Indian institute of management Sambalpur

Abstract

Business schools are higher level education institutions which impart education at various levels. The major areas include accounting, finance, economics, administration, marketing, etc. Today the managers from such institutes are spread all around the world, responsible for a major change in the nation’s economy. This can be seen here (India) where the economy was suffering after the independence and need of such managers was indeed. For this purpose the Indian Planning Commission in 1959 took the initiative and setup two business school in the beginning namely ‘Indian Institute of Management’. The first institute was made at Calcutta in 1961 and then Ahmedabad in the following month. Presently we have 19 IIMs and there are more to come in the coming years. The Government of India approved the proposal to set up new Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) across the country in its Budget 2014-15 presented in the Parliament of India on June 24, 2015. The new IIMs or the 3rd generation of IIMs are - IIM Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), IIM Bodh Gaya (Bihar), IIM Sirmaur (Himachal Pradesh), IIM Nagpur (Maharashtra), IIM Sambalpur (Odisha) and IIM Amritsar (Punjab). Here the report deals with the latest IIM at Sambalpur, Odisha, India. IIM Sambalpr is one of the 6 new IIMs that have started functioning since 19th August 2015. The Proposed campus for the site is located in Chiplima in Sambalpur District in Odisha and is approximately 237 acres in area. Currently the institute is functioning as an Off-campus in Silicon Institute of Technology, Sason, Sambalpur. The institute design has been taken as an opportunity and designed with the present needs. For this purpose the scope of work in the entire thesis has been defined in the beginning so that the selected area could be designed and justified properly. The study focuses on three areas namely site planning and main building. The main concern was retaining, exhibiting and utilizing the exiting. The site had contours which form a very gentle slope about 0.5-1.5% which proved beneficial for fast development and landscape. The main building designed on the concept of creating a space that is connected with nature providing relief and a stress reducing environment to the users. The building is designed as an integrated block which is provided with a number of landscape courtyards. The overall design focuses on the inside and outside life of these building and promotes education at various scales.