Incepted in 1956, today MMA is a name to reckon with when it comes to Management Expertise in India.

The Name: Founded as the Madras Institute of Management (MIM) in August 1956 under the meritorious president Dr. A. Lakshmanaswamy Mudaliar, the illustrious Vice-Chancellor of Madras University, MIM was formally inaugurated with twenty institutional members on September 19, 1956. On becoming a part of AIMA, in 1957 the name MIM was changed to MMA and has been the same ever since.

The Founders

9 eminent personalities got together and gave birth to this prestigious association of luminaries.

SLT White, Staff & Industrial Relations Manager, Burmah-Shell.

NV Naidu, Custodian, Prithvi Insurance Co. Ltd.

S Anantharamakrishnan, Chairman, Simpson & Co. Ltd.

K Sadagopan, Chief Administrative Officer, Integral Coach Factory

GV Krishna Rao, HOD, Business Administration, University of Madras.

T Rogers, Managing Director, Best & Co (Private) Ltd.

NK Aiyer, Secretary & Commercial Manager, TI Cycles of India.

EFG Hunter, Director, Binny & Co. (Madras) Ltd. AMM Murugappa Chettiar, Director, State Bank of India, Madras.