NEWS AND EVENTS | Issue 2 @ IIMA Archives

NEWS AND EVENTS

"Last year, on November 10, IIMA Archives celebrated sixty years of IIMA with the permanent exhibition 'Brick by Brick'. This year, on November 10, to mark the first anniversary of 'Brick by Brick', IIMA Archives held a temporary exhibition, 'Not Yet 25: IIMA through Pranlal Patel's lens, 1967-1985'."

The IIMA Archives is open to visitors on all working days from 9.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. The Communication Department brings IIMA's executive education programme participants for a tour of the 'Brick by Brick' exhibition. During the last three months, the Archives has had a little less than 600 visitors.

IIMA Archives also responds to requests for IIMA archival records. During the last quarter, there have been 41 such requests from research scholars. Here is an interesting note from one of the users: "I do research on how executive education as a new concept for developing top executives spread as an international phenomenon from the US after World War II. In India, this idea was expressed in the 3-tier programme (3-TP) soon after IIMA was established. This programme was unique compared to the executive programmes at Harvard Business School, which was strongly involved in establishing IIMA. The documents I studied at IIMA Archive gave me new insights into the role that Indian actors played in transforming the American concept of executive education to a unique and sustainable concept that matched the Indian context." Prof. Rolv Petter Amdam, Professor of Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway.

The IIMA Archives continues to add to its collection of records related to IIMA. One collection which has been added recently is 'Indinman', a student newsletter from the mid-1970s, courtesy Mr. C. Gopinath, PGP 1975.

The IIMA Archives also participates in current events on campus by contributing relevant material. For instance, for the various reunion visits being conducted at IIMA in the month of December, which is also celebrated as 'Institute Day month', Archives contributed archival material such as Old Photos, Students Year Books & Seating (face) Charts.

***Alums of PGP 1987, exploring archival records of their times, December 16, 2022***

Last year, on November 10, IIMA Archives celebrated sixty years of IIMA with the permanent exhibition 'Brick by Brick'. This year, on November 10, to mark the first anniversary of 'Brick by Brick', IIMA Archives held a temporary exhibition (November 10 to November 17, 2022), 'Not Yet 25: IIMA through Pranlal Patel's lens, 1967-1985', of photos by Shri Pranlal Patel, a renowned photographer of Ahmedabad. The exhibition helped the IIMA community relive the fascinating journey of IIMA over the first 25 years of its history. Visitors experienced the stories of not just Louis Kahn's dormitories and classrooms, but also of Anant Raje's creations.

Pranlal Patel (1910-2014) started his photography journey in 1932. He became an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain in 1946 and was made an Associate of the India International Photography Council in 1993. He won numerous international and national awards, and his photographs have been published in a wide range of magazines and books. His work continues to be exhibited through permanent collections at places like the Gandhi Ashram, Ahmedabad.

IIMA Archives is proud to possess about 200 of his photos of IIMA in its 'Pranlal Patel Collection'. Visitors also liked the campaign 'the photo you like the most' by IIMA Archives, where visitors participated in the campaign, selected, and dropped in about the photo they liked the most, out of 60 photos those were exhibited. Here is the photo, which got maximum votes.

A 1980 photo of the bronze head of Vikram Sarabhai at Vikram Sarabhai Library,
sculpted by Sadashiv Sathe, and inaugurated on February 11, 1976.
Photograph by Pranlal Patel (IIMA Archives Collection)

The exhibition was widely covered by the media such as Times of India, Divya Bhaskar, and News18 Gujarati.

Please visit the IIMA Archives at Dorm 15 (Ground Floor), Main Campus, IIM Ahmedabad, Vastrapur, Ahmedabad 380015.