India, Oct. 26 -- The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) will establish the Axis Bank Centre of Economics at its new undergraduate campus in Jigani, Bengaluru, under a partnership with Axis Bank.

The two institutions have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the centre at the IIMB-Dorabji Tata School of Undergraduate Studies. The collaboration will support the centre's construction and operationalisation, academic research, faculty development and need- and merit-based scholarships for students.

The Axis Bank Centre of Economics will be housed in the Integrated Academic and Administrative Block in Phase I of the new campus. It will focus on an economics curriculum that combines disciplinary depth with quantitativ...