Morning starts around 8:15 am, when you get up, grab something to eat on your way to classes, which commence at 8:45 am sharp. If you are late one day, well, the professor expects us to be on time the next day. We are not allowed to attend a lecture for which we are late as the institute rules do not favor students coming in late. This is a great way of teaching punctuality to the students.


Classes go on till 1:10 pm. And then, the next 35 minutes are spent wondering if we would have a surprise quiz or not. If we are lucky, we don’t have a quiz, and go for lunch. But if our phones receive messages from the academic office informing us of a quiz (a quiz in a subject which we are informed only at 1:45 pm), we go through the last minute preps. Quiz is generally held from 2:45pm to 3:15pm.


Usually, students eat something after the quiz, and get some sleep in the afternoon. In the evening, some of the students end up spending time in activities such as photography, or club activities and sports. Post-dinner, students spend their time on assignments, class preparation for the next day, reading cases for discussion in class, working on group assignments, preparing for another surprise quiz the next day and so forth. This easily takes up till around 2:00 am, when people finally reach the rooms. On a few days, we end up studying for some more time, before falling asleep.

And then, the cycle repeats!
 

IIM Ahmedabad

IIM Ahmedabad Social Life


Apart from all the academic rigor, the Social Life at IIM Ahmedabad offers students a plethora of opportunities to interact and bond with the cohort.


IIM Ahmedabad is known for its annual student initiatives and hosts a lot of programs throughout the year. Some major celebrations include:

  • Chaos: Cultural fest
  • TRBS: It is one of the largest management symposium hosted in any of the Indian B-schools
  • Shaurya: Intercollege sport fest covering range of sports
  • Sangharsh: Core team of IIM-ABCL play against each other, nice opportunity to interact with other IIM folks.
     

IIM Ahmedabad Sports

IIM Ahmedabad


IIM Ahmedabad focuses on holistic development of it’s students- and provides infrastructure to support sports like: Basketball, Football, Table Tennis, Lawn Tennis, Volleyball, Cricket, Frisbee, Throwball, Hockey, Pool, Swimming amongst many others


Recently, IIM-Ahmedabad has also taken steps to revamp its infrastructure and has reconstructed few of the sports facilities including the swimming pool.


The school has a dedicated sportscom for its students. Sportscomm is the IIM-A students' SAC committee which is responsible for:

  • Maintaining and enhancing sports infrastructure
  • Organizing various sports events
  • Selecting teams that represent IIM-A in various sports tournaments
     
 

IIM Ahmedabad Other facilities

  • World-class, state of the art amphitheater styled air conditioned classrooms which have Wi-Fi, and fitted with computers, overhead projectors and screens and wireless public address system.
  • Syndicate rooms for each study group for group studies/projects/assignments. Each room will have a locker, printer and table and chairs and Wi-Fi/LAN connectivity.
  • Vegetarian and non-vegetarian meals are served in the dining hall.
  • Facilities for indoor/outdoor games, recreation activities and gymnasium are available on subscription basis for self and family.
  • There is a Student Activity Block (SAB) in the new campus which has facilities such as lounge, gymnasium, snacks counter, indoor games (caroms, chess) facilities, dance pit, etc.
  • Many PGPX and most FPM students live in Married Student Housing (MSH) in the campus. The spouses of these students have their own clubs and there are many children on campus. There are dedicated children's playing areas as well as a crèche in the campus. There are many good schools nearby for families wanting to admit their children in Ahmedabad while they stay here.
  • There is a dispensary on the campus with resident doctors including a Gynecologist.
  • There is a branch of the State Bank of India with ATM facility as well as an AXIS Bank ATM.
  • There are various food cafes on campus.
  • Parking facilities. You may bring your vehicles to the campus if you love traveling across the city or region during breaks
 

IIM Ahmedabad Living Expenses 


Your housing and books are already included in the tuition fees. Major cost buckets for average student could be:

  • Food: There is an option to select a combination of breakfast, lunch or/and dinner. Students can also specify whether they'd want the vegetarian option or the non-vegetarian one, and then charge accordingly. It amounts to between 3-5k per month. The subscription needs to be renewed monthly. Students can also opt for other eateries at IIM-A, but then cost would shoot up to 300-400/day.
  • Laundry: Assuming students have an average of 25 pieces of laundry per week. Considering a Rs. 10 per piece, the expenses will be 250 INR/week.