True to its Motto ‘Tejasvi navadhitamastu’ (Let our efforts at learning be luminous and filled with joy, and endowed with the force of purpose), IIM Bangalore has added another feather to its cap and has become the only Indian Business School to feature in the Financial Times Executive Education 2015 Top 50 Rankings published in May 2015.
The FT 2015 Rankings have positioned IIM Bangalore at the 48th position alongside prestigious institutions like the London Business School, Duke Corporate Education, IMD, Harvard School of Business, University of Oxford among others
On the occasion Professor Shyamal Roy, Chairperson, Executive Education, IIM Bangalore said “IIMB’s position in the Financial Times 2015 Rankings reflects our efforts towards achieving academic excellence and positions us as the forefront of imparting world class business education in India. It encourages us to continue our commitment to design and offer MBA programmes that will cater to the emerging global requirements”.
IIM Bangalore has repeated its success of 2014 by retaining its position at the 53rd ranking in the Open Executive Education programme in FT 2015 Executive Education Rankings. IIMB has also made a debut in the FT Customized Executive Education Rankings at the 57th position.
“With a goal to provide the best education in the country, we focus on creating a favourable environment for the students. These efforts help us gain recognition by top executives and corporations in the company. Despite the current challenging job market scenario, it’s important for professionals from across verticals to acquire skills needed to climb up the ladder and move places. IIMB’s tailor made programmes equips professionals to learn about the development of businesses and boost their confidence”, added Professor Shyamal Roy.
“Our current position in the FT ranking is really the result of two factors: the quality of our faculty, and a process of continuous improvement in the delivery of our Executive Education Programmes. In particular, the latter involved a lot of hard work and planning. I am confident that with the path that we have embarked on, we will do even better in the years to come,” said Professor Ishwar Murthy - Dean Faculty, IIMB
Executive education offers non-degree programmes to corporations and working professionals which are either ‘Customized’ according to the requirement for the organization or ‘Open’ for all professionals for enrolment.
The Financial Times 2015 rankings are based on the participants’ and clients’ satisfaction, the diversity of participants and faculty and the schools international exposure. The participant schools are marked on different parameters from preparation to facilities, which accounts to 80% of the total overall ranking.
The 17th Financial Times executive education ranked top premier B-Schools including IIM Bangalore across the world, which includes a record number of programmes. Financial Times Annual Ranking is one of the most rigorous and most respected media B-school rankings across the globe.
One of the top 3 business schools in India, IIM Bangalore is the only Indian B-school in GNAM list. IIM Bangalore has been accredited by EQUIS the international accreditation agency and is the first B-School in Asia to sign an agreement with Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) to distribute faculty teaching cases.
IIM Bangalore Director, Dr. Sushil Vachani is a great academician and leader. The B school is doing wonders in his leadership. Dr. Vachani received his doctorate in International Business from the Harvard Business School, a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and a Bachelor of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. Dr Vachani has designed, taught and coordinated programs for students, executives and policy makers in the U S, Japan, China and India.
IIM Bangalore has produced leaders, entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs, artists, writers , managers who collectively have a wealth of knowledge and experience. Some of the prominent alumni of IIM Bangalore include academicians such as Aswat Damodaran, Raghavendra Rau, Karan Bajaj, great author and film maker Nila Madhab Panda. K. Radhakrishnan, Chairman of ISRO and business executives like Ravi Subramanian and Sameer Suneja.
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