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{{Short description|Business school in India}}
{{Infobox university
| name = Tribhuvan Sahkari University
| image =
| image_size = 200px
| motto = Empowering rural people through sustaining processes
| established = {{start date and age|1979}} (as IRMA)<br/>{{start date and age|2025}} (as TSU)
| type = [[Autonomous university]]
| director = Dr. Saswata Narayan Biswas
| students =
| city = [[Anand, Gujarat|Anand]]
| state = [[Gujarat]]
| country = [[India]]
| campus = Urban, {{convert|60|acre|km2}}
| logo = 
| website = {{URL|http://www.irma.ac.in/}}
| pushpin_map = India Gujarat
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| founder = [[Verghese Kurien]]
| faculty =
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'''Tribhuvan Sahkari University''' (Abbreviate: '''TSU'''),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bill in Lok Sabha to establish Institute of Rural Management Anand in Gujarat as an University |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/bill-in-lok-sabha-to-establish-institute-of-rural-management-anand-in-gujarat-as-an-university20250203110142/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=ANI News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Story |first=Jharkhand |date=2025-02-03 |title=Bill introduced in Lok Sabha to transform IRMA into 'Tribhuvan' Sahkari University |url=https://thejharkhandstory.co.in/bill-introduced-in-lok-sabha-to-transform-irma-into-tribhuvan-sahkari-university/ |access-date=2025-02-03 |website=The Jharkhand Story |language=en-GB}}</ref> previously known as the '''Institute of Rural Management Anand''' ('''IRMA'''), is a [[List of autonomous higher education institutes in India|University of National Importance]] and business school located in [[Anand, Gujarat|Anand City]], Gujarat, India. Its mandate is to support the professional management of rural organizations. It was founded on the belief shaped by [[Verghese Kurien]]'s work in dairy cooperatives that effective rural development depends on professional management.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.irma.ac.in/institute/institute.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070422181842/http://www.irma.ac.in/institute/institute.php|archive-date=2007-04-22|title=IRMA Institute of Rural Management Anand}}</ref> This belief had a significant impact on the country's dairy industry, including the [[White Revolution]] (also known as Operation Flood).<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=1989: Kurien |url=https://www.worldfoodprize.org/en/laureates/19871999_laureates/1989_kurien/ |publisher=World Food Prize Foundation |access-date=15 October 2025}}</ref>

The institute was established with the support of the [[Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation]], the [[Government of India]], the former Indian Dairy Corporation, the [[National Dairy Development Board]] (NDDB), and the [[Government of Gujarat]].<ref name=":0" /> The IRMA campus was designed by the architect [[Achyut Kanvinde]].

The annual convocation of IRMA, now part of Tribhuvan Sahkari University, is distinguished by its emphasis on Indian culture and traditions. Graduating participants traditionally wear a [[kurta]] and [[Pajamas|pyjama]] and receive an [[Angavastra|angavastram]] along with their degree certificate from the Chief Guest, reflecting the institution's commitment to simplicity and cultural heritage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://prsindia.org/billtrack/the-tribhuvan-sahkari-university-bill-2025|title=IRMA Institute of Rural Management Anand}}</ref>

In 2022, [[Amit Shah]], the [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Minister of Home Affairs]] and [[Ministry of Co-operation|Minister of Cooperation]] of the Government of India was Chief Guest of the conference.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Press Release |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1833311 |website=Press Information Bureau, GoI |language=en}}</ref> Former Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]] attended IRMA's first annual convocation in 1982.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irma.ac.in/inetwork/networkpastissuesdetail.php?issid=243|title=IRMA - Network Past Issues|website=www.irma.ac.in|access-date=2019-06-18}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Former Prime Ministers of India - Indira Gandhi , Rajiv Gandhi , Atal Bihari Vajpayee & Manmohan Singh visisted IRMA to attend the Annual Convocation.jpg|alt=Former Prime Ministers - Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh separately visited IRMA to attend Annual Convocations|center|thumb|634x634px| Over the years, several former Prime Ministers of India, including Smt Indira Gandhi, Shri Rajiv Gandhi, Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and Shri Manmohan Singh, have visited IRMA to attend its Annual Convocation ceremonies as Chief Guests.]]
Michael Halse, then a [[Food and Agriculture Organization]] (FAO) planning adviser with NDDB,<ref>{{cite book |title=The concept of conversion efficiency as applied to the Indian milk and food economy|publisher=Harvard University |year=1979|first=Michael |last=Halse}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1= Halse|first1= Michael|year=1979 |title= Producing an adequate national diet in India: Issues relating to conversion efficiency and dairying |journal=Agricultural Systems |volume= 4|issue=4 |pages= 239–278|publisher= Elsevier|doi=10.1016/0308-521X(79)90002-7|bibcode= 1979AgSys...4..239H}}</ref> was one of the members responsible for conceptualizing this new discipline of rural management.<ref>Halse, Michael, A new institute of rural management - and a new developmental discipline?, IRMA Occasional Papers # 1.</ref> Another person involved with the institute was the organizational behavior academic Dr. [[Kamla Chowdhry]],<ref>{{cite book |title=Understanding organisational behaviour: cases and concepts|publisher= Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company |year=1971 |first=Kamala |last=Chowdhary |editor-first=Sudhir |editor-last=Kakar}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Conflict and choice: Indian youth in a changing society|publisher= Somaiya Publications|year=1970 |first=Kamala |last=Chowdhary |editor-first=Sudhir |editor-last=Kakar}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Change-in-organisations|publisher= Lalvani Publishing House|year=1970 |first=Kamala |last=Chowdhary }}</ref> who also served briefly as the director of the institute and played a key mentoring role in its formative years.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.irma.ac.in/pdf/network_issue/69.PDF |title=IRMA newsletter |website=.irma.ac.in}}</ref> [[Ravi J. Matthai]], the former director of [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad|the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad]], contributed through his documented learning from the Jawaja experiment.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ravi J Matthai @ Archives |url=https://archives.iima.ac.in/faculty/Ravi-J-Matthai.html |website=IIMA Archives}}</ref> Matthai stressed the need for a new type of management education for working on rural development problems. This system would be different from the conventions found in the [[Indian Institutes of Management]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The rural university: the Jawaja experiment in educational innovation|publisher=Popular Prakashan |year=1985|isbn=9780861321131|first=Ravi John |last=Mathai}}</ref>

The institute was originally established as a center for management and consultancy for rural development, as part of the second phase of the Operation Flood program. Under the leadership of [[Verghese Kurien|Dr. Verghese Kurien]], IRMA rapidly expanded its mandate to professionalize the management of rural producers' organizations and to develop a body of knowledge in the field of rural management.<ref name=":1" />

Among the institution’s pioneering faculty was [[Leela Dube]], a distinguished anthropologist and equity-feminist scholar whose work proved foundational during its early years. Her fieldwork across five [[Southeast Asia]]n countries significantly contributed to placing the organization on the international social science research map.<ref>{{cite book |last=Dube |first=Leela |url=http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0004/000457/045796eb.pdf |title=Studies on women in South East Asia: a status report |publisher=UNESCO Regional Office in Asia and Oceania |year=1980 |access-date=2012-07-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Sriram |first=M.S. |year=2007 |title=Rural Management Education in India: A Retrospect |url=http://www.dhan.org/tda/pdf/ms_sriram.pdf |journal=IIMA Working Paper Series |publisher=Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad |issue=2007/04/01 |pages=14 |access-date=23 Aug 2012}}</ref>

Since its inception, the focus of IRMA has been on strengthening the management capacities in non-governmental organizations and organizations that are controlled by users of the services (rather than the conventional capital investor-centered business corporation). IRMA claims that its branding and commitment to a unique field of management make it unique among management institutes of India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irma.ac.in/article.php?menuid=15|title=IRMA - History|website=www.irma.ac.in}}</ref>

== Academics ==
IRMA offers various full-time and part-time postgraduate programs as well as diplomas.

===Admissions===
IRMA offers different academic programs and has admission processes and eligibility criteria, respectively. The selection process for admission in PGDM(RM), FPM(RM), RM(X), and MDPs depends on the specific program. IRMA also conducts its Written Ability Test (WAT) and Personal Interviews (PI) of selected candidates.

===Rankings===
{{Infobox India university ranking
| type = University and college

| OUTLOOK_B_P_2022 = 20
|NIRF_B_2024=54}}

IRMA was ranked 54th in the Management category of the 2025 ranking of the [[National Institutional Ranking Framework]] (NIRF).<ref>{{Cite web |title=MoE, National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF) |url=https://www.nirfindia.org/Rankings/2025/ManagementRanking.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251203032130/https://www.nirfindia.org/Rankings/2025/ManagementRanking.html |archive-date=2025-12-03 |access-date=2026-01-10 |website=www.nirfindia.org}}</ref>
It was ranked 20th in ''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook's]]'' "Top Private MBA Institutions" of 2022.<ref name="Rankings_OUTLOOK_B_P_2022" />

IRMA was ranked 5th Best B School in the Chronicle India B-School Survey 2019.<ref>{{Cite web| title=India's best schools | url=https://www.chronicleindia.in/survey_file/Final-Survey-2019.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819102001/https://www.chronicleindia.in/survey_file/Final-Survey-2019.pdf | archive-date=2019-08-19}}</ref> IRMA was ranked the 5th best B-school among the top 75 private B-schools of India and 10th overall among the top 100 B-schools of India, as per Times B-School Survey 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesbschoolsurvey.org/mba/private-b-schools.html|title=Welcome to Times B-School Survey|website=www.timesbschoolsurvey.org|access-date=2019-06-18}}</ref> IRMA Ranked 8th in the UTD Top 10 Indian Business School Ranking for Research.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irma.ac.in/updates.php?id=155|title=IRMA Ranked 8th in UTD Top 10 Indian Business School Ranking for Research}}</ref>

===Dr. Verghese Kurien Memorial Lecture===
To commemorate the memory of the founder of the institute, the annual "Dr. Verghese Kurien Memorial Lecture" was instituted in 2012, to be held on his birth anniversary.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IRMA Institute Of Rural Management Anand |url=https://irma.ac.in/ |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=IRMA |language=en}}</ref>

* 2012, Inaugural Lecture: [[M. S. Swaminathan]]
* 2013, 2nd Lecture: [[Vijay Shankar Vyas]]
* 2014, 3rd Lecture: [[Raghuram Rajan]]
* 2015, 4th Lecture: [[Arvind Subramanian]]
* 2016, 5th Lecture: [[Vikram Singh Mehta]]
* 2017, 6th Lecture: [[Dr. Ramesh Chand Tomar|Dr. Ramesh Chand]]
* 2018, 7th Lecture: [[Amitabh Kant]]
* 2019, 8th Lecture: Dr. P. S. Goel
* 2020, 9th Lecture: [[Krishnamurthy Subramanian|Krishnamurthy V. Subramanian]]
* 2021, 10th Lecture: [[Arun Maira]]

==Notable faculty==
* [[Ravi J. Matthai]] - Management education administrator, noted for establishing [[Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad|the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad]], and [[Institute of Rural Management, Anand|the Institute of Rural Management, Anand]].
* [[Leela Dube]] - Anthropologist and equity-feminist scholar
* [[Yoginder K Alagh]] - Noted Indian [[economist]], former [[Union Minister]] of the Government of India & ex-Chairman of IRMA.
* [[Vivek Bhandari]] - Indian professor & ex-Director of IRMA.
* [[Deep Joshi]] - Indian [[social worker]], NGO activist, and a recipient of the [[Magsaysay award]]. Ex-Chairman of IRMA.

==Notable alumni==
* [[Sanjay Ghose]] - Founder, URMUL Rural Health Research and Development Trust and Charka Development Communication Network<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.expressindia.com/news/ie/daily/19970812/22450383.html |title=Latest News, India News, Breaking News, Live News Online, Today Headlines |access-date=2012-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090114001451/http://www.expressindia.com/news/ie/daily/19970812/22450383.html |archive-date=2009-01-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Vishal Narain]] - Academic, Researcher & Public Policy Analyst
* [[Satish Babu]] (PRM3) - Director, International Centre for Free and Open Source Software ([[ICFOSS]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://icfoss.in/director.html |title=ICFOSS - Director |access-date=2013-01-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307221600/http://icfoss.in/director.html |archive-date=2013-03-07 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://apnnews.com/2011/02/26/satish-babu-to-head-icfoss/ |title=Satish Babu to head ICFOSS |access-date=2013-01-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103175347/http://www.apnnews.com/2011/02/26/satish-babu-to-head-icfoss/ |archive-date=2013-11-03 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Raju Narisetti]] - Founder of [[Mint (newspaper)]], Senior Vice-President, News Corporation<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.careers360.com/news/4071-Raju-narisetti-Managing-editor-The-washington-post |title=Raju Narisetti, The Washington Post |access-date=2013-02-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317010936/http://www.careers360.com/news/4071-Raju-narisetti-Managing-editor-The-washington-post |archive-date=2013-03-17 }}</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20130411050209/http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/specials/htmintluxury/RajuNarisetti.shtml Hindustan Times]</ref>
*[[Sandeep Dikshit]] - Member of Parliament of 14th Lok Sabha and 15th Lok Sabha representing East Delhi<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/nrega-scam-sandeep-dixit-144340-2011-10-28|title=UP NREGA scam worth over Rs 10,000 crore, claims Sandeep Dixit|website=India Today |date=29 October 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/st-stephen-remark-of-sandeep-dixit-triggers-war-of-words-134561-2011-05-26|title=Sandeep Dixit's St. Stephen's barb triggers war of words|website=India Today |date=27 May 2011 }}</ref>
*[[Daman Singh]] - Indian writer and daughter of Former [[Prime Minister of India]], [[Manmohan Singh]].
*[[Amir Ullah Khan]] - Indian economist. Professor at the [[Dr. Marri Channa Reddy Human Resource Development Institute of Telangana]] of the Government of Telangana<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/author/amir-ullah-khan|title=Khan, Amir|date=2019-06-03|website=SAGE Publications Inc|language=en-us|access-date=2019-06-14}}</ref>
*[[G. V. L. Narasimha Rao]] - National Spokesperson of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://myneta.info/interestbyrajyasabhamember/candidate.php?candidate_id=769|title=Gvl Narasimha Rao(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):(UTTAR PRADESH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|website=myneta.info|access-date=2019-06-18}}</ref>
*[[Syed Safawi]] - Managing Director and Group CEO of VLCC, Ex-CEO of Viom Networks.
*[[Praveen Morchhale]] - [[65th National Film Awards]] winner and [[IFFI ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal|UNESCO Gandhi Medal Winner]], film director-writer. Notable works include: ''[[Widow of Silence]]'', [[Walking with the Wind|''Walking With The Wind'']], ''Behind Veils'', and ''[[Barefoot to Goa]]''.

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.irma.ac.in Official website]

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