GITAM Institute of Management (GIM) started in 1988 as College of Management Studies offering Under Graduate and Post Graduate Programmes in Management of Andhra University. Soon after AICTE approval in 1994, a Post Graduate Programe in Human Resource Management was started in 1996. The erstwhile GITAM Institute of Foreign Trade was started in 1997 in academic collaboration with IIFT New Delhi offering Post Graduate Programme in International Business. NAAC accreditation with Grade A was.......

The Lions and the Rising Sun ( which, together formed the Crest of the great Vikramaditya) represent indomitable courage and the rising light of wisdom. The Book Poised liaghtly on the petals of the lotus signifies the numerous branches of learning. The Silhouette of the temple of Mahakaleshwara symbolizes the sacred culture of the ancient city of Ujjain, the seat of the University