faculty and student exchange programmes. The collaborating partners include: ESC Rennes School of Business(France) Sichuan University(China) Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences(China) Kunming University of Science and Technology (KUST), China IAE University of Tours (France) North South University (Bangladesh) Universidade do Estado Rio de Janeiro/Rio de Janeiro State University (Brazil) IDRAC Business School (France) Emporia State University(USA) Academic programmes IMI Kolkata offers a two-year full-time Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM). The criteria for selection to the academic program is based on the Common Admission Test (CAT), the Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) score of the candidates applying to the course. In June 2017, IMI Kolkata introduced its doctoral level programme for the first time called Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) to encourage scholars and support their efforts to become researchers and academicians in various fields of Management. For Session, 2021, the college has also decided to accept candidates with Management Aptitude Test (MAT) scores, keeping the COVID-19 situation in mind. In-house publication IMI Konnect is a bi-monthly open access scholarly management publication of IMI Kolkata that started its journey in December 2012. It caters to academicians and practitioners in corporate and government organizations and departments. It publishes original research articles by scholars in the field of management and firsthand perspectives from business thinkers and practitioners on contemporary issues. Interviews with eminent personalities in the field of business are also published. It provides an opportunity to scholars across the world to debate and discuss their opinions over this intellectual platform.It caters to academicians and practitioners in corporate and government organizations and departments. Academic Journals Journal of Operations and Strategic Planning through Sage Publications. JOSP is a bi annual international journal designed to inform and shape academic discussions around empirical and theoretical facets of Operations Management. Studies in Microeconomics through Sage Publications. Studies in Microeconomics (MIC) is a Scopus, RePEc, ProQuest, ICI, EconLit listed international (Sage) journal, publishing high quality, analytically rigorous papers in the areas of Microeconomics . Organisation and administration Centres of Excellence IMI-Kolkata has four Centres of Excellence aimed at fulfilling the gap of research, engagement and capacity building in the areas of Financial Markets, Retail, Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility, Asian Studies and Consumer Studies. Centre for Retail Management (CRM)- The centre focuses on addressing emerging needs in the retail sector, including capacity building, policy decisions on developmental issues, research in critical retailing practices, global research on the emerging