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{{short description|Public Business school located in Punjab, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}
{{Infobox university
| name = Indian Institute of Management Amritsar
| native_name =
| image = Indian Institute of Management, Amritsar Logo.svg
| image_size = 200px
| motto =
| mottoeng =
| established = 2015
| type = [[Public]] [[Business School]]
| chairman = Sanjay Gupta
<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/media-man-sanjay-gupta-appointed-on-board-of-governors-of-iim-amritsar/1090515|title=Media man Sanjay Gupta appointed on board of governors of IIM Amritsar|date=3 July 2017|work=Outlookindia.com|access-date=23 March 2020}}</ref>
| director = Nagarajan Ramamoorthy<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/amritsar/nagarajan-is-iim-head/774287.html|title=Nagarajan is IIM head May 17, 2019, 11:37 AM (IST)|date=17 May 2019|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|access-date=17 May 2019|location=Amritsar}}</ref>
| dean =
| students = 250<ref>{{cite web|title=First batch with 60 students|url=http://www.mbauniverse.com/article/id/8691/IIM-Amritsar-permanent-campus}} first batch+second batch</ref>
| campus = [[Urban area|Urban]], {{convert|60|acre|km2}}<ref>{{cite news|title=60-acre plot for IIM finalised in Manawala, 15 km from Amritsar|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/amritsar/60-acre-plot-for-iim-finalised-in-manawala-15-km-from-amritsar/article1-1360505.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620092434/http://www.hindustantimes.com/amritsar/60-acre-plot-for-iim-finalised-in-manawala-15-km-from-amritsar/article1-1360505.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 June 2015}}</ref>
| city = [[Amritsar]]
| coordinates =
| state = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| country = [[India]]
| coor = {{Coord|31.6366|N|74.8199|E|region:IN_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| website = [http://www.iimamritsar.ac.in/ iimamritsar.ac.in]
}}
[[File:IIM Amritsar, Dec 2015.jpg|thumb|right|IIM Amritsar in December 2015]]

The '''Indian Institute of Management Amritsar''' ('''IIM Amritsar''') is a [[Public]] [[Business School]] and [[Institutes of National Importance]] located in [[Amritsar]], [[Punjab, India]] established by [[Ministry of Human Resource Development]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title=Centre gives nod to IIM in Amritsar|url=http://www.abplive.in/india/2015/05/02/article574557.ece/Wait-some-more-for-IIM-Bihar-Odisha}}</ref> It is one of the young members of the [[Indian Institutes of Management]] (IIMs) Umbrella established in 2015. It was inaugurated by [[Surjit Singh Rakhra]], Minister of Higher Education and Languages, Punjab on 6 August 2015.

==Campus==
IIM Amritsar is temporarily located within the campus of Government Polytechnic College, Amritsar till it moves to its own campus of approximately 60 acres, which is under construction at Manawala on Amritsar-Jalandhar GT Road, in about 3 years time.<ref>{{cite news|title=Panel okays Manawala site for IIM Amritsar|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/panel-okays-manawala-site-for-iim-amritsar/95662.html}}</ref>

==Governance==
IIM Amritsar is currently headed by Nagarajan Ramamoorthy.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}}

== Student life ==

In its very first year, students of IIM Amritsar organized their maiden Management Conclave "A-Square" in the month of January 2016 by inviting prominent speakers from the industry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mbauniverse.com/article/id/9359/IIM-Amritsar-management-conclave|title=IIM Amritsar organizes 'A{{sic|-Sqa|ure|nolink=y}}'- the first management conclave; eminent leaders & experts to participate|website=www.mbauniverse.com|language=en|access-date=2018-07-27}}</ref> In the second year, students organized their maiden HR conclave "Yukti" by inviting experts from all over the industry.<ref>{{cite web | title=IIM conclave: Experts provide update on latest trends in industry | website=Tribuneindia News Service | date=2016-09-09 | url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/amritsar/iim-conclave-experts-provide-updat-on-latest-trends-in-industry/292414.html | access-date=2018-07-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://campusutra.com/ContentEvent.aspx?id=MarE4029&name=IIM-Amritsar-gets-its-first-full-time-Director|title= IIM Amritsar gets its first full-time Director}}</ref> IIM Amritsar has seven academic interest groups named as Analytics and Business Club, Finance and Economics Club, Markophilic- Marketing Club, Operazeal- Operations Club, Stratagem- Strategy and Consulting Club, Hrithvi- HR Club and COE(Centre of Entrepreneurship). IIM Amritsar also have three non-academic interest groups(IGs) named as 50mm-Photographic IG, CSR IG-Sankalp, and Public Speaking-Vaani.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}}
Recently IIM Amritsar started one other club that is Placement Preparation club to help the students in placements.

IIM Amritsar has its own legacy of Annual Fest known as "Aarunya". Institute celebrated 4th edition of Aarunya on 8 and 9 February 2020.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}}

Institute has done fairly well in Placements since its inception. It has 248 Students in total for its Full-time MBA Program in 2019-20 session.{{Citation needed|date=March 2020}}

== See also ==
* [[Guru Nanak Dev University]]
* [[List of institutions of higher education in Punjab]]

== References ==
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== External links ==

*[http://www.iimamritsar.ac.in/ Official website]

{{Indian Institutes of Management}}

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[[Category:Indian Institutes of Management|Amritsar]]
[[Category:Business schools in Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Education in Amritsar]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 2015]]
[[Category:2015 establishments in Punjab, India]]

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