The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC) was established as the first national institute for Post-Graduate studies and Research in Management by the Government of India in November 1961 in collaboration with Alfred P. Sloan School of Management (MIT), the Government of West Bengal, The Ford Foundation and Indian industry. During its initial years, several prominent faculty formed part of its nucleus, including Paul Samuelson, Jagdish Sheth, J. K. Sengupta, among others.
With the Mines Bill becoming a law vide Indian Mines Act – VIII of 1901 the necessity for establishing a government college of Mining Engineering at some suitable place in India on the pattern of the Royal School of Mines was felt by the then Indian Government. The Indian National Congress, the leading political party that was perhaps the sole spokesman of the masses of those days was quick to endorse this view of the government through its resolution taken at the 17th. session held at Calcutta in December 1901. A committee consisting of mining experts under the Chairmanship of Macpherson, the Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar and Orissa was formed to study the system of mining education in England. The report of this committee was the main basis for establishment of Indian School of Mines at Dhanbad. The Government of India in 1920 decided that the proposed institution should be an All India Institution financed by the Central Government and be named Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad. The Indian School of Mines was formally opened by his Excellency The Vice Roy Lord Erwin on 9th. December, 1926.
Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA) was established in 1979 with the support of Government of India, Government of Gujarat and Swiss Development Co-operation.
IRMA is an autonomous institution that provides professional education in rural management. The courses offered by the institution are approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). IRMA has become a frontrunner in professionalising the development of India's rural sector.
Chaudhary Devi Lal University was established by the Government of Haryana in 2003 under an act of legislative assembly. The university was named after the former Deputy Prime Minister of India Late Chaudhary Devi Lal, who is popularly known as "Jan Nayak".
Located on the adjoining districts of Rajasthan and Punjab, CDLU is a teaching as well as an affiliating university. The university offers career-oriented and specialized courses under different 16 academic departments. About 60 Government and Private Colleges situated in different districts of the state are affiliated to the university.
