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;71 years ago (1953-04-25)
Founder Bidhan Chandra Roy
Academic affiliations
Budget14.226 crore (US$1.7 million)
(FY2021–22 est.) [1]
President Sujit K. Basu
DirectorDipankar Das Gupta
Academic staff
54 (2023) [1]
Students538 (2023) [1]
Postgraduates 516 (2023) [1]
22 (2023) [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 a Autonomous business school in Kolkata, India. The school is the first Management institute in India and South East Asia. [2] [3]

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The Institute presently offers several Post Graduate degree programmes under the University of Calcutta as well as the PhD programme. The list includes MBA (D), MBA(E), MBA-HRM, MBA-Public Systems, Masters in Social Welfare and several Post Graduate Diploma programmes in Sports Management, Media Management, Fire and Industrial Safety etc.

It was ranked 34th among management schools in India by Business Today in 2014. [4] As per Economic Times B-School Survey, IISWBM was ranked 33rd in Human Resource Management and 37th in Overall Ranking. [5]

In August 2017, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee suggested IISWBM upgrade to a university. [6] In 2019 the alumni association also demanded university or deemed university status for IISWBM. [7] [8]

The institute publishes a management journal called Survey. [9]

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