Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM) is a business school headquartered in New Delhi, with 18 branches across India. Founded in 1973, the institute offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in National Economic Planning and Entrepreneurship, as well as international and fellowship programmes. IIPM`s executive education programs also include non-credit courses and visits at foreign business schools. The programmes offered by IIPM are not accredited by AICTE, a regulating body for technical education in India, whose accreditation is a voluntary process. According to IIPM, its courses do not come under the purview of AIU, AICTE, UGC and similar government-established regulatory bodies. The institute does not by itself award BBA or MBA degrees, it awards certificates for its students, who then can optionally apply for BBA or MBA degrees from the International Management Institute in Belgium. Since 2010, IIPM students get MBA/BBA degrees of MS University, a UGC recognized university. IIPM has been the subject of tax issues which have been resolved, trade practices investigations which have been suspended, as well as controversies with respect to its advertising, rankings, and plagiarism. IIPM has been ranked #5 in India by the 2009 Zee Business Best B-School Survey, while IIPM Delhi was ranked #9 amongst India`s top ten private schools by Hindustan Times in November 2009