The Indian School of Business is a research-oriented independent management institution that grooms future leaders for India and the world. Its partnership with the Kellogg School of Management, The Wharton School, and London Business School make it one of its kind in Asia. The School offers a one-year Post Graduate Programme; short-duration, high-powered Executive Education programmes for CEOs and senior executives; and a two-year Research Fellowship Programme. The origins and distinctive research of our faculty members ensure that our programme content is contemporary and global in its perspective, and develops our students’ understanding of modern management opportunities and challenges.

The Indian School of Business symbolises the vision of the School's founders.

The School evolved from a need for a globally top-ranked and distinctive business school in the Asian region dedicated to providing the best management education. The School is the dream of some of the best minds from the corporate and academic world. Their aspiration in creating the ISB is to establish an internationally top-ranked, research-driven, independent management institution that grooms future leaders for India and the world.

The School’s Governing Board comprises business leaders, entrepreneurs, and academicians from some of the world’s leading business and management education institutions.
 

In 1996 an eminent group of business leaders and academicians recognised the need for a globally top-ranked and distinctive business school in Asia. They realised that the evolving business scenario would require young leaders trained in the nuances of transitional economies, yet exposed to a global perspective. The vision of the founders was to create a school that was different in many ways – with innovative academic programmes, and a world-class, yet affordable, overall value proposition. Through their collective networks, the founders inspired the very best in business and academia to see their vision and join their cause.

In less than a year, the Executive Board was formed to be followed shortly by the formation of the International Academic Council. Things moved fast from then on, with academic associations with two of the worlds leading business schools - Kellogg School of Management and the Wharton School. The London Business School followed closely before the launch of the first Post Graduate Programme. The Government of Andhra Pradesh welcomed the ISB into Hyderabad, laying the foundation stone for the campus in 1999. The Post Graduate Programme was launched in 2001 with the first batch of 128 students, followed shortly by the launch of the first Executive programmes.

In the course of the last few years, the School has set up five Centres of Excellence, each with an area of focus on issues relevant to emerging markets. The Centres work closely with industry through conferences, seminars and workshops- creating a vibrant research environment at the School.

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