Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management
The Indian Institute of Social Welfare & Business Management is an Autonomous business school in Kolkata, India. The school is one of the first management institutes in India and South East Asia. The institute currently offers several postgraduate degree programmes under the University of Calcutta as well as the PhD programme. The list includes MBA, MBA for Working Professionals, MBA-HRM, MBA-Public Systems, Masters in Social Welfare and several Post Graduate Diploma programmes. The institute publishes a management journal called Survey.
History
In 1942, when the British government sought to train qualified labour officers for its industrial facilities, especially ordnance factories, during the Second World War. To fulfill this need, a social welfare training institute was established in affiliation with Calcutta University, strategically located nearby. Following India's Independence, this initiative evolved into The Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management , Kolkata, officially established on April 25, 1953, by a resolution passed by the Senate of the University of Calcutta. This initiative was a collaborative effort between the University of Calcutta, the Government of West Bengal, and the Government of India, marking a significant milestone in management education in India. The first prime minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, laid its cornerstone, making IISWBM the nation's first institution to offer a formal management education program with Dijendra Kumar Sanyal serving as its founder-director.Demand for University
In August 2017, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee suggested IISWBM upgrade to a university. In 2019 the alumni association also demanded university or deemed university status for IISWBM.