Talk:Indian Institute of Management Calcutta

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[edit] "Indian Institute of Management Calcutta" or "Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta"

The name of the institute is "Indian Institute of Management Calcutta". The word Calcutta is part of the name. Please do not change it to "Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta"

--Lettherebelight | Talk 04:48, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

I researched the above statement a little bit and this is the best response so far from my classmate at IIM Lucknow.

Is it Infosys Banagalore & Infosys Chennai or Infosys, Banagalore & Infosys, Chennai? The IIM is estd by the govt of India and each location gets its management and freedom to operate within a certain guidelines. But each location is an IIM. If you look at the official address, it says:

IIM, Prabandh Nagar, Off. Sitapur Road, Lucknow-226 013.

Therefore, the name is IIM & you are free to put or not put commas when you add the location name to identify the excact institute. The rules of English grammar tend to agree with Mr.Dole and say that you should put a comma.

I think the comma should return.

doles 13:55, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Sachin, I appreciate your getting back to me on this. The name of the institute is "Indian Institute of Management Calcutta", and I am doing my three year part-time MBA there. You may be aware that the name of the city has been changed to Kolkata. Still the institute is referred to as "IIM Calcutta" and not "IIM, Kolkata". Please refer the latest CAT bulletins. There is no comma in the name of the institute. Similary IIT Madras cannot be called IIT, Chennai. IIT Bombay cannot be called IIT, Mumbai.

--Lettherebelight | Talk 16:15, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

I wish I could refer to CAT bulletins - thanks for that suggestion. For now, I wanted to clarify that on Wikipedia, the IIT pages are in the format of "Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay". Please see: Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. Further, I still believe that each autonomous campus is just called IIM - location being a qualifier. This is also just like the IITs. Let me lookup the pg certificate and confirm that. Meanwhile, if you find any other reference to your claim, please let me know via this talk page. thanks.doles 14:23, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

Doles, thanks for your response. Yes, I think the wording on the PG Diploma would offer the most authentic proof about the name. I will try and get references to back my claim. --Lettherebelight | Talk 05:22, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Please see IIM Calcutta's "Contact Us" page. In the address, the name of the institute is clearly written as below.

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CALCUTTA
Diamond Harbour Road
Joka, Kolkata (Calcutta) - 700104
West Bengal
INDIA

--Lettherebelight | Talk 08:54, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

Here's further proof. The image below is a photgraph of the opening page of the book: "STATISTICS Concepts and Aplications" coauthored by Prof. Sahadeb Sarkar of IIM Calcutta. The name of the institute is clearly mentioned as "Indian Institute of Management Calcutta", and the name of city Kolkata is mentioned separately.