In August 1984, Bharat Ratna Shri. C.Subramanian along with Prof. P.S.Mani Sundaram, the Vice-Chancellor of Bharathidasan University chaired a Meeting of leading academicians and Industrialists and an idea was born. Their dream was to create an Academy that would be
Grounded in strong theoretical inputs
Have proactive Partnership with a large organization
Provide students with a REAL WORLD learning environment
With this vision in mind, a partnership was signed with BHEL to create the country's first ever Management Institute that would be housed inside an industrial giant. Thus was born Bharathidasan Institute of Management - School of Excellence.
BIM offers one of the most coveted MBA programmes in India. Entry to this course is regulated through a rigorous selection process. BIM has an annual intake of 120 students.
BIM enjoys a unique symbiotic relationship with BHEL in terms of academic inputs and continuous industry exposure. BIM's excellence over the years had led the Honourable President Bharat Ratna Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam to choose BIM as an ideal training ground for DRDO Scientists.
BIM boasts of a faculty profile that would make any institution proud. The core faculty in the various streams is backed with academic knowledge and industry experience and actively works on research projects throughout the year. The academic structure at BIM is such that academic inputs provided by the core faculty are backed by industrial knowledge imparted by the Guest Lectures. The visiting aculty are also carefully chosen to ensure only the best teach at BIM.
The students at BIM come from diverse educational backgrounds. While roughly half of the students are engineers, the rest is composed of a healthy mix of commerce, arts and science graduates. Candidates with prior work experience are preferred but outstanding reshers are also encouraged. This is substantiated by the fact that more than half the class enters the course backed with prior experience in the industry.