The All India Management Association (AIMA) was created as an apex body of professional management with active support of the Government of India and Industry in 1957. AIMA is a group- a body to pool management thoughts in the country, a forum to develop a national managerial ethos, an organization to facilitate the furtherance of the management profession in the country.
AIMA is represented on a number of policy making bodies of the Government of India and a number of National bodies / organizations. Some important ones are as under:
* All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), which is the apex regulatory body for professional education in the country under the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD), Government of India.

* Council of Institute of Applied Manpower Research

* Boards of Governors, Indian Institutes of Management (Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Calcutta, Indore and Kozikode)

* Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi

* National Productivity Council, New Delhi

* Central Direct Taxes Advisory Committee

* AIMA is frequently co-opted by the Government on Specialized Committees.

About AIMA- CME The Centre for Management Education (CME), the education wing of AIMA, was established in 1993 as a full-fledged autonomous business school. Today AIMA-CME is the largest business school in the autonomous sector in the country in terms of student enrollments.
• AIMA –CME enjoys a substantial reputation as a center of the apex body of Management Profession in India with 3,000 companies and 30,000 professional members

• Distance Education Council (DEC) recognition to AIMA -CME for offering distance learning management program

• Industry interfaced, strong curriculum because of corporate links of AIMA

• Case Mode for experiential learning

• High Quality Self Instructional Material (SIM) developed by AIMA core faculty.

• Industry experienced faculty bring real-world professional experience to the classroom.

• Prompt Operational support from Student Support Cell (by e-mail & phone).

• Placement services from AIMA-CME and Centers.

• Free AIMA Professional membership to students.

• Almost 40000 strong PGDM Alumni Network
management as an integrated process and requires the students to develop a global view of economic, technological, cultural and political environment of the business.