IIMA meaning in Indian Government Management Institute ?

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM Ahmedabad) is a business school located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. The school has been accorded the status of an Institute of National Importance by Ministry of Human Resources, Government of India in 2017.

Established in 1961, the institute offers master's degree programs in management and agri-business management, a fellowship program and a number of executive training programs. The institute's founding director was Ravi J. Matthai. Other notable founding figures were the Indian physicist Vikram Sarabhai, Indian businessman Kasturbhai Lalbhai and Indian educator Kamla Chowdhary.

In 2020 it was ranked first among the business schools in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework. During the period 2017-21, it has been ranked first amongst the management institutions in India by the NIRF in four out of the five years.