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{{Infobox university
|name = Institute of Rural Management Anand
|image = Institute of Rural Management Anand Logo.svg
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|established = 1979
|type = Autonomous
|students =
|city = [[Anand, Gujarat|Anand]]
|state = Gujarat
|country = India
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|campus = Urban, {{convert|60|acre|km2}}
|website= [http://www.irma.ac.in/ www.irma.ac.in]
| pushpin_map = India Gujarat
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|founder = [[Verghese Kurien]]
|faculty = 25<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.irma.ac.in/people/faculty_list.php?alpha=alpha |title=List of faculty |author= |work=irma.ac.in |publisher=Institute of Rural Management, Anand |access-date=June 23, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130624215528/https://www.irma.ac.in/people/faculty_list.php?alpha=alpha |archive-date=June 24, 2013 }}</ref>
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'''Institute of Rural Management Anand''' ('''IRMA Anand''') is an autonomous institution and premier business school located in [[Anand, Gujarat|Anand]] Gujarat, India with the mandate of contributing to the professional management of rural organisations. IRMA was founded with the belief, borne out by [[Verghese Kurien]]’s work in the dairy co-operatives which revolutionized the dairy industry in the country ([[Operation Flood]]), that the key to effective rural development is professional management.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.irma.ac.in/institute/institute.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070422181842/http://www.irma.ac.in/institute/institute.php|archive-date=2007-04-22|title=IRMA Institute of Rural Management Anand}}</ref> It is consistently ranked as one of India's best business schools. Also it is considered as the best business school in the Rural and Agricultural Business Management Sector of India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.campusutra.com/ContentEvent.aspx?id=2528&name=Top-B-Schools-in-India-for-Rural-Management-programme|title=MBA Admission & Placement News in India|last=campusutra|website=www.campusutra.com|language=en|access-date=2019-06-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.time4education.com/CAT-MBA/About-MBA/Sectoral-MBA-programs|title=Sectoral MBA programs|website=www.time4education.com|access-date=2019-06-18}}</ref>

The Institute was established with the support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Corporation, the [[Government of India]], the erstwhile Indian Dairy Corporation, the NDDB ([[National Dairy Development Board]]) and the [[Government of Gujarat]]. IRMA campus was designed by the famous architect [[Achyut Kanvinde]].

IRMA provides management training, support and research facilities to students committed to rural development; in this process it has brought within its ambit several co-operatives, non-government organisations, government development agencies, international development organisations and funding agencies.

Over the years the convocation of IRMA is graced by National and International luminaries from the academic , cultural , spiritual and political spheres. Former Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]] attended IRMA's first annual convocation in 1982.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irma.ac.in/inetwork/networkpastissuesdetail.php?issid=243|title=IRMA - Network Past Issues|website=www.irma.ac.in|access-date=2019-06-18}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Former Prime Ministers of India - Indira Gandhi , Rajiv Gandhi , Atal Bihari Vajpayee & Manmohan Singh visisted IRMA to attend the Annual Convocation.jpg|alt=Former Prime Minister - Indira Gandhi , Rajiv Gandhi , Atal Bihari Vajpayee & Manmohan Singh visited IRMA to attend the Annual Convocation.|center|thumb|775x775px|'''Former Prime Minister - Indira Gandhi , Rajiv Gandhi , Atal Bihari Vajpayee & Manmohan Singh visited IRMA to attend the Annual Convocation.''']]
Michael Halse, then a Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) planning adviser with NDDB,<ref>{{cite book |title=The concept of conversion efficiency as applied to the Indian milk and food economy|publisher=Harvard University |year=1979|first=Michael |last=Halse}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1= Halse|first1= Michael|year=1979 |title= Producing an adequate national diet in India: Issues relating to conversion efficiency and dairying |journal=Agricultural Systems |volume= 4|issue=4 |pages= 239–278|publisher= Elsevier|doi=10.1016/0308-521X(79)90002-7}}</ref> was one of the members responsible for conceptualizing this new discipline of rural management.<ref>Halse, Michael, A new institute of rural management - and a new developmental discipline?, IRMA Occasional Papers # 1.</ref> Another person involved with the institute was the organizational behavior academic Dr. Kamala Chowdhary,<ref>{{cite book |title=Understanding organisational behaviour: cases and concepts|publisher= Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company |year=1971 |first=Kamala |last=Chowdhary |editor-first=Sudhir |editor-last=Kakar}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Conflict and choice: Indian youth in a changing society|publisher= Somaiya Publications|year=1970 |first=Kamala |last=Chowdhary |editor-first=Sudhir |editor-last=Kakar}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Change-in-organisations|publisher= Lalvani Publishing House|year=1970 |first=Kamala |last=Chowdhary }}</ref> who also served briefly as the director of the institute and played a key mentoring role in its formative years.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.irma.ac.in/pdf/network_issue/69.PDF |title=IRMA newsletter |website=.irma.ac.in}}</ref> The former director of Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad [[Ravi J. Matthai]] contributed; through his documented learning from the Jawaja experiment.<ref>http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/iima-cases/cases-list.html&more=CMA0666 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221152118/http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/iima-cases/cases-list.html%26more%3DCMA0666 |date=2014-02-21 }}</ref> Matthai stressed the need for a new type of management education, different from the conventional Indian Institute of Management one: for working on rural development problems.<ref>{{cite book |title=The rural university: the Jawaja experiment in educational innovation|publisher=Popular Prakashan |year=1985|isbn=9780861321131|first=Ravi John |last=Mathai}}</ref>

The institute was initially budgeted as a center for management and consultancy for rural development, under the second phase of the [[Operation Flood]] program. Under the chairmanship of Dr. Verghese Kurien, IRMA evolved quickly to enlarge its mandate to professionalize management of rural producers’ organisations and create a body of knowledge in the field of rural management.
[[File:Infrastructure of IRMA , Anand.jpg|alt=Infrastructure of IRMA Campus , Anand , Gujrat|thumb|'''Infrastructure of IRMA , Anand''']]
One of the pioneering and senior faculty in the initial years was anthropologist and equity-feminist scholar [[Leela Dube]]. One of her studies, through field work in five Southeast Asian countries, put the organisation on the international social science research map.<ref>{{cite book |title=Studies on women in South East Asia: a status report |first=Leela |last=Dube |publisher=UNESCO Regional Office in Asia and Oceania |year=1980 |url=http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0004/000457/045796eb.pdf |access-date=2012-07-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |year=2007 |title=Rural Management Education in India: A Retrospect |first = M.S.|last = Sriram| journal=IIMA Working Paper Series |issue=2007/04/01 |pages =14|publisher=Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad |url= http://www.dhan.org/tda/pdf/ms_sriram.pdf |access-date=23 Aug 2012 }}</ref>

Beginning with co-operatives funded by NDDB, IRMA has reached out to the rural sector through development organizations engaged with issues of rural life such as natural resource management (especially water and forests), rural health, local governance institution, livelihood, migration, micro finance, and deploying IT for rural areas.

Since inception, the focus of IRMA has been on strengthening the management capacities in non-governmental organisations and organisations that are controlled by users of the services (rather than the conventional capital investor-centered business corporate). IRMA claims that its branding and commitment to a unique field of management makes it unique among management institutes of India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irma.ac.in/article.php?menuid=15|title=IRMA - History|website=www.irma.ac.in}}</ref>

==Rankings==
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| NIRF_B_2020 = 72
| OUTLOOK_B_P_2020 = 17
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IRMA was ranked 5th Best B School in Chronicle India B- School Survey 2019,<ref>https://www.chronicleindia.in/survey_file/Final-Survey-2019.pdf</ref> IRMA was ranked 5th best B-school among the top 75 private B-schools of India and 10th overall among the top 100 B-schools of India , as per Times B-School Survey 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesbschoolsurvey.org/mba/private-b-schools.html|title=Welcome to Times B-School Survey|website=www.timesbschoolsurvey.org|access-date=2019-06-18}}</ref> IRMA Ranked 8th in UTD Top 10 Indian Business School Ranking for Research.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irma.ac.in/updates.php?id=155|title=IRMA Ranked 8th in UTD Top 10 Indian Business School Ranking for Research}}</ref>
The [[National Institutional Ranking Framework]] (NIRF) ranked it 72 among management colleges in 2020.<ref name=Rankings_NIRF_B_2020 /> It was ranked 17 in ''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]'''s "Top 150 Private MBA Institutions" of 2020 ranking.<ref name=Rankings_OUTLOOK_B_P_2020 />

==Dr. Verghese Kurien Memorial lecture==
[[File:Verghese kurien.jpg|alt=Dr.Verghese Kurien (Father of White Revolution) , Founder of IRMA , Anand|thumb|Dr.Verghese Kurien , Founder of IRMA , Anand]]
To commemorate the memory of the founder of the Institute, an annual Dr. Verghese Kurien Memorial Lecture, has been instituted from 2012: to be held on his birth anniversary.
The first lecture in 2012 was delivered by [[M. S. Swaminathan]].
The second lecture in 2013 was delivered by [[Vijay Shankar Vyas]].
The third lecture in 2014 was delivered by the Governor of Reserve Bank of India, [[Raghuram Rajan]].
The fourth annual lecture in 2015 was delivered by the Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India, [[Arvind Subramanian]] on 21 November 2015.

==Campus facilities==
[[File:Carillon Chimes in IRMA , Anand.jpg|thumb|'''Carillon Chimes in IRMA , Anand campus.''']]
The campus is fully residential and equipped with student hostels, mess, lecture halls, seminar rooms, library, faculty and administrative offices, auditorium, executive training and development centre, faculty and staff housing, dispensary, and other support facilities. The IRMA staff co-operative store caters to the residents’ daily necessities. Faculty and staff live in the campus quarters provided, thereby providing facilities for interaction with the participants beyond classrooms.

* The '''Ravi J Mathai Library''' supports the mission of IRMA through the provision of information resources and services. The library provides the academic community with information for fulfilling research requirements, coursework assignments, and professional development. This is achieved through collection development, networking, electronic information retrieval, instruction in search strategy and assisted access to an array of resources and data.
* '''Executive Training and Development Centre (ETDC)''', where the executive training programs and seminars are held, has 35 single-occupancy air-conditioned rooms, four suites, a dining hall, a lounge, conference and syndicate rooms with audio-visual equipment and a computer laboratory which is networked with the institute's main computer center. This facility is available for executive training programmes and conferences planned by the faculty.
* '''IRMA Auditorium''', with a seating capacity of 400, is used for major events of the institute and for entertainment. Movies are screened for the participants of programs and the residents of the campus. It is used for musical concerts hosted by the Society for Promotion of Indian Culture and Music amongst Youth (SPIC-MACAY) and the cultural programs hosted by the students.
* The '''Students Activities Center''' (SAC) has a gym-cum-sports complex, with facilities for a workout, badminton and table tennis courts.
* '''Students' Co-operative Mess''', With PRM participants as members this is managed by students themselves, serves food to residential students of various academic programs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pagalguy.com/articles/irma-anand-hostel-mess-and-other-campus-facilities|title=IRMA Anand - Mess and Campus Facilities|website=PaGaLGuY|date=2019-03-19}}</ref>

A co-operative store on the campus is open in the evenings six days a week and provides all the items required by the residents on the campus. It is stocked with provisions and stationery.

A campus dispensary supplies medication. The medical officer visits the campus for an hour every day, and a staff nurse resides on the campus to attend to medical emergencies.
[[File:Campus Facilities of IRMA Anand.jpg|thumb|500x500px|'''Campus Facilities of IRMA Anand''']]

==Notable faculty==

* [[Ravi J. Matthai]] - Management education administrator, noted for establishing [[Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad]] and [[Institute of Rural Management, Anand]].
* [[Leela Dube]] - Anthropologist and equity-feminist scholar
* [[Yoginder K Alagh]] - Noted Indian [[economist]], former [[Union Minister]] of Government of India & ex-Chairman of IRMA.
* [[Vivek Bhandari]] - Indian professor & ex-Director of IRMA.
* [[Deep Joshi]] - Indian [[social worker]] , NGO activist and a recipient of the [[Magsaysay award]]. Ex-Chairman of IRMA.

==Notable alumni==

* [[Sanjay Ghose]] - Founder URMUL Rural Health Research and Development Trust and Charka Development Communication Network<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.expressindia.com/news/ie/daily/19970812/22450383.html |title=Latest News, India News, Breaking News, Live News Online, Today Headlines |access-date=2012-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114001451/http://www.expressindia.com/news/ie/daily/19970812/22450383.html |archive-date=2009-01-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Sankar Datta]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/sankar-datta |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-08-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130824202925/http://azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/sankar-datta |archive-date=2013-08-24 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mymaitri.org/our_board.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-07-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418201044/http://www.mymaitri.org/our_board.html |archive-date=2014-04-18 }}</ref> - [[India]]n academic & professional development worker.
*[[Vishal Narain]] - Academician , Researcher & Public Policy Analyst
* [[Satish Babu]] (PRM3) - Director, International Centre for Free and Open Source Software ([[ICFOSS]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://icfoss.in/director.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-01-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307221600/http://icfoss.in/director.html |archive-date=2013-03-07 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://apnnews.com/2011/02/26/satish-babu-to-head-icfoss/|title=Satish Babu to head ICFOSS|last=https://www.facebook.com/APNnewsINT|access-date=2013-01-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103175347/http://www.apnnews.com/2011/02/26/satish-babu-to-head-icfoss/|archive-date=2013-11-03|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Raju Narisetti]] - Founder of [[Mint (newspaper)]], Senior Vice-President, News Corporation<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.careers360.com/news/4071-Raju-narisetti-Managing-editor-The-washington-post |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-02-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317010936/http://www.careers360.com/news/4071-Raju-narisetti-Managing-editor-The-washington-post |archive-date=2013-03-17 }}</ref><ref>http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/specials/htmintluxury/RajuNarisetti.shtml{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=Tribe of Tiger |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*[[Sandeep Dikshit]] - Member of Parliament of 14th Lok Sabha and 15th Lok Sabha representing East Delhi<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/nrega-scam-sandeep-dixit/1/157810.html|title=UP NREGA scam worth over Rs 10,000 crore, claims Sandeep Dixit|website=India Today}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/st-stephen-remark-of-sandeep-dixit-triggers-war-of-words/1/139576.html|title=Sandeep Dixit's St. Stephen's barb triggers war of words|website=India Today}}</ref>
*[[Daman Singh]] - Indian writer and daughter of Former [[Prime Minister of India]], [[Manmohan Singh]].
*[[Amir Ullah Khan]] - Indian economist. Professor at the [[Dr. Marri Channa Reddy Human Resource Development Institute of Telangana]] of the Government of Telangana.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/author/amir-ullah-khan|title=Khan, Amir|date=2019-06-03|website=SAGE Publications Inc|language=en-us|access-date=2019-06-14}}</ref>
*[[G. V. L. Narasimha Rao]] - National Spokesperson of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://myneta.info/interestbyrajyasabhamember/candidate.php?candidate_id=769|title=Gvl Narasimha Rao(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):(UTTAR PRADESH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|website=myneta.info|access-date=2019-06-18}}</ref>
*[[Syed Safawi]] - Managing Director and Group CEO of VLCC , Ex-CEO of Viom Networks
*[[Gouthami (entrepreneur)]] - Recipient of [[Cartier Women's Initiative Awards]] 2010 & Founder of Travel Another India
*[[Praveen Morchhale]] - [[65th National Film Awards]] of India winner and UNESCO Gandhi Medal Winner film director-writer. [[Widow of Silence]], Walking With The Wind, [[Barefoot to Goa]])
*[[Alkesh Kumar Sharma]] - Managing Director of Kochi Metro Rail Ltd & CEO of Cochin Smart Mission Limited.
*[[Amul|R.S. Sodhi]] - Managing Director, GCMMF (AMUL)
*[[Praveen Morchhale]] - National Award Winning Filmmaker ( [[Barefoot to Goa|Barefoot To Goa]])

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.irma.ac.in Official website]

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