The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) was registered in 1972 and formally inaugurated in 1973. The Institute offers a wide range of Doctoral, Post-Graduate, and Executive Education programmes. In June 2010 IIMB obtained the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) accreditation awarded by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD). The long duration, diploma-granting programmes offered by the Institute are the Fellow Programme in Management (FPM), the Post Graduate Programme in Management (PGP) the Executive Post Graduate Programme in Management (EPGP) ,the Post Graduate Programme in Software Enterprise Management (PGSEM) and the Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy & Management. IIMB's Executive Education is aimed at broadening the outlook and strengthening the skills of practicing middle and senior managers across the globe to make them more effective in a fast-changing world scenario. The Executive Education Programmes comprise short and long duration Open Programmes, both programmes, Customized Programmes that are designed to meet the specific needs of organizations and International Programmes offered in collaboration with leading international business schools and universities for global practicing managers. IIMB’s focus on research and education in the area of management is enabled by faculty from amongst leading universities worldwide who are actively engaged in research, teaching, consulting and pedagogy development. IIMB is the first B-School in Asia to sign an agreement with Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) to distribute IIMB faculty teaching cases. IIMB has also entered into a partnership with Richard Ivey School of Business to co-brand and distribute IIMB authored cases on a global basis. IIMB Centres of Excellence are engaged in adding value to their communities in the areas of Public Policy, Financial Management & Risk Management, Corporate Governance & Citizenship,, Entrepreneurship, Software & IT Management and Supply Chain Management, to name a few. IIMB has established academic exchange partnership arrangements extend to 101 Business Schools and Universities around the world. Faculty and students from IIMB visit these partner schools each year, and foreign students and faculty visit IIMB.