IMI New Delhi was set up in the year 1981 and is India’s first corporate-sponsored business school. Set up in collaboration with IMD Lausanne (then called IMI) it soon carved a niche for itself and was able to establish itself as a knowledge repository and training ground for aspiring managers. Initially, the focus remained on training programs directed to all levels of managers. Later, it started the full-time one-year program that still continues to thrive. With the changing scenario of business and how it was conducted the need of the hour was to explore more rigorous programs which resulted in the launch of the two-year program. Alongside training and teaching, IMI also became a thriving hub for research and established itself as a knowledge capital. A culture that after close to four decades has cemented it further.