The Postgraduate Institute of Business Management at Sardar Patel University was established in 1982 with the help of a generous donation from Shri Gordhanbhai Hathibhai Patel with a view to impart professional management education and training to executives and personnel employed in various organizations in the vicinity of Vallabh Vidyanagar and Anand. The Institute initially offered five postgraduate diploma courses in the areas of Marketing, Finance, Personnel, Production and Business Management to cater to the requirements of business and industry.

In course of time, however, there was a felt-need to educate and train potential managers to meet the changing manpower requirements of business and industry in Gujarat. The changing business environment created a rising demand for young professionally trained persons to occupy positions of executives at the junior and entry levels. The manager of the future was envisaged to possess competencies of conceptualizing, abstract thinking and analysis, in addition to skills required for a better comprehension, understanding and ability to cope with opportunities and threats arising from their task environments. The Institute, therefore, took up the challenge to meet the call of the time and contribute its mite to the cause of management education and training.

A two-year (full-time) MBA Programme accordingly commenced in 1989. The programme, currently, has an intake of 80 students and is duly approved by All India Council for Technical Education, (AICTE), New Delhi. The University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi and the Government of Gujarat generously support it. The Master’s degree programme in Business Administration (MBA) seeks to provide opportunities to young men and women to acquire knowledge and skills and develop attitudes essential for assuming positions of leadership in the management profession.

From a modest beginning the Institute has made rapid strides in achieving its stated objectives. It can boast of a well-qualified and experienced faculty, a richly stocked library and a well-equipped compute room. The Institute is located at the new building that was inaugurated by the then Honorable Finance Minister and the current Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on December 17th, 1994. In addition to all this the Institute has a large auditorium cum seminar hall with a seating capacity of 300 persons. A separate NRI hostel with 26 double-seated rooms having all facilities was commissioned on 15 June 2001 and is now fully functional. The institute also has a fully air conditioned Seminar/Conference room with a capacity to accommodate 80 persons.

Sixteen batches of students have successfully graduated from the Institute. All the graduating MBA students have received excellent job placements in reputed business and industrial organizations.