This issue is the first issue of the second volume of our Newsletter. As we move into the second year of the newsletter, we thank all those who have helped in its production; we also thank our readers for the positive feedback we have received.

This fifth issue offers further insights into the rich history of IIMA: What role did Dr. Vikram Sarabhai play in the founding and building of IIMA? How did our classrooms evolve? How did the Ravi J. Matthai auditorium complex come about? What is the story behind the Management Development experiments in the initial days? Which club has tried to connect students and the community members with the natural world inside and outside IIMA? This issue addresses these questions. As part of our efforts to network with other heritage-related organizations, we feature the Mahindra’s Museum of living history. We hope you enjoy reading this issue.

During the third international conference on Indian Business and Economic History, September 1-2, 2023, we launched the physical version of the monograph ‘Maritime Trade of Gujarat's Princely States: Nawanagar and Porbandar' from the IIMA Archives Monograph Series, and some exhibits from the accompanying exhibition, for which we collaborated with the Gujarat State Archives (GSA) earlier this year.

We welcome the new Chairperson, Prof. Chinmay Tumbe, Dean (Faculty)- Prof. Satish Deodhar, Dean (Alumni & External Relations)- Prof. Sunil Maheshwari, Prof. Ajay Pandey and Prof. Promila Agarwal, as new members of the IIMA Archives Committee.

The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) was founded in 1961 and has emerged as a world-class management education institute. The IIMA Archives was established in November 2017 to preserve institutional and architectural memory, and periodically disseminate historical information about the institute to the IIMA community and the general public. The IIMA Archives aims to strengthen IIMA's brand and identity through a digital connect with the stakeholders of IIMA that focuses on the history and legacy of the Institute. In the long run, it aims to become a Business History Research Hub, a small beginning towards which was made with documents and directories related to Indian business history.