Bangalore: The Indian Institute of Management
Bangalore has, for the second consecutive year, been recognised
as the number one business school in India, part of the Central
Asia region, as per the 2009 worldwide business school ranking
done by Eduniversal, a unit of French consulting firm SMBG.
In the Eduniversal Palmes 2009,IIMB has been awarded '5
Palmes', the highest recognition under the evaluation,accorded
to "Universal Business Schools with major international
influence".
The Award effectively positions IIMB among the 100 best
business schools worldwide, an IIMB release said.
Notably, the Deans of the 1000 best business schools from
153 countries have voted for IIMB with a recommendation rate
of 395 per thousand, followed by IIM Ahmedabad (345).
The Eduniversal Palmes uses a comprehensive methodology
that takes into account all the aspects of a business schools'
influence on three different levels.
"We are delighted to once again receive this recognition
as India's top management school", said IIMB Director Pankaj
Chandra. "We are making several efforts to enhance the quality
of learning and impact of our research so that IIMB remains
the preferred management school for students with global
aspirations".
The process of the Eduniversal Official Selection involves
a global mapping system meeting the criteria of universality
and the international reputation of each academic institution.
The purpose of the 'Palmes' is to compare objectively a school
of a given country or continent to another one.
Bureau Report
First Published: Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 00:23