• One of the largest Management Associations in the country affiliated to the All India Management Association.
• It is a non-profit association serving the cause of management excellence since 1956, in the city of Chennai (Madras) and South India.
• It is registered under the Societies Act XXI of 1860.

The Name

Madras Management Association was founded as The Madras Institute of Management (MIM) in August 1956 with the objective of furthering management development under the able presidentship of Dr. A. Lakshmanaswamy Mudaliar, the illustrious Vice-Chancellor of Madras University. MIM was formally inaugurated with twenty institutional members on September 19, 1956. It became part of the national level management body, The All India Management Association, when the later was formed in 1957, and was renamed The Madras Management Association in conformity with the names of other similar institutions. 

 
The Debut

The inaugural meeting of the Institute on
19th September 1956.
 

The Madras Institute of Management (MIM) was formally inaugurated on September 19, 1956 by Mr JM Srinagesh, ICS, General Manager, Hindustan Aircraft Pvt Ltd, under the chairmanship of the Hon'ble Minister of Finance Mr C Subramaniam. On the inaugural day there were 20 institutional members.
 

The Founders 

• SLT White, Staff & Industrial Relations Manager, Burmah-Shell 
• NV Naidu, Custodian, Prithvi Insurance Co. Ltd. 
•  S Anantharamakrishnan, Chairman, Simpson & Co. Ltd.
• K Sadagopan, Chief Administrative Officer, Integral Coach Factory
• GV Krishna Rao, HOD, Business Administration, University of Madras
• T Rogers, Managing Director, Best & Co (Private) Ltd.
• NK Aiyer, Secretary & Commercial Manager, TI Cycles of India
• EFG Hunter, Director, Binny & Co. (Madras) Ltd.
• AMM Murugappa Chettiar, Director, State Bank of India, Madras

The First Managing Committee 
 

Mr. M. V. Arunachalam proposing a Vote of Thanks
at Shri Moraji Desai's Meeting
 

Dr. Sir A L Mudaliar, Vice Chancellor, University of Madras, was the first President of the MIM. He and the nine founder members given above along with V. Ramachandran, Industrial Relations Officer, Burmah - Shell, Madras constituted the first Managing Committee of MIM. 

MMA Memorandum & Rules of Association  

The Memorandum & Rules of Association (M&RA), amended on 25 June 1999, is the basic document containing the Memorandum of Registration of the Association with the Registrar of Societies and the Rules governing the Classes of Membership, Regional Councils, Membership Fees, Admission, Payment of Fees & Subscription, Privileges of Members, Cessation of Membership, Managing Committee, Vacancy - Cessation of Membership, Office Bearers, Powers & Duties of Managing Committee, Powers & Duties of Office-Bearers, Managing Committee Meeting, Finance, Audit, General Meetings, Notice of Meetings, Electorate & Quorum, Procedure of Meeting, Indemnity and General.