Organizations and Institutions are platforms of learning and growth. It is left for us to choose our path and give and get the best during the time we are associated with it as a stake holder. This paper is a narrative of forty years of association of the author with IIMA-21 years on a full time basis, 7 years as Adjunct and a few years in between as a Visiting Professor. The paper intends to portray IIMA as centre for learning, academic leadership and Institution Building for any faculty member. It is a platform to learn from the various roles one performs there and from different organizations with which one gets to work with. Offering various programs that are innovative, courses that are new, interacting with colleagues and participants of various programs, doing research and even visitors to the Institute-they are all sources of learning. The author's narration of personal experiences, learning and accomplishments are described in support of this. Giving is the best way of getting.