IMC Awards 2025 for Excellence in Management Education

In 2013, to further the vision of IMC Conference of documenting best-practices in Indian management education, the 1st Indian Management Conclave (IMC) Awards for Excellence in Management Education, popularly known as IMC Awards, were launched. The core objective of IMC Awards is to identify, document and recognize the Best-practices and successful Initiatives undertaken by Indian B-schools in strategic areas like Admissions Policy, Curriculum & Pedagogy, Industry-engagement and Education Technology. Today, IMC Awards are India's most prestigious awards for Excellence in Management Education.

IMC Awards Highlights

• India’s most prestigious awards for Excellence in Management Education
• Conceptualized for documenting & recognizing Best-practices from Indian B-schools
• Award selection by unbiased and eminent Jury purely on the merit of nominated initiative
• Award presented by Former President of India, HRD Minister, AICTE Chairman, Global management-thinkers and Business icons.
• Award Winners published by leading global publishing houses such as McGraw Hill and Pearsons.
• Not-for-profit initiative of IMC Conference. No registration or participation fee charged.

IMC Awards 2025 theme is “Leveraging Artificial Intelligence in B-Schools: Approaches and Outcomes.”.  

BITS Pilani, IIM Sambalpur Win IMC Awards 2025 for Leveraging AI in MBA Education
A key highlight of the program was the IMC Awards for Excellence in Management Education (IMC Awards) 2025, which saw participation from 25 leading B-schools across India. BITS Pilani won the IMC Gold Award for developing AI-driven tools that strengthen pedagogy, assessment, and faculty productivity. IIM Sambalpur received the IMC Silver Award 2025 for implementing an AI-based cognitive assessment model that transforms case-based learning into a more inclusive and student-led process. 

The award winners were selected by an eminent jury comprising Dr. Arvind Sahay, Director, MDI Gurgaon, and Dr. Varun Nagaraj, Dean, SPJIMR Mumbai. The Awards were presented by Shri Vineet Joshi, Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education; Mr. Amit Agnihotri, Founder, Indian Management Conclave; and other dignitaries during the Valedictory Session of IMC 2025.

Read more about the IMC Award Winning Initiatives and the Finalists.