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The Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya (IIM-BG) is an autonomous public business school in Bodh Gaya, Bihar in India. Established 2015, it is the 16th Indian Institute of Management (IIM). The institution is being mentored by Indian Institute of Management Calcutta.

History
Originally named IIM Bihar, IIM-BG was one of five Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) set up by the 2014 Union budget of India. The academic session for the first batch was inaugurated by HRD Minister, Smriti Irani on 31 August 2015.

In 2018, Vinita Sahay, a professor at IIM Raipur, was appointed as the first director.

Location
The institute is located in the temple city of Bodh Gaya, the most sacred pilgrimage site for Buddhists.

Campus
The institute will be operating from the Institute of Distance Education building of the Magadh University , till its 119 acre permanent campus is constructed in a few years’ time. It constitutes a new boys and girls hostel located within the Magadh University Campus, with amenities for sports such as badminton, volleyball, football, basketball etc.

Academics
The Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGPM) is a two-year, regular, full-time residential programme. Admission to the PGP course of IIM Bodh Gaya is conducted each year through the Common Admission Test (CAT). The PGP course consists of six trimesters spread over the two years. The first year constitutes the fundamental courses which lay the premises for various management roles. Between the first and second year, students are expected to go through an eight-week summer internship. The second year constitutes the elective courses which provide diverse opportunities for students to study and specialise in their specific fields of interest.

IIM Bodh Gaya follows the same pedagogy of its mentor, IIM Calcutta. Students of IIM Bodh Gaya follow the PGP curriculum of IIM Calcutta and are taught by their faculty members itself. The overall quality as well as design of the curriculum at IIM Bodh Gaya is also overseen by IIM Calcutta.

The programme includes courses in Accounting, Behavioural sciences, Economics, Finance, Marketing, Operations, Public policy and Strategy.

Societies & Clubs
The following is a partial list of active Clubs and Special Interest Groups (SIGs):
 * Envision Cell
 * Comunicación Club
 * Sports Club
 * FinIQs
 * Strategy and Consulting Club
 * MaSq
 * Newsletter
 * Explography
 * Pragati: The Social Service Club
 * Catalyst: Public Policy Club

Eleganté
Eleganté is the annual management, cultural and sports fest organised by students of Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya. The first Eleganté fest was held on 27-28 January 2018.

Notable faculty

 * Rahul Mukerjee, professor, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
 * B. B. Chakrabarti
 * Saurabh Uboweja
 * V. K. Unni