THE START-UP SCHOOL

From adding courses in areas such as AI and sustainability to supporting more than 250 start-ups, IIML has been expanding steadily

- BY NEETU CHANDRA SHARMA

ON A WEEKDAY morning at Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, a group of students can be seen running a small canteen on campus, balancing cash books, managing vendors, and learning firsthand what it means to run a business.

A scene like this at India's leading management school in the capital of Uttar Pradesh shows how it is changing the way business education works and perhaps the reason it has been featured at the third place in the BT-MDRA Best B-Schools study. “We have tried to make learning more connected with the world outside the classroom,” says Manmohan Prasad Gupta, Director of IIM Lucknow.

“Our direction has been to widen the learning experience through new programmes, industry collaborations, and areas of study that reflect how business and society are changing.”

THE CURRICULUM

Over the past few years, the institute has been rethinking both what it teaches and how. From adding courses in areas like AI and sustainability to supporting more than 250 startups, IIM Lucknow has been expanding steadily, with a focus that goes beyond growth to creating wider impact.