Indian Institute of Planning and Management

"IIPM" redirects here. For other uses, see IIPM (disambiguation).

Indian Institute of Planning and Management
MottoDare to think beyond
Established1973 (1973)
DirectorMalayendra Kisor Chaudhuri
Key peopleArindam Chaudhuri (Honorary Dean)
Location
New Delhi
,
Delhi
,
India
Coordinates28°36′54″N 77°21′58″E / 28.615°N 77.366°E / 28.615; 77.366
Websitewww.iipm.edu
Dissolved2015

The Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM) was an unaccredited institute headquartered in New Delhi, which previously had 18 branches across India.[1] IIPM was shut down after multiple allegations and lawsuits concerning the institute's use of false advertisements and fraudulent practices.[2] After several controversies, the school's Honorary Dean Arindam Chaudhuri decided to shut down all campuses across India, except the one in Delhi.[3] Founded in 1973, the institute used to offer undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes in national economic planning and entrepreneurship,[4][5] and international and fellowship programmes. Its executive education programmes include non-credit courses and visits to foreign business schools. IIPM is not accredited by UGC or All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), and is not affiliated with the public Indian Institutes of Management.

IIPM has been involved in controversies about its advertising. The University Grants Commission (UGC) – a government organisation responsible for the standards of university education in India – and the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) have repeatedly issued public notices stating that they do not recognise IIPM, and that they deem its technical programmes invalid.[6] IIPM has responded by stating that it does not issue degrees and that it is not a university.[7] In September 2014 Delhi High Court censured IIPM for misleading students and restrained it from using words like MBA, BBA, management course, and B-school to describe the programs it offered.[8]

In July 2015, IIPM announced that it would stop offering education programmes directly, and shut down all its campuses outside Delhi. As of 2024, IIPM operates only as a research and training institute in Delhi.[9][10]

  1. ^ "FIR Filed Against IIPM Dean Arindam Chaudhuri; Accused Of 'Misleading, Cheating, Fooling' Students". The Huffington Post (India). Times Internet Limited. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  2. ^ "IIPM – Best only in claims?". Careers360 (India). Careers360 Limited. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  3. ^ "IIPM to shut down all campuses October onwards". The Business Standard (India). Business Standard Private Limited.
  4. ^ "An Intriguing Story of Growth and Envy". The Pioneer. CMYK Printech Ltd. 7 April 2010. Archived from the original on 11 April 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  5. ^ Unknown. "Partner Universities". The Indian Institute of Planning and Management.
  6. ^ Chopra, Ritika (17 February 2013). "UGC, AICTE full of bribe-seeking corrupt officials, says IIPM". India Today. Living Media India Limited. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  7. ^ Saraswathy, M. (23 February 2013). "IIPM dares to take on the regulators". Business Standard. Business Standard Ltd. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
  8. ^ Apoorva (27 September 2014). "High court censures IIPM, Arindam Chaudhuri for misleading students". Livemint.com. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
  9. ^ "IIPM notice". Iipm.edu. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  10. ^ M Saraswathy (2 July 2015). "IIPM to shut down all campuses October onwards". Business Standard.