The Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are a group of 19 public, autonomous institutes of management education and research in India.

They primarily offer postgraduate, doctoral and executive education program.

SOP for IIM contains following:

First paragraph:

Quick personal background
Quick explanation of why you are looking to do an MBA
What’s so great about XYZ business school? Why does this school in particular appeal to you, given your personality and background


Second paragraph:

Your experience to date and educational background
Flesh out what you’re trying to achieve career wise and why business school, in particular this business school, is the ideal solution
Languages and international experience
Maybe use this as an opportunity to address any weaknesses in your application with a positive spin


Third paragraph

Personal achievements - try and make these relevant to where you want to be, but also hint at why these attributes would allow you to give back to the school
What clubs/ tracks you would like to be part of - ideally reinforce what the school has a great reputation for e.g. its startup club and the annual startup award
on that note, if for example you’re an investment banker trying to switch in to industry, say you’d love to get involved with the investment banking club and offer advice on applications/ conduct some mock interviews for your fellow students


Fourth paragraph

Tie it all together and finish with a short, sharp summary of why this particular MBA is wonderful and exactly the right move for you at this point in your career

List of IIMS in India:

Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Indian Institute of Management Lucknow
Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode
Indian Institute of Management Indore
Indian Institute of Management Shillong
Indian Institute of Management Rohtak
Indian Institute of Management Ranchi
Indian Institute of Management Raipur
Indian Institute of Management Trichy
Indian Institute of Management Udaipur
Indian Institute of Management Kashipur
Indian Institute of Management Nagpur
Indian Institute of Management BodhGaya
Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam
Indian Institute of Management Amritsar
Indian Institute of Management, Sambalpur
Indian Institute of Management, Sirmaur