INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT RANCHI

IIM Ranchi is a public business school in Ranchi, Jharkhand, established on 15 December 2009 as India's ninth Indian Institute of Management, commencing classes on 6 July 2010 under the 11th Five Year Plan. It is an autonomous institution under the Ministry of Human Resources Development, with M. J. Xavier as founding director. The institute initially operated from a temporary campus at Suchana Bhavan, Ranchi, with hostels at Khelgaon, before shifting in 2021 to a permanent 60-acre campus in Pundag and Nayasarai, Ranchi. IIM Ranchi offers MBA, MBA-HRM, MBA-BA, Executive MBA, Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), part-time executive (PGEXP), and a five-year Integrated Programme in Management (IPM). It introduced the Young Changemakers Programme in 2023, later expanded internationally in 2023. Admission to postgraduate courses is based on CAT scores, while IPM admission uses IPMAT scores. In 2025, NIRF ranked it 18th for management, having earlier fallen from 15th in 2022 to 24th in 2023. The institute hosts events like AGON, Aarohan, Colloquium, and HR Conclave, and has various student committees, clubs, and interest groups.