Bharathidasan Institute of Management has always been a podium for new ventures and a souvenir of success stories. The Centre for Contemporary Management Research is one such beginning aimed at providing a stage for scholarly work in a splendid plethora.

As a part of the centre's activities ATHENAEUM - An Annual Symposium is conducted. The CECMAR among its many research endeavors brings out half yearly journal of scholarly articles, papers starting from March 2007.