Indian Institute of Management, Shillong (abbreviated as IIM Shillong or IIM-S), is a public, fully autonomous management institute in the city of Shillong, Meghalaya. The seventh Indian Institute of Management to be established in India, it is consistently ranked among the top business schools in the country. Established in 2007, with a vision of expansion and mobilization of facilities for offering quality management education and research in Northeast India, IIM Shillong differentiates itself by promoting sustainability, also hosting an international conference on sustainability, annually. IIM Shillong offers postgraduate, doctoral, and executive programmes in management education, and Management Development Programmes (MDPs) spanning different streams of management. Admissions to the institute are based on scores obtained in the Common Admission Test (CAT). In addition, the institute has a Centre for Development of North Eastern Region (CEDNER), constituted to offer programmes relevant to the local community and society of the state and the region.