IN 2023, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM-B) celebrated its golden anniversary. Established in 1973 as an autonomous management institution by the Central government, in its initial years, IIM-B’s focus was to nurture public sector enterprises. While the first batch of the two-year full-time Post Graduate Programme at IIM-B graduated in 1976, in 2009, the institute launched its Executive Post Graduate Programme, a one-year full-time master’s programme.