Institute of Management and Information Science (IMIS), Bhubaneswar

The flagship programme on the programmes page:

• Postgraduate Diploma in Management (PGDM), dual specialisation, two years, six trimesters, 114 credits.
• Core credits 63, first elective credits 30, second elective credits 15, summer internship 3 credits, dissertation and viva 3 credits.
• Elective areas: Marketing, Finance, HRM, Information Management, Retail Management, Business Analytics, and Operations Management.
• Additional certifications named with the PGDM: Business Analytics and Marketing Analytics with KPMG, plus in-house SPSS, Advanced Excel, and Financial Modeling.

The programmes page says the minimum qualification for the PGDM is a bachelor’s degree in any discipline. Applicants can apply with CAT, XAT, MAT, C-MAT, JEE, or another national-level test score. Final-year students expecting results by 31 August 2026 can apply.

Selection is on CAT, XAT, MAT, or C-MAT scores, followed by group discussion and personal interview. The page lists centres including Bhubaneswar, Kolkata, Jamshedpur, Guwahati, Ranchi, Hyderabad, Bangalore, and Delhi.

The application form fee printed on that page is Rs 1,000.

Candidates with 65% and above in aggregate throughout their career get a scholarship of Rs 40,000 for this programme. The page says the amount is deducted from the second, third, and fourth instalments as Rs 10,000, Rs 10,000, and Rs 20,000.

It also says a scholarship is available for candidates of defence personnel and economically backward classes, without printing an amount. It says 5% free seats are reserved for students from Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

The placement highlights page uses counters that read 100 for total placement percentage, 45 for the number of companies, 11.25 L for the highest salary offered, and 5.8 L for the average salary. The heading does not name a graduating year. The percentage line carries an asterisk, and the page does not explain it.

The last-three-years page is headed for final placement in 2024, 2025, and 2026. It prints three pairs without labeling which year each pair belongs to: highest 11.50 LPA and median 5.65 LPA; highest 11.59 LPA and median 5.80 LPA; highest 11.25 LPA and median 5.70 LPA.

No closing percentile, score, or rank is printed. The programmes page states a bachelor’s degree as the minimum qualification and does not print a minimum percentage.

B-school ranking page, column headed National Rank:

• 2023, Competition Success Review, national rank 14. This is the ranking field.
• 2022, Competition Success Review, national rank 18.
• 2020, Business World, national rank 79.
• 2019, Business Standard, band A3.
• 2017, Business Today, national rank 105.
• 2016, India Today, national rank 90.
• 2015, AIMA, band A5.
• 2014, Business India, band A+.

The homepage line “ranked amongst the top 100 B-schools” does not name a body or a year, so it is not stored as a rank. The NIRF page links data files uploaded on 15 February 2025 and 4 April 2026. It does not print a NIRF rank.

The site has pages titled International Conference (ICBGP) 2026 and Farewell 2025. The text read on those pages did not print a calendar date.

PGDM course fees on the programmes page. The page prints a total and does not label it per year or as a two-year total. The annual field is blank. TOTAL printed on the page: Rs 5,54,000.

• 1st instalment, at admission: Rs 1,00,000.
• 2nd instalment, on or before 10 September 2026: Rs 1,50,000.
• 3rd instalment, on or before 10 December 2026: Rs 1,60,000.
• 4th instalment, on or before 10 April 2027: Rs 1,20,000.
• Exam fee, described as tentative: Rs 12,000.
• Suit length and T-shirt, one time: Rs 9,000.
• Club fee, one time: Rs 2,000.
• Application form: Rs 1,000.
• Hostel, non-AC common bathroom: Rs 35,000 a year for accommodation in year 1 and year 2, food Rs 60,000 a year, refundable deposit Rs 5,000. Printed hostel total Rs 1,95,000.
• Hostel, non-AC attached bathroom: accommodation Rs 55,000 a year, printed total Rs 2,37,000.
• Hostel, AC attached bathroom: accommodation Rs 80,000 a year, printed total Rs 2,90,000.
• Hostel, DX AC attached bathroom: accommodation Rs 1,10,000 a year, printed total Rs 3,55,000.