Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management

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Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management
IISWBM LOGO.svg
Type Public business school
EstablishedApril 25, 1953;72 years ago (1953-04-25)
Founder Bidhan Chandra Roy
Academic affiliations
Budget₹16.15 crore (US$1.9 million)
(FY2022–23 est.) [1]
President Sujit K. Basu
DirectorDipankar Das Gupta
Academic staff
55 (2024) [1]
Students593 (2024) [1]
Postgraduates 546 (2024) [1]
47 (2024) [1]
Location
Kolkata, India

22°34′34.26″N88°21′38.86″E / 22.5761833°N 88.3607944°E / 22.5761833; 88.3607944
CampusUrban, 1,786 m2 (19,220 sq ft)
Website www.iiswbm.edu OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The Indian Institute of Social Welfare & Business Management (IISWBM) is an Autonomous business school in Kolkata, India. The school is the first Management institute in India and South East Asia. [2] [3] The Institute presently offers several Post Graduate degree programmes under the University of Calcutta as well as the PhD programme. The list includes MBA (Day), MBA (Evening) for Working Professionals, MBA-HRM, MBA-Public Systems, Masters in Social Welfare and several Post Graduate Diploma programmes. The institute publishes a management journal called Survey. [4]

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History

In 1942, when the British government sought to train qualified labour officers for its industrial facilities, especially ordnance factories, during the Second World War. To fulfill this need, a social welfare training institute was established in affiliation with Calcutta University, strategically located nearby. Following India's Independence, this initiative evolved into The Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management (IISWBM), Kolkata, officially established on April 25, 1953, by a resolution passed by the Senate of the University of Calcutta. This initiative was a collaborative effort between the University of Calcutta, the Government of West Bengal, and the Government of India, marking a significant milestone in management education in India. The first Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, laid its cornerstone, making IISWBM the nation's first institution to offer a formal management education program with Dijendra Kumar Sanyal serving as its founder-director. [5] [6]

Demand for University

In August 2017, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee suggested IISWBM upgrade to a university. [7] In 2019 the alumni association also demanded university or deemed university status for IISWBM. [8] [9]

Rankings

IISWBM ranked 22nd in Outlook BSchools ranking 2025. It was ranked 34th among management schools in India by Business Today in 2014. [10] As per Economic Times B-School Survey, IISWBM was ranked 33rd in Human Resource Management and 37th in Overall Ranking. [11]

Alumni

Mr. L.N. Mittal, Chairman and C.E.O - Arcelor Mittal, Mr. Bhaskar Das, Executive Director - Times of India, Mr. Sudhir Jalan, President AIMA Former and President of FICCI, Mr. C.V. Chandrasekharan, Former MD - Balmer Lawrie Group, Late Prof. Sumantra Ghosal of London Business School, Mr Arindam Sil - Film Director, Mr Debaditya Chaudhury - Owner of Oudh 1590 and Chowman, Mr Umesh Hota - Executive Vice President - HR,CSR and Admin - KCB India Limited, Mr Satyaki Ghosh, CEO - Domestic textiles, Aditya Birla Group, Mr Shantanu Banerjee - CHRO Bandhan Bank, Mr Dhruba Mukherjee, CEO - ABP Private Ltd, Mr Samit Chakrabarti - Executive Director, Cantor, Mr Abhijan Nandy - MD and CEO, Allindia Technologies Ltd, Mr Pramit Sen, CHRO - National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL), Mr Nisith Chaturvedi - Chief of HR and Admin, National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), Ms Ritu Lohia-President, Jupiter Wagons, Mr Suman Bhattacharya - Program Director, Piramal Foundation, Ms Pooja Panja, Councillor, Kolkata Municipal Corporation, Ms Shikha Gupta, Director-HR & DEI, India and South Asia, Schneider Electric, Mr Srirang T K, Group CHRO, ICICI Bank are some of our distinguished alumni. [12]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "NIRF 2024" (PDF). IISWBM.
  2. ↑ Basu, Somdatta (24 September 2017). "Country's oldest B-school, IISWBM, to become a university". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 29 April 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "Sports Management Programme". Archived from the original on 22 August 2009. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
  4. ↑ "Survey, Quarterly Management research Journal of IISWBM- India's First B-School" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
  5. ↑ "Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management, Kolkata, Kolkata - Admission, Courses, Fees, and Ranking - Edugraph". www.telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  6. ↑ "Best B-School: IISWBM continues to innovate and excel - Best B School: IISWBM continues to innovate and excel BusinessToday". Business Today. 12 October 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  7. ↑ Basu, Somdatta. "Country's oldest B-school, IISWBM, to become a university". Times of India Sep 24, 2017, 09:40 IST. Kolkata. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  8. ↑ "Alumni seek deemed varsity status for IISWBM". The Hans India 2019-01-23 05:30 IST. Kolkata. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  9. ↑ "MPSM Programme". Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
  10. ↑ "India's Best B-schools 2015". bschools.businesstoday.in. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  11. ↑ "Business School Rankings, Best Business Schools in India - About the ET B-School Ranking". economictimes.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 29 February 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  12. ↑ "IISWBM - India's first Institute to offer Management Program". www.iiswbm.edu. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
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