IIM Bangalore only Asian B school ranked among top 50 in 2016 SCM World University 100 Ranking

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) has been ranked at the 31st position in the 2016 SCM World University 100 survey by SCM World. IIM Bangalore is the only Asian Management school to be ranked in 2016 SCM Ranking. Other universities like University of Michigan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, INSEAD, University of Texas at Austin, among others have also been ranked in this prestigious survey by SCM World.

We are proud to be ranked in the 2016 SCM World University ranking. IIMB started the Supply Chain Management Centre (SCMC) over a decade ago, sensing the need for an effective mechanism to promote closer and enduring industry-institute collaboration. The distinguished faculty line-up and high quality research in different aspects of supply chain management at SCMC have been instrumental for this achievement, said Professor Raghavan Srinivasan, Director Incharge, IIMB.
The ranking is based on survey data collected from over 2,000 supply chain professionals. In the survey the participants were asked to select the top three universities, as a marker of supply chain talent. For scoring three points were awarded for a number one ranking, two points for a number two ranking, and one point for a number three ranking. The final ranking was based on the total scaled score, and then by the total number of votes.

IIMB has been actively pursuing Supply Chain Management as a major area of teaching and research. The SCMC at IIMB has carried out dedicated research, teaching and consulting activities in different aspects of Supply Chain Management covering logistics management, inbound/outbound transportation, network design, modeling and optimization, partnership and negotiation, information technology ande-commerce and end-to-end Supply Chain Management strategies. The Centre builds upon the strengths of IIMB in research, education, and integration of inter-functional business disciplines to serve as a valuable knowledge-generating resource, and contributes to development of cutting-edge strategies and practical solutions to problems encountered by organizations in the management of end-to-end supply chains.

SCM World boasts of a network of worlds most influential supply chain practitioners and cross- industry learning community. Every year these groups of supply chain professionals administer a survey to recognize top 100 business schools for supply chain talent worldwide.

One of the top 3 business schools in India, IIM Bangalore has been ranked #1 in the NIRF 2016 rankings of Government of India. It 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 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 asAswat Damodaran, Raghavendra Rau, Karan Bajaj, great author andfilm makerNila Madhab Panda. K. Radhakrishnan, Chairman ofISROand business executives likeRavi SubramanianandSameer Suneja.