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{{Short description|Former business school headquartered in New Delhi, India}}
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'''The Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM)''', established in 1973, is an educational institute with a presence in 7 cities in ]. Headquartered in New Delhi, since ], it has a campus in ] and branches in ], ], ], ], ] and ]. The institute offers courses in National Economic Planning and Entrepreneurship. The Director of IIPM is Dr. M. K. Chaudhuri.


The '''Indian Institute of Planning and Management''' ('''IIPM''') was an ] headquartered in ], which previously had 18 branches across India.<ref>{{cite news|title=FIR Filed Against IIPM Dean Arindam Chaudhuri; Accused Of 'Misleading, Cheating, Fooling' Students|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2015/05/13/fir-against-iipm-dean_n_7271126.html|access-date=13 May 2015|work=The Huffington Post (India)|publisher=Times Internet Limited}}</ref> IIPM was shut down after multiple allegations and lawsuits concerning the institute's use of ]s and ] practices.<ref>{{cite news|title=IIPM – Best only in claims?|url=http://www.university.careers360.com/articles/iipm-best-only-in-claims|access-date=22 August 2011|work=Careers360 (India)|publisher=Careers360 Limited|archive-date=27 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131227043056/http://university.careers360.com/articles/IIPM-Best-only-in-claims|url-status=dead}}</ref> After several controversies, the school's Honorary Dean ] decided to shut down all campuses across India, except the one in Delhi.<ref>{{cite news|title=IIPM to shut down all campuses October onwards|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/iipm-to-shut-down-all-campuses-october-onwards-115070201044_1.html|work=The Business Standard (India)|publisher=Business Standard Private Limited}}</ref> Founded in 1973, the institute used to offer undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes in national economic planning and entrepreneurship,<ref name="Pioneer story">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/247366/IIPM-An-intriguing-story-of-growth-and-envy.html |title=An Intriguing Story of Growth and Envy |date=7 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100411230440/http://www.dailypioneer.com/247366/IIPM-An-intriguing-story-of-growth-and-envy.html |archive-date=11 April 2010 |access-date=5 May 2013 |work=The Pioneer |publisher=CMYK Printech Ltd.}}</ref><ref name="IIPMPartner">{{cite web|url=http://www.iipm.edu/ |title=Partner Universities |author=Unknown |publisher=The Indian Institute of Planning and Management}}</ref> and international and fellowship programmes. Its executive education programmes include non-credit courses and visits to foreign business schools. IIPM is not accredited by UGC or ] (AICTE), and is not affiliated with the public ].
== Courses and Degrees ==
The institute offers honours diploma courses in National Economic Planning and Entrepreneurship. It has:
* a 2-year full time Programme in National Economic Planning and Entrepreneurship (IMI Belgium grants an MBA degree)
* 3-year full-time Integrated Programme in National Economic Planning and Entrepreneurship (IMI Belgium grants a BBA degree)


IIPM has been involved in controversies about its advertising. The ] (UGC){{Spaced en dash}}a government organisation responsible for the standards of university education in India{{spaced ndash}}and the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) have repeatedly issued public notices stating that they do not recognise IIPM, and that they deem its technical programmes invalid.<ref name="indiatoday-bribes">{{cite news |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/ugc-aicte-corrupt-iipm-arindam-chaudhuri-web-pages/1/250580.html |title=UGC, AICTE full of bribe-seeking corrupt officials, says IIPM |first=Ritika |last=Chopra |work=India Today |publisher=Living Media India Limited |date=17 February 2013 |access-date=1 May 2013}}</ref> IIPM has responded by stating that it does not issue degrees and that it is not a university.<ref name="bs-regs">{{cite news |date=23 February 2013 |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/management/iipm-dares-to-take-on-the-regulators-113022300309_1.html |title=IIPM dares to take on the regulators |access-date=5 May 2013 |first=M.|last=Saraswathy |work=Business Standard |publisher=Business Standard Ltd.}}</ref> In September 2014 Delhi High Court censured IIPM for misleading students and restrained it from using words like MBA, ], management course, and ] to describe the programs it offered.<ref name="hc_censures">{{cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/bKbeznpnmhgfLJdlbKELJL/High-court-censures-IIPM-Arindam-Chaudhuri-for-misleading-s.html|title=High court censures IIPM, Arindam Chaudhuri for misleading students|last=Apoorva|date=27 September 2014|website=Livemint.com|access-date=19 October 2017}}</ref>
(The BBA/MBA degrees are offered by IMI Belgium, and not IIPM.)


In July 2015, IIPM announced that it would stop offering education programmes directly, and shut down all its campuses outside Delhi. As of 2024, IIPM operates only as a research and training institute in Delhi.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iipm.edu/public/admission_details.html |title=IIPM notice|website=Iipm.edu |access-date=2015-07-02 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/iipm-to-shut-down-all-campuses-october-onwards-115070201044_1.html |title=IIPM to shut down all campuses October onwards |newspaper=Business Standard |date=2015-07-02 |author=M Saraswathy }}</ref>
These courses are not ] by ] (AICTE), one of India's accreditation agencies for MBA and BBA degrees. The University Grants Commission (UGC) is the parent body for all universal recognition licences in India, has stated that IIPM does not have its "go ahead" for offering IMI MBA degrees.<ref></ref>. The IMI BBA/MBA degrees are not recognised in India by UGC & AICTE.


== History ==
IMI, Belgium grants ] and ] degrees to students of IIPM. However the Ministry of Education Belgium, while speaking to Hindustan Times in May 2006 clarified that IMI is not recognised as a business school in Belgium, and its degrees are not treated as equivalent to other recognised BBA and MBA degrees.<ref name=""></ref>
IIPM was founded in 1973 in New Delhi.<ref name="financialexpress.com">{{cite news | title=IIPM sprouts wings, starts chapter in Mumbai| url=http://www.financialexpress.com/printer/news/49186/ |work=The Financial Express |publisher=The Indian Express Limited |date=13 June 2002 |access-date=8 May 2013}}</ref> According to the institute its first residential, full-time, post-graduate diploma programme began in 1974.<ref name="IIPMhistory">{{cite web|title=IIPM History|url=http://www.iipmhistory.com/index.html|year=2011|publisher=The Indian Institute of Planning and Management|access-date=22 November 2009|archive-date=2 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302070125/http://www.iipmhistory.com/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> IIPM had 18 branches across India; in New Delhi, ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ].<ref>{{cite web | title=IIPM branches| url=http://www.iipm.edu/IIPM-branches.html |year=2006| publisher=The Indian Institute of Planning and Management}}</ref>


IIPM was barred by the UGC from offering among other degrees, MBA or BBA programs after irregularities surfaced on its claims and functioning.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/education/iipm-not-entitled-to-award-any-ug-pg-degrees-ugc/articleshow/50630588.cms|title=IIPM not entitled to award any UG, PG degrees: UGC|newspaper=The Economic Times}}</ref> IIPM then closed all its branches save for a research and training institute in Delhi. A UGC notice marks IIPM Delhi as unrecognized.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ugc.ac.in/ugc_notices.aspx?id=1273 |title=UGC Notice reg.: Unrecognized status of IIPM, New Delhi |website=www.ugc.ac.in |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223171554/https://www.ugc.ac.in/ugc_notices.aspx?id=1273 |archive-date=2018-02-23}}</ref> The founding director of IIPM is Dr. M. K. Chaudhuri, and the honorary ] is ].<ref name="IIPMhistory"/>
==Faculty==
IIPM has over 250 full-time faculty and equal number of visiting faculty, according to its website. Prof. A Sandeep is Dean - India and Prof. Prasoon Majumdar is Dean - Academics. ] is Honorary Dean. The regular faculty{{citation needed}} of the institute comprises alumni of IIPM, as well as visiting professors.


==Facilities and faculty==
==Infrastructure==
]
Infrastructure includes classrooms, teaching aids, libraries, electronic libraries, IT equipment like Wi-fi and laptops, and leisure equipment like gymnasiums and swimming pools.
IIPM has a three-acre campus in New Delhi. The facilities at the branches vary but are usually less extensive compared to the main campus.<ref>{{cite news | title=1500 IIPM students given free laptops by the management|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/09/05/stories/2005090513990500.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060906024011/http://www.hindu.com/2005/09/05/stories/2005090513990500.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 September 2006 | date=5 September 2005 |access-date=20 June 2008 | work=]| location=Chennai, India}}</ref> The teaching faculty of the institute mostly comprises its own alumni and visiting professors.<ref name="chickens">{{cite news |last=Khanna |first=Aditya |author2=Kothari, Aarti |title=When the chickens come home... |url=http://www.businessworldindia.com/OCT3105/indepth04.asp |date=31 October 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216042001/http://www.businessworldindia.com/OCT3105/indepth04.asp |archive-date=16 February 2008 |url-status=usurped |access-date=1 December 2009}}</ref> About 20% of the faculty have doctoral degrees.<ref name="FT1">{{cite news|last=Bradshaw|first=Della|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/57cb97bc-f3db-11da-9dab-0000779e2340.html|title=The maverick management guru|newspaper=Financial Times|date=4 June 2006}}</ref> According to the '']'', IIPM has recruited many international professors to teach in India. The institute has built up its teaching faculty by recruiting its own alumni.<ref name="FT1" /><ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com" /><ref>{{cite web|author=B-School Beat |url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=207726 |title=On managing brands |work=Business Standard |date=19 April 2005 |access-date=11 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006220112/http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=207726 |archive-date=6 October 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/aee282d6-5aec-11db-8f80-0000779e2340.html|title= Business education – Common ground across continents |work=Financial Times |date=15 October 2006 |access-date=11 August 2010}}</ref> Under the Global Outreach Programme, IIPM invites faculty members from business schools to its campuses to teach its students.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://limelight.mid-day.com/lifestyle/2011/jun/010611-IIPM-students-brush-up-negotiation-skills.htm |title=IIPM students brush up on negotiation skills |date=1 June 2011 |access-date=8 May 2013 |work=Mid Day |location=Delhi |publisher=Mid Day Infomedia Ltd. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401202012/http://limelight.mid-day.com/lifestyle/2011/jun/010611-IIPM-students-brush-up-negotiation-skills.htm |archive-date=1 April 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>


==Academics==
It has over 10,000 books in the Delhi library, with access to several other libraries such as the British Council and American Library through sharing agreements. Its electronic libraries with access to leading databases like ProQuest (over 6000 journals archived for up to 90 years)and India Business Information Database (IBID - 25 years of news clippings and analysis sorted by industry and product) are available for all students to access online. All students are provided with laptops (IBM or HP) which are always online with wi-fi networks in the campus.
===Offered programmes===
IIPM is an academic partner of ], which issues degrees to IIPM students.<ref name="UGC listed">{{cite web|url=http://www.ugc.ac.in/ |title=Study in India... no limits, no compromise: Manonmaniam Sundaranar University |publisher=University Grants Commission |url-status=dead |access-date=28 October 2016 |work=2004 StudyIndia, UGC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229140123/http://www.ugc.ac.in/studyindia/inst/manonmaniam.html |archive-date=29 February 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="Mint article"/> According to the institute, it offers international programmes and programmes under its School of Business and Economy. These include undergraduate programs in planning and entrepreneurship lasting three years and postgraduate programs in the same subject lasting two years. A one-year postgraduate course is available for working executives with at least two years of past work experience. The institute also offers PhD and Fellowship programmes for postgraduates.<ref name="IIPMPartner"/><ref>{{cite web |title=IIPM programmes |url=http://iipm.edu/iipm-download-details.html#decide |access-date=25 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090520150149/http://iipm.edu/iipm-download-details.html#decide |archive-date=20 May 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The institute does not award ] or ] degrees; it awards certificates for its students who can then apply for degrees from allied institutions. Since 2010, IIPM students can get MBA and BBA degrees from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University.<ref name="Pioneer story"/><ref name="IE-MSU-distance-education"/>


===Courses===
IIPM has a campus in New Delhi (this is the only IIPM campus) and 6 branches in major cities in India. The branches do not have the same infrastructure as the campus, and all photos shown are of the campus only.
Under its programmes in planning and entrepreneurship, the institute offers certificate courses aimed at making students eligible for degree courses. The IIPM course lasts 22 months and includes 1,944 hours of teaching.<ref name="DNA 2011 survey">{{cite web |url=http://dnasyndication.com/dna/article/DNMUM221320 |title=Leading consistently on multiple fronts: DNA National B-School Survey |date=9 June 2011 |access-date=5 May 2013 |work=DNA Syndication |publisher=Diligent Media Corporation Ltd}}</ref> The postgraduate programme has 1,920 contact hours. The institute tries to give its students a "hands on" approach to learning, assigning them to work on consulting projects in major firms.<ref name="liveprojects">{{Cite news |last=Mehra |first=Preeti |title=Catering to the Indian Manager |newspaper=The Hindu |date=15 September 2003 |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2003/09/15/stories/2003091500100200.htm}}</ref> In the first year, core subjects include marketing, accounting, finance, economics and organizational behaviour. In the second year, marketing and IT courses are compulsory and students choose a major in human resource or finance. The institute also offers courses that take unconventional approaches to business management.<ref name="welfaremasses">{{cite news| title=Managers for welfare of masses |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/feb122004/edu11.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050306164654/http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/feb122004/edu11.asp |archive-date=6 March 2005| date=12 February 2004 |work=Deccan Herald |location=India}}</ref> There is a focus on developing executive communication.<ref name="DNA 2011 survey"/>


All students of the institute attend a 21-day compulsory trip to Europe as part of its Global Opportunities and Threat Analysis (GOTA) programme.<ref>{{cite news | title=Education Plus Karnataka |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/edu/2007/01/08/stories/2007010800340200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107232906/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/edu/2007/01/08/stories/2007010800340200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 November 2012 | date=8 January 2007 | work=] |location=Chennai, India}}</ref> The programme arranges visits to multinational firms and political organisations.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com">{{cite news |title=IIPM makes business education truly global |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/IIPM-makes-business-education-truly-global/articleshow/3231633.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811050608/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-07-14/education/27947084_1_iipm-business-education-placements |url-status=live |archive-date=11 August 2011 |location=India |work=] |date=14 July 2008}}</ref><ref name="liveprojects" /> Since 2008, students have visited Africa and Australia under the GOTA programme.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gsb.uct.ac.za/newsletter/v2/story.asp?intArticleID=322 |title=UCT Newsletter reporting the visit, 7 January 2010 |publisher=Gsb.uct.ac.za |access-date=2 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081017065606/http://www.gsb.uct.ac.za/newsletter/v2/story.asp?intArticleID=322 |archive-date=17 October 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canberra.edu.au/monitor/articles/new/20071022_india |title=Canberra University's article with the institute's visit details |date=7 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501002917/http://www.canberra.edu.au/monitor/articles/new/20071022_india |archive-date=1 May 2009 }}</ref>
==Global Outreach Program==
IIPM has organized lectures by professors from several foreign business-schools like Harvard and Columbia. IIPM has also arranged seminars by Stephen Covey, Philip Kotler, Joel Stern, Zig Ziglar and Jack Canfield.


=== Relationships with educational institutions ===
==Publications==
In 2006, IIPM collaborated with ]'s Center for Professional Development to organise a strategy workshop in New Delhi.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20061110/delhi.htm#7|title=Stanford varsity ties up with IIPM to conduct workshops |last=Tribune News Service|date=9 November 2006|work=The Tribune|access-date=9 January 2010}}</ref> In 2008, professors from the ] (NUS) conducted a seven-week course on investment banking at the institute for its top 100 students, leading to a joint certification in investment banking.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com"/> In the same year, IIPM launched a global executive management programme with ] and the ] associated with it.<ref name="Deccan 2008">{{cite news |url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Content/Aug272008/avenues2008082686713.asp |title=IIPM brings serious competition for ISB |work=Deccan Herald |author=Unknown |publisher=The Printers (Mysore) Private Ltd. |date=27 August 2008 |access-date=8 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221061134/http://archive.deccanherald.com/Content/Aug272008/avenues2008082686713.asp |archive-date=21 February 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> {{As of|2009}}, NUS was conducting workshops on business-related topics in Singapore for IIPM students.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://etp.nus.edu.sg/etpatnus/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/nus-enterprise-jan09_r6final.pdf |title=Enterprise at NUS: Updates |page=4 |year=2009 |author=Unknown |publisher=National University of Singapore |access-date=8 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915154618/http://etp.nus.edu.sg/etpatnus/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/nus-enterprise-jan09_r6final.pdf |archive-date=15 September 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Between 2009 and 2012, Singapore's ] sent students to the institute for a four-week course about Indian culture and economy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://global.ntu.edu.sg/global/Documents/Global%20Discovery%20Program%20India%20document.pdf |year=2009 |title=Nanyang Technological University: Global Discovery Programme |author=Unknown |access-date=8 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311004247/http://global.ntu.edu.sg/global/Documents/Global%20Discovery%20Program%20India%20document.pdf |archive-date=11 March 2012 |df=dmy-all }}.</ref>
IIPM publishes , a business and marketing magazine in India. IIPM also brings out with syndicated articles.


{{As of|January 2012}}, IIPM claimed that its global partners were: NYU Stern (for International Residency), Imperial College (participating B-school), Haas School of Business (Strategic Marketing Programme), McCombs School of Business (Affiliate B-school), Cornell University ILR School (Participating school for GOTA), National University of Singapore (Wealth management programme) and Nanyang Technological University. IIPM lists Judge School of Business (Cambridge University), Darden School of Business (University of Virginia) and SDA Bocconi School of Management as past partner institutions.<ref name="IIPM Global Partners">{{cite web |url=http://www.iipm.edu/iipm-global-partners/|title=IIPM Global Partners |author=unknown |publisher=Indian Institute of Planning and Management |access-date=8 May 2012}}</ref> The Mercator School of Management of ] has a formal partnership with IIPM for exchanging students and faculty, and jointly conducting research.<ref name="Mercator IIPM1">{{cite web |url=http://www.msm.uni-due.de/fileadmin/Dateien/ISMA/GBST-Broschuere_2009_1.2MB_07.01.2009.pdf |title=Global Business Studies |publisher=Duisburg-Essen University |page=8 |access-date=8 May 2013 |archive-date=15 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915154544/http://www.msm.uni-due.de/fileadmin/Dateien/ISMA/GBST-Broschuere_2009_1.2MB_07.01.2009.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Also published by IIPM are India Economy Review (on Economy), Strategic Innovators (Strategy), Human Factor (HR), Need the Dough (Finance).


==Relationship with accreditation organisations==
==Plagiarism Controversy==
The certifications offered directly by IIPM are not accredited by ]{{Spaced en dash}}a regulating body for technical education in India whose accreditation is a voluntary process.<ref name="AICTE voluntary">{{cite news |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?232552 |title=Out on a limb |first=Arindam |last=Mukherjee |date=18 September 2006 |access-date=9 May 2013 |work=Outlook |publisher=Maheshwer Peri on behalf of Outlook Publishing (India) Pvt. Ltd.}}</ref><ref name="unapproved">{{cite web |title=List of Unapproved Institutions Running Technical Programmes without AICTE Approval |url=http://www.aicte.ernet.in/download/list-gen.doc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070322191636/http://www.aicte.ernet.in/download/list-gen.doc| format=Microsoft Word|archive-date= 22 March 2007 | access-date=2 December 2009}}</ref> According to IIPM, its courses do not come under the purview of AIU, AICTE, UGC and similar government-established regulatory bodies.<ref name="IIPM Steals A March">{{cite news| last=Dhaundiyal-Panthry |first=Pallavee | title=IIPM Steals a march in management education |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/IIPM-Steals-a-march-in-management-education/articleshow/774961.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015222543/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-07-12/education/27150173_1_iipm-arindam-chaudhuri-management-education |url-status=live |archive-date=15 October 2012 |location=India |date=12 July 2004| work=] |access-date=6 June 2008}}</ref> The Supreme Court of India agreed in 2019 that AICTE has no jurisdiction over MBA education.<ref name="isc">{{cite news |author=Sakshi Saroha |title=SC rules in favour of IIPM, says that it is free to offer MBA without the permission of AICTE |url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/news/sc-rules-in-favour-of-iipm-says-that-it-is-free-to-offer-mba-without-the-permission-of-aicte-150948 |publisher=Jagran Josh |date=10 August 2019}}</ref>
In July 2006 IIPM was accused of plagiarism. A USA Today article<ref> USA Today article on internet plagiarism</ref> about plagiarism on the internet mentioned that a column by Jack and Suzy Welch was posted on the IIPM website below Arindam Chaudhuri's photo without attributions to either BusinessWeek or Jack and Suzy Welch. It was only after the USA Today inquiry that the IIPM website was updated to indicate that the article was written by the Welches and not by Chaudhuri.


===History===
==Position in Indian Business-School Rankings==
In 2005, the acting chairman of UGC, Prof V N Rajshekharan Pillai, said that IIPM's advertisements could be misleading.<ref name="UGC_not_happy">{{cite news|url=http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/current-affairs/ugc-not-happyiipm_186410.html|title=UGC not happy with IIPM|date=24 October 2005 |publisher=Money Control|access-date=10 December 2009}}</ref> In June 2008, the Delhi High Court advised the UGC and IIPM to settle the matter amicably through an out-of-court settlement.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/24/stories/2008062453370400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080802024348/http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/24/stories/2008062453370400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 August 2008 |title=IIPM asked to go in for out-of-court settlement |date=24 June 2008 |work=] |access-date=5 May 2013}}</ref> According to the institute, it had not sought ''de jure'' recognition from any statutory body or accrediting authority.<ref name="IIPM_not_req_recognition">{{cite web|url=http://www.iipm.edu/iipm-media-articles/article/2.jpg |title=IIPM in tune with the times |access-date=2 May 2013}}</ref><ref name="Degree">{{cite web|url= http://www.iipm.edu/iipm-prospectus.pdf|title= IIPM Prospectus|access-date=6 January 2006|publisher=IIPM|page=44}}</ref> UGC and AICTE listed IIPM as a "fake university" and said it was not permitted to confer MBA and BBA degrees or authorised to operate as a university in India.<ref name="UGC_not_happy"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.educationworldonline.net/index.php/page-article-choice-more-id-1282|title=Career Focus|publisher=Education World|access-date=10 December 2009|archive-date=20 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620031657/http://educationworldonline.net/index.php/page-article-choice-more-id-1282|url-status=dead}}</ref> IIPM filed a lawsuit in response.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.india-server.com/news/iipm-moves-high-court-against-the-aicte-2367.html |title=IIPM Declared Fake Institute by AICTE – IIPM Moves High Court Against The AICTE |publisher=India-server.com |access-date=11 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201141956/http://www.india-server.com/news/iipm-moves-high-court-against-the-aicte-2367.html |archive-date=1 December 2008}}</ref> In June 2008, UGC and IIPM reached an agreement in the Delhi High Court. UGC agreed to remove IIPM's name from its list of fake universities and IIPM agreed to clarify that it offers only "certificate courses".<ref name="expressindia.com">{{cite web|author=Express News Service|url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/iipm-will-be-deleted-from-fake-varsity-list-ugc-tells-hc/328522/|title=IIPM will be deleted from fake varsity list, UGC tells HC|publisher=Express India|date=28 June 2008|access-date=11 August 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100822005631/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/iipm-will-be-deleted-from-fake-varsity-list-ugc-tells-hc/328522/|archive-date=22 August 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zeenews.com/news451629.html |title=Remove IIPM's name from fake university list, HC tells UGC|publisher=Zeenews.com |date=27 June 2008 |access-date=11 August 2010}}</ref>
In July 2006, in the Business Today-AC Nielsen ORG-Marg rankings <ref>"India's Best B-Schools", Business Today edition dated July 16, 2006 (page 86). is available only to subscribers.</ref>, IIPM (New Delhi) was ranked #11 and IIPM (Mumbai) #16 among 30 institutes polled, with a sample of 526 respondents comprising MBA aspirants, current MBAs, human resource professionals, young executives and functional heads of organisations. The schools were ranked using AC Nielsen's ''Winning Brands'' model. Respondents were asked to rank 30 shortlisted Business-schools on eight parameters - reputation, success of placement, quality of placement, infrastructure, faculty, teaching methodology and specialisation and admission eligibility. Based on the scores on different parameters, the model calculates the Brand Equity Index (BEI) for each school.


The institute says it is an academically independent and autonomous body without affiliation to any university and its programs do not fall under the purview of AIU, AICTE, UGC, or similar government-established regulatory bodies.<ref>{{cite news | last=Dhaundiyal-Panthry | first=Pallavee | title=IIPM Steals a march in management education|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/774961.cms|work=The Times of India |location=India | date=12 July 2004|access-date=6 June 2008}}</ref> The Uttarakhand University Registrar in February 2010 said that IIPM was running MBA and BBA degree programs without UGC and AICTE affiliations and that IIPM's continuing operation would be detrimental to institutions that operate with affiliations.<ref name="Tribune NSUI IIPM">{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100303/dplus.htm#8 |title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India – Dehradun Plus|newspaper=The Tribune|location=India |access-date=11 August 2010}}</ref>
MBA Students ranked IIPM New Delhi #5 (jointly with FMS, Delhi), which was also the 8th most recommended B-School with 3% of the votes. 2% of the respondents mention IIPM New Delhi as their "First Favourite" (Joint rank #7). In all other rankings in this survey (For example, ranked by Functional Heads, Young Executives or "Top of mind") only the top 10 colleges are listed, and IIPM does not figure in them.


In July 2010, UGC issued a notice to IIPM after the Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education questioned IIPM on the authenticity of its courses at its Hyderabad campus. UGC Chairman Ved Prakash said that IIPM was advertising its programs using the names of UGC, HRD Ministry and AICTE, and that "it is indulging in cheating."<ref name="Cheating">{{cite web |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/education-news/fir-filed-against-iipm-founder-arindam-chaudhuri-by-ugc-for-cheating-students/ |title=IIPM indulging in 'cheating', not recognized by govt: UGC|website=Indianexpress.com|date=14 May 2015|access-date=19 October 2017}}</ref><ref name="FIR">{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/FIR-filed-against-IIPM-founder-Arindam-Chaudhuri/articleshow/47251483.cms|title=FIR filed against IIPM founder Arindam Chaudhuri|newspaper=The Times of India|date=12 May 2015 |access-date=19 October 2017}}</ref> IIPM Group President for Corporate Affairs Amit Saxena said the institute was not a university, was not empowered to award degrees on its own and was doing neither, and that IIPM was "on-site academic partner of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University which grants its degrees to IIPM students." Saxena also said that IIPM had made representations to UGC and Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education to clarify its position and that the subject was sub judice at the Delhi High Court. The registrar of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University<ref name="UGC listed"/> confirmed that IIPM was authorized to offer Manonmaniam Sundaranar University's MBA/BBA programs in all of IIPM's 18 branches.<ref name="Mint article">{{cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/2010/08/25212836/IIPM-not-recognized-bythegov.html?atype=tp|title=IIPM not recognized by govt|access-date=26 August 2010|website=LiveMint.com|date=August 2010}}</ref> Students of IIPM's Indian School of Business and Economics (ISBE) were informed by Manonmaniam Sundaranar University that theirs is a distance-learning degree arrangement.<ref name="IE-MSU-distance-education">{{cite news| title=IIPM: Now Mumbai students demand refund, MNS joins in|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/iipm-now-mumbai-students-demand-refund-mns-joins-in/755077/0|website=Indianexpress.com|access-date=19 October 2017}}</ref>
Business Today-A C Nielsen ORG-Marg's 2004 listing of India's top 30 Business-schools (Source: Business Today. Oct 10, 2004; pg 96) ranked IIPM Mumbai at 23rd and IIPM Delhi the 30th.


In July 2019, the Supreme Court of India decided that AICTE has no jurisdiction over MBA education and that IIPM can conduct MBA education without AICTE's permission.<ref name="isc" />
The Outlook C-Fore Business-School survey<ref></ref> had ranked IIPM Delhi 4th in Industry Interface, 7th in International Linkages, and 8th in Extra Curricular activities in 2003. After the survey was published, C-Fore issued a clarification removing IIPM from its survey<ref name="out2"></ref>, stating that it had "received serious complaints about the veracity of information given by them"<ref name="out3"></ref>. IIPM continues to advertise these rankings even after C-Fore has removed it from its survey.


==Controversies==
''Outlook Magazine'' has twice published caution notices in 2005 informing students and all related parties about the withdrawal of the rankings. Outlook also stated that they have also "come across instances, where the institute doesn't disclose facts truly and correctly". <ref name="out2" /> <ref></ref>
IIPM has been involved in controversies related to its claims about infrastructure, job placements and affiliation with international institutes. Journalists and independent bloggers have investigated IIPM's claims in its newspaper advertising. IIPM denies these charges and has filed legal cases against some journalists. In February 2013, a district court in Gwalior passed an order asking India's Department of Telecommunications to block access to 78 URLs critical of IIPM,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/78-web-pages-of-IIPM-including-UGC-s-blocked/Article1-1012746.aspx |title=78 web pages of IIPM including UGC's blocked |work=Hindustan Times |date=16 February 2013 |access-date=1 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130503165722/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/78-web-pages-of-IIPM-including-UGC-s-blocked/Article1-1012746.aspx |archive-date=3 May 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> which led to online protests.<ref>{{cite news|author=Karthik Subramanian |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/outrage-over-blocking-comments-against-iipm/article4426475.ece |title=Outrage over blocking comments against IIPM |work=The Hindu |date=18 February 2013 |access-date=1 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.firstpost.com/tech/anonymous-india-brings-down-iipm-websites-as-outrage-grows-628257.html |title=Anonymous India brings down IIPM websites as outrage grows |author=unknown |date=18 February 2013|access-date =3 May 2013 |work=Firstpost |publisher=Web18 Software Services Limited}}</ref> ''The Hindu''{{'}}s editor wrote that an IIPM advertisement which stated that ''The Hindu'' had called the institute "the B-School with a Human Face" was "illegal and unethical", and said that the quotation was the headline of a paid advertisement and ''The Hindu'' has not endorsed IIPM in any way.<ref>{{cite news|title=IIPM's claim on The Hindu: A clarification|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/iipms-claim-on-the-hindu-a-clarification/article4530742.ece |first=Siddharth |last=Varadarajan |access-date=21 March 2013 |newspaper=The Hindu |publisher=HT Media Ltd.date=21 March 2013}}</ref> In December 2013, the ] barred IIPM from publishing any TV, print or online advertisements without first obtaining the court's approval, given that past IIPM advertisements had potentially misled the public.<ref name=livemint>{{cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/PCSynJqOEfVxinlasU5sDJ/Delhi-high-court-says-IIPM-cant-publish-ads-without-its-app.html|title=Delhi high court says IIPM can't publish ads without its approval|first=Prashant K.|last=Nanda|date=7 December 2013|website=Livemint.com|access-date=19 October 2017}}</ref><ref name=firstpost>{{cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/business/delhi-high-court-bars-iipm-from-advertising-without-court-ok-1270777.html|title=Delhi High Court bars IIPM from advertising without Court OK|date=6 December 2013|website=Firstpost.com|access-date=19 October 2017}}</ref>


===Conflicts with journalists===
The Business Barons Business-School Study 2004 (Source: BUSINESS BARONS. Jan 31, 2005; pg 65) has ranked the Indian Institute of Planning & Management (IIPM) 8th overall in India. Five parameters were used for the qualitative rankings - infrastructure, placement salaries commanded, depth of industry interface, quality of course contents and quality of students.
In 2005, ''Outlook''{{Spaced en dash}}whose 2003 rankings IIPM had used in its advertisements{{Spaced en dash}}issued a statement withdrawing all rankings awarded to the institute, saying IIPM misguides students through unethical advertising practices and does not fully and truthfully disclose facts.<ref name="outlook-rank">{{Cite news |title=Withdrawal of Rankings |newspaper=Outlook India | date=18 July 2005 | url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?227974 |access-date =1 December 2009}}</ref> According to Arindam Chaudhuri, this was done after he said that ''Outlook'' used the perception of qualitative rankings to influence business school rankings. IIPM responded with legal action against ''Outlook''.<ref name="Chaudhuri/Sunday Indian">{{cite web| url=http://www.thesundayindian.com/article_print.php?article_id=604B |title=B-School Ranking Scamsters Exposed! |first=Arindam |last=Chaudhuri |work=Sunday Indian |publisher=Planman Media Pvt. Ltd. |date=21 February 2010 |access-date=2 May 2010}}</ref>


In June 2005, an Indian online magazine called ''Just Another Magazine'' (JAM) published an article accusing IIPM of misleading students and the public with its advertisements by using institutional rankings published in 2003 which were no longer valid. The article said that the IIPM is not accredited by UGC or AICTE.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jammag.com/careers/n/showart.php?art_id=149 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080210034840/http://www.jammag.com/careers/n/showart.php?art_id=149 |archive-date=10 February 2008 |title= JAM Careers – IIPM: Tall Claims |publisher=JAM Venture Publishing Pvt. Ltd.|date=8 March 2006 |first=Arjun|last=Ravi |access-date=1 May 2013}}</ref> After a court ruling, the article was removed from the internet. ''JAM''{{'s}} editor ] later published similar content in her blog. In response, IIPM called ''JAM''{{'}}s statements an attempt to spread baseless rumours and filed a lawsuit against Bansal.<ref name="IIPM response">{{cite web |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?229084 |title=Bite in the Blog Bark |author=T.R. Vivek |work=Outlook |publisher=Maheshwer Peri on behalf of Outlook Publishing (India) Pvt. Ltd. |date=31 October 2005 |access-date=2 May 2013}}</ref> In a court ruling in June 2010, Bansal was ordered to take down her blog article.<ref name="aa">{{cite news| url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/does-arindam-chaudhuri-help-or-hinder-anna's-cause-70810.html |title=Does Arindam Chaudhuri help or hinder Anna's cause? |first=Anant |last=Rangaswami |date=27 August 2011 |work=Firstpost |publisher=Web18 Software Services Limited}}</ref><ref name="blind">{{cite news|author=Samir Nazareth |url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/when-law-is-blind/article4465431.ece |title=When law is blind |work=The Hindu|date=1 March 2013 |access-date=1 May 2013}}</ref> Gaurav Sabnis, an ] employee at that time, was forced to resign from his post after IIPM threatened to burn IBM laptops in front of IBM's Delhi office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/25/stories/2009022555551100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228052454/http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/25/stories/2009022555551100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 February 2009 |title=Opinion / News Analysis : Blogging in the time of pink slips |date=25 February 2009 |work=] |access-date=1 May 2013}}</ref>
IIPM states, though, that "Rankings don't matter" and it has "strong reservations on the methodology applied by most of the magazines to rank B-schools".<ref></ref>


Later, the magazine ''Careers 360''{{Spaced en dash}}published by ]{{Spaced en dash}}investigated the case.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.careers360.com/news/3067-IIPM-Best-only-in-claims |title=Think higher education! IIPM – Best only in claims? |author=B Mahesh Sarma| website=Careers360.com |access-date=1 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090908155522/http://www.careers360.com/news/3067-IIPM-Best-only-in-claims |archive-date=8 September 2009}}</ref> IIPM again went to court against Peri and his publications ''Outlook'' and ''Careers 360'' on defamation charges. In 2010, Uttarakhand High Court quashed the case.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=http://www.careers360.com/careers360_cms/newsimages/file/Full%20judgement.pdf |title=Full Judgement |publisher=High Court of Uttarakhand |date=8 October 2010 |access-date=1 May 2013 |archive-date=17 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317003829/http://www.careers360.com/careers360_cms/newsimages/file/Full%20judgement.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Another magazine, ''The Caravan'', published an article critical of IIPM in 2011 and is facing a legal challenge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://caravanmagazine.in/Story.aspx?Storyid=717&StoryStyle=FullStory |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110130135253/http://caravanmagazine.in/Story.aspx?Storyid=717&StoryStyle=FullStory |archive-date=30 January 2011 |title=Sweet Smell of Success: How Arindam Chaudhuri Made a Fortune Off the Aspirations – and Insecurities – of India's Middle Classes |first=Siddhartha |last=Deb|work=The Caravan|publisher= Delhi Press |date=30 January 2011 |access-date=1 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caravanmagazine.in/perspectives/iipms-rs500-million-lawsuit-against-caravan-republished |title=IIPM's Rs500-million lawsuit against The Caravan |work=The Caravan|publisher= Delhi Press |author= The Caravan editors and publishers |date= 1 July 2011|access-date=1 May 2013}}</ref> In 2016, IIPM withdrew all remaining cases against Peri.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/805493/maheshwer-peri-on-how-he-won-the-legal-battle-against-iipms-arindam-chaudhuri|title=peri legal outcome|website=Scroll.in|date=23 March 2016 |access-date=19 October 2017}}</ref>
==Controversy: Veracity of IIPM claims==
{{main article|IIPM Controversy}}


In 2009, Mahesh Sarma wrote in ''Careers 360'' that for the class of 2008, three companies mentioned in IIPM advertisements as participants in campus placement said that although some freshers of the institute may have been working for them, the companies had never participated in the institute's campus recruitment process. Sarma profiled a sample of jobs that IIPM said its students obtained abroad in the Persian Gulf countries.<ref name="Careers360 story about IIPM"/> As of June 2010, according to '']'', Standard Chartered and Barclays were offering jobs to IIPM students.<ref name="Pioneer4">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/259752/IIPM-takes-India-Inc-by-storm.html|title=IIPM takes India Inc by storm|access-date=30 August 2010|publisher=CMYK Printech Ltd|date=2 June 1010|work=Sunday Pioneer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616062818/http://www.dailypioneer.com/259752/IIPM-takes-India-Inc-by-storm.html |archive-date=16 June 2011}}</ref>
In 2004/2005, IIPM had been involved in a major controversy regarding the veracity of its claims in print advertisements. (IIPM spends a lot of money on print advertising<ref name="" />) The controversial elements were:


In 2009, according to Sarma's article, ] (University of Cambridge), ] (]) and ] hosted IIPM's non-credit Executive Education program participants and conducted sessions for them.<ref name="Careers360 story about IIPM"/> Sarma wrote that McCombs School of Business was not aware of a relationship with IIPM, and that IIPM may have a relationship with another University of Texas-Austin college. Judge Business School told Sarma that they were delivering a "five-day non-degree executive education program" to IIPM students at the University of Cambridge, and that "there are no university qualifications awarded from Cambridge University or Judge Business School. The only certificate is a certificate of attendance which is what we provide to participants on all our programs." Darden Business School told Sarma that "along with Cambridge (Judge) and UC Berkeley (Haas)", University of Virginia's Darden School of Business was providing a series of week-long Executive Education non-credit programs for IIPM. Darden also said it had no partnership agreement with IIPM. Haas Business School confirmed the existence of a contract with IIPM and said that IIPM "may represent itself as a business school participating with the Haas School of Business", and that Haas faculty will teach courses in the IIPM program.<ref name="Careers360 story about IIPM"/>
* IIPM claimed on its print advertisements and on its that its campuses have infrastructure like swimming facilities and 1000-seat auditoriums. Detractors claimed such infrastructure was only available in its New Delhi Campus<ref name="jam2"></ref>. IIPM maintained that New Delhi is the only campus, the rest are branches.<ref name="bw"></ref> But this contradicts with what is on the IIPM . (All branches are referred to as campuses)


Sarma also reported that the University of Buckingham had told him that although they were in talks with IIPM, there was no formal agreement yet and that until IIPM's programs are formally accredited by the QAA, IIPM does not have consent to mention the University of Buckingham in its advertisements.<ref name="Careers360-2">{{cite news |last=Sharma |first=Mahesh |title=IIPM makes another claim – Over to you Mr.Sibal |url=http://www.careers360.com/news_3069-IIPM-makes-another-claim-Over-to-you-Mr-Siba |date=1 June 2009 |access-date=3 May 2013 |work=Careers 360 |publisher=Maheshwer Peri |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616141554/http://www.careers360.com/news_3069-IIPM-makes-another-claim-Over-to-you-Mr-Siba |archive-date=16 June 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> According to Sarma, after ''Careers360'' published its article, IIPM removed the name of University of Buckingham from its advertisements.<ref name="Careers360 story about IMI"/>
* Placement information on the IIPM advertisements and web site mentioned that a number of companies had recruited its students. JAM magazine, Businessworld and other detractors claimed<ref name="jam2" /> to have spoken to the companies mentioned, and these companies, they claimed, had either denied going to the IIPM campus or branches, or having recruited anyone from IIPM before they finished the IIPM course.


Sarma said NVAO{{Spaced en dash}}the accreditation organization for Netherlands and Flanders{{Spaced en dash}}said that IMI "is not a recognized higher education institution in the Dutch or French speaking part of Belgium" and cannot award recognized degrees.<ref name="Careers360 story about IIPM">{{cite news |last=Sarma |first=B. Mahesh |title=IIPM – Best only in claims? (June 2009 version) |url=http://www.university.careers360.com/articles/iipm-best-only-in-claims |website=Careers360.com |date=June 2009 |access-date=30 September 2014 |archive-date=9 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009064217/http://www.university.careers360.com/articles/iipm-best-only-in-claims |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Careers360 story about IMI">{{cite news|title= IIPM's offering of MBA/ BBA degrees is illegal and students using the titles can be prosecuted|url= http://www.careers360.com/news_3832-IIPM-s-offering-of-MBA-BBA-degrees-is-illegal-and-students-using-the-titles-can-be-prosecuted|website= Careers360.com|date= February 2010|access-date= 8 February 2010|archive-date= 10 February 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100210042842/http://www.careers360.com/news_3832-IIPM-s-offering-of-MBA-BBA-degrees-is-illegal-and-students-using-the-titles-can-be-prosecuted|url-status= dead}}</ref> According to ''Careers 360'', the Uttarakhand government appointed the registrar of ] to conduct an inquiry; the registrar recommended banning IIPM.<ref name="Careers360 Dehradun">{{cite web |url=http://www.careers360.com/news/3957-IIPM-Uttarakhand-Registrar-recommends-a-ban |title=Think higher education! IIPM: Uttarakhand Registrar recommends a ban |website=Careers360.com |access-date=11 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028081231/http://careers360.com/news/3957-IIPM-Uttarakhand-Registrar-recommends-a-ban |archive-date=28 October 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable (]).|date=July 2024}}
* IIPM is not accredited{{citation needed}} with the ] (AICTE). In its print advertisements, this is mentioned in very small print. The ] (AICTE) said that IIPM does not have the right to use the words "Indian Institute" in its name without central government approval.<ref></ref> AICTE has also mentioned that it is illegal for IIPM to offer foreign degrees without AICTE approval.<ref></ref>


===Misplaced Pages conflicts===
* The World Class Faculty: From Businessworld<ref name="bw" />:
The IIPM reportedly used paid editors to doctor its article and those of its critics on the ], for promotional purposes. A Misplaced Pages user identified by the username {{no ping|Wifione}} was highly involved in such activity, monitoring the IIPM article to remove content that was critical of the institute. After gaining the trust of users, Wifione was also ] to the position of ], and used this new influence to continue these activities. It was also found that Wifione had used at least 60 "]" accounts on the website to influence discussions in favor of modifications to the page that reflected the opinion of the IIPM. The effects of these strategies were magnified by the introduction of the ] program, which offers free access to Misplaced Pages content on ]s in developing countries—including India. This program thus allowed users to discover the institute's biased article. In February 2015, Wifione was banned from Misplaced Pages by the ] (ArbCom) for these actions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/stoi/deep-focus/Wiki-paid-y-a/articleshow/28695840.cms|title=Wiki-paid-y a?|last=Soman|first=Sandhya |website=]|date=12 January 2014|access-date=12 January 2014}}</ref><ref name="newsweek-wikiban">{{cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.com/2015/04/03/manipulating-wikipedia-promote-bogus-business-school-316133.html |title=Manipulating Misplaced Pages to Promote a Bogus Business School |work=Newsweek.com |date=24 March 2015|access-date=24 March 2015}}</ref>
<blockquote>''Faculty from the names that IIPM advertises so heavily - Harvard, Columbia, Wharton, Oxford, Cambridge, Stanford et al - do not actually 'teach' at IIPM. Instead of picking a subject and teaching it over some weeks, as is the practice at the Indian School of Business, they just collect students at an auditorium and give a one-time lecture.''</blockquote>


==Litigation==
* IIPM continues to use Outlook C-Fore Business-School survey where the IIPM Delhi campus was ranked in the top 10, but Outlook has withdrawn these rankings, and has published two caution notices in 2005 warning students about such withdrawal.<ref name="out2" /><ref name="out3" /> On the (requires free registration) Outlook says:
===2009===
<blockquote> ''Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM) doesn't disclose facts truly and correctly. Under notice to them, we are withdrawing all the rankings given to IIPM forthwith.'' </blockquote>
IIPM filed a criminal defamation charge against ''Careers 360''.<ref name="Pioneer2">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/254540/Careers-360-faces-defamation-charge.html|title=Careers 360 faces defamation charge|access-date=30 August 2010|publisher=CMYK Printech Ltd.|date=9 May 2010|author=Pioneer News Service|work=News Article|format=Text/HTML}}</ref> However, all proceedings in the criminal complaint filed by IIPM against Careers360 was quashed by the Uttarakhand High Court by its judgement dated 8 October 2010. The Court noted that "the sole purpose of the article was to caution gullible students. This court does not find anything defamatory in the article", and that IIPM could show "no proof of their claim that they grant degree from Buckingham University!"<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.university.careers360.com/articles/iipm-best-only-in-claims|title=IIPM – Best only in claims?|website=University.careers360.com|access-date=19 October 2017|archive-date=8 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008232619/https://university.careers360.com/articles/IIPM-Best-only-in-claims|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Famous Alumni== ===2013===
In December 2013, ] reported that public-interest litigation filed in 2010 by Mahesh Sarma, the editor of ''Careers 360'', led to the ] barring IIPM from publishing any TV, print or online advertisements without first obtaining the court's approval, given that past IIPM advertisements had potentially misled the public.<ref name="livemint"/><ref name="firstpost"/> According to Livemint.com, the interim court order was based on an affidavit by the ] (UGC), which stated that IIPM advertisements had the potential to "mislead innocent students and public at large"; a UGC committee investigating the issue had found that the "practice of issuing such dubious advertisements by IIPM to attract students deceptively should be stopped forthwith".<ref name=livemint/> Portions of the UGC document were quoted in the interim court order.<ref name=livemint/>
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*Asheesh Khaneja, Executive Director, ], Hong Kong
===2014===
*Ram Mohan Rao, Managing Director, ], Singapore
In September 2014, the Delhi High Court censured IIPM and its founder Arindam Chaudhuri for misleading students.<ref name="hc_censures"/> A division bench restrained IIPM and its management with immediate effect from using the words "MBA, BBA, management course, management school, business school or b-school" in relation to the courses offered by it as well as in representations made to the public. The court noted that IIPM was promoting an impression that it had recognition from a foreign management institute, International Management Institute (IMI), Belgium. The court found that IMI had in fact been set up by Arindam Chaudhuri and his father Malay Chaudhuri, and was not even recognized by the laws of Belgium. The institute was also "directed to prominently display on the website of IIPM that they are not recognized by any statutory body/authority" and clarify the status of the foreign institutions from which students enrolling in IIPM would be getting a degree or certification<ref name="hc_censures"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article/Evidently-False-And-Misleading/292061|title='Evidently False And Misleading'|website=Outlookindia.com|access-date=19 October 2017}}</ref>

===2016===
In January 2016, IIPM withdrew all cases against Peri, chairman and chief executive of Careers360 when Peri sought to get all cases transferred to Supreme Court.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.moneylife.in/article/maheshwar-peri-chairman-of-careers360-vanquishes-iipm-in-court/46125.html |title=Maheshwar Peri, Chairman of Careers360, vanquishes IIPM in court - Moneylife |access-date=2016-04-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404074326/http://www.moneylife.in/article/maheshwar-peri-chairman-of-careers360-vanquishes-iipm-in-court/46125.html |archive-date=4 April 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
In another setback to IIPM, ] issued a notice on their website informing general public that IIPM is not a university and is not entitled to confer various educational degrees.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ugc.ac.in/pdfnews/0811476_Unrecognized_status_of_IIPM-English0001.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-04-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122181235/http://www.ugc.ac.in/pdfnews/0811476_Unrecognized_status_of_IIPM-English0001.pdf |archive-date=22 January 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

=== 2019 ===
In September 2019, Kolkata High Court was hearing of a petition of two students who claimed to have been impressed by the IIPM ads featuring actor ] giving them an impression of IIPM as a trustworthy institution. Following this the court has asked the actor for an explanation on his relationship and business dealings with IIPM. In response the actor's lawyer denied claims in the petition and mentioned the actor had simply appeared in some ads for the institute. Meanwhile, the High court also questioned state government on why should the case have a CBI probe.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/calcutta-hc-asks-shah-rukh-khan-to-explain-his-links-with-iipm-1596067-2019-09-06|title=Calcutta HC asks Shah Rukh Khan to explain his links with IIPM|date=September 6, 2019|first=Indrajit|last=Kundu|website=India Today|access-date=2020-02-03}}</ref>

===Trade practices===
In May 2007, The ] (MRTPC){{Spaced en dash}}an anti-monopoly watchdog{{spaced ndash}}initiated a probe into IIPM's advertisements.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/mrtpc-to-close-down-in-2-yrs/509141/ |title=MRTPC to close down in 2 yrs|work=The Financial Express |date=31 August 2009 |access-date=11 August 2010}}</ref> They suspected that IIPM recovers the cost of GOTA tours and laptops, both advertised as free, from students later on.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/bschool-in-trouble-for-tall-claims/40035-7.html?xml |title=MRTPC investigating tall claims made in IIPM ads |publisher=Ibnlive.com |date=20 June 2007 |access-date=2 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=MRTPC directs DGIR to probe IIPM claims in ads|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/Services/MRTPC_directs_DGIR_to_probe_IIPM_claims_in_ads/articleshow/2018338.cms|date=8 May 2007|work=The Economic Times |location=India}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=MRTPC initiated action against IIPM: Minister|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2007/08/15/stories/2007081552471000.htm | date=15 August 2007 | work=Business Line | access-date=26 December 2009}}</ref> In October 2007, MRTPC announced that it would not be processing inquiries against business schools because of staff shortages.<ref>{{cite news|author=Kalpana Pathak / Mumbai&nbsp;13 October 2007|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=301182 |title=MRTPC spares B-schools due to staff crunch|work=Business Standard|date=13 October 2007|access-date=11 August 2010}}</ref>

===Tax issues===
In May 2007, ], Minister of State for Finance, answered a question in the ] raised by ], another Rajya Sabha member. Palanimanickam said, "IIPM has not paid income tax during the assessment years 2005–06 and 2006–07, claiming exemption under section 10(23C) (vi) of the Income-tax Act, 1961."<ref name="The Press Trust of India Ltd">{{cite news|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2007-05-15/news/28478266_1_service-tax-iipm-income-tax-department|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823014210/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2007-05-15/news/28478266_1_service-tax-iipm-income-tax-department|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 August 2016|title=IIPM spent 49 cr on ads, paid no taxes: Govt.|date=15 May 2007|publisher=The Press Trust of India Ltd|access-date=1 July 2009}}</ref> The ministry also said that IIPM had paid no service tax in the preceding two years.<ref>{{cite web |title= Evasion of Income Tax by Educational Institutions|url=http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=27920 |publisher=Press Information Bureau, Government of India|date=15 May 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Revenue officials cracking down on service tax evaders|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/12/07/stories/2005120704790400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070805033748/http://www.hindu.com/2005/12/07/stories/2005120704790400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 August 2007 | date=7 December 2005 |access-date=20 June 2008 | work=]| location=Chennai, India}}</ref> Under a query raised through the ] on the institute, the Central Board of Direct Taxes said that the ministry received a "tax evasion complaint in respect of wrong claims of exemption under Section 10(23C) of the Income Tax Act, 1961."<ref>{{Cite news |title=IIPM facing investigation for alleged tax evasion |newspaper=The Economic Times |date=5 April 2009 | url =http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News-by-Industry/IIPM-facing-tax-evasion-probe/articleshow/4362072.cms|access-date =6 December 2009}}{{dead link|date=July 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} </ref> In April 2009, the Indian government stated that there were "no pending tax claims against IIPM" and the case had been closed after due enquiry.<ref>{{cite news | title=IIPM gets IT dept clean chit|url=http://www.asianage.com/archive/htmlfiles/India/IIPM%20gets%20IT%20dept%20clean%20chit.html |work=The Asian Age|location=India|date=13 April 2009}}</ref>

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Former business school headquartered in New Delhi, India "IIPM" redirects here. For other uses, see IIPM (disambiguation).

Indian Institute of Planning and Management
MottoDare to think beyond
Established1973 (1973)
DirectorMalayendra Kisor Chaudhuri
Key peopleArindam Chaudhuri (Honorary Dean)
LocationNew Delhi, Delhi, India
Coordinates28°36′54″N 77°21′58″E / 28.615°N 77.366°E / 28.615; 77.366
Websitewww.iipm.edu
Dissolved2015

The Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM) was an unaccredited institute headquartered in New Delhi, which previously had 18 branches across India. IIPM was shut down after multiple allegations and lawsuits concerning the institute's use of false advertisements and fraudulent practices. After several controversies, the school's Honorary Dean Arindam Chaudhuri decided to shut down all campuses across India, except the one in Delhi. Founded in 1973, the institute used to offer undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes in national economic planning and entrepreneurship, and international and fellowship programmes. Its executive education programmes include non-credit courses and visits to foreign business schools. IIPM is not accredited by UGC or All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), and is not affiliated with the public Indian Institutes of Management.

IIPM has been involved in controversies about its advertising. The University Grants Commission (UGC) – a government organisation responsible for the standards of university education in India – and the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) have repeatedly issued public notices stating that they do not recognise IIPM, and that they deem its technical programmes invalid. IIPM has responded by stating that it does not issue degrees and that it is not a university. In September 2014 Delhi High Court censured IIPM for misleading students and restrained it from using words like MBA, BBA, management course, and B-school to describe the programs it offered.

In July 2015, IIPM announced that it would stop offering education programmes directly, and shut down all its campuses outside Delhi. As of 2024, IIPM operates only as a research and training institute in Delhi.

History

IIPM was founded in 1973 in New Delhi. According to the institute its first residential, full-time, post-graduate diploma programme began in 1974. IIPM had 18 branches across India; in New Delhi, Mumbai, Gurgaon, Noida, Bangalore, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Pune, Lucknow, Indore, Bhubaneshwar, Bhopal, Jaipur, Dehradun, and Cochin.

IIPM was barred by the UGC from offering among other degrees, MBA or BBA programs after irregularities surfaced on its claims and functioning. IIPM then closed all its branches save for a research and training institute in Delhi. A UGC notice marks IIPM Delhi as unrecognized. The founding director of IIPM is Dr. M. K. Chaudhuri, and the honorary dean is Arindam Chaudhuri.

Facilities and faculty

IIPM Campus, New Delhi

IIPM has a three-acre campus in New Delhi. The facilities at the branches vary but are usually less extensive compared to the main campus. The teaching faculty of the institute mostly comprises its own alumni and visiting professors. About 20% of the faculty have doctoral degrees. According to the Financial Times, IIPM has recruited many international professors to teach in India. The institute has built up its teaching faculty by recruiting its own alumni. Under the Global Outreach Programme, IIPM invites faculty members from business schools to its campuses to teach its students.

Academics

Offered programmes

IIPM is an academic partner of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, which issues degrees to IIPM students. According to the institute, it offers international programmes and programmes under its School of Business and Economy. These include undergraduate programs in planning and entrepreneurship lasting three years and postgraduate programs in the same subject lasting two years. A one-year postgraduate course is available for working executives with at least two years of past work experience. The institute also offers PhD and Fellowship programmes for postgraduates. The institute does not award BBA or MBA degrees; it awards certificates for its students who can then apply for degrees from allied institutions. Since 2010, IIPM students can get MBA and BBA degrees from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University.

Courses

Under its programmes in planning and entrepreneurship, the institute offers certificate courses aimed at making students eligible for degree courses. The IIPM course lasts 22 months and includes 1,944 hours of teaching. The postgraduate programme has 1,920 contact hours. The institute tries to give its students a "hands on" approach to learning, assigning them to work on consulting projects in major firms. In the first year, core subjects include marketing, accounting, finance, economics and organizational behaviour. In the second year, marketing and IT courses are compulsory and students choose a major in human resource or finance. The institute also offers courses that take unconventional approaches to business management. There is a focus on developing executive communication.

All students of the institute attend a 21-day compulsory trip to Europe as part of its Global Opportunities and Threat Analysis (GOTA) programme. The programme arranges visits to multinational firms and political organisations. Since 2008, students have visited Africa and Australia under the GOTA programme.

Relationships with educational institutions

In 2006, IIPM collaborated with Stanford University's Center for Professional Development to organise a strategy workshop in New Delhi. In 2008, professors from the National University of Singapore (NUS) conducted a seven-week course on investment banking at the institute for its top 100 students, leading to a joint certification in investment banking. In the same year, IIPM launched a global executive management programme with Chicago GSB and the Haas School of Business associated with it. As of 2009, NUS was conducting workshops on business-related topics in Singapore for IIPM students. Between 2009 and 2012, Singapore's Nanyang Technological University sent students to the institute for a four-week course about Indian culture and economy.

As of January 2012, IIPM claimed that its global partners were: NYU Stern (for International Residency), Imperial College (participating B-school), Haas School of Business (Strategic Marketing Programme), McCombs School of Business (Affiliate B-school), Cornell University ILR School (Participating school for GOTA), National University of Singapore (Wealth management programme) and Nanyang Technological University. IIPM lists Judge School of Business (Cambridge University), Darden School of Business (University of Virginia) and SDA Bocconi School of Management as past partner institutions. The Mercator School of Management of Duisburg-Essen University has a formal partnership with IIPM for exchanging students and faculty, and jointly conducting research.

Relationship with accreditation organisations

The certifications offered directly by IIPM are not accredited by AICTE – a regulating body for technical education in India whose accreditation is a voluntary process. According to IIPM, its courses do not come under the purview of AIU, AICTE, UGC and similar government-established regulatory bodies. The Supreme Court of India agreed in 2019 that AICTE has no jurisdiction over MBA education.

History

In 2005, the acting chairman of UGC, Prof V N Rajshekharan Pillai, said that IIPM's advertisements could be misleading. In June 2008, the Delhi High Court advised the UGC and IIPM to settle the matter amicably through an out-of-court settlement. According to the institute, it had not sought de jure recognition from any statutory body or accrediting authority. UGC and AICTE listed IIPM as a "fake university" and said it was not permitted to confer MBA and BBA degrees or authorised to operate as a university in India. IIPM filed a lawsuit in response. In June 2008, UGC and IIPM reached an agreement in the Delhi High Court. UGC agreed to remove IIPM's name from its list of fake universities and IIPM agreed to clarify that it offers only "certificate courses".

The institute says it is an academically independent and autonomous body without affiliation to any university and its programs do not fall under the purview of AIU, AICTE, UGC, or similar government-established regulatory bodies. The Uttarakhand University Registrar in February 2010 said that IIPM was running MBA and BBA degree programs without UGC and AICTE affiliations and that IIPM's continuing operation would be detrimental to institutions that operate with affiliations.

In July 2010, UGC issued a notice to IIPM after the Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education questioned IIPM on the authenticity of its courses at its Hyderabad campus. UGC Chairman Ved Prakash said that IIPM was advertising its programs using the names of UGC, HRD Ministry and AICTE, and that "it is indulging in cheating." IIPM Group President for Corporate Affairs Amit Saxena said the institute was not a university, was not empowered to award degrees on its own and was doing neither, and that IIPM was "on-site academic partner of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University which grants its degrees to IIPM students." Saxena also said that IIPM had made representations to UGC and Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education to clarify its position and that the subject was sub judice at the Delhi High Court. The registrar of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University confirmed that IIPM was authorized to offer Manonmaniam Sundaranar University's MBA/BBA programs in all of IIPM's 18 branches. Students of IIPM's Indian School of Business and Economics (ISBE) were informed by Manonmaniam Sundaranar University that theirs is a distance-learning degree arrangement.

In July 2019, the Supreme Court of India decided that AICTE has no jurisdiction over MBA education and that IIPM can conduct MBA education without AICTE's permission.

Controversies

IIPM has been involved in controversies related to its claims about infrastructure, job placements and affiliation with international institutes. Journalists and independent bloggers have investigated IIPM's claims in its newspaper advertising. IIPM denies these charges and has filed legal cases against some journalists. In February 2013, a district court in Gwalior passed an order asking India's Department of Telecommunications to block access to 78 URLs critical of IIPM, which led to online protests. The Hindu's editor wrote that an IIPM advertisement which stated that The Hindu had called the institute "the B-School with a Human Face" was "illegal and unethical", and said that the quotation was the headline of a paid advertisement and The Hindu has not endorsed IIPM in any way. In December 2013, the Delhi High Court barred IIPM from publishing any TV, print or online advertisements without first obtaining the court's approval, given that past IIPM advertisements had potentially misled the public.

Conflicts with journalists

In 2005, Outlook – whose 2003 rankings IIPM had used in its advertisements – issued a statement withdrawing all rankings awarded to the institute, saying IIPM misguides students through unethical advertising practices and does not fully and truthfully disclose facts. According to Arindam Chaudhuri, this was done after he said that Outlook used the perception of qualitative rankings to influence business school rankings. IIPM responded with legal action against Outlook.

In June 2005, an Indian online magazine called Just Another Magazine (JAM) published an article accusing IIPM of misleading students and the public with its advertisements by using institutional rankings published in 2003 which were no longer valid. The article said that the IIPM is not accredited by UGC or AICTE. After a court ruling, the article was removed from the internet. JAM's editor Rashmi Bansal later published similar content in her blog. In response, IIPM called JAM's statements an attempt to spread baseless rumours and filed a lawsuit against Bansal. In a court ruling in June 2010, Bansal was ordered to take down her blog article. Gaurav Sabnis, an IBM employee at that time, was forced to resign from his post after IIPM threatened to burn IBM laptops in front of IBM's Delhi office.

Later, the magazine Careers 360 – published by Maheshwar Peri – investigated the case. IIPM again went to court against Peri and his publications Outlook and Careers 360 on defamation charges. In 2010, Uttarakhand High Court quashed the case. Another magazine, The Caravan, published an article critical of IIPM in 2011 and is facing a legal challenge. In 2016, IIPM withdrew all remaining cases against Peri.

In 2009, Mahesh Sarma wrote in Careers 360 that for the class of 2008, three companies mentioned in IIPM advertisements as participants in campus placement said that although some freshers of the institute may have been working for them, the companies had never participated in the institute's campus recruitment process. Sarma profiled a sample of jobs that IIPM said its students obtained abroad in the Persian Gulf countries. As of June 2010, according to The Pioneer, Standard Chartered and Barclays were offering jobs to IIPM students.

In 2009, according to Sarma's article, Judge Business School (University of Cambridge), Darden Graduate School of Business Administration (University of Virginia) and Haas School of Business hosted IIPM's non-credit Executive Education program participants and conducted sessions for them. Sarma wrote that McCombs School of Business was not aware of a relationship with IIPM, and that IIPM may have a relationship with another University of Texas-Austin college. Judge Business School told Sarma that they were delivering a "five-day non-degree executive education program" to IIPM students at the University of Cambridge, and that "there are no university qualifications awarded from Cambridge University or Judge Business School. The only certificate is a certificate of attendance which is what we provide to participants on all our programs." Darden Business School told Sarma that "along with Cambridge (Judge) and UC Berkeley (Haas)", University of Virginia's Darden School of Business was providing a series of week-long Executive Education non-credit programs for IIPM. Darden also said it had no partnership agreement with IIPM. Haas Business School confirmed the existence of a contract with IIPM and said that IIPM "may represent itself as a business school participating with the Haas School of Business", and that Haas faculty will teach courses in the IIPM program.

Sarma also reported that the University of Buckingham had told him that although they were in talks with IIPM, there was no formal agreement yet and that until IIPM's programs are formally accredited by the QAA, IIPM does not have consent to mention the University of Buckingham in its advertisements. According to Sarma, after Careers360 published its article, IIPM removed the name of University of Buckingham from its advertisements.

Sarma said NVAO – the accreditation organization for Netherlands and Flanders – said that IMI "is not a recognized higher education institution in the Dutch or French speaking part of Belgium" and cannot award recognized degrees. According to Careers 360, the Uttarakhand government appointed the registrar of Uttarakhand Technical University to conduct an inquiry; the registrar recommended banning IIPM.

Misplaced Pages conflicts

The IIPM reportedly used paid editors to doctor its article and those of its critics on the English Misplaced Pages, for promotional purposes. A Misplaced Pages user identified by the username Wifione was highly involved in such activity, monitoring the IIPM article to remove content that was critical of the institute. After gaining the trust of users, Wifione was also promoted to the position of administrator, and used this new influence to continue these activities. It was also found that Wifione had used at least 60 "sockpuppet" accounts on the website to influence discussions in favor of modifications to the page that reflected the opinion of the IIPM. The effects of these strategies were magnified by the introduction of the Misplaced Pages Zero program, which offers free access to Misplaced Pages content on mobile phones in developing countries—including India. This program thus allowed users to discover the institute's biased article. In February 2015, Wifione was banned from Misplaced Pages by the Arbitration Committee (ArbCom) for these actions.

Litigation

2009

IIPM filed a criminal defamation charge against Careers 360. However, all proceedings in the criminal complaint filed by IIPM against Careers360 was quashed by the Uttarakhand High Court by its judgement dated 8 October 2010. The Court noted that "the sole purpose of the article was to caution gullible students. This court does not find anything defamatory in the article", and that IIPM could show "no proof of their claim that they grant degree from Buckingham University!"

2013

In December 2013, Livemint.com reported that public-interest litigation filed in 2010 by Mahesh Sarma, the editor of Careers 360, led to the Delhi High Court barring IIPM from publishing any TV, print or online advertisements without first obtaining the court's approval, given that past IIPM advertisements had potentially misled the public. According to Livemint.com, the interim court order was based on an affidavit by the University Grants Commission (UGC), which stated that IIPM advertisements had the potential to "mislead innocent students and public at large"; a UGC committee investigating the issue had found that the "practice of issuing such dubious advertisements by IIPM to attract students deceptively should be stopped forthwith". Portions of the UGC document were quoted in the interim court order.

2014

In September 2014, the Delhi High Court censured IIPM and its founder Arindam Chaudhuri for misleading students. A division bench restrained IIPM and its management with immediate effect from using the words "MBA, BBA, management course, management school, business school or b-school" in relation to the courses offered by it as well as in representations made to the public. The court noted that IIPM was promoting an impression that it had recognition from a foreign management institute, International Management Institute (IMI), Belgium. The court found that IMI had in fact been set up by Arindam Chaudhuri and his father Malay Chaudhuri, and was not even recognized by the laws of Belgium. The institute was also "directed to prominently display on the website of IIPM that they are not recognized by any statutory body/authority" and clarify the status of the foreign institutions from which students enrolling in IIPM would be getting a degree or certification

2016

In January 2016, IIPM withdrew all cases against Peri, chairman and chief executive of Careers360 when Peri sought to get all cases transferred to Supreme Court. In another setback to IIPM, University Grants Commission issued a notice on their website informing general public that IIPM is not a university and is not entitled to confer various educational degrees.

2019

In September 2019, Kolkata High Court was hearing of a petition of two students who claimed to have been impressed by the IIPM ads featuring actor Shahrukh Khan giving them an impression of IIPM as a trustworthy institution. Following this the court has asked the actor for an explanation on his relationship and business dealings with IIPM. In response the actor's lawyer denied claims in the petition and mentioned the actor had simply appeared in some ads for the institute. Meanwhile, the High court also questioned state government on why should the case have a CBI probe.

Trade practices

In May 2007, The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission (MRTPC) – an anti-monopoly watchdog – initiated a probe into IIPM's advertisements. They suspected that IIPM recovers the cost of GOTA tours and laptops, both advertised as free, from students later on. In October 2007, MRTPC announced that it would not be processing inquiries against business schools because of staff shortages.

Tax issues

In May 2007, S.S. Palanimanickam, Minister of State for Finance, answered a question in the Rajya Sabha raised by Dharam Pal Sabharwal, another Rajya Sabha member. Palanimanickam said, "IIPM has not paid income tax during the assessment years 2005–06 and 2006–07, claiming exemption under section 10(23C) (vi) of the Income-tax Act, 1961." The ministry also said that IIPM had paid no service tax in the preceding two years. Under a query raised through the Right to Information Act on the institute, the Central Board of Direct Taxes said that the ministry received a "tax evasion complaint in respect of wrong claims of exemption under Section 10(23C) of the Income Tax Act, 1961." In April 2009, the Indian government stated that there were "no pending tax claims against IIPM" and the case had been closed after due enquiry.

See also

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