Bangladesh Institute of Management
The origin of what today is known as the Bangladesh Institute of Management (BIM) can be traced back to 1961 when its precursor, the Management Development Centre, East Pakistan, was established. In 1970 the East Pakistan Government Educational and Training Institutions Ordinance, 1961 (East Pakistan Ordinance No. XXVI of 1961) was made applicable for Management Development Centre with effect from 1-7-1970 thereby providing the centre with autonomous status. In 1966 apart from offering short term, subject specific training programmes, a specialized, year long Post Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management was introduced by the Centre. After the liberation of the country in 1971, the institute was vested with the responsibility of building up human resources of the newly independent country. Between 1972—75, the public sector was the predominant sector of the economy and the majority of the clients of the institute were drawn from the public sector enterprises. During the late 70’s to mid 80’s, the institute was recipient of major Technical Assistance Projects, which resulted in a major transformation of the institute. It became a hub of management training with participants being drawn from public, private and NGOs sectors. In the year 1981, another year long, Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Management was introduced.