Indore | IIM-Indore is contributing to the central government's One District One Product initiative by helping four districts in Uttar Pradesh and one in Madhya Pradesh to identify one local product and contribute to reducing income inequality.

The institute has also contributed to improving traffic in Indore. The establishment of the Centre of Excellence at the institute has provided a platform to address water, sanitation, and hygiene issues in the country, said IIM-Indore director Prof Himanshu Rai, here on Tuesday while addressing the inaugural session of the IPM Social Internship 2022-23 at IIM Indore on Tuesday.

The elite B school of Indore will provide training to 4800 ULBs in the country. For this, the institute has received a grant of Rs 19.95 crores from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. The COE will also mentor and guide the youth who wish to establish their startup in the field of sanitation and cleanliness, thereby enhancing the entrepreneurial spirit," he said.

IPM chair Shruti Tewari encouraged the batch to be open to experience and explore the realities during their internships.

The social internship for the IPM 2021 batch, which has 122 participants who opted for campus placements, will take place between April and May 2023. Through this internship, the participants will acquire the necessary exposure to become socially conscious and contribute positively to society.

Launched in 2011, the IPM programme is a unique innovation of IIM Indore, aimed at producing socially conscious and contextually relevant managers. The social placement programme serves the dual purpose of providing students with professional working experience in a social backdrop while allowing them to apply their interdisciplinary learnings in solving real-life social problems in association with other organizations. The programme is initiated by the students and executed by an elected student body called the Social Placement Committee.