Established in 2015 under the Human Resource Development Ministry and Government of India, the Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam is the newly built IIM and is currently being mentored by IIM, Bangalore. IIM Visakhapatnam offers postgraduate and doctoral programmes such as PGP, PGPEx, PGPDGM, EMBA, PhD and MGNF. PGP is the flagship course offered by the institute. IIM Vizag also offers (first-ever in the country) a specialised MBA programme in Digital Governance & Management in blended learning mode under the sponsorship of the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY), Government of India. The institute also offers scholarships to meritorious students. Below mentioned are the important highlights regarding IIM Visakhapatnam: