S. Vishnu Sharma
IIM Calcutta featured for the first time this year in the Financial Times Executive Education Ranking and has been ranked among the top 85 business schools across the globe and top three business schools from India in the customized executive education category.
Financial Times announced its Executive Education Ranking in 2020 for Customized and Open programmes yesterday.
IIM Calcutta 2020
This ranking validates the premier position of IIM Calcutta in the area of executive education in India, particularly in the customized category that comprises closed-enrolment programmes for specific corporate and government organizations.
It is worth noting that IIM Calcutta also featured as the top-ranked school from India (second in Asia and 17th globally) in the Financial Times Masters in Management Ranking in 2019 for flagship two-year MBA programme.
IIM Calcutta director Professor Anju Seth said IIM Calcutta is delighted at this recognition by
Financial Times for the quality of our customized executive education programmes.
We have decades of experience in designing and delivering customized classroom programmes for select corporate organizations.
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‘Over the last several years, we have also played a pioneering role in delivering customized programmes via live online modes.’
IIM Calcutta is now able to proudly offer the full spectrum of customized programmes ranging from pure classroom programmes through blended delivery programmes (involving a mix of classroom and live online delivery) to pure online programmes, she said.
‘With our faculty and our executive education programme team in the driving seat, we now intend to work even harder to provide a world-class, innovative and impactful learning and development engagement to our client organisations.’
IIM Calcutta is all set to expand its efforts by offering new programmes through asynchronous mode as part of its ongoing commitment to make the offerings of IIM Calcutta accessible to learners around the world.
IIM Calcutta has been a leader in synchronous online executive education space by imparting training to more than 2000 middle to senior executives annually.
IIM Calcutta’s highly acclaimed Management Development Programmes (MDP) centre around key business fundamentals like Managerial Effectiveness, Team Building, Cost Management, Sales and Marketing skills, Management of Organizational Change etc to emerging issues like Big Data, creativity and innovation and leadership.
About – IIM Calcutta
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, IIM Calcutta was established as the first national institute for Post-Graduate studies and Research in Management by the Government of India in November 1961 in collaboration with Alfred P. Sloan School of Management (MIT), the Government of West Bengal, The Ford Foundation and Indian industry.
During its initial years, several prominent faculty formed part of its nucleus, including Jagdish Sheth, J.K. Sengupta among others.
Over the years, IIM-Calcutta has grown into a mature institution with global reputation, imparting high quality management education.
It has been playing a pioneering role in professionalising Indian management through its post graduate and doctoral level programs, executive training programs, research and consulting activities.
Today, the institute serves as an autonomous body, continually evolving to meet its goals in an ever-changing business environment.
The vision of the Institute is to emerge as an International Centre of Excellence in all facets of Management Education, rooted in Indian ethos and societal values.
Over the past four decades, IIM Calcutta has blossomed into one of Asia’s finest Business Schools. Its strong ties to the business community make it an effective mechanism for the promotion of professional management practices in Indian organizations.
Today, IIM Calcutta attracts the best talent in India – a melting pot of academia, industry and research. The best and brightest young men and women pursue its academic programs.
The residential experience is a foundation of the culture at IIM C, which includes teamwork and the building of lifelong relationships. Students and partners live on or near campus, making social events and shared activities a way of life.
From the core curriculum of general management skills to advanced electives and seminars, IIM Calcutta students have exceptional access to a preeminent faculty of thought leaders, all of whom teach in the MBA program.
To the students, IIM Calcutta offer intellectual depth, abundant resources, and individual attention. To the alumni, it provides a lifelong connection to excellence. To the world, it has a commitment to ethical and responsible leadership.