The Institute of Export Management, Calcutta, is a professional body established in 1978 and incorporated in 1980 under Act XXVI of 1963 of the Govt. of West Bengal and aimed at imparting higher education in international trade through techno management system for the benefits of thousands of people, who for the dearth of proper guidance cannot achieve a successful career in the trade.

The Institute is the first recognised Institute in Eastern India exclusively established for imparting practical-oriented training courses in the field of international trade and is associated to different All India Bodies on Export Promotion set up by the Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India viz. Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO), New Delhi. The Institute is also an Institutional Member of the International Association of Trade Training Organisations, U.K. —a Global organisation.