They say that nothing can stop an idea whose time has come. And if the idea has enough potential to change the face of managerial education, it becomes a force to reckon with.

One such idea was born in 1984, when Bharat Ratna Shri. C. Subramaniam, along with Prof. P. S. Mani Sundaram, the 1st Vice-Chancellor of Bharathidasan University chaired a meeting of leading academicians and industrialists. The concept of a management institute that is grounded in strong theoretical inputs and would have the proactive partnership of a large industrial organization was envisioned.

With this vision in mind, a partnership was forged with BHEL to create the country's first ever Management Institute that would be housed inside an industrial giant. Thus was born Bharathidasan Institute of Management (BIM) - School of Excellence.
Today, BIM has many laurels to its credit.

• Number one Business School in Tamil Nadu, with an annual intake of 120 students.
  A unique symbiotic relationship with BHEL in terms of academic inputs and continuous industry exposure.
   
• Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam had chosen BIM as an ideal training ground for DRDO Scientists.
   
• BIM is one of the most trusted B-Schools in India. A fact vouched by the ever-increasing number of applications that pour in every academic year.