ISiM was established with grants from the Ford Foundation and Bangalore based Informatics India Pvt.
Ltd. ISiM was conceptualized and established in 2005, by the University of Mysore, with seed grants from the Ford Foundation and Bangalore-based Informatics India Pvt.
ISiM is directed by an independent governing board, chaired by the vice-chancellor of the University of Mysore, with eminent academics and industry stalwarts as members.
ISiM has people like N. R. Narayana Murthy (chairman and mentor Infosys Technologies), Prof. M. Anandakrishnan (Chairman-IIT, Kanpur), Dr.N.
Seshagiri (Former director general, National Informatics Centre, New Delhi), among others, on its governing board.
Its new campus was inaugurated on 20 August 2008 by Mr. N. R. Narayana Murthy, chairman and chief mentor of Infosys, who is also a member of ISiM’s governing body.
[7] ISiM organizes workshops and seminars on a regular basis to address various issues pertaining to the information age, which are open for students of the institute, as well as the general public.