Glass, steel and a metro line: what IIM Kozhikode just built in Kochi

A glass-and-pre-engineered-steel building now stands beside the Cochin University (Cusat) Metro Station on NH 66 in Kalamassery, Kochi — the new campus of IIM Kozhikode (IIM-K), inaugurated on Saturday. The six-storey, 40,000 sq ft structure was built by Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL).

IIM-K officials say the campus was designed to support management education alongside executive learning programmes, with the layout leaving space for future academic growth. Its classrooms can hold more than 600 students at a time, and the multipurpose halls double as extra learning space when needed.

The site was formally opened by IIM-K director Debashis Chatterjee, joined by KMRL managing director Loknath Behera. Two programmes will run from the campus initially: the bachelor of management studies (BMS) and the executive post graduate programme (EPGP), with IIM-K planning to add more executive education courses, specialised programmes, management development programmes, international collaborations and digital learning formats in future.

‘This campus as an urban learning centre represents far more than a new campus; it reflects our vision of making management education more connected, accessible and future-ready,’ Chatterjee said, adding that Kochi’s combination of industry, innovation and global connectivity made it the right choice for this stage of the institute’s growth.

The new campus arrives as IIM-K marks thirty years of operation, a milestone Chatterjee tied to the Kochi expansion, describing it as laying the foundation for ‘a new generation of hybrid, technology-enabled learning’ and deeper ties with industry, society and the academic community.

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