SCHOOL OF PETROLEUM MANAGEMENT (SPM)  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 PDPU and changed the name to School of Petroleum Management (SPM).