International School of Information Management, Mysore

About International School of Information Management, Mysore

The International School of Information Management (ISiM), an autonomous constituent institute of University of Mysore, emerged from the realization that each new era and society demands new breed of professionals. Just as the industrial age, heralded the management sciences, the information age, is engendering a new domain – the information domain. The art, the science, technology, and management of information hold the key to business successes.

Joe Tucci, Chairman of EMC2 says 'Everything in the world is either energy or information'. The information overload presents huge challenges to organizations and societies – to capture, organize, retrieve, and archive relevant information. Tim Berners Lee, the father of the web said, information management is the way forward in this age of information overload. Peter Drucker, the renowned Management Guru, said, ‘the emphasis will shift from the “T” in IT to the “I’” in the next information revolution’

So, what should the academia do? Thomas Friedman in his celebrated book ‘The World is Flat’ says, the right stuff to do for educational institutions in the flat world is to prepare the right graduates – who can help tell stories with technology, who can manage all the content that comes in via different media such as computers, cell phones, video iPods, and websites.

As IBM Attributes and Capabilities study (2005) indicated: Information is in silos and trusted information is not available and that is the information Challenge for businesses. Today’s business challenge mandates a fresh approach to information management. As Jim Grey of Microsoft says today we need Tools and systems that

Our Vision
To be a ground breaking higher education institution, shaping and defining the emerging new multidisciplinary domain of information.
Redefining the academia – industry interaction through a process of continuous engagement of students and industry mentors in Open Community Projects
To innovate in new institutional models
To be a world class institution of higher learning – preparing professionals who can build information systems and help solve information asymmetry.

Our Mission
Shape and define the emerging new multidisciplinary domain of information through education and research
Innovate and adopt new institutional models in education and research
Engage all stakeholders – Academia, Industry, Government, NGO and others in solving information friction problems