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Institute for Technology & Management (ITM Group)
The Institute for Technology and Management was founded with an academic association with The Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU), USA. The curriculum, academic standards and pedagogy of SNHU formed the basis of ITM's Masters Program. In the years since, the Institute has expanded its collaborations to include distinguished Universities across Europe and Asia, evolving academic programs of International repute.

The ITM Group of Business Schools has grown from one Business School in Mumbai, to 7 campuses by the year 2004. Starting with a 2 year fulltime Masters program in 1991, The ITM Group of Business Schools is currently conducting 15 programs, in a broad range of fields including Financial Markets, Retail, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare, Risk Management, Human Resources etc.

GLC: The ITM University School for Business Leadership was established in 2002 and launched several specialized Masters programs in International Business, Human Resources and a one-of-a-kind Ph.D program in collaboration with the prestigious BITS Pilani.

The ITM Institute of Hotel Management & Catering Technology was launched in Navi Mumbai, also in 2002. 2004 saw the launch of the Masters in Financial Markets, Masters Retail Management & Marketing and Master of Actuarial Sciences programs at ITM Navi Mumbai.

The ITM Trust, which manages overall activities of the seven ITM campuses is a not-for-profit, public charitable trust, registered in Mumbai. The trust receives no financial aid from any entity and is entirely self-supporting.

Recently, ITM has been chartered as a Private State University under the auspices of the State of Chhatisgarh. The University status allows for a greater autonomy in the design and deployment of path breaking new programs, further strengthening ITM's reputation as a leader in specialized management education. ITM University 's campus in Raipur, C.G has been established as a Research and Development Center

In its pursuit of world-class education, ITM has sought partnerships with premier Universities and schools from around the world. These partnerships allow ITM to keep its curricula updated, to exchange students, and to offer new programs. ITM has academic partnerships with:

Southern New Hampshire University, USA Queen Margaret University College, Scotland Groupe ESSCA, France Tongji University, China

PG Program Development At all ITM campuses, a concious effort has been underway to develop ground-breaking new programs in Management and Technology. The efforts of our faculties and staff have resulted in such management programs such as the Masters (Financial Markets) and the Master of International Business On the technology training front, several new programs are under development, including some recent launches of the Master of Computing Applications and the ME (Computer Networks) programs.

GLC- The ITM University School for Business Leadership is developing new programs to expand its portfolio of highly specialized Masters programs. These programs, in the fields of Business Development, Actuarial Sciences etc. will join GLC's existing specialized Masters Programs in Retail Management, International Business and HRM

Under Graduate Program Development The ITM Group of Institutions has been involved in Undergraduate education since 1996, with the launch of the Intergrated BBA+Masters program at several of its campuses. While that program has been discontinued of late, the objectives of offering quality undergraduate education are being carried forward by the ITM Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology. ITM-IHMCT is developing a specialized program to help prepare students for careers in the wide variety of Service Industries that are mushrooming in India and the World. ITM University Raipur is developing shorter term, fast-track UG programs that have a strong focus on essential employment skills, enabling students to begin their careers as soon as possible and become contributing citizens of the state.

Infrastructural Development

Having moved into its Flagship campus in Navi Mumbai, The ITM Group is in the midst of a massive expansion plan, with new academic buildings and other facilities being constructed at each campus. Some excerpts:

ITM Chennai has begun construction on a 100,000+ sq.ft residential campus in the SIPCOT IT Park, Siruseri

ITM Warangal has completed a brand-new Hostel Building, combined with infrastructural improvements across its facilities

ITM Bangalore has acquired additional property adjacent to its campus for development of enhanced academic buildings

ITM Navi Mumbai has acquired a dedicated Hostel Building to house female students. In addition, a second property has been acquired through the good graces of CIDCO for a new student hostel tower

ITM – IHMCT, the ITM School of Hotel Management is in the process of acquiring a large property in Navi Mumbai for development of a state-of-the-art Hospitality Management School

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