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 Karnataka State Open University established on 1st June 1996 vide Karnataka Govt. Notification No. EDI/UOV/95 dated 12th February 1996 - KSOU Act 1992 is considered to be a reputed Open University amongst the open learning institutions in the country. Keeping in view the educational needs of our country, in general and state in particular the policies and programmes have been geared to cater to the needy.