The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad is a public business school located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. It was the second Indian Institute of Management to be established, after IIM Calcutta. It is consistently ranked as one of the best business schools in India and the Asia-Pacific region.Established in 1961, the institute offers Post Graduate Diploma Programme in Management and Agri-Business Management, a Doctoral Programme and a number of Executive Training Programmes. Its programs are accredited by EQUIS.HistoryThe Indian Institutes of Management were established in response to the growing need that was felt for nurturing professional managers who could efficiently manage India’s growing industries. They were established with the objectives of providing high quality management education and assisting the industry through research and consulting services.IIM Ahmedabad was the second IIM to be set up in the country after IIM Calcutta. It was established on 11 December 1961 with the active support of the Government of India, the Government of Gujarat and the industry. Eminent physicist Dr. Vikram Sarabhai and businessman Kasturbhai Lalbhai, both natives of Ahmedabad, played a pivotal role in setting up the Institute. Later on he went on to serve as the Institute’s Honorary Director for the first 3 years of its existence. Prominent management educator Ravi J. Matthai and several other Ahmedabad-based industrialists also played a major role in its creation.