Fostering Research through Centres of Excellence
Alumni can play a pivotal role in advancing IIMA’s commitment to excellence through research by supporting the establishment of Centres of Excellence. Your contribution fosters a culture of innovation, discovery, and academic distinction. Contributing to these centres empowers IIMA to address pressing challenges, drive groundbreaking research, and contribute valuable insights to the broader academic community. Your support in fostering research through Centres of Excellence is a direct investment in shaping the intellectual landscape of IIMA and ensuring its enduring legacy as a hub of knowledge and innovation. Join us in championing a culture of innovation and research that elevates the impact and eminence of IIMA.
1. Arun Duggal Centre of Excellence for ESG Research
The Centre of Excellence for Environment, Social & Governance research at IIMA is
supported by the generous contribution of Mr Arun Duggal (PGP 1974). The Centre
contributes to development of nascent ESG ecosystem in India and help Indian enterprises
integrate ESG into their core business and investment decisions, transitioning towards future
of responsible capitalism and sustainable relationship with the planet.
2. The Ashank Desai Centre for Leadership and Organisational Development
The Ashank Desai Centre for Leadership and Organisational Development, supported by Mr.
Ashank Desai (PGP 1979) aims to bring together faculty, students, governmental, non-
governmental, and private organisations to conduct distinctive and high-quality leadership
and organisational development research. Some current Projects are
- Shaping the Future of Leadership: A Scenario-Building Initiative
- The Wisdom Leadership Series Project is an exciting and ambitious project which aligns perfectly with the centre’s mission to foster leadership excellence
- Navigating DE&I: A Leadership Roundtable
3. Brij Disa Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
The Brij Disa Centre for Data Analysis & Artificial Intelligence is supported by the generous
contribution of Mr Dipak Gupta (PGP 1985).
It provides a common platform to faculty, scholars and practitioners for conducting and
disseminating cutting-edge research on data analytics and AI that offers solutions applicable
to business, governance and policy. Besides Data-driven Policy Enablement, initiatives also
include Case-based research and to develop case studies, Annual Report which provides
holistic view of the industry, identify challenges and gaps, gauge scope and offer plausible
solutions for industry and policy makers.
4. Centre for Digital Transformation
The Centre focuses to enhance understanding of digital ecosystem leveraging its expertise
in R&D. The Centre’s vision is to be a thought leader, guiding India and world as
digitalization rapidly penetrates every area of life by helping to develop skill sets that bring
about responsible digital transformation. Some of the themes on which it focuses are:
- Digitally enabled customer participation for co-creation and co-innovation
- Neuroscientific dynamics underlying customer interactions with technology
5. Centre for Management of Health Services (CMHS)
The Centre for Management of Health Services at IIMA is supported by the generous
contribution of the PGP 1994 Batch. It is one of the oldest centres set up in 2004 in
recognition of IIMA’s contributions to health sector in the past and the need to strengthen the
management of health sector in context of socio-economic developments of our country.
6. Centre for Transportation and Logistics (CTL)
CTL contributes to improving efficiency of multi-modal transportation systems and supply
chain logistics, thereby promoting economic growth and fostering sustainable development.
The Centre’s vision is to facilitate cutting-edge multidisciplinary program of research in
transportation, logistics and allied areas, and thereby contribute to practice and policymaking
in India and abroad. Some of the Research Areas in Logistics are:
- Optimisation of networks, transportation mode, order fulfilment
- Strategies for sustainable urban freight and last-mile connectivity
- Reducing environmental impacts and enhancing resilience of transportation systems
7. Gender Centre
The mission of Gender Centre is to foster gender equality, inclusivity and empowerment,
serve as a dynamic catalyst for change, promoting interdisciplinary research, facilitating
collaborations. It also provides insights into status of gender equality and related indicators
to understand trend and identify areas for interventions to bring impactful change through
research on diverse themes from labor-saving technologies in agriculture to corporate laws
8. IIMA Ventures
IIMA Ventures was built as an entrepreneurship centre and recognised as CoE by DST, GoI,
the innovation continuum studies, educates, incubates, accelerates and invests in early-
stage startups, aspiring entrepreneurs and investors. The academic centre hosts a variety of
courses and projects on innovation and entrepreneurship for students.
IIMA Ventures has mentored over 7000 founders, accelerated over 1500 startups,
provided catalytic capital to over 700 companies and inspired over a million people with
400+ publications
9. India Gold Policy Centre (IGPC)
IGPC Centre was set up with grant from World Gold Council for conducting applied research
on Gold Industry, that provides insights and suggest ways the findings can be put into
execution for bringing reforms in the Indian gold market. As a think tank, IGPC shoulders the
responsibility of functioning as a beacon for India’s gold industry to transform it into a
sustainable transparent ethical ecosystem
10. The Kamla Chowdhry Communications Hub
The Kamla Chowdhry Communication Hub at IIMA is supported by the generous contribution
of Ms Mr Roopa & Vivek Kudva (PGP 1986).
The Hub, named after its first faculty member, Professor Kamla Chowdhry was set up in
2022 to honour her outstanding contribution to IIMA's growth and success. The Hub
functions as a unified unit serving the Institute's and all of its internal and external
stakeholders' needs. Its mandate includes bringing in best practices and innovative ideas to
assist the Institute in communicating, engaging, and influencing in the ever-changing digital
world.
11. Misra Centre for Financial Markets & Economy
The Misra Centre for Financial Markets & Economy at IIMA is supported by the generous
contribution from Mr Peeyush Misra (PGP 1999).
The Centre provides impetus for focused research papers, studies, and periodic reports
related to formulation of policy, market structure/regulations including central banks'
mandate, monetary policy, fiscal developments, microstructure including commodities,
banking, bond markets, SME Financing and so on. The Centre invites visitors from
universities and organizations in India and abroad for collaboration. The Committee has
renowned experts; Prof. Raghuram Rajan and Dr Prachi Mishra, IMF to name a few.
12. NSE Centre for Behavioral Science (CBS)
This Centre supported with a grant from the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd., is a first-
of-its-kind in a management institution in India, aims to build cross-disciplinary platform for
conducting and disseminating research grounded in neuro-scientific and behavioral
knowledge across diverse fields of management; finance, economics, marketing,
organizational behavior and human resource. CBS is equipped with EEG system, Eye
Tracker, and Galvanic Skin Response (GSR)