The Madras Management Association (MMA) has been conferred the Best Management Association in India Award for 2025–26 by All India Management Association’s (AIMA), marking the 16th consecutive year that it has received the national honour.
The award comes during MMA’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations and marks another milestone in its seven-decade history of promoting management education and professional development.
MMA president A.R. Unnikrishnan said the consecutive recognition was a testimony to the association’s sustained leadership and contribution to the management movement in India. He said MMA had continued to provide professionals, entrepreneurs, students and academicians access to contemporary management practices, global perspectives and industry best practices.
MMA executive director R. Vijayakumar said the award reflected the association’s focus on management education, professional excellence, thought leadership and lifelong learning. MMA conducts conferences, conventions, lectures, workshops, competitions, leadership programmes and other knowledge initiatives, bringing together experts from industry, government and academia.
The award was presented by Amitabh Kant, former G20 Sherpa and former CEO of NITI Aayog, at the inaugural session of AIMA’s Platinum Jubilee National Management Convention at Hotel Taj Palace in New Delhi on Sunday.
The award was received on behalf of MMA by Immediate ex-president Lakshminarayanan Duraiswamy, president A.R. Unnikrishnan, and executive director R. Vijayakumar.
