Established in 1956 under the visionary leadership of Dr Vikram Sarabhai, and led by successive Presidents from industry and academia alike, AMA has been adjudged the best amongst 58 local management Associations in India. Its multifarious activities focus on continuing education of practicing managers and also building up future managers through practice oriented professional courses.

In search of larger premises, President Karuna Shah and Executive Director KK Nair approached AR Garde, Director, ATIRA in 1995. Arvind N. Lalbhai, a doyen of the Indian textile industry, then Chairman of the Council of Administration of ATIRA, found an ingenious way to make this possible. The ATIRA-AMA Centre for Textile Studies was established at the time AMA shifted into its new premises.

The AMA premises on the ATIRA campus consist of 15 large class rooms, two auditoria, a large well-stocked library, canteen and two lawns for holding receptions etc. After shifting into these premises in 1997, the activities of AMA have grown exponentially. Over 34 different activity centres established on philanthropic donations by business leaders from Ahmadabad and around are active on as many fronts. About 44 training programmes are held every month with 20-40 participants in each, and the number of students enrolled in the professional courses is about 4000 every year. Some activity or the other takes place at AMA every single day of the year.

Lectures on topics of interest delivered by national and international experts are ALL open to public. AMA has nurtured the culture of keeping up with new developments in the minds of the managers as well as the interested public. Audiences from 40 to 1500, women and men, young and old alike, participate vigorously in discussions/question answers.

AMA has expanded its scope to work for and with management associations of smaller towns in Gujarat to extend the benefits of its expertise widely in the interest of overall progress of India, with special reference to Gujarat.