In the early sixties a need for management education was felt to keep up with the changing scenario of business in India. The University of Rajasthan, Jaipur started their MBA program in the year 1968.R.A. Podar Institute of Management was established in 1974 as a constituent unit of the university. It was 6th B-School established in the country.R.A. Podar Institute of Management was conceived not to be purely a business school, but a school of management..  

To create a cadre of dynamic and resilient individuals with professional and entrepreneurial aspiration: with sense of social responsibility, commitment to values and ethics imbibed deeply