PDEU is the only university in Gujarat, granted graded autonomy by UGC. NAAC accredited PDEU with an ‘A’ grade & CGPA of 3.39 out of 4.0. PDEU has also been recognized by the Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Govt. Of India. In 2023, it obtained the 94th NIRF rank in the management category.
The Management School was first established as the Institute of Petroleum Management, Gandhinagar (IPMG) in 2006 by GERMI (Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute), established as a trust and a society by GSPC (Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation), a Government of Gujarat undertaking. Subsequently in 2007, when GERMI established Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU);
IPMG became the constituent of PDEU and changed the name to School of Petroleum Management (SPM). In the year 2021, the university was renamed as Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU) and subsequently the name of School of Petroleum Management was also changed to "School of Management (SoM)".
The objective of the Institute is to operate as an educational and research hub that networks with national and international practitioners from varied sectors. To offer business educational programmes leading to Master’s and Doctoral Degrees. To manage the content, design, delivery, learning outcomes and continuous innovation of the academic programmes in a manner that earns accreditation of international stature, college has developed a Centralised Management System. It is run through this app name SoM BSmart.
It helps the faculty to offer customised training programmes with relevant conceptual inputs and skills to address the demand of increasingly competitive business and industry. To create knowledge to research in the areas of techno managerial challenges, and also disseminate it for the benefit of the institute students, practicing managers and policy makers. To promote a strong, effective and mutually beneficial Industry-Institute interaction.