L J Institute of Management Studies was established in 2001 by Lok Jagruti Kendra, a charitable trust established in 1980 by visionaries like Prof. B. M. Peerzaada, noted economist, Lord Meghnad Desai from London School of Economics, Prof. Gautam Appa from London School of Economics and Padmavibhushan awardee Shri Girish Patel, Senior Jurist. It is a constituent institute of L J University, which is one of the largest and fastest growing UGC approved state private university with 29 institutes, 1000 faculty members and 20,000 students.

L J Institute of Management Studies is approved by All India Council of Technical Education, accredited B++ by NAAC and has been ranked 1^st by Gujarat State Institutional Rating Framework with 5 stars in the management institute category. 

LJMBA is the brand name of the MBA program offered by L. J. Institute of Management Studies which also coordinates the MBA programs offered by L J Institute of Computer Applications and L J Institute of Engineering and Technology. LJMBA is one of the largest MBA programs in Gujarat with an intake of 474 students.

LJMBA has more than 30 qualified faculty members from which 24 faculty members have Ph.D degrees and another 5 faculty registered for Ph.D. Faculty has rich corporate experience and are from across all states of India. We have faculty members from Kashmir, Haryana, Punjab, UP, Bihar, Orissa, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh.

The Institute has a very rich library having more than 20000 books and every year books worth 5-10 lakhs are added to the library. The Institute has a excellent computer library, canteen and two auditoriums of the seating capacity of 250 and 450.