The institute has centres of research specifically focusing on the developmental issues of contemporary relevance benchmarked internationally.

Centre for Micro-Enterprises Management

In India, this is the first initiative of its kind. Micro-Enterprises are emerging as facilitators of economic activities, helping relatively poor and marginalised people living on the periphery of the main society. In India, micro enterprises, especially dealing with Micro-Finance activities, are increasing at a very fast pace. There is no institution in the country, which caters to this need for training functionaries of micro enterprises in the areas of management. The centre will fill this crucial gap.

Centre for Agri-Business Management

The centre for Agri-Business Management will focus on imparting training, research and consulting support to small scale and large scale business enterprises in india. In the context of the Government of India focusing on this sector with a large quantum of investment, Bihar can be the path leader and a beneficiary.

Centre for Social Entrepreneurship

The centre will initiate training and action research programmes on variegated dimensions of entrepreneurship in the socio–economic-cultural context of Bihar. This centre will contribute towards developing new entrepreneurial initiatives, having potential for transformation of professionals into social entrepreneurs.

Centre for Water Management

A Centre for Water Management is set up at CIMP to carry out research on the practices in water management in the state of Bihar and other lesser developed East Indian states. This centre will help converge research and policy analysis related to water management in Eastern India and Bihar.

Micro-Finance Research Sub-Centre at CIMP, recognised by Bankers Institute of Rural Development (BIRD)- an expansion of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)- plans to conduct research on Cost-Structure and other complexities in scaling up of operation of small Micro-Finance Institution in Bihar. CIMP is also conducting research on customization of Micro-Finance products in flood affected areas of Eastern Region. The Sub-Centre proposes to help in building-up the database of MFIs in the Country and prepare the road-map for Micro-Finance in Bihar.

The centre has initiated research in high priority areas of Microfinance in the context of Bihar, so that policy makers in Government and financial institutions will devise and design appropriate managerial models. CIMP will help the development of new managerial concepts for overcoming organisational issues involved in Microfinance. This will increase the effectiveness of micro level organisations and their activities.

The sub-centre for microfinance research at Chandragupt Institute of Management Patna, set up by NABARD, has initiated the following studies:

CIMP’s study on promoting micro enterprises in Bihar and UP will help develop new models for such new generation enterprises which will help poverty alleviation.

The institute has created history by achieving the milestones in research within the short span. The sub-centre will be helpful in giving boost to microfinance activities by bridging the critical gap, which is the need of hour for the poverty driven people of Eastern India.

In addition, CIMP will soon undertake three other studies:

1.Study of MFI supported by NABARD with capital assistance in Uttar Pradesh and Orissa.

2.Study on issues involved in promoting Joint Liability Groups.

3.Impact Assessment of Technology Adoption in Micro Financing Institutions in India.

Resource Persons: B.L Mishra, Dr. Manesh Choubey

Collaboration of CIMP with UNSECO aims to address the emerging challenges to human civilization and sustainable and inclusive growth in Eastern Region. CIMPs focus will be research/study/conference on Management Research, Applied Management, Sustainable Development Management, Environmental Management specially under changing climatic conditions. The findings will help the policy makers to take appropriate policy measures and initiatives.