What are some mindblowing facts about IIM Bangalore?

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Sumanta Ghose Posted On - Jul 27, 2021
IIM Bangalore, Class of 2017

A few of my friends graduated from IIM Bangalore. Here are some of the facts that they shared with me.

  • IIM Bangalore was the third IIM to be established after IIM Calcutta and IIM Ahmedabad.
  • The Government of Karnataka offered 100 acres of land for free of cost and contributed INR 30 lakhs in setting up the Institute.
  • IIM Bangalore is the first management institute in India to launch the country's first Executive General Management Programme in Aerospace and Aviation Management known as the Post Graduate Programme in Aerospace and Aviation Management in collaboration with Toulouse Business School.
  • IIM Bangalore has a vast alumni base and some of the prominent alumni include academicians Prof. Aswath Damodaran and Prof. Raghavendra Rau, eminent author Karan Bajaj and renowned film Director and Producer Nila Madhab Panda, former Chairman of ISRO, Dr. K. Radhakrishnan, and business executives like Ravi Subramanian and Sameer Suneja.
  • Rajkumar Hirani directed movie 3 Idiots starring Aamir Khan, Sharman Joshi, and R. Madhavan was shot in IIM Bangalore. The filming of the hypothetical ICE college scenes including the Library, Classrooms, Hostel Blocks, and Corridors, took place at the IIM Bangalore campus for 33 days as a part of the second schedule of production.
  • The lush green campus of IIM Bangalore is home to a variety of flora and fauna. Every year the Institute hosts professional birders to promote birding and keep a count of the different species of birds found on the campus.

These were some beautiful facts about IIM Bangalore.

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