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"Tribhuvan" Sahkari University

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Tribhuvan Sahkari University (Abbreviate: TSU)[1][2] (earlier known as: Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA)) is a University of National Importance and a business school located in Anand city of Gujarat, India which aims to contribute to the professional management of rural organizations. TSU (earlier known as IRMA) was founded on the belief, born out of Verghese Kurien's work in dairy cooperatives, which had a significant impact on the country's dairy industry (Operation Flood), that the key to effective rural development is professional management.[3]

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The institute was established with the support of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, the Government of India, the former Indian Dairy Corporation, the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), and the Government of Gujarat. The IRMA campus was designed by the architect Achyut Kanvinde.

The Annual Convocation of IRMA, now part of "Tribhuvan" Sahkari University, is distinguished by its emphasis on Indian culture and traditions. Graduating participants traditionally wear a kurta and pyjama, and receive an angavastram along with their degree certificate from the Chief Guest, reflecting the institution's commitment to simplicity and cultural heritage.[4]

In 2022, the convocation was honored by the presence of Shri Amit Shah, the Hon'ble Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Cooperation, Government of India, as the Chief Guest.[5] Additionally, the former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi attended IRMA's first annual convocation in 1982.[6]

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Over the years, several former Prime Ministers of India, including Smt Indira Gandhi, Shri Rajiv Gandhi, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and Shri Manmohan Singh, have visited IRMA to attend its Annual Convocation ceremonies as Chief Guests

Michael Halse, then a Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) planning adviser with NDDB,[7][8] was one of the members responsible for conceptualizing this new discipline of rural management.[9] Another person involved with the institute was the organizational behavior academic Dr. Kamla Chowdhry,[10][11][12] who also served briefly as the director of the institute and played a key mentoring role in its formative years.[13] The former director of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad , Ravi J. Matthai, contributed through his documented learning from the Jawaja experiment.[14] Matthai stressed the need for a new type of management education, different from the conventional Indian Institute of Management one, for working on rural development problems.[15]

The institute was originally established as a center for management and consultancy for rural development, as part of the second phase of the Operation Flood program. Under the leadership of Dr. Verghese Kurien, IRMA rapidly expanded its mandate to professionalize the management of rural producers' organizations and to develop a body of knowledge in the field of rural management.

In its early years, one of the pioneering and senior faculty members was anthropologist and equity-feminist scholar Leela Dube. Her fieldwork across five Southeast Asian countries significantly contributed to placing the organization on the international social science research map.[16][17]

Beginning with co-operatives funded by NDDB, IRMA has reached out to the rural sector through development organizations engaged with issues of rural life, such as natural resource management (especially water and forests), rural health, local governance institutions, livelihood, migration, micro finance, and deploying IT for rural areas.

Since its inception, the focus of IRMA has been on strengthening the management capacities in non-governmental organizations and organizations that are controlled by users of the services (rather than the conventional capital investor-centered business corporation). IRMA claims that its branding and commitment to a unique field of management make it unique among management institutes of India.[18]

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Academics

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IRMA offers various full-time and part-time postgraduate programs, leading to an MBA degree. It also offers diplomas.

Admissions

IRMA offers different academic programs and has admission processes and eligibility criteria, respectively. The selection process for admission in PGDM(RM), FPM(RM), RM(X), and MDPs depends on the specific program. IRMA accepts scores from common entrance exams like CAT and XAT. Other major factors for admission include academic performance and work experience.

IRMA also conducts its Written Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interviews (PI) of selected candidates. Candidates who opt for the offline mode for their Interview are given the option of Anand, Bengaluru, Delhi, Guwahati , and Kolkata.

Rankings

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IRMA was ranked 49th in the Management category of the 2024 ranking of the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF). It was ranked 20th in Outlook's "Top Private MBA Institutions" of 2022.[20]

IRMA was ranked 5th Best B School in the Chronicle India B- B-School Survey 2019.[21] IRMA was ranked the 5th best B-school among the top 75 private B-schools of India and 10th overall among the top 100 B-schools of India, as per Times B-School Survey 2019.[22] IRMA Ranked 8th in the UTD Top 10 Indian Business School Ranking for Research.[23]

Dr. Verghese Kurien Memorial Lecture

To commemorate the memory of the founder of the institute, the annual "Dr. Verghese Kurien Memorial Lecture" was instituted in 2012, to be held on his birth anniversary.[24]

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