The Institute of Public Enterprise (IPE), Hyderabad was established in 1964 to impart learning on issues and policies pertaining to public enterprises. It is an autonomous, non-profit educational society devoted to education, training, research and consultancy for business enterprises. The institute is sited amidst picturesque surroundings in Osmania University campus at Hyderabad. IPE started by offering research work; it started offering management education in 1980 with a three year part time MBA (PE) programme. In 1995, it also started offering a two year full time Post Graduation Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM) course. IPE is recognized as a ‘Centre of Excellence’ by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), Ministry of Human Resource Development for doctoral studies. All the programmes of this B-School is AICTE approved.
The institute offers the following post graduate programmes: Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) Post Graduate Diploma in Management—Retail and Marketing (PGDM-RM) Post Graduate Diploma in Management—Banking, Insurance and Financial Services (PGDM-BIF) Post Graduate Diploma in Management-International Business (PGDM-IB) Post Graduate Diploma in Management-Human Resource Management (PGDM-HRM) Executive Post Graduate Diploma in Management (E-PGDM) Master of Business Administration-Public Enterprises (MBA-PE) Management Development Programmes (MDP) Phd Programmes
IEP was ranked 18th among Top B-Schools in India by Career360 in 2012. It was also ranked 4th in South India and 2nd in Andhra Pradesh by CSR-GHRDC in 2011.