FT EXECUTIVE EDUCATION 2023: IIMB CONTINUES TO BE RANKED AMONGST THE TOP 50 SCHOOLS GLOBALLY
Bangalore: The Financial Times Executive Education Rankings for 2023 has just published its list of Top 50 Global providers of Executive Education. Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) has been ranked among the Top 50 global schools for the fourth year in succession.
IIM Bangalore improved its overall Global FT Executive Education Rankings for 2023 to #42 and the rankings for Open Executive Education rankings moved up by 13 ranks to # 47 representing the best growth amongst all B-Schools in India compared to last year. IIMB faculty have been rated #1 amongst all B-Schools in India as part of the participants survey for Open Executive Education programmes.
The Executive Education programmes impacted around 5500 participants that constituted a growth of about 70% compared to the previous year. IIMB offered over 150 Executive Education programmes in FY 2022-23 across different formats that catered to various sectors, levels, and management disciplines. The most popular long duration Executive Education Programme in India for working professionals (EGMP) has seen more than 64 batches take up this programme and continues to grow from strength to strength. IIMB offered 94 Custom programmes in FY 2022-23 that were tailored to the requirements of MNCs, Govt, PSUs, NGOs, and Developmental institutions.
IIMB offers a portfolio of 60 online courses on its own MOOCs platform which is the largest of its kind in India. Reflecting on the growth of IIMBs EEP portfolio, Prof. Padmini Srinivasan, the Chairperson of EEP said, “We are observing increasing demand for our programmes after the pandemic. These are exciting times, and we are preparing to grow even more aggressively by creating unique offerings mapped to the requirements of the industry.”
Commenting on the latest FT Rankings, Parthasarathy, the Chief Programme Officer of Executive Education said, – “The rankings reflect our consistent growth story over the years and provides us an opportunity to differentiate our offerings through superior customer experiences.”