TAPMI Manipal, Karnataka Established in 1980, TAPMI is one of the 7 institutes in India and 5% of the top business schools worldwide have been accredited with the illustrious Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accreditation, the oldest and toughest accreditation in the world of business education. It is also the 5th institution in India to have both the AACSB as well as Association of MBAs (AMBA) accreditation. The student city of Manipal, Karnataka plays host to the T.A. Pai Management Institute, fondly known as TAPMI. With academic rigor and experiential learning at its core, TAPMI’s Post Graduate Diploma in Management Programs are approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) since its constitution.