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Hey, why is there so less information about IIMC. There is much more to IIMC than given here...

I agree and I'm working on it. --Lettherebelight | Talk 06:08, 3 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

"Indian Institute of Management Calcutta" or "Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta"

The name of the institute is "Indian Institute of Management Calcutta". The word Calcutta is part of the name. Please do not change it to "Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta"

--Lettherebelight | Talk 04:48, 5 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I researched the above statement a little bit and this is the best response so far from my classmate at IIM Lucknow.

Is it Infosys Banagalore & Infosys Chennai or Infosys, Banagalore & Infosys, Chennai?
The IIM is estd by the govt of India and each location gets its management and freedom to operate within a certain guidelines. But each location is an IIM. If you look at the official address, it says:

IIM, Prabandh Nagar, Off. Sitapur Road, Lucknow-226 013.

Therefore, the name is IIM & you are free to put or not put commas when you add the location name to identify the excact institute. The rules of English grammar tend to agree with Mr.Dole and say that you should put a comma.

I think the comma should return.

doles 13:55, 7 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Sachin, I appreciate your getting back to me on this. The name of the institute is "Indian Institute of Management Calcutta", and I am doing my three year part-time MBA there. You may be aware that the name of the city has been changed to Kolkata. Still the institute is referred to as "IIM Calcutta" and not "IIM, Kolkata". Please refer the latest CAT bulletins. There is no comma in the name of the institute. Similary IIT Madras cannot be called IIT, Chennai. IIT Bombay cannot be called IIT, Mumbai.

--Lettherebelight | Talk 16:15, 13 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I wish I could refer to CAT bulletins - thanks for that suggestion. For now, I wanted to clarify that on Wikipedia, the IIT pages are in the format of "Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay". Please see: Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. Further, I still believe that each autonomous campus is just called IIM - location being a qualifier. This is also just like the IITs. Let me lookup the pg certificate and confirm that. Meanwhile, if you find any other reference to your claim, please let me know via this talk page. thanks.doles 14:23, 14 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Doles, thanks for your response. Yes, I think the wording on the PG Diploma would offer the most authentic proof about the name. I will try and get references to back my claim. --Lettherebelight | Talk 05:22, 18 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Please see IIM Calcutta's "Contact Us" page. In the address, the name of the institute is clearly written as below.

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CALCUTTA
Diamond Harbour Road
Joka, Kolkata (Calcutta) - 700104
West Bengal
INDIA

--Lettherebelight | Talk 08:54, 19 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Here's further proof. The image below is a photgraph of the opening page of the book: "STATISTICS Concepts and Aplications" coauthored by Prof. Sahadeb Sarkar of IIM Calcutta. The name of the institute is clearly mentioned as "Indian Institute of Management Calcutta", and the name of city Kolkata is mentioned separately.

--Lettherebelight | Talk 12:02, 27 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Bot report : Found duplicate references !

In the last revision I edited, I found duplicate named references, i.e. references sharing the same name, but not having the same content. Please check them, as I am not able to fix them automatically :)

"alu-aji_bal1" :
- http://www.iimcal.ac.in/campus/bog/bog.doc
- [http://www.wbcp.com/firm/asian.asp WestBridge Capital Partners- Advisory Council- Short bio of Ajit Balakrishnan]

DumZiBoT (talk) 02:54, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

fixed. --Regents Park (paddle with the ducks) 12:32, 10 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Internet Solutions Group

Is this an internal IIM organization or is it a private company? (Not clear from the text.) --Regent's Park (Boating Lake) 16:30, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The ISG is an internal IIM-C team. It's almost entirely student run. More info on the ISG is available on JokaTimes. -- Aurorion (talk) 08:43, 2 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Course Fee

I think we should also add a paragraph on present course fee. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.241.123.2 (talk) 06:38, 7 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Boosting the college

While agreeing to the fact that IIM Calcutta is one of the best institutions in India, I can't help noticing that much of the article tries to promote the institute. Pay attenetion to Wikipedia's guidelines for articles related to universities or colleges(Wikipedia:College and university article guidelines)

Wikipedia is not the place for academic boosterism - do not praise an academic institution but describe it using neutral language and verifiable facts.

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In the lead, do not use rankings to synthesize an image of the institution, whether good or bad. Give one factual statement summarising overall "most recent" rankings obtained in key surveys (for example, "In 2010, institution A has been ranked #3 by The Economist, #5 by The New York Times and #8 by Financial Times."). In the lead, do not give the sub factor rankings obtained in each survey (for example, details like "ranked #x in placements" or "ranked #3 in research" should not be given in lead at all).

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So, the rankings given in the lead/intro has to be removed. And the article has to be rewritten in a Neutral Point of View. 61.14.17.120 (talk) 12:12, 20 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Excessive usage of primary sources

There is excessive dependence on the website of IIM Calcutta to support exceptional claims within this article. One example (and there are many others) is the fellow program description. Words like "versatile" etc have been used synthesized from the IIM Calcutta website description. This goes against our Exceptional policy. Please read up Primary to understand why exceptional claims cannot be based on primary sources purely. Kindly provide reliable, secondary sources that support the exceptional details within this article; else, tone them down to a neutral point of view immediately please. In case you need assistance, I can do that too. Thanks. Wifione ^Message 18:29, 23 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The last line of this article talks about FPM being versatile. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-28/ahmedabad/28253173_1_fpm-doctoral-programme-iim Anbu121 (talk) 18:49, 23 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I don't see anything in the link that says that. Could you kindly copy paste here the line you are referring to in the news item? Thanks and sorry for the trouble. Wifione ^Message 20:31, 23 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"Over 220 FPM students have been awarded doctoral titles by IIM-A so far. The programme provides participants the opportunity to pursue an academic or corporate career."

"Pursuing academic or corporate career" - could we use the word versatile to describe it, or should it be written as given in the article. Anbu121 (talk) 02:36, 24 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No, we absolutely cannot! This is what constitutes original research and is unacceptable on Wikipedia. Please read up the details on original research. From now on, do not please use your synthesis of words. Rather, just say that Times of India said so-and-so. Kindly delete the words immediately and even other words that you've synthesized. Thanks. Wifione ^Message 03:53, 24 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Actual Abbreviation of Indian Institute of Management Calcutta is IIMC and not IIM-C

"Indian Institute of Management Calcutta" is the full name of the institute which has been proved already in other talks. Thus do not write IIMC as IIM-C. This doesn't make any sense. Would you write NYSE as NY-SE? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pritish nike (talk • contribs) 12:10, 30 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

We would, if enough reliable sources referred to it as NY-SE. IIM-C is also a commonly used abbreviation. - Aurorion (talk) 10:26, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Affiliation & Certification

Respected all the members of Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, I wanted to discuss about affiliation & certification for vocational, Management, & computer courses. The Certificate provided by WBTB i.e. West Bengal Business Training Board are valid all over the world & we are have our branches all over the India. Our main focus is on short term courses. Can i get some time with one of your team member to discuss

                                              From M.D. 
                                             Ishwari Naik 2405:204:9010:3755:0:0:2A42:E0B1 (talk) 08:09, 20 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]