The Indian Institute of Management Sirmaur (IIM Sirmaur) is an autonomous public business school located in the Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh, India. It is one of the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs), a group of premier management institutions established by the Government of India and governed under the Indian Institutes of Management Act, 2017, which grants the IIMs the status of Institutions of National Importance and the authority to award degrees.
| Type | Autonomous public business school |
|---|---|
| Location | Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh, India |
| Category | Indian Institute of Management (IIM) |
| Governing law | Indian Institutes of Management Act, 2017 |
| Status | Institution of National Importance |
IIM Sirmaur was set up as part of an expansion of the IIM system announced by the Government of India to extend high-quality management education to a wider set of regions, including the Himalayan states. It is the first IIM to be established in Himachal Pradesh and was mentored, in its early phase, by an existing older IIM as part of the standard practice for newly established IIMs.
The institute primarily offers a two-year residential Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP), which is the flagship MBA-equivalent degree programme common to the IIMs. Admission to the PGP is based on the Common Admission Test (CAT) followed by subsequent selection rounds. In addition to the PGP, IIM Sirmaur conducts doctoral-level research programmes and management development and executive education activities.
IIM Sirmaur operates from a campus in the Sirmaur region of Himachal Pradesh, in the foothills of the Himalayas. Like several newer IIMs, it began functioning from a transit campus while a permanent campus was developed.
As an IIM, the institute is part of the apex tier of management education in India. Its presence in Himachal Pradesh contributes to the regional spread of central higher-education institutions and supports research, teaching and executive education focused on management, public policy and entrepreneurship in the Himalayan and northern Indian context.