporates, entrepreneurs, government officials, and non-profit organisations. The two-year 'MBA' in general management is the flagship and most coveted programme of the institute.
In 1972, a committee headed by Ravi J. Matthai, first director of IIM Ahmedabad and founding director of IRMA, noting the rising demand for graduates of the first two IIMs namely IIMC and IIMA, recommended the need to have two more IIMs. The new IIM at Bangalore was set up to cater exclusively to the needs of public sector enterprises[7] like PSUs/PSEs, utility corporations, etc. For the proposed institute, the Government of Karnataka offered of land (free of cost), and a contribution of INR 3 million (~US$ 390,000 in 1972).
Ultimately, on the 27th of March, 1972, the 'IIMB Society' was officially registered in Bangalore under the Mysore Societies' Registration Act. The prominent Indian banker T.A. Pai, the Ex-Chairman[8] of Syndicate Bank and Life Insurance Corporation, accepted to be the first Chairperson of the IIMB Board of Governors, and N.S. Iyer Ramaswamy, the then director of NITIE Mumbai was appointed as the first Director of the institute. The institute was inaugurated by Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India, on 28th of October 1973.
The institute started operations in the campus of St. Joseph's College of Commerce, and some other buildings rented on the Langford Road in the city. The first PG(Management) batch started in 1974, and the first FPM doctoral course started in 1976. The first convocation of the institute was held on 10th of July 1976 with a total of 48 graduating students.[9] The IIMB BoG approved the appointment of 'M/s Stein, Doshi, and Bhalla' as architects of the official independent campus in July 1976, and on 27th of November 1978, the 'Guddalipooja' (ground-breaking) ceremony of the new campus on Bannerghatta Road was performed. IIMB moved operations to its own campus in 1983.[10]
IIMB charted a new direction in 1985. The PG courses were redesigned, student intakes increased, new courses launched, and faculty workloads modified. It partnered with EFMD for faculty development in 1988-89, and joined IMPM[11] Consortium in 1996. A Management Program for Technologists (MPT) was started in 1992. IIMB became the first B-School in India to have internet on campus (via ERNET) in December 1995, just four months after internet services were launched in India. In 1998, the DoPT (MoPPGP) of GoI, in partnership with UNDP, selected IIMB to setup a 'Centre for Public Policy' (CPP) which ultimatley came up in 2000. The institute's start-up incubation centre, 'NSR Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning' (NSRCEL) came into existence in March 2002. The Wall Street Journal included IIMB among the top-100 B-Schools globally[12] in 2003, in the unranked list of 'Next 50 B-Schools'. As of 2024, IIMB was the only Indian B-School in the GNAM collaboration convened by the Yale SOM.[13]
The official motto of the institute is "" (pronounced as tejasvi nāvadhītamastu, per IAST transliteration), and was adopted in 1991-92. It is in Sanskrit language, and is an extract from the Shanti Mantra recited in the Taittiriya Upanishad, the Katha Upanishad, the Mandukya Upanishad, and the Shvetashvatara Upanishad. The motto translates to "Let our study be enlightening".[14]
The IIMB's official logo is a depiction of the top-half of a blazing sun with stylised rays prominently emanating from it. The image is in the style of a negative space picture with intense red colour in the background of rays (as half-disc), while the sun, rays, and other space in logo are in white colour. The text 'IIMB' is written in black (in a sans-serif font) in the centre of the depicted sun, and the Sanskrit motto is written in black (in Devanagari script) below the sun. It was designed by the National Institute of Design, and has been in use since 1994.[15] The hue of the red colour used in the logo is also used as the official colour of IIMB for all practical purposes, often matched with white, grey, or black.
The current unified campus is located right on the Bannerghatta Road in the southern part of Bangalore. It occupies an area of around 105 acres, and has a relaxed non-urban feel with ample greenery. IIMB is in the process of setting up a 110 acres-large second campus 20 km away near Jigani, in the city's periphery, in Anekal Taluka of the district.[16]
The campus is accessible by private or public transport from anywhere in the city via bike, car, taxi, or bus. A nearby bus-stop named 'IIMB' is served adequately by the BMTC, and is 13 km from the Kempegowda (Majestic) Bus Station which offers intra-city, inter-city, and inter-state bus services. The campus is ~13 km from KSR City Junction, ~13 km from Cantt. Railway Station, and ~44 km from Kempegowda International Airport. An 'IIMB' named metro station on the Namma Metro's Pink Line is planned to be launched in September 2025 (with 'Phase-I' as per 2024-Q2 updates on the project).[17]
The design of IIMB campus was led by the famous architect B.V. Doshi,, the 2018 Pritzker Architecture Prize laureate, RIBA 2022 Royal Gold Medal recipient and Padma Shri/Padma Bhushan awardee. He had worked with[18] the pioneering Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier, and assisted[19] the renowned Estonian-American architect Louis Kahn, in designing IIM Ahmedabad. He had also founded and designed[20] the renowned School of Architecture in Ahmedabad in 1966. His firm, the erstwhile M/s Stein, Doshi, and Bhalla, aided by 'M/s Kanvinde and Rai', was commissioned to design[21] the campus of the newly established institute. The architecture is inspired[22] by the 16th-century historic city of Fatehpur Sikri near Agra, and the Meenakshi Temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, along with the lush gardens of Bangalore, also known as the 'Garden City of India'. The founding-director, Prof. Ramaswamy, asked Doshi and his partners to create a campus to reflect the ethos of the Bangalore city - "green and alive".[23]
'Light' and 'Environment' were the cornerstones of the 'poly-nuclear' design concept. The notable architectural elements include the high three-storied hallways, open quadrangles with ample area for greenery, sunlight streaming in through the pergolas, semi-open corridors, geometrical roofs, and a rough texture finish.[24] The interplay of walls and openings, lights and shadows, and solids and voids changes the character of the main building during different times of the day, and during different seasons.[25] The 54,000 sq-m IIMB complex is built in combination of hand-chipped granite stone masonry, and exposed concrete. The campus design began in 1977, and the construction of buildings was finished in 1983.[26] The greening effort for the campus started later in 1991.
The IIMB campus design has won accolades over the years. The 'T' Style Magazine of The New York Times ranked IIMB campus 17th in their list of 'The 25 Most Significant Works of Post War Architecture'.[27] When Dezeen asked the thirteen leading Indian architecture firms to list their favourite building, the IIMB campus was the only building on the list to be chosen by two of them, calling it "the most influential piece of (Indian) modern architecture".[28] The institutional project also finds mention in the citation of the 2018 Pritzker Architecture Prize for Doshi.[29] The Architectural Digest India included IIMB in the list of '6 educational institutions in India with exceptional architecture'.[30]
The MDC is a separate building that offers specific facilities to fulfill the executive-education (Exec.Ed.) and corporate-oriented needs of the institute. It offers rooms and halls for interviews, seminars, conferences, presentations, demonstrations, interactive sessions, etc. It also has accommodation for corporate-executives, a dining hall with kitchen, a gym, and open space for events.
The IIMB library is a spacious four-level 55,000 sq-ft independent building. It is open from 9am to 10pm everyday except the three national holidays, while the online access is available 24x7. Apart from direct access to the IIMB community, the library also provides membership-based services to individuals, professionals, organizations, corporations, and academic institutions.[31] The alumni are also encouraged to use the library facilities at a very nominal subscription charge.
It is well-stocked and timely updated with 163,000+ printed books, 9000+ journals, 20+ newspapers, and 42,000+ issues of periodicals, predominantly in business and management areas. There are also 3500+ eBooks, and a collection of 1400+ audio-visual resources.[32] It has a state-of-the-art Library Management System with an OPAC catalogue, and remote-access facility. It also hosts the 'Union Catalogue' of the IIM Libraries Consortium.
The library provides access to information and research services like the EBSCO 'Business Service', JSTOR, ScienceDirect, ProQuest, Web of Science, Nexis Uni, Dow Jones Factiva, OECD iLibrary, and many more. IIMB also has several e-resources via the E-ShodhSindhu (eSS) Consortium's various subscriptions,[33] like NDLI eBooks/archives, 'DrillBit-Extreme' web-based CaPD-PDS software (under 'ShodhShuddhi'[34] programme), J-Gate (JCCC), Project Muse, Oxford Journals, ISID Database, etc.
The library also houses a Library Data Centre with specially set-up computer systems to fulfill the electronic-data needs of the institute. It provides access to 110+ e-Databases, and professional data-services like the Bloomberg Terminal, Refinitiv Eikon, Thomson Reuters SDC-M&A, LSEG D&A 'Datastream', etc. The data centre is restricted to only the IIMB faculty and students.
Computing facilities: The campus has a 24x7 computer centre with printing facilities available to all. The institute also has a modern LAN network of 600+ PCs/workstations with intranet (file-sharing and messenger), and high-speed internet connectivity. The campus is also fully Wi-Fi enabled.[35]
General Facilities: The campus has two ATMs, a pharmacy, a medical centre, a bakery-n-cafeteria (American Au Bon Pain), a canteen, a guest house, a post office, and on-campus cycling facilities.
Sports facilities: IIMB has playgrounds and facilities[36] for football (soccer), cricket, tennis, basketball, volleyball, throwball, and pool. The aesthetically designed[37] 'Sports Centre' has badminton courts, squash courts, tennis courts, table tennis equipment, a gym, and a swimming pool.
Student housing: Full-term furnished accommodation is provided to all students of full-time programmes. There are hostels for individual students - ten old hostel blocks (A-J), six new hostel blocks (K-P), and an executive-student hostel block. There is also a 'Married Housing Unit' (MHU) available to doctoral students. All hostel-residents have access to the central mess, and all rooms have a LAN Ethernet port apart from Wi-Fi. All hostel blocks also have fully-automatic washing-machines, and a clothes-ironing service. Other available facilities include an in-house ATM, a photo-copy centre, several eateries, a student-run mini-library, and a student-run general store (stationery, toiletries, etc.).
IIMB is legally an educational society with elevated privileges of a body corporate as defined in the 'IIM Act, 2017'. Furthermore, the 'IIM (Amendment) Act, 2023' accorded the status of Visitor to the President of India.[38] The 'Board of Governors' is the primary executive body of IIMB, while the 'Coordination Forum' is a single body for all IIMs to communicate with the Indian government. IIMB is administered by the following structure:
The institute is operationally headed by the Director who is assisted by several officials as follows:
IIM Bangalore is an autonomous institute of higher learning in management unaffiliated to a university. It has been accredited by the EFMD's EQUIS since 2010.[39] The IIM Act (2017) made IIMB an Institute of National Importance, and empowered it to award degrees instead of diplomas. Thereafter, in March 2018, IIM Bangalore became the first IIM to award an MBA degree to its enrolled students.[40]
IIM Bangalore offers five degree-granting programmes in total, including the five-year full-time doctoral programme (called 'FPM') for a Ph.D.. The three full-time MBA programmes are: the two-year flagship MBA (called 'PGP'), the one-year Executive-MBA (EPGP), and the two-year specialised MBA in Business Analytics (PGPBA). The fifth is the part-time (weekend) MBA programme (PGPEM) for working professionals.
The full-time programme in Public Policy (PGPPM) leads to a PG Diploma, while the NSR Pre-Doc programme prepares students for a PhD, and grants a PG Certificate on completion. In 2024, an online undergraduate programme for BBA in 'Digital Business and Entrepreneurship' (BBA DBE) was also launched.[41]
In 2019, the institute signed an MoU with the MSDE of GoI to train 'Fellows' for a PG Certificate in 'Public Policy and Management' under the Phase-I (pilot) of the Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship programme[42] as part of the World Bank funded SANKALP[43] scheme. The 'Fellows' would go on to work with the District Administration in 69 districts across 6 states. In 2021, this program was scaled up[44] in Phase-II to cover all districts, and involved eight other IIMs with IIMB as the anchoring institute.
The institute offers globally-acclaimed[45] Executive Education (ExecEd) programmes for the needs of private corporations, government officials, entrepreneurs, and non-profit organisations. The programmes cover all areas of management for all levels of functionaries, whether early-in-career managers, or middle-management, or CXOs and senior leadership. The wide-range provides ample flexibility in:
| Type: | Institute |
| Qs B 2023: | 50 |
| Qs B A 2023: | 10 |
| Qs Emba W 2022: | 46 |
| Qs Emba 2022: | 12 |
| Ft Mba 2022: | 53 |
| Ft Mim 2022: | 31 |
| Nirf B 2022: | 2 |
| Bt 2022: | 3 |
Worldwide, the Financial Times has ranked IIM Bangalore 53 in the Top Global MBA Ranking 2022. They ranked the PGPM program 31 in the world in the Top 100 Masters in Management 2022 ranking. The QS Global MBA Rankings 2023 ranked IIM Bangalore's full time MBA programme 50 in the world and 10 in Asia. The executive MBA program was ranked 53 in the world in the QS Global Executive MBA Rankings 2022 and 12 in Asia.
In India, IIM Bangalore was ranked 2nd with a score of 82.62 among management schools by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2022. IIM Bangalore was ranked 2nd among management schools with a score of 80.89 by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2023.[46] It was ranked third by Business Today "India's Top Five B-Schools Yearly Ranking In 2022".
The founding vision of IIMB emphasised equal focus on imparting education, and conducting research in all functional areas of management and management studies. Therefore, many 'Centres of Excellence', official research 'Initiatives', and research partnerships with other B-Schools have been established. A Research and Publication (R&P) Committee is in-charge of operational affairs.
The eleven Centres of Excellence are, namely: Centre for Capital Markets and Risk Management (CCMRM), Centre for Corporate Governance and Citizenship (CCGC), Centre for Management Communication (CenComm), Centre for Public Policy (CPP), Centre for Digital Public Goods (CDPG), Centre for Software and Information Technology Management (CSITM), Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL), Mizuho India-Japan Study Centre (IJSC), Israel Centre, Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL), and Supply Chain Management Centre (SCMC). Among these, the 'CenComm' and 'CPP' are centres with full-time faculty.
The four contemporary research initiatives are: Behavioral Sciences Lab (BSL), Consumer Insights, Data Centre and Analytics Lab (DCAL), and Real Estate Research Initiative (RERI).[47] Partnerships with several B-Schools have been created to aid in research projects, like: Ivey Business School, Singapore Management University, and University of British Columbia.
IIMB Management Review (IMR), launched in 1986, is the quarterly-published official journal of IIM Bangalore.[48] It invites manuscripts through online submissions, and has a special emphasis on papers that focus on emerging economies throughout the world. It is produced and hosted by Elsevier, and since 2022 the IMR is a 'Gold' Open Access journal available at ScienceDirect.[49] The IMR has print ISSN 0970-3896, and online e-ISSN 2212-4446.
IMR is a peer-reviewed journal, and follows a ‘double blind’ review process. All papers submitted to IMR go through a preliminary review at the editorial desk, and those considered appropriate are sent to an Associate Editor. On the recommendation of the Associate Editor, the article may be rejected or assigned to two reviewers.
The IMR Doctoral Conference (IMRDC) is a premier doctoral colloquium in management and allied disciplines. The first conference was held on the 27th of November, 2009, and is now organised annually by the IMRDC Secretariat, which consists of members from the IMR, and the institute's Research & Publication (R&P) Committee. It openly invites doctoral students in management research from across India and international colleges.
In 1999-00, Mr. Nadathur S. Raghavan, the then Joint Managing Director of Infosys Technologies, in association with Global Internet Ventures, donated a generous amount of INR 130 million[50] to IIMB to aid the activities of the then 'Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies'. Thus, the 'Nadathur Sarangapani Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning' (NSRCEL) was set up in 2002 to serve as the innovation and entrepreneurial hub of IIMB. It operates out of the 18,000 sq-ft[51] 'NSR-GIV Centre' building in the IIMB campus, and acts as a not-for-profit incubator for new business ventures as well as social causes.[52] In 2017, NITI Aayog selected NSRCEL as a recipient of INR 100 million as scale-up and upgrade support over a period of two years.[53]
NSRCEL organises its flagship entrepreneurial conference SummitUp every year. It was started in 2021 as a virtual event of multiple-sessions over two days. It aims to bring together government officials, industry representatives, entrepreneurs, thought leaders, experts, and other ecosystem members.
NSRCEL offers various programs for different needs of entrepreneurs, and ventures. Apart from general mentoring, there are programs tailored for: stage of venture, industry of product, founder demographic, tech-focus, etc. Many of these programs are/were in partnership[54] with organisations like Maruti Suzuki, Capgemini, Alstom, Texas Instruments, Infineon Technologies, FICCI, Pernod Ricard (India), DailyRounds, SIDBI, Kotak Mahindra Bank, etc.
In 2018, Goldman Sachs partnered with IIMB to expand[55] their (since 2008)[56] initiative '10,000 Women in India', and in 2023, the 'GS 10KW' alumni were further offered the 'Finance For Growth' program to help them raise capital.[57] [58] The National Commission for Women partnered with the 'India SME Forum' and NSRCEL in 2021 to launch a fully-sponsored programme called the 'Empowering Women Through Entrepreneurship' for giving management lessons to 5,000 budding women entrepreneurs.[59] The Government of Karnataka collaborated with IIMB in 2023 to launch the 'Swavalambane' programme[60] to train rural women entrepreneurs under the National Rural Livelihood Mission funded by the World Bank.
'IIMBx' is the digital learning initiative of IIM Bangalore. The aim is to create a repository of digital courseware in management for international learners. Apart from offering online courses on third-party private and government platforms, IIMB also developed IIMBx's own in-house digital platform based on Open edX.[61]
In 2014, IIMB became the first B-School in India[62] to offer Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in partnership with edX – a not-for-profit online initiative of Harvard and MIT. MOOCs can be taken as individual courses, or as multi-course bundled programs, the latter leading to either the renowned MicroMasters certification or the IIMB Professional certification. Apart from edX and IIMBx, in 2017, the courses were also offered on the Government of India's SWAYAM platform where IIMB was appointed as the National Coordinator[63] for management.
The institute's courses are also used to educate Indian civil servants via the iGOT-Karmayogi e-learning platform[64] of the govt-owned non-profit SPV 'Karmayogi Bharat', established in 2022[65] for implementing a key pillar of the 'National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB) - Mission Karmayogi'[66] of the DoP&T (MoPPGP, GoI). In 2021, IIMBx also facilitated the IIMB partnership with NCW and India SME Forum to provide the six-weeks MOOC-based 'Do Your Venture' program to five thousand aspiring women entrepreneurs.[67] [68] [69]
The Career Development Services unit, called CDS, is responsible for providing career starting and advancement services to the students of IIMB. They aid in the making of resumes, and their subsequent verification. They coordinate with firms and organisations, and help in conducting parts of hiring process for internships and jobs. The Placement Committee (PlaceCom) works under the CDS, the latter being headed by a Chairperson.
Apart from the academic curriculum, and seats on the aforementioned 'Academic Council' and 'Placement Committee', the IIMB students can participate in many extra-curricular activities and events organised by several officially identified bodies. They have student-members, and are primarily run by students themselves with minimum interference from the institute. These student-bodies are divided into clubs, mini-clubs, local-chapters, and societies. All of them are ultimately governed by an apex body called the Students Affairs Council.
The most coveted clubs responsible for major events are: 'Forum for Industrial Interaction' (FII), 'Cultural Committee' (CulCom), 'Sports Council', and 'Entrepreneurship & Innovation Cell' (EnI). The other bodies can be categories based on their functions: clubs exploring specific area of management (consulting, finance, etc.), cells/committees assisting institute work (audit, alumni, etc.), clubs pursuing personal interests/hobbies (dramatics, adventure, etc.), and clubs managing contemporary issues (environment, social service, etc.). There is also a local-club of Toastmasters International (called 'Focal'), a local-chapter of SPIC MACAY society, and opportunities in ShARE/DWDG.
FII annually organises Vista, the international business summit hosted by IIM Bangalore. The three-day summit brings together leaders from the fields of marketing, finance, operations, human resources, consulting and social work. The platform lets students learn from business professionals through events, competitions and case studies. The event also incorporates guest speaker sessions. Previous speakers include Devi Shetty, Mukesh Ambani, Prahlad Kakkar, Kumar Mangalam Birla, Kamal Haasan, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Gurucharan Das, Justice Santosh Hegde, Arun Shourie, Gul Panag, M J Akbar, Nandita Das, Narain Karthikeyan, and Shobhaa De.[70]
The annual entrepreneurship summit Eximius is organized by EnI Cell of IIM Bangalore. It invites entrepreneurs to showcase their products and ventures to a willing audience, among other things. The event has hosted several eminent speakers including Shashi Tharoor, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Piyush Pandey, Mallika Sarabhai, Kris Gopalakrishnan, Kiran Bedi, Rashmi Bansal, Shaheen Mistri, Harish Hande, and D R Mehta among others.[71]
See main article: Unmaad and Yamini (music festival).
The annual cultural festival of IIM Bangalore is called Unmaad. The three-day event draws participants from across India. Unmaad features drama and music performances, dances, quizzes, debates, street plays, professional concerts and a fashion show. The event has hosted performances by prominent artistes including Farhan Akhtar, Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy,[72] KK, Kailash Kher, Lucky Ali, Strings, Jethro Tull,[73] Indian Ocean, etc.
The dusk-to-dawn event Yamini is a full-night Indian classical music festival held annually in Bangalore. It is organized by the 'Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music & Culture Amongst Youth' (SPIC MACAY), and is hosted at IIMB campus.[74] [75] [76]
The 'Sports Council' organises several intra-college & inter-college events, and other activities round the year. Sangharsh is the annual inter-IIM competitive sports event with participation from IIMA, IIMB, IIMC, and IIML. It is hosted by one of the four IIMs.[77] Sangram is an annual inter-college sports competition among IIMs of southern India (Bangalore, Trichy, Vizag, and Kozhikode).[78] [79]
Women Leadership Summit is organized every year by IIMB's 'Women In Management' (WIM) club. It seeks to build women-inclusive mind-set in students, entrepreneurs, and corporates. The event makes use of talks and workshops with prominent and inspiring personalities. The event has hosted eminent speakers including Vinita Bali, Malavika Harita, Sneha Priya, Lakshmi Ishwar, Wilma Rodrigues, Nirmala Sankaran, Neeta Revankar, Dr. Gita Sen, Gauri Jayaram, Sanjaya Sharma, etc.[80] [81] [82]
See main article: List of IIM Bangalore alumni. IIMB Alumni Association (IIMBAA) is the official association for IIMB alumni. As of 2024, IIMBAA had ~15 chapters in India and around the world. An annual gathering event called Anusmaran (in Sanskrit, meaning 'reminiscence') is organised for the alumni to meet their fellows, and relive their memories.[83] LSquare, named on the social-spot in the old hostel blocks, is the official alumni e-newsletter.[84]
'IIMBue: The IIMBAA Leadership Conclave' is the annual leadership summit organized by the alumni. It strives to bring thought-leaders, change-makers, and influencers of the time to interact with IIMB alumni. 'IIMBueX' is the digital form of IIMBue launched in 2021.[85]