Regional Institute of Cooperative Management, popularly known as RICM, Chandigarh was set up in July, 1956 at Sangrur as a Block Development Training Centre. Later on, it was named as Cooperative Training College & shifted to Patiala (This institute was shifted to Chandigarh in the year 1973). The Cooperative Training Colleges were under the administrative control of Reserve Bank of India at that time. In early 60’s, these institutions were transferred to National Council for Cooperative Training (NCCT) under National Cooperative Union of India, New Delhi. Looking at its wider area of operation, the institute was made Regional Institute of Cooperative Management in the year 1996. This institute has rendering services to the States of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Delhi and the Union Territory of Chandigarh...