Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore

IIM Bangalore is led by its Director Prof. Rishikesha T Krishnan. Professor Krishnan’s main areas of interest are strategy and innovation. Prior to joining as Director IIM Bangalore, he was Director & Professor of Strategic Management Indian Institute of Management Indore. Prof Krishnan was a Visiting Scholar at the Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania (Fall 2008), and at the Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad (2011-12). He held the Jamuna Raghavan Chair in Entrepreneurship at IIMB from 2007-10. 

Apart from core full time faculty, IIM Bangalore has visiting faculty from academia, corporate and industry. The faculty members at IIMB generate knowledge through cutting-edge research in all functional areas of management that would benefit public and private sector companies, and government and society in general. The knowledge generated by IIMB faculty has appeared in leading academic journals with high citation index and impact factor. Many textbooks and working papers are written on a regular basis. Research carried out by IIMB is used to augment new courses and executive education programmes.

IIMB faculty members collaborate with the industry as well as other academic institutions the world over. Innovation and research at the Institute has been given a fillip with the establishment of Centres of Excellence that focus on specific needs of different specialized areas and industries, ranging from Public Policy and Corporate Governance to Insurance, Financial Markets and Risk Management. The NSRCEL is a catalyst for entrepreneurial activity and a well-known incubation center for startup ventures.