INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CALCUTTA
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CALCUTTA The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC) was established as the first national institute for Post-Graduate studies and Research in Management by the Government of India in November 1961 in collaboration with Alfred P. Sloan School of Management (MIT), the Government of West Bengal, The Ford Foundation and Indian industry. The brown colour emblem of IIMC contains a twenty four petal lotus in the centre. In Hinduism, it is said that gods and goddesses sat on lotus thrones. A Buddhist story states that the Buddha appeared atop a floating lotus, and his first footsteps on earth left lotus blossoms. For Buddhist practitioners, a white lotus symbolizes purity, whereas a yellow lotus is associated with spiritual ascension. The lotus has a life cycle unlike any other plant. With its roots latched in mud, it submerges every night into river water and miraculously re-blooms the next morning, sparklingly clean. In many culture