The Goa Institute of Management (abbreviated as GIM-Goa), is one of the top business school of India located near Sanquelim in city of North Goa district in the state of Goa. The autonomous school is governed by a board, and offers a full-time MBA (PGDM) program (2 years), PGDM -Healthcare Management Programme (HCM-2 years), PGDM in Big Data Analytics (BDA - 2 years), PGDM in Banking, Insurance & Financial Services (BFIS - 2-year) and Part Time Executive MBA (3 years). It has a full-time "Fellow Programme in Management" (FPM) which is a doctoral programme ideal for individuals seeking academic research and teaching careers as faculty or professors. GIM also conducts Management Development Programs/Corporate trainings for various MNC's, Public & Private sector companies. History Goa Institute of Management was founded in 1993 when Romuald D'Souza who had also served as the Director of XLRI – Xavier School of Management Jamshedpur and Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar moved out to create a centre of Learning and Excellence in Goa. GIM began its journey with a modest setting of one classroom at the V. M. Salgaocar College of Law and a batch size of 35 students. Campus Ribandar Campus (1993-2009) Gradually, as the popularity of the programme grew with the student community, the campus was shifted to the heritage building in Ribandar Conservation Area. It was here in the same campus that the Institute really flourished while offering their flagship Postgraduate diploma in Management. This was a beautiful 350 yr old heritage campus was situated on the banks of the serene Mandovi River, in the Santa Casa de Misericordia in Ribandar. The building in which the school was is now an heritage conservation area and is under the care of Government of Goa. The 2011 batch was the last full-time batch to graduate from this campus. Sanquelim Campus (2009-present) In 2009, the Institute shifted to a sprawling campus in the lap of nature at Sanquelim. This 50 acre campus providing a well-developed interior and exterior and is eco friendly and has a state of the art solar power generation facility to meet the energy requirements of the campus. The water treatment plant ensures retreated water is collected in a common pool and is utilized for maintenance. The pool also has its own flora and fauna with various types of fresh water fish and local birds. The new campus was inaugurated by Shri. Ashok