IIM Bangalore’s new undergraduate campus gets grant from Tata Trusts

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore has received a significant philanthropic commitment from the Tata Trusts for its new undergraduate school in the city.

The new School of Undergraduate Studies, located about 27 kilometres from IIMB’s main campus will initially offer two four-year, full-time residential programmes: a BSc (Honours) in Economics with a minor in Data Science, and a BSc (Honours) in Data Science with a minor in Economics, both commencing in August this year, according to a statement.

The curriculum integrates data science, economics, and business studies into an interdisciplinary framework and will have a cohort of 80 students (40 in each stream).

Tata Trusts Chairman Noel Tata said, “The Tata Trusts have for over a century supported some of India’s most defining institutions like the Tata Memorial Hospital and the Indian Institute of Science. This support reflects the same instinct, to build institutions of enduring value through support at an early, formative stage when philanthropic capital can shape not just a building or a budget, but the character and ambition of an institution itself.”

According to IIM Bangalore, this expansion is part of its broader vision to contribute to undergraduate education in India. The endowment will underpin the development of academic and residential infrastructure. It will enable new research clusters at the intersection of emerging fields, including artificial intelligence, data science, algorithmic design, Indian knowledge systems, and applied business learning.

Dr Devi Shetty, Chairperson, Board of Governors, IIM Bangalore, said, “Transformative endowments, exemplified by the support from the Tata Trusts, are fundamental to setting institutes of national importance such as IIM Bangalore firmly on a path of global leadership. We are committed to nurturing talent at the undergraduate level and creating a pipeline of thinkers who can engage with the challenges of a data-driven world.”