The Army Institute of Management, Kolkata is one of the leading management schools in India. Established on 28 July, 1997 by the Army Welfare Education Society (AWES), New Delhi, the Institute is the first of its kind in India. It has, along with other vocational institutes under the aegis of the AWES, made quality management education available at affordable cost to the wards of Army personnel. Students from general category(20%) can also apply here.
Initially, AIMK was known as National Institute of Management Calcutta (NIMC). The Institute’s current name was given on 11 February, 2005.
The Institute's MBA programme is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and affiliated to the West Bengal University of Technology (WBUT).