About IMA

Collective perspectives and foresight

IMA India is the country’s foremost, professionally managed, cross-functional platform, spanning diverse industries, domains and leadership roles. For over 30 years, we’ve brought leaders together and built communities through research, peer networks and leadership events. Our strength lies in empowering our members to exchange ideas, challenge perspectives and stay ahead of the curve. New challenges demand new answers and at IMA, we believe those answers emerge through collective wisdom.

Our Mission

Equipping leaders with unbiased clarity

Clear thinking and sound evidence shape better decisions, especially in a market as dynamic and complex as India’s. IMA India provides honest, independent and analytically-rigorous insight to companies operating in the Indian market. Positioned between a free-market think tank and a commercial advisory firm, we equip our members with balanced perspectives on policy, risk and business conditions.

Our Team

A blend of thinkers, curators and strategists

Behind IMA is a team of thinkers, curators and strategists committed to building meaningful experiences for leaders.

The people behind IMA

Our client engagement function is women-led across regions, combining clarity, empathy and strategic insight. Our research and digital teams are young, dynamic and globally trained, drawing on top institutions and strong capabilities in strategy, policy, operations and advisory. Together, this mix of global exposure, age diversity and domain strength makes us distinctive: collaborative, curious and committed to excellence.

The people behind IMA

TIMELINE

Charting 30 years of vision and growth

For three decades, we’ve shaped India’s leadership landscape through independent insight, meaningful dialogue, and collective intelligence.

1994

Adit Jain founds the firm as EIU India, focusing on research and consulting for MNCs entering the Indian market.

1995

Launch of the India CEO Forum in Delhi; inaugural session addressed by Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid.

1996

First CEO residential offsite held in Goa, establishing the "CXO Roundtable" benchmark.

1998

Throughout the late '90s, CEO Forums expand to Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad, and Chennai.

2001

The EIU license is phased out; the firm rebrands as IMA India. Launch of the India CFO Forum.

2005+

Research programs and advisory services strengthen; annual offsite conferences expand across CEO, CFO, and CHRO communities.

2020+

Launch of CFO NxT, India Policy Forum, and Sustainability Forum to address modern ESG and policy shifts.

Today

IMA remains a premier independent platform for analysis and peer-to-peer collective intelligence.

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