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The Institute for Financial Management and Research, is a business school located at Sri City, in Andhra Pradesh, India, about 70 km from Chennai. It is recognized as an Institution of National Importance by the Ministry of Finance and as social research institution by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. IFMR offers a 2-year PGDM program which is accredited by AICTE and it is an approved institution by the University of Madras for pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Finance, Economics and Management.HistoryEstablished in 1970 as a not-for-profit organization, IFMR was sponsored by ICICI, the House of Kotharis and other major industrial groups. The Board of Governors includes eminent leaders and respected academicians from Harvard, Yale, Columbia, IITs and IISc. IFMR is headed by Shri. Narayanan Vaghul, former Chairman, ICICI Bank. The Finance Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu, and the Vice Chancellor of the University of Madras are ex-officio board members.ProgramsPostgraduate Diploma in Management: The PGDM program is a rigorous two year full-time program with six trimesters and two months of summer internship. The program was launched in the year 2000 offering core specializations in Finance, Marketing, Human Resource and Operation. The other specializations offered in this program are Financial Engineering, Banking, Financial Services & Insurance (BFSI) and Business Analytics.