TABLE OF CONTENTS

Research Methodology

Limitations

Institute Background

Establishment

Foundation

Promoters

Courses offered

Selection process

Infrastructure

Facilities/Faculties

Academic Achievement

Personal Development Programs & Expose to Corporate World

Foreign Affiliations & Expansion

Placements & Observations

Future Preparation

Conclusion

Bibliography
Research Methodology
Limitations
 Institute Background

Establishment
Indian Institute of Management Shillong (IIM Shillong or IIM-S),
formerly Rajiv Gandhi Indian Institute of Management
Shillong(RGIIM), is a public, fully autonomous management institute
in the city of Shillong, Meghalaya. It was the seventh Indian Institute of
Management to be established in India.
Established in 2007, with a vision of expansion and mobilization of
facilities for offering quality management education and research
in Northeast India, IIM Shillong differentiates itself by promoting
sustainability, also hosting an international conference
on sustainability, annually.
IIM Shillong offers postgraduate, doctoral, and executive programmes
in management education, and Management Development
Programmes (MDPs) spanning different streams of management.
Admissions to the institute are based on scores obtained in
the Common Admission Test (CAT). In addition, the institute has a
Centre for Development of North Eastern Region (CEDNER),
constituted to offer programmes relevant to the local community and
society of the state and the region.
Foundation
The proposal to start an Indian Institute of Management in the
Northeast was unanimously taken in June 2004 by the Union
Minister of Human Resource Development along with the Chief
Ministers of the North Eastern states in the review meeting held at
Shillong. Shillong was drafted as the permanent location for the
institute after consultation between the Ministry of Development of
North Eastern Region (MDONER) and the Chief Ministers of the
states.
The foundation stone for the institute was laid by Shri. Arjun Singh,
Union Minister of Human Resource Development, on December 1,
2007. The admittance of the first batch of students for the Post-
Graduate Programme was formally inaugurated by Dr Donkupar Roy,
Chief Minister of Meghalaya, on July 4, 2008.
The institute was set up at the Mayurbhanj Palace, the summer retreat
of the Mayurbhanj Kings of Odisha. The Palace was renovated by the
Meghalaya government with the construction of a permanent campus
in development at Umsawli.
The first Chairman of the Board of Governors was Shri. Rathindra
Nath Dutta, and the first Director, Prof Ashoke K. Dutta.
Promoters
Courses offered
 Selection process

Admission/ Selection Process

For admission to the PGP applicants are required to

qualify for the CAT. Overseas candidates may
however, apply with GMAT scores. Validity and other
conditions are specified below:
 CAT - Current year scores
 GMAT score - no earlier than 24 months prior to last date
of application

Admission Process for Overseas candidates

Overseas candidates including NRIs who seek admission to IIM Shillong (IIMS) Po st
Graduate Programme (PGP) in Management can apply in the prescribed application form
furnishing their latest GMAT scores. The scores should not be older than 24 months as
on the last date of application. The Institute considers the GMAT scores of the
candidates living abroad in lieu of CAT score. The overseas candidates who happen to
be in India during the CAT examination, should appear in the CAT (for valid eligible
score refer www.iimcat.ac.in)

An Indian citizen living abroad (studying or employed) will qualify as an overseas

candidate for the purpose of considering themselves for admission only if the period of
stay is not less than 18 months . There is no reservation for overseas candidates and the
offer of admission will be made solely on the basis of merit as in the case of other
applicants taking CAT.
 Infrastructure
The institute is currently functioning from a temporary campus in the Mayurbhanj
Complex (the erstwhile summer palace of Mayurbhanj Kings). The Palace was renovated
by the Meghalaya government.

Work has commenced on the 120-acre site for the permanent campus.
The Campus includes a main building wherein the
administrative office, faculty offices, classrooms, library and
conference halls are housed. Apart from the main building, the
Institute also has an auditorium, guesthouse, number of small
syndicate rooms (separate) and student dormitories within the
campus. Faculty residences are situated just adjacent to the
campus.

STUDENT RESIDENCES

There are both single and double occupancy rooms available

for the students. Besides the basic amenities of a cot,
mattress, room heater, wardrobe, study table and a chair, in
every room, the dormitories are connected with a state of the
art Wireless Mesh Network (WMN). There is also a common
reading room, common recreation room equipped with table-
tennis, carom, and television facilities. Within the confines of
the dormitories are a gymnasium, basketball and badminton
court present inside the campus.
Network

The main campus and its two annexes are connected with high speed optical fibre
backbone. The campus LAN is supported by both wired and wireless infrastructure. The
wired infrastructure is built over robust equipments with enhanced security features. The
entire campus is covered by a modern wireless mesh network (WMN), which supports
reliable communication from any part of the campus. High speed Internet connectivity is
thus available across all hostel rooms through the wireless infrastructure. The gateway
to outside campus is built in the form of 1 Gbps Internet leased line connection from
National Knowledge Network, India.
Video Conferencing
Interaction with resource persons from outside is facilitated through high resolution video
conferencing using both IP as well as ISDN networks. In addition to traditional but high
resolution equipments, the Institute has also procured multiple licenses for software
based video conferencing solution which supports many to many multicast
communication over ordinary broadband connection using simple equipments like
laptops with webcams.

Campus ERP

The entire business process of the organization is automated with the help of Oracle
PeopleSoft enterprise resource planning solution. The Institute has implemented
modules related to student lifecycle, finance and accounting, human resources, stores
and inventory, etc. The entire records of the institute are thus maintained online,
allowing all concerned to access the necessary services without the limitations of office
hours. In addition, each course is provided with its own portal, allowing the participants
to download the resources at leisure, anytime and from anywhere. These portals also
allow and encourage participants to carry on discussions on various topics of interest,
thus extending learning process across the available 24 hours.

Library

The Knowledge Centre (library) of IIM,which is one of the most

modern and tech savvy libraries in the country, started
functioning right from the time of inception of the Institute. Our
goal is to make the library one of the most vibrant and
productive branches of the Institute so that it may keep pace
with the global, dynamic and technology enabled information
age, and meet the expectations of its end users.

With the above aim in view, within a short span of time, we

have acquired an excellent collection of management related
books, journals and non book materials, which we consider as
our greatest asset. The library maintains separate collection of
Reference Books, Text Books, General books, Working Papers
and other documents , whereas the non book collection
consists of video cassettees, Compact Discs, etc. Faculty
members are requested to make regular requisition of latest
books to add value to the Knowledge Centre and equip the
library with the latest collection of books. The library also has
the latest collection of periodicals, magazines and
 newspapers. We have also begun the process of updating the
Centre with rich collection of both Indian and Foreign Journals
for which the process in underway.

Journals are available both online as well as in printed

volumes.

The Library is also equipped with the latest E-Resources (E-

Books, E-Journals, and Data-base) such as CMIE – Prowess,
ISI-Emerging Markets, ProQuest, and EBSCO – Business
Source Complete. We also have access to HBR cases which
are widely used by all students and faculty members. The
Library also has some special Collections of i) EXIM Bank, ii)
World Bank, and iii) Harvard Business Review.

The Knowledge Centre also joined the IIM Consortia Cross

Sharing of E-Journals with three Publishers: (i) Taylor and
Francis, (ii) Wiley- Blackwell and (ii) Springer.

We have also arranged for a Tie up with :

 AIMS (Association of Indian Management Schools)
 American Library, Kolkata
 ASSOCHAM (Association of Chamber of Commerce)
 British Council Library, Kolkata
 All the Indian Institutes of Management
 Exim Banks
 HBSP (Harvard Business School Publishing)
 IGCC (Indo-German Chamber of Commerce)
 AACSB (Association to Advanced Collegiate Schools of Business)
International to become part of the premier Global Management
education network
 National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD) for greater and
better exchange of library resources.
 The varied type of services that we make available in our
Knowledge Centre apart from lending are the References
Services, CAS (Current Awareness Services), SDI (Selective
Dissemination of Information), Reprographic Services,
Information Alert Services (E- Mail Services), Lest-you-miss
(newspaper clippings) services, and ILL (inter library Loan)
services and services related to newspaper clippings.

All the above mentioned online facilities are available through

the Knowledge Centre E-Portal of the Institute.

The most significant achievement as far as the library facilities

are concerned is related to the “Library Automation” Services.
We are one of the few libraries in the country which is fully
automated and the VTLS software with RFID Library
Management System is being used for the purpose of house-
keeping of library activities and networking systems such as
intranet, internet and Wi-Fi. The RFID technology makes the
Circulation of books easier as the end-users can do the ISSUE
and RETURN through the KIOSK and DROP BOX machine
respectively, along with the use of smart proximity cards. The
entire Library is covered by CCTV. This new technological
environment enables the library to serve its clientele in a
better, faster and in a more efficient manner.

The five different levels of automation which needs to be

highlighted are as follows:
 Library cataloguing system - OPAC for easy access by users
 House-keeping operations and networking
 Development of CD-ROM library/products
 E-mail System and Internet
 RFID (Rapid Radio Identification) - for security purposes

Our Library is forever open to new and innovative ideas and

we are determined to make our Knowledge Centre one of the
best and most user friendly libraries in the country
 Facilities/Faculties

Members of the Board of Governors

 Shri Shishir Kumar Bajoria

 Chairman Board of Governors, IIM Shillong
Head of S K Bajoria Group
 Shri Sanjay Sinha
 Joint Secretary,(Mgt&Lang) MHRD
 Shri Atul Chandrakant Kulkarni
 Management Consultant,Director, Eurasia Special
Technologies Ltd
 Shri Ashutosh Dikshit
 Alumni, IIM Shillong
 Ms. Upasna Agarwal
 Alumni, IIM Shillong
 Shri D.P. Wahlang
 Principal Secretary, Education Department, Govt. of
Meghalaya
 Prof Keya Sengupta
 Director In-charge, IIM Shillong
 Prof Basav Roychoudhury
 Associate Professor, IIM Shillong
 Prof Natalie West Kharkongor
 Associate Professor, IIM Shillong
 Shri Nitin Sharma
 GM, Access Solutions, Dormakaba Pvt Ltd
 Shri Maneesh Jaikrishna
 Vice President, Indian Subcontinent, Dubai, Eastern &
Southern Africa SITA
 Prof Paula Sengupta
 Ravindra Bharati University
 Shri W M S Pariat
 Chairman, Meghalaya State Electricity Regulatory
Commission

Faculty are drawn from Academia

and Industry

Achyanta Kumar Sarmah

Assistant Professor
A graduate in Pure Mathematics and an MCA from
Jorhat Engineering College Assam; Prof Sarmah's
teaching and research interests include workflow,
FCA, Temporal Algebra and
Sustainable Information Systems. He has to his
credit many international and national publications
Arindum Mukhopadhyay
Assistant Professor
Arindum Mukhopadhyay completed his Masters and
Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in
2009 and 2015 respectively. His research area
includes Inventory modelling and Supply Chain
Management. He has represented his research work
in various conferences held in India and abroad. He
has publications in refereed journals and international
conference proceedings.
Atul Mehta
Visiting Faculty (Economics)
Atul Mehta is a faculty member in the Economics and
Public Policy Area at Indian Institute of Management
Shillong. He has earned his doctorate in Economics
area from Indian Institute of Management Indore. Prior
to join the Fellow Programme at IIM Indore, he
obtained experience in economic policy-oriented
research while being associated with National Council
of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), New Delhi
and Indian Institute of Health Management Research
(IIHMR), Jaipur where he got to work on several
projects concerning various rural and urban
developmental and healthcare issues in India. His
teaching interests include macroeconomics, monetary
economics, Indian economy, and development finance
and his research interests are in the domain of
financial sector development, inclusive finance,
poverty and inequality, elementary education, and
healthcare management. He has presented his
research at several national and international
conferences in India and abroad and has also
published in refereed journals.
Basav Roychoudhury
Associate Professor
Basav Roychoudhury is a member of the Information
Systems area. Basav is a Gold Medalist, both in his
Graduation and Post-Graduation, and holds a
doctorate in Computer Science and Engineering from
Tezpur University. His areas of interest include mobile
computing – protocols and security, enterprise
systems, and eGovernance, and he is passionate
about business analytics and data modelling. He has
been involved in consulting in the area of enterprise
systems and eGovernance models, and had also been
in touch with Department of Electronics and IT (DeitY)
and National Institute of Smart Governance (NISG) for
man power development. He had also been
associated with SAP AG in their initiative under CSR
to promote eGovernance in the Panchayats.
Bidyut Gogoi
 Consultant on Contract
A PhD in Management, Prof. Bidyut Jyoti Gogoi’s
teaching and research interest are in the areas of
Marketing Management, Retail Management, Business
Research Methods, Marketing Research and
Consumer Behaviour Prof. Bidyut Jyoti Gogoi has
attended several National and International
Conferences. He has also contributed several
research papers to National and International
journals..
Debasisha Mishra
Assistant Professor
Dr. Debasisha Mishra obtained his Doctoral Degree
from Department of Industrial and Systems
Engineering of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT),
Kharagpur, India. He pursued his career in academics
after a 12 years of association with Indian information
technology industry. His research interest includes
topics such as strategic outsourcing, software project
management and system dynamics study.
Harsh Vardhan Samalia
Associate Professor
Dr. Harsh Vardhan Samalia has done his doctoral
work in the area of Strategic Management and
Intellectual Property Rights from ABV-Indian Institute
of Information Technology and Management, Gwalior.
He completed his Master in Business Administration
from Indian Institute of Information Technology and
Management, Gwalior
Keya Sengupta
Director In-charge,
Professor,Dean (Academics) & Dean
(External Relations)
Keya Sengupta is a Professor of Economics. She was
the former Dean of Research and the Head of Centre
for Development of North East Region (CEDNER) at
IIM Shillong. She has started the Fellowship
Programme in Management (FPM) of the Institute and
was the first Chairperson of the Programme. Professor
Sengupta has wide academic and administrative
experience and was the Director in Charge of IIM
Shillong for about a year (appointed by MHRD, New
Delhi).
Lata Chakravarthy
Visiting Faculty
Lata Chakravarthy a Ph.D in Management and a CFA,
Prof. Lata Chakravarthy has 22 years of experience in
teaching, research, consulting and corporate training
 and 16 years of experience in industry in the banking
and financial services sector. Prior to joining IIM
Shillong she was an Adjunct Faculty at IIM Bangalore.
Earlier she worked for IBS Business School,
Bangalore where the last assignment held was that of
Director of its Bangalore campus. She teaches
courses in the Finance & Accounting Area and her
research interests relate to pricing issues in the power
sector, corporate disclosures and improving the
quality of management education. December 21, 2018
Mousumi Bhattacharya
Assistant Professor
Mousumi Bhattacharya has done her post graduate
degree in business finance, M. Phil. and PhD from
University of Calcutta and she was a rank holder at
both M.Phil. and post-graduation level. She also has a
diploma in business finance from ICFAI
University. She has total work experience of 13 years
with academic experience of 11 years and corporate
experience of 2 years in Larsen and Toubro Limited.
Naliniprava Tripathy
Professor & Dean (Research)
Prof. Naliniprava Tripathy is Professor of Finance at
Indian Institute of Management Shillong. Prior joining
 to IIM Shillong, she was working as Associate
Professor of Finance at Indian Institute of
Management Indore. She holds M.Com, M. Phil, PhD
and D.Litt Degree in Management. She is a recipient
of Research Award in Management & UGC
Fellowships. She is a Fulbright Scholar to Visit USA
during 2015. She has awarded MMSMA Award for
Excellence in Commerce & Business Management by
Indian Commerce Association in 2016.
Natalie West Kharkongor
Associate Professor
Natalie West Kharkongor currently is an Associate
Professor of Economics and Chairperson, Incubation
Center, IIM Shillong. She holds a Doctorate Degree in
Economics. In addition, she completed two Research
Projects sponsored by UGC, India. She has 26 years
of teaching experience, 23 years of research
experience, and 12 years of consultancy experience.
Dr. Natalie received the Broad Outlook Learner
Teacher Award from the former Prime Minister of
India, Dr. Manmohan Singh on 24th Nov 2004. She is
a national and international speaker, and has
presented and published a number of papers related
to Banking and Finance, Entrepreneurship,
Agriculture, Industry, Higher Education, Water
Management, Women Empowerment, Health Sector,
Green Economics and others. She is also a Member of
Indian Economic Association, American Economic
Association and an active Member of Green
Economics Institute, UK.
Neelam Rani
Assistant Professor
Dr. Rani is doctorate from Indian Institute of
Technology Delhi. She got Fulbright Doctoral and
Professional Fellowship at Rutgers Business School,
USA. Dr. Rani is a graduate in Mathematics; MBA
(Finance). Besides, Dr. Rani is MA (Eco.), MPhil
(Eco.) and MCA. Dr. Rani has total work experience of
more than 20 years covering academic, research and
industry. She is recipient of various awards such as
NSE prize for Best Thesis in Financial Economics,
outstanding paper awards by Amity International
Business School, Noida in 2013 and Indian Institute of
Capital Markets, Mumbai in 2014. She has been
awarded 3E Innovative Young Researcher Award. She
has been awarded various travel grants such as IDRC
Young Researcher Grant 2014, CSIR 2008 and 2012,
ICSSR 2008, UGC 2010 and 2013. Dr. Rani has co-
authored a book on Mergers and Acquisitions
published by Springer. Dr. Rani has published
research papers in the journals of international repute.
 Nitin
Associate Professor
Nitin is a member of Information Systems Area. In the
past he has worked as Professor Educator in the
Department of EECS at University of Cincinnati,
Cincinnati, OH, and First Tier Bank Professor at Peter
Kiewit Institute, University of Nebraska at Omaha
(UNO), Omaha, USA. Recently he has been awarded
2017-2018 Outstanding Services to the EECS
Department by UC. He has earned all of his degrees:
D.Sc., Ph.D., M.Engg. and B.Engg. in the field of
Computer Science & Engineering. He has work
experience of more than 15 years and published more
than 180 Research Papers in peer reviewed
International Journals and Conferences. He has
bagged more than 40 Academic and Industrial Awards
and till now he has guided and awarded 10 Doctoral
and 19 Masters Thesis in the area of Computer
Science & Engineering and Information Technology.
He is a IBM certified engineer and Life Member of
IAENG, Senior Member of IEEE and IACSIT and
Member of SIAM and ACIS.
Pradip H Sadarangani
 Associate Professor
Prof Pradip H Sadarangani has joined IIM Shillong in
the Marketing area as an Associate Professor. He has
earlier worked as Assistant Professor at IIM Bangalore
from May 2003 to June 2010. He brings rich
experience in the field of Marketing. He completed
Master of Arts in Business Administration from
the University of Michigan, where he did research on
cross-cultural concepts, celebrity status and consumer
behavior.
Pratap Chandra Mandal
Assistant Professor
Dr. Pratap Chandra Mandal holds a doctorate degree
in marketing, MBA in marketing, and B. Tech. (Hons.)
in mechanical engineering – all from IIT Kharagpur.
He has corporate work experience in organizations
like BHEL, ICICI Prudential, and Indian Register of
Shipping. Prior to joining IIM Shillong, he was working
in Vellore Institute of Technology. His research
interests include customer relationship management,
marketing intelligence, and qualitative techniques in
management.
Rohit Dwivedi
 Associate Professor
Rohit Dwivedi has a D.Phil. in Psychology
(Organizational Behavior & Change) and M.Psy.
HRDM (Masters Degree in Human Resource
Development & Management) from the UGC CAS in
Psychology, after completing his Graduation in
Commerce (B.Com.), all from Allahabad University. He
has fourteen years of experience in teaching, research
and consultancy experience
Rohit Joshi
Associate Professor
Rohit Joshi is an Associate Professor (Operations and
Supply Chain). He is a Fulbright fellow. He has done
his Postdoctoral Research work at UCLA, the
University of California, Los Angeles, USA. He has
obtained his Ph.D from Indian Institute of Technology
(IIT) Delhi, on "Select issues of agri-supply chain
management of perishables in India". He is a Gold
Medalist and the University topper in his M.Tech
(Industrial Engineering) and B.Tech.
Sanjeeb Kakoty
Associate Professor
Sanjeeb Kakoty was born and educated in Shillong.
After Post Graduation in history, he did a PhD in the
history of technology from NEHU and completed the 3
TP programme of management from IIM Ahmedabad.
A teacher, writer and a documentary film maker, his
latest book entitled Science, Technology and Social
Formation in Medieval Assam was published by
Cambridge in 2012
Sanjita Jaipuria
Assistant Professor
Sanjita Jaipuria completed her M.Tech in Industrial
Engineering and Management from IIT Kharagpur.
She completed her Ph.D. in the broad area of Supply
Chain Management form NIT Rourkela. Currently
pursuing at IIM Ahmedabad as a participant of FDP
2016. Her teaching interest includes Operations
Management, Distribution and Logistics Management,
Procurement and Sourcing Strategy, Time series
forecasting.
Sanjoy Mukherjee
Associate Professor
A graduate in Mechanical Engineering from Jadavpur
University, Calcutta, he obtained his Post Graduate
Diploma in Management (PGDM) from IIMC and Ph.D
from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. He has industrial
experience of 7 years. Till recently Prof. Mukherjee
 (48) was engaged in research, teaching and
consulting in IIM Calcutta.
Santosh Kr. Prusty
Assistant Professor
Dr Santosh Kumar Prusty, Ph.D. is Assistant
Professor in the area of Strategic Management. His
research interest includes Strategy Dynamics and
Modeling, Pricing Strategy, and Case Teaching and
Case Research. He has done Ph.D. from Indian
Institute of Technology Kharagpur in the area of
System Dynamics.
Shankar Purbey
Associate Professor
Dr. Shankar Purbey is currently Associate Professor in
the area of Operations Management. He obtained his
PhD from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad. He has
received his bachelor degree in Production
Engineering & Management from NIT Jamshedpur. He
has more than 7 years of industry, teaching and
research experience.
Sharad Nath Bhattacharya
 Assistant Professor
Dr Sharad Nath Bhattacharya is associated with the
area of finance and accounting. He has about ten
years of consultancy, research and teaching
experience at post graduate level. He has held
academic positions in various Institutions including
Army Institute of Management, IMT (Ghaziabad),
Department of Business Management: University of
Calcutta, Department of Commerce
Sonia Nongmaithem
Assistant Professor
Dr. Sonia Nongmaithem, is currently Assistant
Professor in Behavioural Science area. Earlier, she
taught at Birla Institute of Technology and Science,
Pilani, Rajasthan in the Management Group. She
obtained her PhD from Indian Institute of Technology
Guwahati in the area of Organizational Behaviour. She
completed her Masters in Psychology from Punjab
University, Chandigarh.
Tapas Kumar Giri
Associate Professor
Dr Tapas Kumar Giri holds M.Sc. in Environment,
MPhil in Natural Resources Management and Ph.D. in
Environment Management. He has earlier worked as
 an Assistant Professor in the National Institute of
Rural Development of Govt. of India. Dr Giri
possesses over 18-years of teaching, and over 21 yrs.
of research and consultancy experiences in different
organizations and industries in India
Academic Achievement
Personal Development Programs & Expose to Corporate World
Foreign Affiliations & Expansion
 Placements & Observations

Summer Internships are mandated as part of the course

curricula. The Placement Committee of IIM Shillong is
responsible for overseeing the Summer Internship and Final
Placements. Prominent recruiters over the past few years
for both the Summer Internships and Final Placements
include Amazon, American Express, Beiersdorf, Bosch, D.
E. Shaw & Co., Dabur, Deloitte, Egon
Zehnder, Flipkart, Google, GSK, Hero
MotoCorp, HSBC, Hyundai, IBM, ITC, J. P. Morgan
Chase, KPMG, L’Oréal, Mahindra, MetLife, Nestlé, Nomura,
Ola, Perfetti van Melle, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Procter &
Gamble, Renault–Nissan, Reserve Bank of
India, Siemens, Snapdeal, State Bank of India, Tata
Administration Services, Volvo, and Yes Bank to name a
few. Students have also opted outed of placements to start
their own ventures across the world.
Future Preparation
Conclusion
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